A look at Irrational Games' cancelled first-person XCOM project
that became The Bureau XCOM Declassified
Schreier, Jason. “Project Icarus” and “The Case of the Missing Studio.” Press Reset, 2021, pp. 45 – 73 and pp. 101–129
PC Gamer - Irrational Devs Look Back at Their XCOM FPS https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/exploring-the-twisted-road-of-irrationals-doomed-xcom-game-from-fighting-aliens-the-size-of-entire-city-blocks-to-a-multiplayer-mode-where-you-could-be-the-aliens/ Polygon Retrospective - The Many
Faces of XCOM Declassified https://www.polygon.com/features/2013/8/19/4614410/xcom-the-bureau-development-2006-2013/
IGN -The Evolution of The Bureau
https://www.ign.com/videos/the-evolution-of-the-bureau-xcom-declassified
Developer Diary - Art
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ghBx3uN57M&rco=1
The Bureau Interview - Eurogamer
https://youtu.be/JRdWVJzBG0k?si=y4-bfqYukjPotrEB
How XCOM Got Its name
https://www.polygon.com/2021/3/9/22314308/how-xcom-got-its-name/
The History of XCOM
https://mcvuk.com/business-news/media-pr/history-lesson-the-story-of-xcom/
Polygon Retrospective - Firaxis, Jake Solomon and XCOM Enemy Unknown https://www.polygon.com/features/2013/1/31/3928710/making-of-xcoms-jake-solomon-firaxis-sid-meier/
OXM XCOM Cover Story https://library.gamehistory.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/13997
XCOM Announcement
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xcom-fps-invading-360s-pcs/1100-6258092/
Bioshock Development
https://www.eurogamer.net/the-true-story-of-bioshock
History of Irrational https://www.pcgamer.com/the-story-of-irrational-the-studio-that-shut-down-to-rediscover-its-roots/
Purchased by 2K (Firaxis purchased a few months prior) https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/take-two-acquires-irrational-games
Formation of Irrational Aus https://web.archive.org/web/20010203123200/http://irrationalgames.com/news_archived.cfm
Ken Levine Profile
Ken Levine Games Radar/Edge Career Retrospective
Gamespot - System Shock 2 Retrospective
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/system-shock-2-retrospective/1100-6109881/
Infogrammes sells Civ, XCOM to 2K
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/infogrames-posts-loss-sells-i-civilization-i-franchise
Rock Paper Shotgun, Beyond Civilization
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/beyond-civilization-discovering-firaxis
EDGE MAKING OF BIOSHOCK
https://web.archive.org/web/20130531030452/http://www.edge-online.com/features/making-bioshock/
Irrational gets 2K Rebrand
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/irrational-gets-2k-rebrand
2K Marin Now In Charge of Bioshock
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/zelnick-2k-marin-now-responsible-for-bioshock-franchise
Bioshock 2 Developer Closed
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/sources-bureau-xcom-bioshock-2-dev-essentially-closed
Cloud Chamber Games
https://www.eurogamer.net/bioshock-in-development-at-new-2k-studio-cloud-chamber
Bioshock 2 Development
2K Australia Closed https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090134/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/04/2k-australia-in-canberra-closes-its-doors/
E3 2011 Trailer
https://youtu.be/7Pm00esm2zI?si=L0rNppdpMOxGOOtG
E3 2011 Presentation
https://youtu.be/nsRqzYFVsmY?si=GAtfyjsYRzAR-RdA
E3 2010 Giant Bomb Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfTuzNtEmcw
IGN XCOM Roundtable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNTZi2BLlC0
XCOM Returns:
https://www.wired.com/2010/04/xcom/
XCOM Wired Impression https://web.archive.org/web/20150325223528/https://www.wired.com/2010/06/xcom-impressions/
Spoony and Angry Joe Video
https://youtu.be/HmWIB4TdWlc?si=lv8ukEwXozm9Ljxu
The Ray Charles Quote
https://mcvuk.com/business-news/interview-christophhartmann-2kgames/
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