XCOM: Enemy Unknown Second Wave Content Released

2K Games and Firaxis Games announced today that Second Wave content is now available for XCOM: Enemy Unknown for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The Second Wave content allows fans to choose a variety of new gameplay modifiers to enhance the experience after completing the main campaign. The Second Wave content is available free of charge and is issued via a downloadable title update.

The Second Wave content includes:

• Damage Roulette: Weapons have a wider range of damage.
• New Economy: Randomized council member funding.
• Not Created Equally: Rookies will have random starting stats.
• Hidden Potential: As a soldier is promoted, stats increase randomly.
• Red Fog: Combat wounds will degrade the soldier’s mission stats.
• Absolutely Critical: A flanking shot guarantees a critical hit.
• The Greater Good: Psionics can only be learned from interrogating a psionic alien.
• Marathon: The game takes considerably longer to complete.
• Results Driven: A country offers less funding as its panic level increases.
• High Stakes: Random rewards for stopping alien abductions.
• Diminishing Returns: Increased cost of satellite construction.
• More Than Human: The psionic gift is extremely rare.