Gamers will need to use limited resources to take out an alien threat

Aug 19, 2013 21:00 GMT  ·  By

The team at 2K Games working on The Bureau: XCOM Declassified is delivering a launch trailer for its title, which asks players to survive, adapt and win in order to eliminate the alien threat that's assaulting Earth.

The team says, "We are at war, and not the one we were expecting. Our combined military forces have been routed. The comms have gone dark. The red phone will not be ringing."

The Bureau is a third-person squad-based video game that allows players to control a main character and his squad mates as they battle a variety of alien forces that are seeking to conquer Earth and strip it of resources.

The title's story is canon for the wider ZCOM universe, which might get an Enemy Within reveal at Gamescom.

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified will be out today in North America and three days later in Europe on both home consoles and the PC.