Obviously the game is broken. 😛

Final tally: 356 out of 426 soldiers lost by 1st Feb 2000. Memorial GIF

Ironman Superhuman weirdness run:

For those new to OpenXcom or even X-COM in general, Ivan Logovich has started a terrific tutorial series covering everything from setting up to playing the game, so check it out if it all feels too intimidating for you:

Plus I’m always updating the wiki as questions come up. If something’s not clear, feel free to correct it or ask us.

I also wanna give a shoutout to a bunch of other cool projects:

• OpenRA – A free remake of various classic Westwood strategy games such as Command & Conquer and Red Alert, fully playable and includes multiplayer support! If you were ever an RTS fan in the 90s, be sure to give this a shot.
• CorsixTH – Remake of Theme Hospital, an absurd hospital management sim, still in development and requires the original files, but fairly playable.
• OpenTTD – Greatly improved free remake of Transport Tycoon Deluxe, boasting lots of extra features and options, integrated mod support and multiplayer. Probably one of my biggest inspirations on how to add features to an oldie without breaking the gameplay.
• Isomer – An open-world isometric survival game, currently up on Greenlight. Give them some support.
• And don’t forget all the X-COM-likes on our sidebar!

Finally, regarding our expanding platform support:

Unix users – We now support over 7 distros! Good job guys, though I’m sure someone will still come along and ask “b-b-but where’s my distro?”. Well, there’s only one way to fix that. In particular, BSD support has been lacking, and Haiku is still on 0.9.

Mac users – Things aren’t looking so good for you guys. There’s some serious issues with your builds, but we have no Mac users on the team, so they’re really hard to track down and fix. We’d really appreciate it if you could help us test and debug the builds on the forums, so we can get a proper stable download out.

The unofficial Mod Portal is currently experiencing technical difficulties. In the meantime we recommend you use the Completed Mods forum instead to post or download the latest mods. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Edit: Crisis averted, the Mod Portal is back up and running.

With me, Jade Star, and assorted guests. If all goes well, 1.0 status will be updated from “when it’s ready” to “soon”.

Stream’s over, here’s the recording:

Yes, it’s Jade, and he’s back to play OpenXcom! You know the drill.

Soldier Stat Tracking and some weapon mods:

Piratez Mod:

We and a bunch of other popular open-source projects have been nominated by the Linux Game Awards for Project of the Month May 2014.

Now, I’m not gonna say you should totally vote for us, there’s a lot of other good projects and you should see which ones you like best… but you should totally vote for us. 😉

Edit: Sorry if you were spammed by the WordPress glitch, I’ve fixed it now.

Come watch!

Parental Advisory: Explicit Content

Edit: It’s over, here’s the recording:

Mods used: Custom Grenades, Grenade Launcher, Shotgun, Minigun, Helm-off Power Suit.