Oh, this was an actual studio with actual budgets and release dates and such. And videos of actual well into beta gameplay. There's at least one half-done freeware project that's around and still being developed. I tried it. The interface was... Bad.
The one cool thing about Xenonauts that made it stand out (to me), was that the aircraft to aircraft combat had been developed into a little strategic minigame of it's own - there's some pics
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As someone who's way too young to ever have played the originals, I'm really looking forward to both the Firaxis remake and Xenonatus. I also don't have much emotional attachment to the brand, so I won't be that sad if either sucks. I will probably play the XCOM-fps, as it looks more interesting than any fps I've seen in a while, although the later gameplay videos doesn't look as promising as the game used to look.
