I also found out that a fully playable version (YAY!) has been released (tagged with number 2.2.1). Alas, the old domain () had expired, but fortunately google told me that on SF the project still exists, and that the project site is available through a different address. Something like a year and a half later I've the game came to my mind once again (it's not entirely truth, since I visited the project site from time to time), and I started to search the Internet for it. And now I just had to wait for a fully playable version. When I first found the game, only a TechDemo was available (You could play one or several (I don't remember) tactical missions) - I played the TechDemo, and it was good. The game was based on the Quake 2 engine, but I think it was decently modified, because the game feels like the good-old UFO, even though it's 3D (I hate when developers try to force 3D everywhere, but here it looks really good, and you can switch to isometric mode too >). UFO:AI is a try (quite successful as afar as my opinion goes) at recreating a similar game to both first UFO games, but at the same time a little more graphically advanced. I've heard again about the UFO series about a year and a half ago, when I was looking through some games for Linux-based OS'es (games are the main reason I don't use a Linux-based OS) - I've found an open source project called UFO: Alien Invasion. and then I broke up with the series (I didn't like the 3rd part, the game lost it's touch imho). Later the third part - X-COM: Apocalypse (on a brand new engine) was released - it cut down the game world to a single metropolis. In the sequel the action was brought underwater (some on-land action also remained). After some time a sequel named X-COM: Terror from the deeps was released (based on the same engine). In UFO:EU, the player controled an anti-space-alien organisation, both from the strategic/economic side (building bases, research, etc), and from the tactical side (controling single units on a battle field). The game was a solid product, from the storyline, up to the gfx and gameplay. We work together in a friendly and professional way, with a clear vision for a game that we know is worth playing.About 14 years ago I've got my hands on UFO: Enemy Unknown (in USA it was released under the name X-COM: UFO Defense, but I prefer the European version), a strategic/economic/tactical game released by one of the rulers of computer game market in the old days - Microprose (they released such titles as, inter alia, Civilization, Colonization, or Transport Tycoon). We also believe that open-source projects don't need to be disorganised or badly-managed. What we as a team wanted to make is a brand new experience that tries to surpass the quality of games from 1992, rather than simply recreate them with flashier graphics. However, it's neither a sequel nor a remake of any X-COM or other commercial title. The game takes a lot of inspiration from the X-COM series by Mythos and Microprose. Endless hours of gameplay - absolutely free. If you like, you can even use them against your friends with our multiplayer functionality. You will produce unique items and use them in combat against your enemies. Over the long term you will need to conduct research into the alien threat to figure out their mysterious goals and use their powerful weapons for your own ends. The carefully constructed turn-based system gives you pin-point control of your squad while maintaining a sense of pace and danger.

Our game combines military realism with hard science-fiction and the weirdness of an alien invasion. UFO: Alien Invasion is a squad-based tactical strategy game in the tradition of the old X-COM PC games, but with a twist. Build up your bases, prepare your team, and dive head-first into the fast and flowing turn-based combat. You control a secret organisation charged with defending Earth from a brutal alien enemy.

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