THE BUREAU: XCOM DECLASSIFIED
2K GAMES (XBOX 360, PS3, PC)
This first-person-shooter prequel to 2012’s acclaimed strategy game XCOM: Enemy Unknown goes back to mankind’s earliest close encounters back in 1962 with an invading alien menace. Players control special agent William Carter, who’s under orders from President Kennedy to investigate UFO sightings, deal with little green men, and cover up each incident from the general public. Although it’s more action-oriented than Enemy Unknown, it’s still no game for the lame of brain, requiring you to issue orders to your squad of agents and fight tactically while keeping a low profile. The game’s Cold War setting adds a backdrop of Communist paranoia and racial tension, not to mention dapper duds for you and your fellow agents.