

Each ruler has their own behaviors and tactics too, which ensures they not only can throw a spanner in the works of your strategy but will be unlike any other enemy you’ve faced before. They’ll just show up at random in your campaign once you’ve completed the new mission included in the DLC, and add an extra bit of difficulty to your mission. They aren’t scripted to appear at any particular mission either. These new Rulers are some of the toughest units you’ll come across in XCOM 2. Alien Hunters will include a narrative- driven mission, new weapons and armor, a new “Hunter’s Lodge” update to the Avenger’s Armor, and three new “Ruler” alien units to test your units against on the battlefield. Titled Alien Hunters, the DLC adds a bunch of new gameplay content to your campaign.

The news came via a post on the official XCOM 2 site, which reveals, among other things, that the second DLC pack is due to drop next week.

"XCOM 2" is available to play for the Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux PCs.Developer Firaxis Games has today revealed the contents and the release date of the second DLC coming to popular PC strategy game, XCOM 2. Meanwhile, it will be available at no extra cost for players who have already purchased the Reinforcements Pack. The "XCOM 2" Alien Hunters DLC will be available to purchase for $9.99. The armor can also strike fear into subordinate alien races.įinally, the Alien Hunters DLC will also come with a compatibility patch, general bug fixes, single-player balancing, multiplayer rebalancing, and performance optimizations. As such, each suit of armor will give the wearer a unique set of tactical abilities. The new suits of armor are made from the corpse of a Ruler alien. Players will also be able to unlock new armor in the Alien Hunters DLC. Since the weapons are prototypes, once a soldier has fallen, their weapons have to be carried to the Skyranger so that they would not be lost forever.

New one-of-a-kind weapons include the Bolt Caster, the Hunter's Axe, the ShadowKeeper pistol, and the Frost Bomb grenade. If players find themselves unable to defeat the Rulers, they will just have to escape and reengage in battle at another time. Players will have to use a variety of strategies to defeat these Rulers, as each of them will have their own set of behaviors and tactics. Once the narrative mission has been completed, these Rulers will show up at random during players' campaigns. In this new campaign, players will also receive new weapons, armor, a "Hunter's Lodge" update to the Avenger's Armory, and three new "Ruler" alien units.Īccording to the game developer, players will have to combat these three new Rulers, which include the formidable Viper King. The Alien Hunters DLC will introduce an exciting narrative-driven mission for players to accomplish.
