XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012)
Platforms: Windows · Xbox 360 · PlayStation 3 · iPhone · iPad · Macintosh · Android · Linux · Xbox OneGenres: Genres · Strategy / tactics · Diagonal-down · Free camera · Turn-based · Managerial / business simulation · RPG elements · Turn-based tactics (TBT) · Multiple units/characters control · Point and select
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a turn-based tactical strategy game that incorporates role-playing elements and it is a reimagined remake of X-COM: UFO Defense. The game is set in the near future when Earth is invaded by aliens. The player is put at the head of...
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Cast & Crew · 288 people
- Jacob Solomon· Designed by
- Ananda Gupta· Sr. Game Designer
- Todd Broadwater· Lead Level Designer
- Liam Collins· Level/Tech Designer, Additional Writing
- Orion Burcham· Level Designer
- H. Edward Piper· Additional Level Design
- Garth DeAngelis· Additional Level Design, Lead Producer
- Patrick Miller· Additional Level Design
- Scott Wittbecker· Lead Writer, Additional Testing
- Clint McCaul· Producers
- Amber Hinden· Producers
- Peter Murray· Associate Producer, Marketing
- Barry Caudill· Additional Production, Director of Gameplay Development
- Jesse Smith· Additional Production
- Lisa Miller· Additional Production
- David McDonough· Additional Production
- Michelle Menard· Additional Production
- Casey O'Toole· Lead Engineer
- Justin Boswell· Lead Systems Engineer
- Ryan McFall· Systems Engineers
- Eric Jordan· Systems Engineers
- Scott D. Ramsay· Systems Engineers, Tools Engineer
- Jeremy Shopf· Lead Graphics Engineer
- Scott Boeckmann· Graphic Engineer
- Brittany Steiner· Co-Lead User Interface Engineers
- Tronster Hartley· Co-Lead User Interface Engineers
- Samuel Batista· User Interface Engineers
- David Burchanowski· User Interface Engineers
- Joshua Bouscher· Gameplay Engineers
- Don Wuenschell· Gameplay Engineers
- Alex P. Cheng· Gameplay Engineers, AI Engineer
- Todd Smith· Lead Multiplayer Engineer
- Timothy Talley· Multiplayer Engineer
- Mustafa Thamer· Additional Engineering
- Alex Mantzaris· Additional Engineering
- Dominic Cerquetti· Additional Engineering
- Marc Meyer· Additional Engineering
- Erik Walle· Additional Engineering
- Tom Whittaker· Additional Engineering
- Jason Winokur· Additional Engineering
- Elliot Pace· Additional Engineering
- Marc Giordano· Additional Engineering
- Mark Hu· Additional Engineering
- Christopher Page· Additional Engineering
- Chris Doyle· Additional Engineering
- Will Miller· Additional Engineering
- Scott Lewis· Additional Engineering
- Katie Hirsch· Additional Engineering
- Joshua Barczak· Additional Engineering
- Greg Osefo· Additional Engineering
- Tim Kipp· Additional Engineering
- Dan Baker· Additional Engineering
- Bradley Olson· Additional Engineering
- Michael Springer· Additional Engineering
- Marek Vojtko· Additional Engineering
- Ned Wav· Additional Engineering
- Gregory Foertsch· Project Art Director
- Dennis Moellers· Lead Animator
- Justin Thomas· Senior Animator
- Hector Antunez· Animators
- John Stewart· Animators
- Bryan Twomey· Animators
- Mark Thomas· Animators
- Andrew Currie· Lead Cinematic Artist
- Chris Sulzbach· Lead Character Artist
- Brian Theodore· Weapons/Items & Outsourcing Manager
- Matthew Demaray· Lead Environment Artist
- Toby Franklin· Environment Artists
- Brian Mahoney· Environment Artists
- Andrew Kincaid· Environment Artists
- Justin Rodriguez· Environment Artists
- Stephanie Iannone· Environment Artists
- John Ward· Environment Artists
- Zack Fowler· Environment Artists
- Todd Bergantz· Environment Artists
- Arne Schmidt· Environment Artists
- David Jones· Environment Artists
- David Black· Lead Technical/HQ Artist
- Zeljko Strkalj· Technical Artist
- Stephen Jameson· Lead Effects Artist
- Brian Feldges· Effects Artist
- Steve Ogden· User Interface Artists, Art Director
- Lauren Snyder· User Interface Artists
- Whitney Bell· User Interface Artists
- Piero Macgowan· Concept Artists
- Aaron Yamada-Hanff· Concept Artists
- Bryce Homick· Concept Artists
- Kenji Bliss· Additional Artists
- Sang Han· Additional Artists
- Eric Ehoff· Additional Artists
- Robb Gibbs· Additional Artists
- Kevin Bradley· Additional Artists
- Stephen Dautner· Additional Artists
- Suzana Kilic· Additional Artists
- Nicholas J. Rusko-Berger· Additional Artists
- Adam Goodrich· Additional Artists
- Erik DeVault· Additional Artists
- David Pacanowsky· Additional Artists
- Ryan Murray· Additional Artists
- Michael E. Bazzell· Additional Artists
- El Medina· Additional Artists
- Roland J. Rizzo· Lead Audio Designer
- Dan Price· Additional Audio
- Ian Smith· Additional Audio
- Paul Heitsch· Additional Audio
- Griffin Funk· QA Supervisor
- Sarah Lynn· QA Lead
- Patrick Glascoe· Additional QA Lead
- Daron Carlock· Testers
- Beth Petrovich· Testers
- Logan Blackwood· Testers
- Kevin Schultz· Testers
- Carlton Harrison· Testers
- Gabriel Shaw· Testers
- Mike Lemon· Testers
- Matt Geckle· Testers
- Jim Crawley· Additional Testing
- Michael Argo· Additional Testing
- Alex Poling· Additional Testing
- Steve Martin· CEO, President
- Sid Meier· Creative Director
- Seth Spaulding· Additional Art Direction
- Steven E. Meyer· Director of Software Development
- Kelley Gilmore· Executive Producer, Marketing Director
- Shawn Kohn· Human Resources Director
- Donna Milesky· Office Manager
- Joanne Miller· Accounting Assistant
- Josh Scanlan· IT Manager
- Matthew Baros· Systems/Network Technician
- Susan Meier· Special Projects Coordinator
- Anna Black· Production Babies
- Wynter Broadwater· Production Babies
- Matthew Caudill· Production Babies
- Zachary Cheng· Production Babies
- Ellyson Currie· Production Babies
- Parker DeAngelis· Production Babies
- Jet Demaray· Production Babies
- Jack Feldges· Production Babies
- Anna Foertsch· Production Babies
- Kara Foertsch· Production Babies
- Charlotte Franklin· Production Babies
- Archer Funk· Production Babies
- Cameo McCaul· Production Babies
- Fiona Moellers· Production Babies
- Jack Moellers· Production Babies
- Heera Murray· Production Babies
- Allison Shopf· Production Babies
- Sarah Jane Solomon· Production Babies
- Shepherd Sulzbach· Production Babies
- Kai Thomas· Production Babies
- Libby Kohn· Production Babies
- Jack Scalici· Writer, Experience Designer, Director of Creative Production
- Adam Dolin· Dialogue Supervisor
- Garrett Montgomery· Lead Dialogue Editor
- M. Zachary Sherman· Additional Writing
- Dante Fazio· Additional Sound Design
- Liu Shen· Production Assistants
- Ren Ye Qing· Production Assistants
- Su Lu· Associate Producer
- Shen Hui· Chief Lead Animator
- Yuan Shi Wei· Animation Lead
- Xu Jie· Sr. Animator
- Shen Yi Xin· Animators
- Du Xia· Animators
- Du Wen Jun· Animators
- Tang Zhi· Chief Lead Artist
- Fang Pin· Modeling Leads
- Li Ying Jun· Modeling Leads
- Chen Yang· Artists
- Huang Xian Feng· Artists
- Wei Wei· Artists
- Cui Ying· Artists
- Hu Jia Jing· Artists
- Liu Lei· Artists
- Wang Jiao· Artists
- Zhang Sheng Tao· Artists
- Wang Yu· Artists
- Hu Jia Zhuo· Artists
- Julien Barès· General Manager
- Jing Liu· VP of Production
- Brad Hendricks· Chief Executive Officer
- Matthew Fawcett· Engineers
- John Plou· Engineers
- Luke Mordaski· Engineers
- Michael Winfield· Engineers
- Arthur Donovan· Engineers
- Jason Neal· Engineers
- John Heeter· Lighter
- Trystan Snodgrass· Level Artist
- Ryan Baker· Additional Programming Support by Digital Extremes
- Joe Olson· Additional Special Effects by FXVille, Inc.
- Jonathan Peters· Additional Special Effects by FXVille, Inc.
- Garrett Smith· Additional Special Effects by FXVille, Inc.
- John Scrapper· Additional Special Effects by FXVille, Inc.
- Lindsay Ruiz· Additional Special Effects by FXVille, Inc.
- Reed Shingledecker· Additional Special Effects by FXVille, Inc.
- Carlos Florez· Additional Effects by REZLAB Entertainment
- Scott Dossett· Additional Animation by Starboard Motion
- Hugh Falk· Additional Programming Support by Darkside
- Boris Batkin· Additional Programming Support by Darkside
- Vadim Shcherbakov· Additional Programming Support by Darkside
- Ross O'Dwyer· Additio-nal Programming Support by Havok
- Sean Thurston· Additio-nal Programming Support by Havok
- Tyler Shaub· Additio-nal Programming Support by Havok
- Max Abernethy· Additio-nal Programming Support by Havok
- Christoph Hartmann· President
- David Ismailer· C.O.O.
- Grégoire Gobbi· SVP, Product Development
- John Chowanec· Director of Product Development
- Kate Kellogg· Sr. Director of PD Operations
- Jacob Hawley· Director of Technology
- Louis Ewens· Online Systems Architect
- Adam Lupinacci· Online Engineer
- V. Garrett Bittner· Producer
- Joshua Morton· Associate Producers
- Tiffany Nagano· Associate Producers
- Doug MacLeod· Production Assistants
- Anton Maslennikov· Production Assistants
- Jordan Limor· User Testing Assistants
- William Gale· User Testing Assistants
- Ben Kvalo· Operations Coordinator
- Chad Rocco· Senior Manager of Creative Production
- Josh Orellana· Manager of Creative Production
- Sarah Anderson· SVP, Marketing
- Matt Gorman· VP, Marketing
- Matthias Wehner· VP, International Marketing
- Tom Bass· Director of Marketing
- Ryan Jones· Director of Public Relations, North America
- Jackie Truong· Director, Marketing Production
- Lesley Zinn Abarcar· Art Director, Marketing
- Gabriel Abarcar· Web Director
- Elizabeth Tobey· Senior Manager, Interactive Marketing
- Greg Laabs· Community Managers
- David Eggers· Community Managers
- Keith Echevarria· Web Designer
- Christopher Maas· Jr. Graphic Designer
- Ham Nguyen· Marketing Production Assistant
- J. Mateo Baker· Video Production Manager
- Kenny Crosbie· Video Editor
- Michael Howard· Associate Video Editor
- Douglas Tyler· Associate Video Editor
- Renee Ward· Marketing Project Manager
- Kristine Severson· VP, Business Development
- Peter Welch· VP, Legal
- Dorian Rehfield· Director of Operations
- Mike Salmon· Director of Research and Planning
- Xenia Mul· Licensing/Operations Specialist
- Dawn Earp· Marketing Manager, Partner Relations
- Rebecca Euphrat· Marketing Assistant
- Alexander Plachowski· VP of Quality Assurance
- Grant Bryson· Quality Assurance Test Manager (Projects)
- Alexis McMullen· Quality Assurance Test Managers (Support Team)
- Douglas Rothman· Quality Assurance Test Managers (Support Team)
- Michael Gilmore· Lead Tester
- Nathan Bell· Lead Testers (Support Team)
- Casey Ferrell· Lead Testers (Support Team)
- Scott Sanford· Lead Testers (Support Team)
- Joe Bettis· Senior Testers
- Brian Salazar· Senior Testers
- Ruben Gonzalez· Senior Testers
- Marc Perret· Senior Testers
- Justin Waller· Senior Testers
- Shant Boyatzian· Senior Testers
- Matt Newhouse· Senior Testers
- Evan Jackson· Senior Testers
- Chris Adams· Quality Assurance Team
- Angela Berry· Quality Assurance Team
- Dale Bertheola· Quality Assurance Team
- Justin Bonaccorso· Quality Assurance Team
- Jonathan Castro· Quality Assurance Team
- Joe Chavez· Quality Assurance Team
- Nicholas Chavez· Quality Assurance Team
- Helmo Cardenas· Quality Assurance Team
- Paul Carrion· Quality Assurance Team
- Alexander Coffin· Quality Assurance Team
- Duane Cunningham Jr.· Quality Assurance Team
- James Elrick· Quality Assurance Team
- Eric Ferbrache· Quality Assurance Team
- Ashley Fountaine· Quality Assurance Team
- Andrew R. Garrett· Quality Assurance Team
- Joshua Glover· Quality Assurance Team
- Lauren Hacaga· Quality Assurance Team
- Imad Haddad· Quality Assurance Team
- Amanda Hagen· Quality Assurance Team
- James Hagen· Quality Assurance Team
- Mike Harmon· Quality Assurance Team
- Andrew Haymes· Quality Assurance Team
- Ryan Heller· Quality Assurance Team
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