Out Tonight: XCOM Enemy Within and who cares what else

Does the guy with the metal torso really need the biggest gun?

Back in August of 2013, Owen posed the question of whether or not we’d ever see the Enemy Within expansion pack come to the award winning iPad port of XCOM: Enemy Unknown. It took over 14 months to respond, but today 2K Games answered in the affirmative. In fact, it should be coming tonight.

When Enemy Within was released for the PC version of XCOM, it was offered as DLC and an upgrade to the original. On mobile, it’s releasing as a completely separate app that will cost $13 at launch. It is coming for both iOS Universal as well as Android devices and will offer multiplayer right out of the gate.

XCOM: Enemy Within takes the basic game and plot of XCOM, but adds some incredibly awesome mechanics to the mix. The first is Meld, which is a new resource you can collect on each map that unlocks some major technological upgrades to your troops. Unfortunately, it’s extremely volatile and will explode if not contained quickly. Nothing will make you send your squadmates into extremely compromising positions like when you spot a Meld canister across the map. Besides Meld, you’ll be able to genetically and mechanically enhance your soldiers now, creating super-warriors that can do stuff that Enemy Unknown soldiers only dreamed of. Add more maps, more aliens, and a new enemy consisting of alien sympathizers and you’ve got a whole new reason to play through XCOM.

Reports vary on whether or not the expansion is coming tonight or tomorrow. Either way, it won’t be long until it’s in our grubby, cryssalid-hating fingers.

Other than more XCOM, it’s a pretty barren night for releases on the App Store. Then again, more XCOM. Do we need anything else?

Trailer after the break.