{"id":17756,"date":"2012-10-23T14:09:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T21:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=17756"},"modified":"2012-10-23T14:09:46","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T21:09:46","slug":"xcoms-own-china-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2012\/10\/23\/xcoms-own-china-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"XCOM&#8217;s own China syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"fancybox\" rel=\"17756\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/First_currency_manipulation_and_now_alien_appeasement.jpg\"<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/First_currency_manipulation_and_now_alien_appeasement.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"First_currency_manipulation_and_now_alien_appeasement\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17757\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2K has announced the first DLC for XCOM.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In this new set of linked Council missions, gamers will meet an enigmatic Triad operative, divert an alien ship&#8217;s course, and do battle with the aliens in the skies over China. The Slingshot Content Pack includes three new maps tied to the Council missions, a new playable squad character with a unique story and voice and new character customization options. The release date and pricing of the Slingshot Content Pack will be announced soon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Linked Council missions?  Like a mini story arc on pre-set maps?  Do you play it on its own, or does it just drop into your ongoing game?  A new character for your squad?  A character they&#8217;re making instead of me?  It sounds to me like someone at 2K doesn&#8217;t get XCOM.  <\/p>\n<p>On a related note, you can now buy the option to customize your soldiers&#8217; armor for $5.  This was previously only available to folks who pre-ordered XCOM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>XCOM&#039;s own China syndrome - Quarter to Three<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2012\/10\/23\/xcoms-own-china-syndrome\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"XCOM&#039;s own China syndrome - 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