The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified - Hangar 6 R&D

In the days leading up to the events of The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, Agent Nico DaSilva volunteers for a series of dangerous secret experiments to identify and treat a terrifying new pathogen. Maximize your…

8 October 2013

What The Bureau: XCOM Declassified - Hangar 6 R&D is

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified - Hangar 6 R&D is a shooter game developed by 2K Marin and released in 2013. It is available on Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

In the days leading up to the events of The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, Agent Nico DaSilva volunteers for a series of dangerous secret experiments to identify and treat a terrifying new pathogen. Maximize your combat skills and push your team to its limits to protect a friend from his own hallucinated terrors.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the X-COM series

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified - Hangar 6 R&D is the tenth of 27 entries we hold in the X-COM series. The next entry was The Bureau: XCOM Declassified - Codebreakers in 2013.

See all 27 X-COM games in release order →

What it launched against

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified - Hangar 6 R&D launched on 8 October 2013, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto V, Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut. It was a Xbox One launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto V, Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut.

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