XCOM 2 transports players 20 years into the future, where humanity lost the war against the alien threat that has established a new world order. The secret paramilitary organization known as XCOM is largely forgotten, and must strike back to reclaim control of Earth and free mankind from the aliens’ rule. XCOM 2 is currently scheduled for release in November 2015. The game will also be coming to Mac and Linux via Feral Interactive.

In XCOM 2, the roles have been reversed, and XCOM is now the invading force.

New things to come:

• Snakemen and other new units
  
• PC-Exclusive
  
• Mobile base?
  
• Melee combat
  
• Some open world aspects?
  
• Modding for Enemy Unknown/Enemy Within
  
• Jake is back
  and lastly:
  
• Procedurally generated maps !!!

Release date slated for November

We lost; the battle for home has failed!

Now that the enemy threat calls Earth home, we soon find out that we are the unwelcome ones! Commander, we must strike from the shadows. We must take back what was once ours..

Learn more about the current state of the world in XCOM 2 in this piece on IGN