Along with running an Ubisoft promotion that includes some decent bundle discounts and special daily deals, Steam has savings on various indie titles including 50% off and free access to Ace of Spades this weekend. Green Man Gaming also has bargains on a slew of indie...

XCOM: Enemy Unknown should have been a disaster. It's a turn-based strategy title, a style of game its publisher said only last year was "just not contemporary". It's also a remake of a cult classic 1990's PC game, beloved by an audience so fickle that a modern version should be the most offensive entertainment product of the year. Yet it is not. XCOM is, against the odds, a little bit special.

XCOM is about as perfect a remake of an old game as I could have hoped for, in that while changes have inevitably been made, they're mostly for the better, and anything genuinely new introduced is only there to improve things.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown, one of our most anticipated PC games of the year, is officially available for preorder at various online outfits, including Steam, which is spicing things up with a new bonus system. These days, it's common for companies to reward customers with extras...