Issue 041 — July 2026
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About Phoenix Point

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Phoenix Point: Year One Edition is the definitive version of the acclaimed strategy game from the creator of X-COM, collecting all previously released DLC, updates and additional content into one package. The setting is grim: Earth has been overrun by a mutating alien menace that threatens the last remnants of mankind, and only the Phoenix Project, a secret organization of the best minds and bravest soldiers left alive, can repel the invasion and reverse the inevitable.

As the leader the Phoenix Project turns to, you shoulder a broad slate of responsibilities. You research and develop new technologies, explore a ravaged globe, build your bases, manage resources and dominate the battlefield, all while the alien threat continues to evolve against you. But you are not alone out there, and the human factions may prove as consequential as the aliens themselves.

Those factions, including the corporatist New Jericho, the indecisive Synedrion and the fanatical Disciples of Anu, along with various offshoot subfactions, each hold their own values, goals and views of the alien Pandorans. You can work with them through the diplomacy system, use subterfuge to steal what you need, or simply crush everyone with military might. As an indie action strategy RPG on PC, this Year One Edition delivers the most complete and challenging version of Phoenix Point's gameplay.