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X was down — here's what happened during the massive outage

X.com was experiencing a huge global outage. Here's what happened.

Tom’s Guide

219 hours of XCOM 2 and 20 minutes of Fallout: Size Five Games' director Dan Marshall takes us through the games on his PC

The co-creator of the Swindle, Lair of the Clockwork God and Earth Must Die gives us the lowdown on his gaming tastes.

PC Gamer

XCOM 2 is 10 years old, and 2K is celebrating with a free weekend and a 95% discount on Firaxis' masterful sequel

Try one of the best games ever for nothing, then grab it for less than the price of a coffee.

PC Gamer

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After losing 92 soldiers in Menace, I'll never call XCOM brutal again

Now Playing | This new turn-based strategy game makes XCOM look positively fluffy in comparison

GamesRadar

10 years later and with no XCOM 3 in sight, I'm in love with XCOM 2 now more than ever

Opinion | February 5, 2026, marks 10 years since XCOM 2 dared to make us lose

GamesRadar

Terra Invicta review

Saving the world grand strategy-style.

PC Gamer

In defense of XCOM: Chimera Squad

Once more unto the breaching turn, before they close up the wall with their chryssalid dead.

PC Gamer

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Only diehard XCOM fans will have a chance at beating our latest quiz

Dissecting XCOM 2's alien autopsies.

PC Gamer

X was down — recap as major Twitter outage served up blank screen for thousands

Elon Musk's X.com is reportedly suffering issues for a number of users. Here are the latest updates on this developing situation.

Tom’s Guide

X Down: Elon Musk's Platform Suffers Massive Global Outage Following Grok Row

X platform suffers massive global outage as Grok AI scandal spirals. Tens of thousands report access failures amid concerns over sexualised deepfakes.

International Business Times UK

X (Twitter) is down: Millions unable to access timeline and app as X services are knocked offline

A major outage has taken X offline for millions of users, with people reporting they are unable to access the website or the app.

Windows Central

There's a Transformers XCOM-like on Steam, and it's on sale for 90% off before it gets delisted

Roll out, Commander.

PC Gamer

X down for you or not loading content? You're not alone — here's what happened

X.com is back online, but barely

Tom’s Guide

You're not alone, X / Twitter is down due to major Cloudflare outage — here's what you need to know

A major Cloudflare outage has caused hundreds of websites to go offline, including X. Here's what that means.

Windows Central

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X goes down hard with a security ‘YubiKey’ error affecting millions of Twitter users

A global issue with re-enrolling security keys for users’ X accounts is locking them out

Tom’s Guide

Snapchat went down in massive outage due to AWS — live recap of how events knocked the social media app offline

Snapchat users are reporting a huge outage on the social media platform at the same time as Amazon's AWS service is experiencing huge problems.

GamesRadar

I never really vibed with XCOM 2, but this Steam Next Fest demo is a turn-based strategy RPG I can finally get behind

Menace's suppression system fixes everything that annoyed me about XCOM

TechRadar

ChatGPT is getting parental controls starting today – here’s what they do and how to set them up

OpenAI is finally rolling out ChatGPT parental controls. Here's what parents need to know and how to activate them.

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31 years later, XCOM creator Julian Gollop says strategy games are still "where my heart lies" and he wants to make them "more accessible and immersive" – his latest attempt is out today with co-op and Pikmin vibes

Chip 'n Clawz vs. The Brainoids is out on PS5, Xbox, and PC today

The Guardian - US

US citizens jailed in LA Ice raids speak out: ‘They came ready to attack’

Exclusive: Andrea Velez and Adrian Martinez recount their capture by immigration officers and its effects on their lives

Benzinga

Tesla, xAI and SpaceX Merger? Chamath Palihapitiya Floats 'Industrial Logic' For Union Of Elon Musk-led Companies: 'This Would Be Pretty Logical'

Billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya sparked speculations regarding a potential megamerger between Elon Musk’s biggest ventures, xAI, SpaceX, and, of course, Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA).

PC Gamer

Great moments in PC gaming: When the party in a tactics RPG start to really feel like your guys

I love it when a party comes together.

Space

'Star Wars: Zero Company' – Release window, trailers & everything we know

XCOM meets the Clone Wars in Star Wars: Zero Company, the upcoming squad-based strategy game coming in 2026.

PC Gamer

This XCOM-style strategy game dares to ask: What if Napoleon Bonaparte was a woman who had an army of battlemechs?

I've long wondered this myself.

GamesRadar

The creator of XCOM has high hopes for Switch 2's mouse Joy-Cons and strategy games: "Mouse control RTS might work really well here"

Switch 2's "co-op style game chat feature" and mouse controls have a big fan in XCOM's creator

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