XCOM: Enemy Within Appears On Ratings Board Website

XCOM: Enemy Unknown fans may soon find themselves with new content to play according to an online listing for something called XCOM: Enemy Within.

Three listings for the new title have appeared on South Korea's Game Rating Board website, each for a different platform: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Entries for encrypted Enemy Unknown files containing the phrase "XCOM EW" can also be found on SteamDB, a website that tracks content found on the Steam network.

Unfortunately, these listings lack any details and therefore provide no indication of what Enemy Within is -- it could be a sequel to Enemy Unknown or, more likely, it could be an expansion for it.

That more XCOM is on the way comes as no real surprise. Alongside the announcement of iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch versions of Enemy Unknown at PAX East in March, Firaxis teased that something new was in the works. A short video clip was shown of The Council, which you report to in Enemy Unknown, informing you of a "new threat." No further details have been provided since that time.

Between the listings on SteamDB's Enemy Unknown page and the fact that it was less than a year ago that Enemy Unknown was released, an expansion would make sense. Such a release would fall in line with publisher 2K Games' approach with many of its other recent games, including BioShock Infinite, Civilization V, and Borderlands 2, all of which have or are continuing to see a great deal of post-launch support in the form of expansion packs and DLC releases.

Would you prefer to see Enemy Within released as an expansion or a sequel? What would you like to see in such a release? Let us know in the comments.

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Source : ign[dot]com