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The veteran X-COM franchise is set to make a come-back next year - this time without the hyphen - with publisher 2K Games announcing an international release date of 9 March 2012.

"Every time I think of XCOM it gives me the chills, the kind that come from standing witness to the corruption and destruction of your world as you stand powerless to prevent it," said 2K president Christoph Hartmann. "I’m pleased to announce today that we will be bringing this experience to an even broader audience when XCOM comes to the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in March 2012."

The franchise reboot promises to take the suspense and drama of the X-COM series into the first person perspective for the first time, with players commanding a team of government special agents to defend against the threat of human extinction, taking the narrative back to the origins of the series.

With E3 just around the corner we can expect to see more of 2K Marin's latest project, but while we wait here is the latest trailer just released in time for the big Los Angeles event.