You’ll get immediate access

Yesterday’s news of theLong War 2modreminded me that I failed to snagXCOM 2at launch and, dumber yet, while it was discounted in recent end-of-year sales. But actually, that indecisiveness has paid off — the alien-blastin’, bad-luck-cursing strategy title is available for only $12 on PC.

The deal comes fromHumble Monthly, a subscription service that gives you immediate access to one known game — in this case,XCOM 2— and six as-yet-unknown titles on Jun 29, 2025. Even if you literally only wantXCOM 2and don’t care about whatever else will be in the bundle, this is a price worth considering (just don’t forget to cancel your sub as needed before the next monthly bundle hits).

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For reference, the last Humble Monthly lineup hadWarhammer: End Times – Vermintide,Project Cars,Mother Russia Bleeds,The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky,Neon Chrome,Jotun,HoPiKo, andKimmy. These things vary, of course, but they can work outveryfavorably based on your library.

Aside from the deal, I think I subconsciously wanted to write this post because I’ve had snake-people on the mind. Here are some excerpts from our Slack, a place where work somehow gets done.

A battle scene in Battlefield 6 Open Beta

“Again,nothing sexual.”

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GigabyteMon

A snap of the upcoming MESA update in PEAK

Naked Snake sneaking around in MGS Delta.

Battlefield 6 aiming RPG at a helicopter

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Milla Jovovich portraying Alice in Resident Evil 2002, wearing a red dress and holding a gun in her hand.