Free XCOM: Enemy Unknown DLC now available

<p>Firaxis has announced the release of free DLC for its sci-fi combat&sol;strategy game <em>XCOM&colon; Enemy Unknown<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Titled <em>Second Wave<&sol;em>&comma; the DLC is available for PS3&comma; Xbox 360 and PC and offers players a number of post-game modifications which were originally dropped during development of the game but which have now been reinstated&period; Players will have to work especially hard for four particular modifications which are only unlocked upon completion of the game in Impossible mode&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Here&&num;8217&semi;s the list of modifications&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Damage Roulette&colon; Weapons have a wider range of damage&period;&ast;<br &sol;>&NewLine;New Economy&colon; Randomized council member funding&period;&ast;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Not Created Equally&colon; Rookies will have random starting stats&period;&ast;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Hidden Potential&colon; As a soldier is promoted&comma; stats increase randomly&period;&ast;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Red Fog&colon; Combat wounds will degrade the soldier&&num;8217&semi;s mission stats&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Absolutely Critical&colon; A flanking shot guarantees a critical hit&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Greater Good&colon; Psionics can only be learned from interrogating a psionic alien&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Marathon&colon; The game takes considerably longer to complete&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Results Driven&colon; A country offers less funding as its panic level increases&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;High Stakes&colon; Random rewards for stopping alien abductions&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Diminishing Returns&colon; Increased cost of satellite construction&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;More Than Human&colon; The psionic gift is extremely rare&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;War Weariness&colon; Funding goes down over time&period; &ast;&ast;<br &sol;>&NewLine;E-115&colon; Elerium degrades over time&period; &ast;&ast;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Total Loss&colon; Lose all soldier gear upon death&period; &ast;&ast;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Alternate Sources&colon; 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