Both games are “fiscal year 2013″ titles, which pegs their release between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013.

We talk to XCOM’s producer about the game’s ’60s setting, who the lead character is, stealing alien technology, and how they kept tactical elements in the reboot.

If you’re old enough to remember X-COM, MicroProse’s X-COM, was a strategy game while the 2012 XCOM reboot from Bioshock developer 2K Marin is a first person shooter with tactical elements. We asked the game’s producer why they decided to switch genres.