Phoenix Point, which has been in development for over a year, is a turn-based tactics and world-based strategy Sci-Fi game from the minds of Julian Gollop, veteran designer of the original X-COM games, and David Kaye, the founder of Gaming Insiders. Phoenix Point draws inspiration from a deep pool of talented developers from companies such as Ubisoft Sofia and Crytek Black Sea, and games such as XCOM 2 and X-COM Apocalypse.  

The spread of alien Pandoravirus was an unimaginable extinction event, nearly wiping out all human life. The fortunate majority were quickly killed off by the virus, but some were mutated by the aggressive virus, which attacks human DNA sequences and imbeds its own transformative DNA, thereby mutating humans into horrifically disfigured alien species with the ability to clone.  Those who somehow survived gather in isolated havens spread throughout the world, with several of the largest and most powerful factions of radically contrasting ideologies controlling most of the world’s resources.

You play as part of the Phoenix Project, a worldwide organization set in place before the Pandoravirus, and designed to activate in times of world peril. You and your team must find out what has happened to the other Phoenix Project sleeper cells as you race to bring humanity back from the brink of extinction. Along the way, you will encounter constant threats from an ever-increasing variety of alien mutants (procedural generation system) armed with varying6 tactical abilities and intense boss battles with massive monsters and alien land walkers. Aliens are not your only concern as you will come face to face with unpredictable interactions with human factions with their ideologies and rife with internal conflicts including kidnappings, assassinations, sabotage, military coups, and base defense missions.

Snapshot Games has dropped the first details for Phoenix Point’s upcoming DLC 4: Corrupted Horizons.

The deadly Acheron presents a whole new threat to humanity with abilities that will challenge both new and veteran players alike in the hit turn-based strategy game.

The Acheron appears in the chaos after the Pandorans arrive, and while its original purpose is unknown, it now wreaks havoc throughout the world. The ever-evolving Acheron can buff its allies while hindering Phoenix operatives, leaping across the map, firing off pepper clouds to reduce the accuracy of attackers, or even hanging back to heal friendly Pandorans, call for reinforcements, or worse, resurrect dead allies to keep on fighting!

In designing the Acheron, the team at Snapshot was inspired by War of the Worlds' "harvesters" for its terrifying look. The Acheron introduces the devastating ability to spread Corruption, a new game mechanic that affects infected soldiers’ will to fight. The only way to stop this new affliction is to capture and research one of these strange creatures, but even then, the threat of the Acheron will always be a force to reckon with.

Players will need to have DLC 4 enabled in order to make the Acheron available in both DLC 4-specific missions, as well as standard missions.

Phoenix Point: Year One Edition is available now on PC (Epic Games Store / Steam / Microsoft Store / GOG.com / Google Stadia), while Phoenix Point: Behemoth Edition, featuring the full game plus four major DLC expansions - including DLC 4 - plus a free next-gen upgrade to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S after launch, will debut on PS4 and Xbox One alongside the release of DLC 4 on all platforms on October 1, 2021.