Not X-Com, but a New Spec Ops Seems to Be in Production by 2K Boston

2K Boston has been suspected of developing a new X-Com since 2007, when it launched BioShock. In March, further evidence was brought in the form of additional rumors when Ken Levine, the studio's creative chief, said that he was “probably the world's biggest X-Com [fan].” In more recent developments of the story, in the later days of October, the resume of a former 2K employee proved that the studio was in fact working at the time on another installment in the X-Com sci-fi series for the PC and Xbox 360.

But the X-Com project also had its foundations shaken in August, when the studio announced that its “next big project” was going to be a “shooter.” Now, it looks like, if another X-Com will indeed be made, it won't be the next title to be released by 2K Boston. A “mysterious new 2K games shooter” was mentioned on Kotaku, and eventually a trailer for the game appeared on the advertising video site Adland.tv.

Entitled “2K Games Spec Ops Trailer by Marco Brambilla & Tronic,” the clip has since been removed from the net, but it's now being hosted by other sites. The game seems to take place in a rather contemporary period, in what appears to be the ruined city of Dubai. Tronic is a New York creative agency that specializes in high-end computer graphics, but it's unlikely that it'll detail the project. The Spec Ops series hasn't been a popular one, so one would think that the chances of it being resurrected are slim.

The series saw its moment in the spotlight at the end of the 1990s and the beginning of the new millennium, developed at first by Ripcord Games, and later by Take Two, the current owners of 2K Boston. Even so, with the recent success of military shooters, like the Modern Warfare series and the Tom Clancy shooters, Take Two might be eager to share in on the prize. 2K Boston would not be an unlikely candidate for the project either, since it has already proven that it can create a competent military shooter. Its SWAT 4 game proved to be very successful back in the day when the studio was known as Irrational Games.