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XCOM: Long War (often shortened as Long War) is a total overhaul video game mod of Firaxis Games' 2012 game XCOM: Enemy Unknown and its expansion, XCOM: Enemy Within.

Development
Long War was first uploaded to the video game mod repository NexusMods on 4 January 2013 by John Lumpkin, under the pen name "johnnylump". Originally developed for Enemy Unknown, it was adapted for Enemy Within after the expansion came out. As of 16 February 2015, the mod lists four members of the core development team (including johnnylump), three senior contributors, five voice actors, as well as almost two dozen other contributors, including additional programers, artists, translators (into Spanish and French), and porters (into Linux and Mac OS X).

Reviews
The lead developer of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Jake Solomon, recommended that fans of the game consider Long War, saying "If you liked XCOM, give The Long War mod a shot. Takes XCOM to a new level."