Own XCOM: Enemy Unknown? You Have Evolve Alpha!

If you have XCOM, the Evolve alpha will be in your Steam library! Spread the good news!

The man speaks the truth. Downloading it now!

Oh wow, cool. I don't know if I'll get around to trying it but nice to know anyway, thanks.

Hm, curious. I haven't played L4D is years, I could go for another similar experience.

What you say is indeed true, noble OP.

I wondered why I had it in my library!

oh wow. I know what I'm doing later.

Same here.

Oh hey, look at that.

What the... well guess I'm not complaining. Saw the game streamed a bit earlier and was wishing I had alpha access. Plus side is I know a few friends with Xcom, so I've got some solid co-op buddies to join in with.

Woah this rocks.

Time to piss off peeps by NOT PLAYING MY CLASS.

Well I'll be a horses patoot.

... assuming that's a monster class.

I wish it were an inventory item so I could possibly pass it on to someone else because I'm never going to play this.

Has anyone started a Steam group yet?

Well I'll be a monkeys duder, and here I was stalking the extra codes thread, thanks for the heads up!

Thanks for the info duder! I'm really excited to play this game and can't wait to try out the alpha.

Holy crap sweet info....Might not be my kind of game, but I'm willing to give it a try.

I got in on the first Alpha, and I tried to play. Kept joining games in progress and people were intensely mean to me. It reaffirmed my decade-long choice to never play online multiplayer.

Wow, that's awesome, you think they'd try to get that information out more.

Thanks, OP. Wouldn't have seen it otherwise!

@the_nubster: did you PLAY YOUR EFFIN CLASS????

If you've played a game like Team Fortress 2, I think its fairly easy to transition into EVOLVE. It is a very class dependent game so just knowing what skills does, etc. does help. You can always mute out the people who are mean to you, I mean thats what I'd do, and you can probably enlist a duder here to help you out. :)

when does this alpha end?

Cannot connect to my2k servers. Is anyone else getting this message?

This is awesome, thank you ! Oddly enough it's also NBA 2k15 free weekend but I don't see it advertised anywhere on Steam.

Oh wow, that's cool. I would never have noticed it. My Steam library is too big and too much of a mess for me to show all uninstalled games. Thanks!

Anyone know long this alpha lasts? My stupid comcast data limit makes downloading large files just for the weekend a serious contemplation.

@ripelivejam: I was the medic and I didn't know which button was the revive button, and I was immediately called some pretty mean homophobic slurs and also "the worst medic ever." So yeah, I mean, I was doing my job pretty well I think.

@gaspower: I'll probably just keep playing L4D2 with friends. I don't really have the patience to deal with insults while I'm trying to have fun. it's why, outside of online with friends or local co-op, I play mostly single-player games. I like to be left to my own devices.

For those asking, the alpha ends tomorrow at 8 PST.

AM or PM?

@crembaw: PM!

Thank you, i would've totally overlooked this.

Good time to mention it: I have a steam copy of XCOM to gift. If anyone wants to trade something for that and beta access PM me.