If you're thinking Star Wars: Zero Company sounds a lot like XCOM: Enemy Unknown – one of the best alien invasion games ever – you're on to something; Bit Reactor was founded by ex-Firaxis ...

Firaxis Games, known for making brilliant strategy games like the Sid Meier’s Civilization and XCOM series, has parted ways with around 30 employees, according to a report by Axios.

Later, Mr. Mangione went to work as an intern at Firaxis Games, publisher of the enormously popular computer game franchise Civilization, according to his LinkedIn profile.