<s>
Xenonauts	B-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
an	O
upcoming	O
turn-based	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Goldhawk	B-Application
Interactive	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
2014	O
's	O
Xenonauts	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenonauts	B-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
a	O
turn-based	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenonauts	B-Application
2	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
an	O
alternate	O
history	O
timeline	O
during	O
the	O
Cold	B-Application
War	I-Application
,	O
rather	O
than	O
being	O
a	O
chronological	O
sequel	O
to	O
Xenonauts	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
like	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Xenonauts	B-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
inspired	O
by	O
X-COM	B-Application
:	I-Application
UFO	I-Application
Defense	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Goldhawk	B-Application
Interactive	I-Application
began	O
prototyping	O
and	O
designing	O
a	O
potential	O
sequel	O
to	O
their	O
2014	O
game	O
Xenonauts	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
Xenonauts	B-Application
2	I-Application
becoming	O
their	O
next	O
project	O
was	O
still	O
under	O
evaluation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
being	O
developed	O
using	O
the	O
Unity	B-Application
game	I-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Setting	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
an	O
alternate	O
timeline	O
meant	O
that	O
humanity	O
would	O
not	O
possess	O
the	O
advanced	O
alien	O
technology	O
from	O
Xenonauts	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Project	O
lead	O
,	O
Chris	O
England	O
remarked	O
that	O
he	O
wanted	O
them	O
to	O
be	O
both	O
visually	O
and	O
mechanically	O
more	O
interesting	O
than	O
in	O
Xenonauts	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2016	O
,	O
Goldhawk	O
officially	O
announced	O
Xenonauts	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
scheduled	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2016	O
,	O
Goldhawk	O
began	O
distributing	O
free	O
development	O
builds	O
of	O
Xenonauts	B-Application
2	I-Application
with	O
fortnightly	O
updates	O
.	O
</s>
