Following his Saturday stage presentation at the PC Gamer Weekender 2018, Julian Gollop brought 17 minutes of Phoenix Point in-game footage to the event's livestream.

Alongside our host Zoe, the X-Com mastermind talked us through one particularly action-packed turn-based mission—filled with hostile aliens, space age weaponry, and, yikes, one massive pincer-wielding extra terrestrial boss baddie.

Phoenix Point is without a hard release date as yet, but good luck taking on that multi-legged monstrosity when it rolls out later this year:

It's worth noting Julian Gollop pens a monthly guest column for PCG about game design. It's called The Gollop Chamber, and you can check it out over here.