2 k Games and Firaxis have announced the first downloadable content for XCOM: Enemy Unknown . Called Slingshot, the DLC will provide us with three new missions of the Council to follow a single story arc. The plot is set in China and will lead the team to meet a Triad operating soldier named Zhang. The latter will be a playable character, and unlike the other will have a voice and a face.

Slingshot there will be three new missions on three very different maps than those already present in the game but unfortunately not available for multiplayer.

In addition to new locales, the DLC will make available a wide variety of new objectives and other customizations for characters.

The missions will be offered via the Board and you can take them out at any time. There will be no new weapons or technologies, according to the developers for not unbalance too much game experience. Finish the DLC will have immediate access to the Blaster that normally it unlocks much ahead into the adventure.

Developers say they are open to the possibility of developing future DLC for the multiplayer section of the game.

In addition we inform you that from now on the Marketplace ( web link ) the "Elite Soldier Pack," free for those who preordered the game and 400 for everyone else. The DLC adds the classic characters of X-COM, armor kits Hyperion and Reaper, and other colors for all armatures.