Geoscape: globe, Scan for Activity and upcoming events

XCOM: Enemy Unknown · Campaign / World Map

Art style Realistic 3D

XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Geoscape: globe, Scan for Activity and upcoming events

About this game

Developer: Firaxis Games · Publisher: 2K · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Realistic 3D · Screen type: Campaign / World Map

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What to study

The Geoscape turns waiting into a schedule: one button (Scan for Activity) advances the world, and the Upcoming Events list prices every wait in days, from the Light Plasma Rifle in 5 days to the Council Report in 18. The globe is the room's centrepiece, but the list on the right is the actual interface, because it is what the player is really managing. Frame at about 5:30 in the XCOM EU The Story Trailer (Steam), manually extracted because the scene-change pass landed on the surrounding base views, not this settled screen.

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

map-overlay status-row detail-panel

Components

Parts on screen.

Map List Clock

Screen inventory

  • MISSIONS header with SCAN FOR ACTIVITY button over the globe room
  • Hologram globe centre; staffed consoles and officers around the room
  • UPCOMING EVENTS list right: 5 Days Light Plasma Rifle, 12 Days Request from Asia, 14 Days Satellite Uplink, 18 Days Council Report
  • Bottom bar: 6:46 PM, 13 June 2015; back and globe buttons bottom left

Top 3 colors

#13191a 22%#000103 22%#263532 16%

Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.

Source and credit

© Firaxis Games / 2K, XCOM: Enemy Unknown screenshot: XCOM EU The Story Trailer (Steam), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by 2K.

Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page

Source details

Fetched 2026-11-01. verified 2026-11-01: manually extracted frame from the official Steam trailer, inspected visually at full resolution; Scan for Activity, globe, all four upcoming events with day counts, and the clock/date confirmed legible

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