Laser Squad was around BEFORE X-Com

Laser Squad actually has a richer and older history than X-Com. Laser Squad was originally released as a 3d-isometric turn-based strategy game on the Atari ST and Amiga platforms (I think it also got back-ported to the C64 and maybe even PC platforms). X-Com was a successor to Laser-Squad, but used a lot of the conventions and the turn-based combat of the Laser Squad games (modified slightly, but you can still see the origins there). So the whole "don't call it X-Com" thing is kinda bogus - it just shows that the system is going back to its roots. Excellent game too, BTW.