I know, they cut out the turnbased part, in favor of some
realtime / stop action thing.

By this ripping out the most prominent feature of the game.

Is the new XCOM going to be turnbased?

Some small recent games of mine:
Griefer 4k http://damocles11.byethost9.com/griefer4k.html
Kobold 4k http://damocles11.byethost9.com/kobold.html
Cave 4k http://damocles11.byethost9.com/cave4k.html