Is the ability to change armor color only available to preorders in XCOM: Enemy Unknown?

Solution 1:

You won't get the special armor from the pre order, but you if you don't feel like buying the DLC, you can add the following lines to the end of your XComGame.ini in C:\Users\<user>\Documents\My Games\XCOM - Enemy Unknown\XComGame\Config.

[XComStrategyGame.XGCustomizeUI]
bArmorDecoAvailable=true
bArmorTintAvailable=true

This will allow you to get the color customizations without the extra armor.

Solution 2:

The Elite Soldier pack is now available for separate purchase on Steam and Xbox LIVE (US marketplace link). I assume that if it's not already available on PSN, it will be soon as well.

Solution 3:

Nope. I'm in the same boat.

You could try and track down a preorder, seems to be a few on ebay for $100. Or simply use a 'backup' copy if you catch my drift.

Other than that, we have to wait for the announcement that it's actually going to be released.