14 DAY TRIAL // Amplitude Studios has just released a new update for its highly-acclaimed Endless Space strategy game. The update brings lots of new features, improvements and bug fixes, along with some free weekend rewards.
Patch 1.0.65 has been pushed to Steam and will be automatically downloaded when players open their games libraries.
The following changes and additions have been included in the latest update for Endless Space:
- Add-On introduction and illustration; - Victory warnings alert messages; - Improved blockade effects: now activated on guard and invasion only; - New scrapping button for unnecessary improvements on the Empire view; - Tax rate tooltip in the Empire view;
- Reworked game speed effects: + Outpost are converted into colony in 15 turns (fast), 30 turns (normal), 45 turns (slow); + Ownership progresses 2x faster in fast and 2x slower in slow; + Bushido, revenge and other traits linked to a turn limit are now bind to the game speed; + Locus point limit is now affected by the game speed; + Invasion progress is multiplied by 2 in fast and divided by 2 in slow; + Max Invasion Limit is now 50% in fast and 12% in slow.
Aside from the changes above, developer Amplitude Studios announced that new free weekend rewards are available for players, including the ones below:
- 4 new heroes with their own biography and illustration (Pirate, Deuyivan, Automaton and Virtual Endless); - 1 new Technology (Gas Giant Transformation); - 2 new Buildings (Deep Space Facility and High Energy Array); - 3 new Planet Anomalies (Hostile Dust, Endless Trouble and Humeris Insidentes); - 4 new random events including stackable/escalating game events (Mad Scientist, New Religion, Sleeping War machines and Endless Facility); - 6 new Exploration Rewards (pool of heroes is refreshed reset or replaced, unveil surrounding systems and boost industry or approval).
For the full list of changes included in the latest update for Endless Space, check out the official announcement here.