Entering Our Quadrant

by on 15th Jan 2013

We have a contact accelerating towards this sector. Readings indicate it's a potentially captivating entry in the 4X strategy segment and our probes have identified it as StarDrive, a Zer0sum Games creation.

Yes, you shall explore new worlds, meet strange beings and establish an empire among the stars, but there is more you should know before braving the depths of the galaxy:

The heart of StarDrive is its ship design and combat engine.

StarDrive takes a module-based approach to ship design, allowing the player to create custom ship designs where the composition and placement of ship modules really matters to the performance of a ship in combat. In combat, if your portside armor is taking a beating, then rotate around and show them the starboard side! Hide behind a friendly capital ship's shields, warp into and out of the fray, launch fighters, lay mines, and so much more.

Features:

• Lead your forces into battle with your own flagship that you control like an arcade shooter; command your fleets like you would in a real time strategy game with simple mouse commands
• Tactical ground combat to take over enemy planets
• A deep research tree with many dozens of technologies
• Customize your Race by selecting from a large list of physical traits, socioeconomic traits, and traits relating to your history and tradition
• Rich diplomacy options, allowing you to make and break treaties with alien races; trade technologies and artifacts, sell ships, declare wars, and design joint operations with your allies
• Cooperative and Competitive online and LAN multiplayer
• Finally, StarDrive is easy to modify, and modding will be actively supported by the developers

The game has had successful Kickstarter backing and support at Desura as well, giving those early contributors access to Alpha development builds.

From what we could gather pre-orders are incoming soon. Likely this very month in fact, and those who pre-order through Steam shall then be able to play the Beta.

The course is thusly set and, by all indications, the game's full release is to take place not long after that.

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