There’s even more Endless Legend on the way. Amplitude Studios, currently in the middle of developing Endless Space 2, have announced their planet-based 4X will be getting bigger too. It’s adding boats and all their associated conquering, from sea forts to ocean weather.
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Here’s what’s in store in the expansion:
- Naval battles, with new units that can cross ocean tiles. These also have new mechanics and tile effects.
- This includes Sea Fortresses and a new minor faction to deal with.
- New “arcane structures” with powerful guardians to defeat/convince to let you use their homes. These give resources, luxuries and other bonuses and mean clouds, rains and storms will start showing up.
- The Morgawr, a new major faction that specializes in the new systems and can “manipulate” other factions.
There’s no trailer as of yet, or a release date. However, if you want to play before anyone else, there’s a closed beta running next month.
To get in you have to send an email to playtest [at] amplitude-studios.com with a batch of information about you and your computer before September 1. Full details are in the announcement post – they’re looking for 20 folks to help them make Tempest great. There’s also some more screenshots there.