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ENDLESS™ Space 2 is turn-based 4X space-strategy that launches players into the space colonization age of different civilizations within the ENDLESS™ Universe. Your Vision. Their Future.

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7 years ago Mar 16,2017, 14:06:00 PM

Update 3 is coming - New Faction Revealed!

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Hey everyone,


Now that the PC Gamer Weekender, GDC and PAX East are behind us, we're happy to finally announce that Update 3 for Endless Space 2 is coming to Steam on March 23, with the addition of a new major faction: the Riftborn!


Amongst other features and improvements, we're also super excited to release the Multiplayer mode (with up to 8 players in total), new solar winds, nebulas and trading ships bringing more life to the galaxy, AI improvements in Diplomacy and Battle, tweaks to the Battle System and Technology Tree, a tutorial for “Advanced” players, and more!




THE RIFTBORN



The Riftborn are the seventh playable faction in Endless Space 2 and also completely new to the Endless universe. Their gameplay revolves around a unique mechanic: the control of time, which they use to their advantage and to completely change the course of the game. 


"Hailing from an alternate dimension orthogonal to the Endless universe, the Riftborn would've happily led out their abstract, timeless existences entirely ignorant of galactic strife, were it not for a breach that precipitated a disaster of unimaginable proportions. Like a poisoned blade slashed deep into clean flesh, the rift acted as a source of terrible disorder in the Riftborn's pristine, geometrical universe. Desperate, unable to halt the disease's advance no matter what they tried, the Riftborn took the last available course of action that might lead to their survival: Together with their strange time-shifting abilities, they stepped into the Endless universe."






Leadership: Grand Viceroy of New Coroz

The Riftborn's highest authority in the Endless universe belongs to the Grand Viceroy of New Coroz. Although ultimately answering to the Communion back in the home dimension of Coroz, the Grand Viceroy wields singular executive power, and is invested with the authority to make unilateral decisions as the situation demands. Given the blight spreading through Coroz, the hostile environment, and the presence of unknown enemies, it is no surprise that the Communion's choice for Grand Viceroy came from what could be considered the Riftborn's closest thing to a peaceful race's military elite--a High Custodian. Tenacious and capable, the Grand Viceroy doesn’t know how the Riftborn will find salvation, but they will do everything in their power to make it so.






Homeworld: Vanguard

Upon arrival in the galaxy, the Riftborn settled on a snow-covered world that they named Vanguard. Like the rest of the universe they find themselves in, they have little love for the planet, yet in its pristine, white snowfields they find an echo of their own universe, Coroz. Less a home, and more a staging ground for further explorations, the Riftborn inhabit a small corner of the world with order and vigour.






Society: Breach Provisional Authority

The Riftborn who have ventured from their home dimension of Coroz and sheathed themselves in quasi-robotic forms are composed of a mixture of the race's most capable thinkers, engineers, and fighters. On Vanguard they are organized in what might be recognized as a semi-military structure, and their day to day life reflects this reality. Unlike Coroz, where Riftborn life used to revolve around serenity, contemplation, and the higher arts, in the Endless universe every Riftborn is striving to contribute to the effort to understand and eradicate the blight. Construction, exploration, and investigation feature heavily as the Riftborn build the foundations for further scrutiny of the Endless universe.



Find out more about the Riftborn on the Official Wiki.



UPDATE 3


We'll detail the new features of Update 3 in the upcoming days, but here are some screenshots to keep you waiting!





JOIN US ON TWITCH



Tune in later today, at 5pm Paris time / 4pm GMT on Twitch to discover Update 3 and the Riftborn faction in action: Twitch.tv/AmplitudeStudios 




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7 years ago
Mar 16, 2017, 2:24:35 PM

We were bamboozled! And there I was sure it would be those green alien fellas. 


Still, they look very interesting. Unique, for sure.

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7 years ago
Mar 16, 2017, 2:54:27 PM
SuperMarloWorld wrote:

Are the rifters descendants of some virtual endless guys ?  


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They're from another universe... It's Impossible.

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7 years ago
Mar 16, 2017, 3:04:35 PM

Yeh but maybe a virtual universe created by endless. Well. Maybe they was so good at MMORPG they did become the MMORPG !

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7 years ago
Mar 16, 2017, 3:11:17 PM

Can't wait! I have to say though, based off the screen shot of the ship designer, the new weapon icons are much harder to differentiate from one another

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7 years ago
Mar 16, 2017, 3:13:36 PM

What?! Same day of release than ME: Andromaeda? Monsters!

Anyway, any chance of a beta of the update, like the last one?

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7 years ago
Mar 16, 2017, 3:17:18 PM

To celebrate the arrival of this new race, the first pun ever made about a Riftborn :

- Who is e ?

- He who ?

- e ! The Riftborn hero !

- A Riftborn ? It is "it" in that case, no ?

- I'm not speaking of a gender, I'm speaking of a name : e

- Ah ! Sorry, my bad ! I have no idea who is e... Hihihi

- ... --'


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7 years ago
Mar 16, 2017, 3:24:24 PM

i love how the riftborn were in front of everyones noses all the time, in the population gained art....

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7 years ago
Mar 16, 2017, 3:40:14 PM

I really like the design, aesthetic, and lore of the faction! Can't wait to see the gameplay they have! 

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7 years ago
Mar 16, 2017, 4:06:17 PM

I am reading Hyperion and I am seing many easter eggs...

Here comes the Shrike people (in a less sharp / cutting version) :)

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7 years ago
Mar 16, 2017, 5:18:56 PM

At each update, there has been a beta version (with bugs, but allowing us to test things a bit) available just after the stream. This time, because of the "multiplayer factor", will there be a beta version or not ?


Thank you for reading.

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7 years ago
Mar 16, 2017, 5:24:35 PM
Hinin wrote:

At each update, there has been a beta version (with bugs, but allowing us to test things a bit) available just after the stream. This time, because of the "multiplayer factor", will there be a beta version or not ?


Thank you for reading.

0.1.3 Is already available to download. 

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7 years ago
Mar 16, 2017, 5:30:00 PM
vahouth wrote:
Hinin wrote:

At each update, there has been a beta version (with bugs, but allowing us to test things a bit) available just after the stream. This time, because of the "multiplayer factor", will there be a beta version or not ?


Thank you for reading.

0.1.3 Is already available to download.

You are right Automaton-sensei, but usually they tell us that the beta version is available during the stream, and the fact that multiplayer will be introduced in this update means that things will become more complex, so I wanted to ask out. 


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7 years ago
Mar 16, 2017, 5:41:36 PM

Ok, so the patch is apparently not ready yet.

I downloaded it and there are only 4 factions. 


EDIT: Duh, it says in the OP that it releases on March 23. LOL

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Mar 16, 2017, 5:44:57 PM
vahouth wrote:
Hinin wrote:

At each update, there has been a beta version (with bugs, but allowing us to test things a bit) available just after the stream. This time, because of the "multiplayer factor", will there be a beta version or not ?


Thank you for reading.

0.1.3 Is already available to download. 

The actual version is 0.2.5


0.1.3 is the UE update.


The Riftborn update is only available the 23 March.

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7 years ago
Mar 16, 2017, 5:51:15 PM

They stated that there won't be ''beta'' verion of update 3. We need to wait for it to be fully developed I'm afraid. I don't actually mind it due to last ''betas'' crashiness.

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