Steam News10 January 20265mo ago

5.726 Facing Worlds

Full release notes here. Anyone else ever play that old map on Unreal Tournament back in the day? The description of the new map reminds me of that one.

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Full AI War 2 update

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0 fixes2 additions1 change2 removals

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addedAnyone else ever play that old map on Unreal Tournament back in the day? The description of the new map reminds me of that one.

removedForge Of Empires (Formerly Known As Sidekicks)Armada Locusts no longer attrition while moving between planets.

removedForge Of Empires (Formerly Known As Sidekicks)Armada Empire can build mines on hostile planets, not just AI-owned planets. This allows marauders or other factions that clear out the AI to no longer be such hard counters to the Armada.

addedForge Of Empires (Formerly Known As Sidekicks)Add a new map type that's essentially "two large cluster with one connection between them".

changedHeart of the Machinehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2001070/Heart_of_the_Machine/

AI War 2 changes

addedAnyone else ever play that old map on Unreal Tournament back in the day? The description of the new map reminds me of that one.

removedArmada Locusts no longer attrition while moving between planets.

removedArmada Empire can build mines on hostile planets, not just AI-owned planets. This allows marauders or other factions that clear out the AI to no longer be such hard counters to the Armada.

addedAdd a new map type that's essentially "two large cluster with one connection between them".

changedhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2001070/Heart_of_the_Machine/

Full release notes here.

Anyone else ever play that old map on Unreal Tournament back in the day? The description of the new map reminds me of that one.

Forge Of Empires (Formerly Known As Sidekicks)

Armada Locusts no longer attrition while moving between planets.
Armada Empire can build mines on hostile planets, not just AI-owned planets. This allows marauders or other factions that clear out the AI to no longer be such hard counters to the Armada.
Add a new map type that's essentially "two large cluster with one connection between them".

Heart of the Machine

These are all the updates since the last AI War 2 updates: https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/2001070/announcements/detail/497217247660475729 https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/2001070/announcements/detail/497215345380035328 https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/2001070/announcements/detail/497215345380035094 https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/2001070/announcements/detail/497215345380035089 https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/2001070/announcements/detail/497215345380034905

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2001070/Heart_of_the_Machine/

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Steam News / 10 January 2026

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