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Development Update: 13 May 2026
The hull of the Arkship groaned as the vessel was ejected from the hyperspace anomaly into the structure of real space-time. Belit Tseri reeled at her station on the bridge, struggling to maintain her footing as the shi…
Development Update: 10 August 2020
Just a quick patch with a few bug fixes and resolution scaling changes. Patch Notes for 10 August 2020 (ver. r38774) Gameplay Additions and Changes Improvements to AI judgments about which planets should be offered/dema…
Development Update: 18 July 2020
Hudson: Well that’s great… that’s just fuckin’ great, man. Now what the fuck are we supposed to do? We’re in some real pretty shit now, man! Hicks: Are you finished? Newt: I guess we’re not going to be leaving now, righ…
Development Update: 16 November 2019
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner ey…
Development Update: 16 October 2019
Hudson: Is this going to be a stand-up fight, sir, or another bug hunt? Gorman: All we know is that there is still is no contact with the colony, and that a xenomorph may be involved. Frost: Excuse me sir, a what? Gorma…
Development Update: 7 October 2019
That transmission... Mother's deciphered part of it. It doesn't look like an S.O.S. It... it looks like a warning. Today's update contains some significant changes to economic balance and AI behavior, as well as a numbe…
Development Update: 14 February 2019
Come with me if you want to live. Last month's patch was a big one, and so predictably there were bugs to hunt. Today's patch contains mostly bug fixes, and we also made some balance adjustments to the AI on "Easy" diff…
Development Update: 17 January 2019
Greetings, interstellar tyrants! Today's patch has been a long time in the making: it includes extensive changes to the AI and diplomacy system, difficulty level balance, and adds an oft-requested Victory screen, comple…
Development Update: 19 March 2018
I bid you a formal welcome, Captain. Today's patch contains a number of updates and tweaks to the base game, adds a new strategic territory overlay, and new functionality for the Orthin capacitors. As always, your feedb…
Development Update: 19 March 2018
I bid you a formal welcome, Captain. Today's patch contains a number of updates and tweaks to the base game, adds a new strategic territory overlay, and new functionality for the Orthin capacitors. As always, your feedb…
Development Update: 21 February 2018
Greetings, galactic despots! We hope you've had a triumphant holiday campaign season. Today's patch includes some expanded functionality for the Legacies features, including some new weapons and technologies. Next we wi…
Development Update: 21 February 2018
Greetings, galactic despots! We hope you've had a triumphant holiday campaign season. Today's patch includes some expanded functionality for the Legacies features, including some new weapons and technologies. Next we wi…
Development Update: 15 December 2017
WE COME IN PEACE. WE BRING GREETINGS FROM A FRIENDLY SPECIES. DO NOT FEAR. WE SHALL NOT HARM YOU. THIS IS PROBE 2418-B, ON A PEACEFUL MISSION. WE ARE NON-HOSTILE AND SEEK TO ESTABLISH FRIENDLY RELATIONS. WE WISH TO LEAR…
Development Update: 15 December 2017
WE COME IN PEACE. WE BRING GREETINGS FROM A FRIENDLY SPECIES. DO NOT FEAR. WE SHALL NOT HARM YOU. THIS IS PROBE 2418-B, ON A PEACEFUL MISSION. WE ARE NON-HOSTILE AND SEEK TO ESTABLISH FRIENDLY RELATIONS. WE WISH TO LEAR…
Development Update: 27 October 2017
THIS IS A SYSTEM MESSAGE FROM THE SHIP'S COMPUTER TRANSLATION SUBSYSTEM: INCOMING MESSAGE EXTREMELY UNUSUAL IN COMPOSITION. TRANSLATION INCLUDES MANY LINGUAL ANOMALIES. OVERALL ACCURACY OF TRANSLATION IS: UNKNOWN. MESSA…
Development Update: 27 October 2017
THIS IS A SYSTEM MESSAGE FROM THE SHIP'S COMPUTER TRANSLATION SUBSYSTEM: INCOMING MESSAGE EXTREMELY UNUSUAL IN COMPOSITION. TRANSLATION INCLUDES MANY LINGUAL ANOMALIES. OVERALL ACCURACY OF TRANSLATION IS: UNKNOWN. MESSA…
Stars in Shadow: Legacies is now available!
PLAY AS MEGA-MACHINE WORSHIPPING CYBORGS, IN STARS IN SHADOW: LEGACIES DLC, OUT TODAY Publisher Iceberg Interactive and developer Ashdar Games announce that Legacies, the first expansion for turn-based 4X strategy game…
Stars in Shadow: Legacies is now available!
PLAY AS MEGA-MACHINE WORSHIPPING CYBORGS, IN STARS IN SHADOW: LEGACIES DLC, OUT TODAY Publisher Iceberg Interactive and developer Ashdar Games announce that Legacies, the first expansion for turn-based 4X strategy game…
LEGACIES Update: 19 October 2017
Do not be alarmed, leader of Humanity. This herald arrives on a mission without violence. Human vessels now delve deeper into hyperspace than ever before. The symmetry is disturbed. It is at this time that we who dwell…
LEGACIES Update: 19 October 2017
Do not be alarmed, leader of Humanity. This herald arrives on a mission without violence. Human vessels now delve deeper into hyperspace than ever before. The symmetry is disturbed. It is at this time that we who dwell…
