Sid Meier's Starships Announced (January 19, 2015)

[ChrisReid]

Another big name is getting back into space combat: Sid Meier's Starships was revealed today. Rather than a first person simulation, the game will feature the famous developer's signature blend of turn based strategy with fleets of warships squaring off across different star systems. Players will research technologies to customize their ships against different factions. There will also be interconnectivity with people who own the recent Civilization Beyond Earth game. The two must have been in development side by side since Starships is expected out in just a few months. It'll be available for Windows, Mac and iPad. If you like 4X games, this looks pretty neat!

• Tactical space combat: Encounter unique tactical challenges in every mission, with dynamically generated maps, victory conditions, and foes.
• Fully customizable starships: Create an armada that fits your tactical plan with modular spaceship design.
• Diplomacy, strategy, and Exploration: Expand the influence of your Federation and gain the trust of the citizens of new planets. Use the unique abilities of the each planet to enhance your fleet and Federation, and keep your opponents in
• A galaxy of adventure: Explore the galaxy as you lead your fleet to distant worlds and complete missions to help the citizens of these planets. Fight pirates, protect colony ships, destroy rogue AI, and more.
• Multiple paths to victory: Will you win by conquering the greatest threat to the galaxy? Or will you unite a plurality of worlds in your Federation? Perhaps you will lead your people to push the frontiers of science. Each choice you make carries consequences on your path to victory

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Original update published on January 19, 2015

 

[NinjaLA]

I bet this makes for a pretty good wing commander modding engine

 

[ChrisReid]

Yeah, I believe the Civ games are designed to be easily moddable. And as much as I'm a big Wing Commander fan and I play a lot of FPS games lately, I really really like good turn based strategy/4X games. Kind of opposite ends of the spectrum, but I'm pretty excited about this. I'll probably get the iPad version unless there's some significant feature advantage on the Mac.