A Week In News

• News of Distant Worlds 2 Coming Soon!: Yeah, you read that correctly, Erik Rutins of Matrix Games has stated publicly that we will receive information on DW2 before the year is over. Furthermore, we’ve reached out to him personally and we’ll have the information here as soon as it’s ready to be shared! We’re ecstatic!
• Astra Exodus Dev Diary #8: This week’s dev diary details starship design and how it will affect combat in Astra Exodus. Stay tuned Monday, as we’ll have an exclusive preview piece, video, and a little something special!
• Age of Wonders: Planetfall Dev Diary #53: This week’s dev diary details the upcoming Anomalous Sites that will be featured in the upcoming Revelations expansion pack!
• AI War 2 V1.008: After this week’s podcast interview with Chris Park and our AI War 2 Review, we have even more news of a brand new version update, this time addressing Arks and Golems accessibility and more!
• Endless Legend Update: Somehow, someway, Amplitude Studios continues to update and add content to Endless Legend, this time adding Chinese localization and a new minor faction, the Magtay!
• Fantastic Creatures Released: We’ll have a review up very soon, so stay tuned!
• Stellaris Dev Diary #160: This week’s dev diary for Stellaris revealed all of the upcoming Origins, the foundational backstories that will shape how factions play in the upcoming update and expansion.
• Stellar Monarch Reaches 1.40: A huge balance and QoL update, there are four big changes, among many, many other smaller additions.
• Warhammer 40K: Gladius V1.4.2: This patch consists of fixes and balance improvements, with hints of a new race coming and a “new feature that many people will love”. Color us interested!
• Wildermyth Now in Steam’s Early Access: Wildermyth, the game that Rob has fallen head over heels for, has released in Early Access to a very positive reception. We’re very happy and excited to see where it goes from here!

Thanks again for joining us in this week’s news roundup! Did we miss anything? Be sure to let us know in the comments below if we’ve missed an important news item!