Sins of a Solar Empire Beta 2 Date Announced

Another Chance for Pre-order Customers to Enter Stardock and Ironclad’s Epic Space Strategy Game Before Release

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This will be going out to the press tomorrow morning, but we wanted to give the Sins fans an early heads-up. There's a few new exclusive Sins shots for everyone below as well. 

Gamers who missed the first phase of the Sins of a Solar Empire beta test will soon get another chance to play Stardock and Ironclad's highly anticipated strategy game ahead of its February 2008 release. Beta 2 launches on June 21 for anyone who has pre-ordered Sins of a Solar Empire via TotalGaming.net, and includes a ton of new features that will be included in the final game, as well as tweaks and fixes based on feedback from beta testers. June 21 will also see the launch of the new official Sins of a Solar Empire website at: https://www.sinsofasolarempire.com

Sins of a Solar Empire is an epic RT4X strategy game, providing grand-scale strategic gameplay in a real-time environment. Beta 2 once again allows would-be galactic commanders to play through the single-player sandbox game as the Trader Emergency Coalition (TEC), acting as high-level strategists to conquer new planets and to manage diplomatic relations, then seamlessly moving to the role of battle commander - directing individual ships to attack priority targets - via Sins' breakthrough 3D game engine.

In Beta 2, Ironclad Games has implemented an upgraded Bounty system including marauding Pirates, an improved interface including the new Event Tracking system, an expanded combat and tactical-counter model, improved planetary management, a new Capital Planet system, an expanded tech tree, upgraded strategic and tactical AI, even more strategic options, a refined economic system, improved graphics and much more. New players don't need to worry about getting lost in the new features, as Beta 2 also includes two new advanced tutorials and enhancements to existing tutorials to introduce new gameplay concepts.

Sins of a Solar Empire can be pre-ordered for $44.95 or 5 TGN tokens at: http://totalgaming.stardock.com/games/?id=sins. For more information about the game, visit the official website at: https://www.sinsofasolarempire.com

 

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
NICE
my guess is only 2 days off hehe.

And i LOVE the new screenys
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
Oooooh so excited!!!!!!!

And I love the new screens more than someone who posted above me!

"an expanded tech tree" ------ YES!
Galactic Civilizations III
Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
And I love the new screens more than someone who posted above me!


not possible

the first image is really nice, you can see the depris, as it gets destroyed

ETA 8 days and counting
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
So how do you get in on the Beta test again? do I need to send someone my verification or something?
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
Will the unidentified ship in the third screenshot be in Beta 2? Or is that another race? Or am I just missing something.
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
So how do you get in on the Beta test again? do I need to send someone my verification or something?


Preorder the game. If you've already done so, then all you need to do is wait for the 21st to come.
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
w00t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now the ships have the faction's colors on them! And there are more gibs!!!!!!! And the ship (which I don't reconize... been awhile since I played SINS) has kewl guns (or are the fighters coming out of there? Either way it looks cool)
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top

w00t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now the ships have the faction's colors on them!


the ships have always had the factions colors!!!!
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top

the ships have always had the factions colors!!!!


O rly? kosc, you've never heard me complaining about my computer with the 5500 nvidia card? Well *cough* http://www.alienware.com/product_detail_pages/Area-51_7500/area-51_overview.aspx?SysCode=PC-AREA51-7500-R5&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT
*cough* I hope to get a new compy before Feburary '08.
Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top
7days 13hrs and 56minutes remaining till i go see the big boom stuff
Reply #11 from Sins Forums Top
I changed my PC clock ahead, its actually Beta 2 day, RIGHT NOW!
Reply #12 from Sins Forums Top
I went with mainly TEC shots, but there is another race represented in the background of the first screenshot. (Beta 2 will contain only the TEC.)
Reply #13 from Sins Forums Top
Hey, which alienware thing is better (for gaming), the link above or:

http://www.alienware.com/product_detail_pages/Aurora_m9700/aurora-m_overview.aspx?SysCode=PC-LT-AURORA-M-9700&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT

I know ones a note book (I want it more because I can move it to other places and its $100 cheaper) and the other is a desktop, I just want a good (relativly cheap) gaming computer.
Reply #14 from Sins Forums Top
If you're looking for a desktop, check out ibuypower.com too. That's where I'm probably going to get my next PC. You can practically build the thing from the ground up using all sorts of different brand parts.
Reply #15 from Sins Forums Top
Nah, I'm not so good with what specific parts are good (btw: for both of those I would try to get my parents to upgrade them to 2GB instead of 1GB). I'll check the site out tho, thanks.
Reply #16 from Sins Forums Top
Now, the real question is, what are those scythe-like ships in the third screenshot?
Reply #17 from Sins Forums Top
Yeah I am wondering also, in the lower right corner...

In regards to PCs , build your own, its easy to do!
Reply #18 from Sins Forums Top
In regards to PCs , build your own, its easy to do!


if he got no knowledge as to how, and not feel comfortable with all the loss things. I can see its a problem tho

But the cheapest way is to buy all the things at different places and get a friend to put it togheter, if you dont know how

In the second image, is it just me, or does the fighters leave the hanger bay's of the carrier? does look that way
Reply #19 from Sins Forums Top


In the second image, is it just me, or does the fighters leave the hanger bay's of the carrier? does look that way


They ALWAYS leave the carrier like that, just wish the carrier bays opened and closed
Reply #20 from Sins Forums Top
They ALWAYS leave the carrier like that, just wish the carrier bays opened and closed


they do? hmm, im getting somewhat blind i think...
Reply #21 from Sins Forums Top
Ok, I look at some of their prebuilt ones (which are cheaper and seem to be better, but I'm no expert) and I like these two:

http://www.ibuypower.com/ibp/store/configurator.aspx?mid=193

http://www.ibuypower.com/ibp/store/configurator.aspx?mid=194

I would want either with 2GBs. The second one comes with the NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS 640MB w/DVI + TV Out Video card, which seems to be better, but I'm no expert. I want the second one more, but let me know what you guys think (it seems to be better and cheaper than the alien ware one).
Reply #22 from Sins Forums Top
I'd get one with the E6600 CPU , as it is the best bang for the buck right now on the market!

GFX card is fine, make sure you have a strong enough power supply, at least 500 watts with 2 12 volt rails.
Reply #23 from Sins Forums Top
I'm kinda techtarded...sorry kosc. Neither "comes" with the E6600, its extra ($70), and my parents say they aren't made of money...

I dunno what you mean by 2 12 volt rails, and I don't know how many volts the standard power supply is. Yarlen, since you recomended this site, do you know the voltage of the standard power supply they give there?
Reply #24 from Sins Forums Top
yeah but that 70 dollars is the difference between your PC being good 2 years from now...

What ever you do AT LEAST get a CPU that runs over 2Ghz
Reply #25 from Sins Forums Top
Crap. It may be cheaper but I think my parents don't wanna pay all of it at once...

Can you pay it off over time like $50 dollars a month for 30 months? Or some other plan, it was just an example.