Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion news & patch notes

Highly anticipated sequel features larger battles, advanced units, and a new campaign to lead humanity against hostile AI takeover

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Stardock and Oxide Games today announced Ashes of the Singularity II, the highly anticipated sequel to the groundbreaking, massive-scale RTS that redefined real-time strategy gaming a decade ago. Set to release in 2026, exactly ten years after the original, the game invites players to engage in strategic battles of unprecedented scale, depth, and intensity.

In the original Ashes of the Singularity, players experienced revolutionary gameplay powered by the first-ever multi-core graphics engine capable of handling thousands of units simultaneously across maps the size of entire continents. The game's forward-thinking story envisioned a future dominated by sophisticated AI managing drone constructs to battle post-human factions for control over the solar system.

A decade later, the battle grows, with the humans of Earth having a say in their own destiny. In Ashes of the Singularity II, players command the United Earth Forces, a powerful human alliance forged between NATO, China, and Russia, determined to reclaim Earth’s territories—including Australia and Africa—as well as vital outposts on planets and moons across the solar system, all previously overtaken by relentless AI and formidable Post-Humans.

With a significantly expanded development team, Ashes of the Singularity II introduces an arsenal of advanced units and sophisticated gameplay mechanics. Players will experience greater strategic depth, intricate base-building dynamics, and intense skirmishes against intelligent computer opponents. A gripping story-driven campaign set in a chillingly familiar near-future landscape of 2031 ensures a captivating experience. Fans can also look forward to robust cooperative and competitive multiplayer modes.

“Ten years ago, we set a new, literal benchmark for RTS games with massive battles and groundbreaking technology," said Brad Wardell, CEO of Stardock Entertainment. "With Ashes of the Singularity II, we’re raising the bar even higher, delivering strategic gameplay depth that RTS fans have always dreamed of.”

While the gameplay and the production values have greatly improved since the original, the most obvious change in the sequel is the third faction: The humans.

“Obviously, in the first game, the number one request was to have a human faction,” said Wardell. “Back then, we just couldn’t support having thousands of organic, walking, squishy people in the world and thus had to design in favor of machines. We’re really excited to bring the humans into the war and watch how they fare against the massive mechanical armies of the Substrate and PHC.”

Developed by Oxide Games, renowned for their technological innovation, and published by Stardock Entertainment, the company behind the acclaimed Sins of a Solar Empire series, Ashes of the Singularity II promises to elevate the RTS genre once again.

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Sins of a Solar Empire II Deals:

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Massive ‘Total Subjugation’ (v1.4) Update - Free for all Sins 2 players!

v1.4 Features

• TEC Stilat Missile Corvette
• Vasari Heavy Fighter Strikecraft
• Vasari Junsurak Warden Frigate

Empires will rise and fall as Sins of a Solar Empire II is now available to purchase on Steam.

A new era begins as the sequel to one of the most beloved strategy titles of all time releases today on Steam with new dynamic maps, deeper combat, and more.

Key Features:

• Three playable races including the Advent, Vasari, and TEC return with two sub-factions that utilize unique items, mechanics, and Empire Systems to achieve total victory
• Orbiting planets that dynamically alter the map during play, requiring players to gradually shift strategies as new challenges and opportunities emerge
• Minor factions that provide unique capabilities to players that befriend them through a new influence system
• Enhanced tactical battles and deeper combat simulation including missiles that can be shot down
• New economy model that allows players to truly customize their worlds to fit production needs
• Ten-player multiplayer matches that allow players to seamlessly join or resume games
• Build and command thousands of high-fidelity units in a new engine built from the ground-up for Sins of a Solar Empire II
• Capital ships that can be equipped with special augmentations to be more effective in battle
• New in-game mod browser allows for easy installation for user generated content and maps

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Coming to Steam August 15, 2024

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• Three unique playable races including the Advent, Vasari, and TEC return with two sub-factions that utilize unique items, mechanics, and Empire Systems to achieve total victory
• Orbiting planets that dynamically alter the map during play, requiring players to gradually shift their strategies as new challenges and opportunities present themselves
• Enhanced tactical battles and deeper combat simulation featuring tracking turrets and missiles that can be blocked by ships or shot down
• Minor factions that provide unique capabilities to players that befriend them through a new influence system
• New economy model that allows players to truly customize their worlds to fit production needs
• 10-player multiplayer matches that allow players to seamlessly join or resume games
• Build and command thousands of high fidelity ships that are effortlessly powered by a new 64-bit multicore engine
• Capital ships that can be equipped with special augmentations to be more effective in battle
• New in-game mod browser allows for easy installation for mods and maps

Sequel to beloved strategy title features new asymmetric playstyles, dynamically changing maps, deeper tactical combat, expanded strategic depth, and more

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Sins II will give players more tools than ever to form their own play styles as they battle, scheme, monopolize, and manipulate their way to victory.

Sins of a Solar Empire II is packed with new features for players to explore, including:

• The Advent Unity race returns for Sins of a Solar Empire II with two sub-factions that utilize new items, mechanics, and the unique “Unity” Empire System
• Orbiting planets that dynamically alter the map during play, requiring players to gradually shift their strategies as new challenges and opportunities present themselves
• Enhanced tactical battles and deeper combat simulation featuring tracking turrets and missiles that can be blocked by ships or shot down
• Minor factions that provide unique capabilities to players that befriend them through a new influence system
• New economy model that allows players to truly customize their worlds to fit production needs
• Capital ships that can be equipped with special augmentations to be more effective in battle
• New in-game mod browser allows for easy installation for mods and maps
• For those who enjoy challenging themselves in online play, Sins of a Solar Empire II allows for up to 10-player multiplayer matches. Players can now seamlessly join or resume games, and an in-game mod workshop automatically keeps in sync with any enabled mod content.

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• Launcher update: Added support for The Political Machine 2024.

• Launcher update for Galactic Civilizations IV.

• Increased weapon range on TEC Garda from 4200 to 4700.
• Increased weapon range on Advent Defense Vessel from 4200 to 4700.
• Increased weapon range on Vasari Sentinel from 4200 to 4700.
• Increased cooldown on TEC Light Frigate’s Sabotage Antimatter ability from 3 seconds to 30 seconds; increased damage from 100 to 200; increased antimatter cost from 25 to 50; increased disable ability debuff from 15 seconds to 30 seconds.
• Updated TEC Akkan’s Armistice ultimate ability to also disable passive regeneration.
• Updated Unstable Gas Pockets modifier to no longer affect strikecraft.
• Fixed Advent Deliverance Engine to properly stack allegiance effects with a limit of 2 stacks.
• Updated TEC Supply Pact to also require Standardized Depots technology to unlock.
• Updated TEC starbase Self Destruct ability:
  • Delay before detonation increased from 3 seconds to 10 seconds
  • Level 1 range decreased from 8,000 to 6,000 meters.
  • Level 2 damage decreased from 9,000 to 6,000.
  • Reduced size of pre-detonation particle.

Enhanced Firepower and Tactical Tweaks

Faction Dynamics and Tactical Mastery

Unlocking Challenges and Starbase Refinements

Galactic Harmony and Balance

• Just a launcher update to replace some graphics files.

• Minor update to resolve file mis-match with Gamepass (affected multiplayer)

• Fix for some achievements not unlocking as intended.

• Minor update to address multiplayer compatibility with Gamepass crossplay.

• Startup crash fixes
• Fixed it so you can no longer change language from within an active game
• Misc. stability improvements

• Removed incorrect dinput8.dll file that prevented the game from launching for some users - especially on Windows 8. (Note that if you added this manually, you can safely delete it).
• Updated some code in the file system that may help fix with issues where the game can't read/write to is settings directory.
• Resolved (hopefully) multiplayer server stability issues.

• All localisations are now part of the base game.
• Language can be changed via the in-game options. We strongly recommend restarting the game after changing language to update cached strings.
• Changed hardware cursor to be the default; this prevents crashes with some systems.
• All online interactions are now encrypted.
• Misc. other stability fixes.

• All localisations are now part of the base game.
• Language can be changed via the in-game options. We strongly recommend restarting the game after changing language to update cached strings.
• Changed hardware cursor to be the default; this prevents crashes with some systems.
• All online interactions are now encrypted.
• Misc. other stability fixes.

Rules

Rules

Links

Rules

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Hotfix for v1.96

• Fixed desync in multiplayer caused by the fix for Counter-Deployment.
• Fixed assert spamming with the dev exe for planetupgradepathtype.
• Dialed back the damage updater change we made a bit. Can hit older CPUs harder than we thought.

Change Log

Gameplay

• Fixed exploit that would allow players to build extra free capital ships at game start.
• Updated the damageUpdater code to refresh more frequently. Damage now applies faster (closer to actual impact) and may resolve various issues besides being generally good.
• Fixed Social Specialization and Industry Specialization planet upgrades from not applying their population growth modifiers.
• Updated stat type counters: Colony capital ships are now counted under Utility2, siege units under Utility1 and actual utility ships under Utility0. Updated related strings to match.
• 'Mad Dark Fleet Titan' event has been updated - will now only appear after at least 1 hour of gameplay and will send out scouts and warnings to herald its arrival. Thanks to Goafan42!

• Fixed Counter-Deployment (TEC Loyalist) technology not working.
• Changed Hoshinko's Demolition Bots ability to affect corvettes.
• Changed Marza's Radiation Bomb ability to affect corvettes.
• TEC Rebel titan's Explosive Shot and Overcharged Explosive Shot abilities will now affect titans.

• Changed strikecraft to no longer gain a buff from Assimilated Populace tech.
• Fixed Acclimatization of Will tech to work as intended.
• Titans are no longer affected by Iconus Guardians' Repulse ability.

• Changed Vasari Loyalist titan's phase missiles to Physical damage type.
• Changed Stilakus Subverter's Distortion Field ability to affect corvettes.
• Fixed Vasari Loyalist Jump Stabilization tech to now properly affect friendly and enemy ships.

Video

• Borderless Window mode has been added and can be found under Video Options.