Armada 2526 Expansion Announced
Matrix Games and Ntronium Games have announced they are working on the first expansion to Armada 2526, Armada 2526: Supernova. To mark the announcement of the upcoming expansion, a new trailer and a pack of screenshots have been released.
David Heath, Director of Operations at Matrix Games, said “There are so many exciting new features packed into Armada 2526: Supernova. This expansion is about as dense with rich new gameplay as a neutron star, including the ability to square off against friends via multiplayer! Here you have a 4X space strategy game for the ages, don’t miss it!”
Supernova will add new star and planet types to discover, as well as more than 30 special features to make each star system distinctive. Players may encounter tachyon storms, psychic plants, primitives or find abandoned alien technology that advances your own research. Two new races, with their own ships and special characteristics, await discovery. Befriend them, play as them, or exterminate them as you wish.
{default}A new trade system lets gamers construct networks to trade valuable commodities between the stars, both between their own worlds, and with other players. Alien relics, rare minerals, tourists, or even natural anti-matter, your freighters carry them all. Choke an enemy with trade embargoes, or blockade their planets with stealth ships operating behind the lines. But trade and tourism bring less welcome visitors too. The new espionage system lets you plant spies to gather information or steal technological secrets, or drop special forces that can sabotage defenses before an attack.
Fifty new technologies open up new strategies and tactics. Players can confound enemies with hard to detect stealth ships, jam their missiles with electronic warfare, build fighter stations to defend your planets, and blitz defenses with stormtroopers. Research Gaia to make everyone happy, or grind them under your heel with a variety of more powerful warships and upgrades weapons.
Armada’s simultaneous order system makes it ideal game for multi-player action. Now you can crush your friends playing over LAN (local area networks) or PBEM (play by email).
Get more information on Armada 2526: Supernova from its official product page.
