News
Star Lords on Early Access Today
Haarlem, The Netherlands – December 6, in the year of
our Lord 2013 – Veteran game publisher Iceberg
Interactive announces today that its latest 4X space strategy
game Star Lords is available now on Steam’s Early Access
program. In development with up-and-coming Portuguese developer
Arkavi Studios, Star Lords offers many features that fans of the
genre know and love, including a large universe to explore, deep
and complex gameplay, customization options, and much more.
Players can purchase the game now in Steam’s Early Access
program and be involved in the rest of the development process
by providing feedback and suggesting what they would like to see
updated, changed or added to the game. Early Access players can
then play as the game changes throughout the entire development
process.
“Star Lords is an amazing 4X game, and we are thrilled to be
working with the talented Arkavi Studios team,” says Iceberg
Interactive CEO, Erik Schreuder. “We are looking forward to
players joining early as the game evolves, and hearing what they
would like to see improved and implemented in the game. Early
Access provides such a unique addition to the development
process and we are looking forward to hearing what players and
fans have to say.”
Star Lords is a tactical, turn-based space-strategy game
showcasing eight major races in an epic-sized complex universe
with some new twists to the 4X genre. Star Lords is set in space
where players can take command of one race to join the struggle
for supremacy in the galaxy. As the leader of an empire, players
explore the stars, colonize new worlds, manage their empire and
conquer whoever dares to oppose. In the Early Access Alpha, some
features are not available yet such as multiplayer, huge
galaxies and domestic policies, as these are still very much
being tested. They will be opened up further down the line in
Early Access.
Star Lords Key Features:
Living, Breathing Universe: in addition to the major powers,
independent races and pirate clans also claim the galaxy as
their residence – use them to your advantage
Economic and Political Layers: War isn’t the only way to weaken
one’s enemies; diplomacy, intelligence and trade are very
powerful and effective tools
Eight major races each with their own ship designs,
technologies, unique traits and unique abilities
Create and customize your own ship designs
Generals: Unique and powerful units evolve as they battle
Randomly generated universe, tech tree and units – never play
the same game twice
Empire shattering: unrest might lead rebels to start a civil war
which in turn might lead to the creation of a new, independent
empire that might grow to rival your own
Plotting: secretly finance a war against your enemies in order
to weaken them or prepare a surprise joint war along with your
allies in a bid to destroy that frighteningly fast growing
empire
Human-like AI that doesn’t cheat and plays by the same rules as
human players, while presenting a constant challenge. Or play
with your friends in hotseat mode.
Modding support
LAN, hotseat and online multiplayer (not available yet) with
matchmaking
The Alpha version of Star Lords is available for $19.99 on
Steam’s Early Access Program.