Direct2Drive's long running 5 Year Anniversary Sale continues, this time around offering a who's who of indie titles. Highlights include the likes of Tale of Tales' The Path, 2D Boy's World of Goo and Hidden Path's Defense Grid: The Awakening, along with seven other titles all brought down to the $5 mark.
In the Sword of the Stars Ultimate Collection, players can take control of six different species in a fight for galactic domination. Humans and alien creatures such as Hivers, Liirs, Tarkas, Zuuls and Morrigis each possess a unique mode of transport enabling players to move between star systems at varying speeds and in different spaceships. For example, humans can fly quickly between stars using special space lines while the hivers rely on building interdimensional gateways for direct travel to different galaxies.
Strategy title Sword of the Stars: Ultimate Collection, which includes the base game plus two expansion packs, is now available on Steam.
GamingShogun writes, "Kerberos has released their first update for Sword of the Stars: A Murder of Crows. The 1.6.3 patch fixes a number of issues as well as enhances some of the gameplay elements such as splash-screen art, enhanced trade UI, and more (see release info below)..."
Lighthouse Interactive has released the latest patch for Sword of the Stars: Born of Blood, which updates the game to version 1.5.2. Update 1.5.2 allows current owners of Born of Blood to play on custom maps created by others, and engage in multiplayer action with those who are playing the recently released version included in Sword of the Stars: Collector's Edition. The Update however does not contain many of the robust features that are exclusive to the Collector's Edition, such as the ability to share custom maps or create stand-alone servers.
Lighthouse Interactive and developer Kerberos Productions, announced the release of the first demo for the recently released Collectors Editon of Sword of the Stars. This demo was taken from the gold master code, which is the very latest version of the game, and is representative of the Sword of the Stars universe as it is now.
From the article: "Today leading Publisher Lighthouse Interactive and accomplished developer Kerberos Productions announced that the Collector's Edition of their critically acclaimed 4X space strategy game Sword of the Stars has gone gold. Sword of the Stars: Collector's Edition, packed with exclusive bonus materials and a 150+ page paperback novel, will begin hitting store shelves across the..."
Lighthouse Interactive has announced plans to release a special collector's edition of Sword of the Stars, the PC space strategy game from developer Kerberos Productions. The collection will contain the original game, the expansion pack Born of Blood, and some extra items including "the first ever Sword of the Stars novella The Deacon's Tale by renowned science fiction writer Arrin Dembo and a bonus CD with concept art, screenshots, trailers, CD tracks and other media." The game will ship to stores on March 25.