April 6

Game Replays, Huge Balance Updates, New Maps, Modding Support, and More in v2.2 of Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation

Game Replay You've been asking, and here it is! The game replays remove the fog of war so that you can see absolutely everything that went on during your game. Scope out what your opponents were building and how they were laying out their strategy and find out where you went wrong - or where you went right! Up to 3 replays will be automatically saved, but you can change the settings in order to save as many games as you like.

Balance Adjustments Callum McCole of General's Gentlemen has joined the Escalation team and made some pretty extensive updates to the game's balance. In addition to adjusting many of the units for both the PHC and the Substrate, he has altered some of the core gameplay values in order to make the game more accessible. This includes refining the counter system, increasing strategic diversity, weakening "cheese" strategies, improving game flow, and much more! If you're curious about the details, you can find them in Brad Wardell's dev diary here.

Modding Support Modders, rejoice! We have added the ability to mod game files, add maps and scenarios, and enable/disable mods for your game. You can see full details in our Modders Guide!

New Maps v2.2 adds three new maps. Manannan, a 12-player Terran map and Aenghus, a 10-player desert map, are both excellent for free-for-all games. Brighid is a smaller arctic map meant for 8 players and is ideal for a tightly enclosed 4v4 or a more widely spread game of 4 teams with 2 players each.

If you've been playing Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation, we want to hear from you! Join the conversation over at Steam.

v2.2 CHANGELOG: Features

Greetings!

One of the most asked-after features for Escalation has been replays. Were happy to announce that theyre coming in v2.2! The opt-in will be available sometime this week and you can try them out for yourself.

v2.2 introduces a feature that will allow you to display a list of mods for the game. There are also tons of balance updates, unit tweaks, map adjustments, and more.

To read about it all in detail, please visit CEO Brad Wardells dev diary on our forums:

http://forums.stardock.net/482164/ASHE-DEV-JOURNAL-March-2017

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Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation on Steam