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Stardock is a leading developer and publisher of PC games and desktop software. Its PC games include Sins of a Solar Empire and the critically acclaimed Galactic Civilizations series. Its desktop software includes Start8, Fences, WindowBlinds, ModernMix, and more.

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Major v1.4 Living Strategy Update Now Available for Ara: History Untold
Version 1.4 "The Living Strategy Update" Adds a new Living Strategy game view, improves AI, reduces micromanagement

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Get Ara: History Untold for 50% Off!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2021880/Ara_History_Untold/

Stardock Entertainment and Oxide Games, in partnership with Xbox Game Studios, today announced the release of a major update to their ambitious new turn-based strategy game, Ara: History Untold today. This update marks the first significant content release for the title since Stardock assumed direct oversight of the game's ongoing production last month. Titled the "Living Strategy Update," version 1.4 has been developed based directly upon months of extensive community feedback and introduces a substantial array of new features, gameplay enhancements, and quality-of-life improvements.

Key new features of Ara: History Untold version 1.4 include:

  • Living Strategy View: Now the primary default gameplay viewpoint, this feature blends elements of the detailed Living World close-up perspective with the broader strategic overview. The design enables players to seamlessly manage cities, armies, and resources with greater ease while remaining immersed in the game's detailed environments.

  • Advanced Map Generator: Version 1.4 introduces a significant upgrade to the map generation algorithm, now featuring twice as many strategically distinct regions per map size. These enhancements deliver more intelligent resource distribution and improved player starting positions, offering expanded strategic depth and greater replayability. A newly updated Earth map makes full use of these improved generation mechanics.

  • Strategy AI Player v2.0: The computer opponent’s artificial intelligence systems have been extensively overhauled to provide players with more meaningful strategic competition, especially during the late-game period. AI opponents will now make more nuanced decisions, better optimize their resources and challenge players with deeper strategic considerations.

  • Significant Micromanagement Reduction: Leveraging the new AI systems and the citizen simulation system, the game's citizens can now automatically select items from the player's inventory to self-supply their dwellings, shops, factories, and other buildings based on their needs. Players can easily toggle this automated feature or guide citizen behaviors directly using in-game Policies, maintaining full control over their gameplay experience.

  • Battle System Improvements: Combat mechanics have become deeper, longer-lasting, and more transparent, supported by a new Battle Viewer panel. This panel clearly explains battle outcomes and provides improved tactical clarity, helping players better understand and manage military encounters.

  • Graphics Engine Optimization: Extensive updates have significantly improved game optimization, reducing GPU usage and significantly increasing framerate stability, particularly in later-game scenarios.

  • Simulation Speed Enhancements: Optimizations to the game's simulation engine deliver faster turn times and improved UI responsiveness, contributing to a smoother playing experience.

  • Gameplay and Balance Enhancements: Version 1.4 features numerous gameplay improvements, including pacing adjustment, recipe tuning, and extensive balance revisions. Additionally, dozens of community-reported bugs have been addressed, further refining the overall experience.

Ara: History Untold is developed as a historical 4X strategy title, carefully designed from first principles. Stardock, partnered closely with Microsoft and Oxide, has worked rapidly and collaboratively to make this update comprehensive and attractive.

"It has been a real pleasure working with our colleagues at Microsoft for this update. The teams at Stardock, Oxide, and Microsoft have so much energy going into these updates. Version 1.4 is just a taste of what we have in store," said Brad Wardell, Chief Executive Officer for Stardock and Oxide. “In an industry where true 1.0 products are rare, especially ones in established genres, this has been a wonderful opportunity to try out new ideas and concepts that we in the strategy community have been thinking about for decades.”

In addition to the major v1.4 Living Strategy Update, Ara: History Untold released Untold Scenarios DLC today, check it out here.

Untold Scenarios DLC Now Available for Ara: History Untold
New DLC pack includes unique Scenario play that features both historical and alternative history settings for more event-driven strategic challenges

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3495280/Ara_History_Untold__Untold_Scenarios/

Stardock Entertainment and Oxide Games, in partnership with Xbox Game Studios, today announced the release of the Untold Scenarios DLC for the historical strategy game Ara: History Untold. Untold Scenarios includes several different situations to choose from, which place you right in the center of critical moments in human history as well as some hypothetical “what-if” scenarios that explore interesting alternative historical settings!

Key features of Ara: History Untold - Untold Scenarios include:
  • Historical Scenarios: Players will experience detailed recreations of significant historical periods, such as the Bronze Age Collapse, the Clash of Hemispheres, and Europe at the Crossroads.

  • Hypothetical Scenarios: The DLC introduces "what-if" scenarios designed to explore alternate histories.

  • Custom Gameplay: Each scenario features uniquely crafted maps, distinct national characteristics, and event-driven gameplay designed to provide varied strategic challenges with every playthrough.

Untold Scenarios content requires the Ara: History Untold base game product.

In addition to the Untold Scenarios DLC, Ara: History Untold released the major 1.4 Living Strategy Update today. Check it out here.

Each Scenario includes new technologies and units that are custom to that scenario. For example, the Mongol Invasion scenario takes the player back to the ancient Steppes of Mongolia and lets the Mongols develop their unique Horse Archery and Horse Breeding technologies that are only available to the Mongols.

Other scenarios put the player at critical moments in human history. How might the American western expansion gone if just a few things were different?


Europe at the Crossroads takes 18th century Europe and replaces some of the key leaders of their name with the leaders from Ara: History Untold. How might events have gone differently with different leaders at this pivotal moment?

Untold Scenarios even includes imaginary scenarios such as Islands, where each island has its own unique resources. Do players trade with each other to obtain these resources or build a mighty navy to control the seas and seize the resources for themselves?

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KDG_Dream.H.white Apr 29 @ 8:01am 
作者/发行商您好,我们是 晚间晨风 =w=
我们想玩到好玩的游戏=v=,社群人员主要组成为:游戏爱好者、游戏解说、策划等游戏行业从业者,ACG二创作者,原创作者,画师妈妈,乐师,TRPG玩家,GM等。
您对您的游戏有信心,请将您的游戏通过鉴赏家牵线提供给我们,我们会指派感兴趣的社群人员游玩后进行评测,也欢迎您赞助我们,可接受的报价是30元一篇,其中25元支付给作者,5元用于社群日常活动。
主动邀请制:晚间晨风采用的是主动邀请制,这意味着只有那些对游戏有热情、愿意参与社区活动的人才会被邀请加入,机制保证了社群成员的质量与氛围。
游戏攻略组:社群中有名为晨风攻略组(MWKDG)的团队,由群内所有成员组成,具备评测权限。他们负责编写游戏攻略和评测,为玩家提供主观游戏信息。
M.FreiMann Mar 4 @ 5:56pm 
Schaut mal nach, was euer "Freund" Gilga "™" |Yonaguni| für einen Firlefanz in Steam so schreibt. Erste Antwort...

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/24/4625855174854906784/
Bili-Kathrine Jan 29, 2023 @ 10:44pm 
So. when can I buy the Sin of Solar Empire 2?
Killuminati Sep 17, 2022 @ 3:05am 
Is it confirmed SOASE 2 will release on Epic early? If so I'm out of this group and won't support this company anymore. I stuck with you exclusively through Impulse but you folded and I bult a library here. I'll be damned if you'll push me to start another.
Kporal Sep 16, 2022 @ 7:57am 
Sins of solar empire 2 with epic game store exclusivity ? well, i'm not gonna support your product anymore untill you learn a thing.
Tarık Sep 6, 2022 @ 5:03pm 
I would be very happy if you could publish all stardock products on steam. Good work.
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