X3:- Albion Prelude

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A new X3 game on the way Dec 15th

http://www.egosoft.com/games/x3ap/info_en.php

A Bridge Between the Old and New X Universe
X³: Albion Prelude plays in a time between the old and the new X Universe. It shows a universe in flux, and prepares players for things to come. The old X Universe is passing; a new X Universe is about to be created.

War!
The X universe is undergoing a period of massive change. What started as a conflict of interest between the Earth and the races of the X Universe has now escalated into a full scale war. Play a part in a war scenario bigger than anything the X Universe has ever seen before!

Corporations Compete for Control of the Future
With the war as a backdrop, corporations are vying for power and are driving the X Universe in a new direction. A technological breakthrough will soon allow massive accelerators, forming highways in space and allowing the economy to expand on an unprecedented scale. Highways, a key feature of X Rebirth, are not yet ready, but you can see them being built and participate in the power struggles around the construction of much larger self sustaining economies.

Feature overview
A new plot throws you into the power struggle between corporations at a time of war.
More than 30 new ships and stations
New Stock Exchange feature allows advanced investment strategies
Improved graphics quality setting for high end machines
Improved UI introducing charts to visualize economic developments
Support for head tracking

Note: X³: Albion Prelude will not be compatible with Save Games from X³: Terran Conflict.

Available on Steam
X³: Albion Prelude will be available December 15th on Steam for direct download in English, German, and French languages (voice) and Italian (text only).
If you buy the X: Superbox, or already own it, X³: Albion Prelude will be available as a free download via Steam.

Available for Mac
A standalone version of X³: Albion Prelude will be available from the MAC Appstore and Deliver2Mac soon.
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- X3: Albion Prelude released 15 December
- Bridging the gap between X3:Terran Conflict and the upcoming X:Rebirth
- Improved user interface
- New Stock Exchange feature
- A huge war and lots of new missions and ships!


Egosoft is pleased to announce X3: Albion Prelude, which provides a welcome bridge from the X Universe we know and love to the X Universe that will be experienced in X Rebirth. This new adventure will also feature more than 30 new ships and stations. A new Stock Exchange feature will enable players to speculate in local markets in a bid to increase their wealth. With this will also come tools to monitor and analyse economic developments and progress. Users with high-end machines will also benefit from some improved graphical quality settings. It is important to note that X3: Albion Prelude will NOT feature savegame compatibility with X3: Terran Conflict.

For owners of the X Superbox, X3: Albion Prelude will be available as a free download on Steam, while for owners of X3: Terran Conflict it will be available at the 'add-on' price of €9.99. For players new to the series, X3: Terran Conflict and X3: Albion Prelude will be available for purchase as a bundle. Time your purchase right and you could enjoy substantial discounts in the Steam holiday sale too!
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Nate
 
What I can make of the plot: A big impressive structure gets destroyed in a terrorist attack, and they respond by attacking everyone and everything.

I think this might be an allegory for something...
 
Yep its more or less a exp pack to introduce the new player ship of x rebirth and a mini story to tell how the universe in x rebirth has come about.
 
Looking forward to it, hopefully it brings some nice improvements over TC and with the new missions keep me entertained till X-R. Guess I will be updating my mods again :)
 
Interesting, i've seen a bit of the new game and it looks like it could be quite good, though this one will be more of the same i suspect, i just hope rebirth will offer a lot more than new ships and factory designs, they need to add a lot more interesting content this time around, previous ones were always a bit lacking once you'd done it all in the ones before.

So is this only free to people who bought the super box but not to those of us who bought all the games individually around release?

Seems a bit unfair considering more loyal fans supported the game all these years probably making them more money in the long run than this super box of thiers. :/
 
it seems its free to superbox but there is a discount if u have x3 tc.

it has updated graphics for high end pc users.
 
opstrat said:
it seems its free to superbox but there is a discount if u have x3 tc.

it has updated graphics for high end pc users.
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You can register your games on their forums so i think they should give it free to those who enter all their cd keys since x2, im not really interested in buying this even at discount, i might get the new one though if it adds a lot more depth to game play over past games, im not interested in wasting so much time on another rehash, every other release feels like more of the same and the whole series has gotten stale tbh, this one really needs to add something new and a lot of it.
 
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