Iceberg Interactive has announced that the grand strategy game StarDrive will be getting a 26th April 2013 launch on Steam. Gamers may preorder the title from now through to launch at a 17% discount ($24.99), and will get access to the beta immediately. The game will be 10% off during its first week of release.
The bullet-list of official features includes:
* Real-time gameplay with a seamless zoom from a grand strategic view to a close-up action view
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Choose from eight beautifully rendered alien races or design your own; interact, negotiate, and forge allegiances on your way to victory
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Expand your empire and colonize all kinds of planets, terraform and populate them, and build them into specialized centers of trade or industry
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Research and unlock an array of technologies to improve your military and industrial capabilities
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Control your ships with classic real-time strategy commands or jump into the fray by taking direct ‘arcade’ control of any ship in your empire
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Create your unique ship designs with the modular ship design system and determine your own fate in battle
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Create custom fleet formations and set rules of engagement in the easy-to-use fleet editor
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Steal technologies, incite rebellions, or rob your enemies blind with a rich agent-based espionage system
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Deploy ground troops from orbit to defeat the enemies’ last planetary defenses in ground combat
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Explore the rich universe that comes alive with random events, remnant elements, hidden treasures, deep space terrors and late-game threats
Check out Strategy Informer’s preview here.
