Endless Space Releases on July 4th

[AmpliMath]

Hi everyone,

I am proud to announce the release of Endless Space, which date has been set to the 4th of July.

I have read many press previews of our game, and several of them (as well as some community members) stated that Endless Space had a beta quality superior to that of some release games. During the past weeks, we have added new content, integrated improvements requested by the community, fixed tons of bugs, and started optimizing and fine tuning the game. Our main focus is now for debug, optimization, and tuning, and I believe we can be ready with a great game on July 4th.

Keep in mind that this release is just a step in the life cycle of Endless Space, this is not end. We are committed to constantly improving and expanding the game for many months after release. The official release however, will allow us to get review rankings from the press, and access a broader audience, as some people would never buy an alpha or beta. The alpha/beta was a good success, but the game is not profitable and we have to survive as a company to continue making great games and adding new content to Endless Space. Of course we are not releasing because we have ran out of money, but I think the game has reached more than sufficient a quality (compared to the market benchmarks). And again, this is just a step, the game will continue to evolve.

Also, when the game is released, there will be many newcomers to this forum. Obviously, everyone will be on deck at Amplitude, but I would really appreciate your help in guiding the new members in this forum.

Thanks for your attention!

Sincerely,

[Executus]

Oh godddddd yessss

[nats]

About time - been playing it for a week.

[ben_caleb]

I am looking forward to this so much. This game has been amazing thus far! Thanks for all your hard work.

[zero]

Yes thank you for all the hard work! I love this game! The quality is top notch. I have a few friends lined up to buy it when it releases cause they love 4X but as you said, would never buy an alpha/beta.

[swedewolf]

Very nice news. You should be very proud of yourself. You absolutly are worth all praise and superlatives. TRE MAGNIFIC ET EXCELANTE. Sorry for my bad french.

[TankGlrL]

Keep in mind that this release is just a step in the life cycle of Endless Space, this is not end

I'm glad to hear that. Long live to Endless Space !

Bravo à toute l'équipe !

[Druduss]

Bravo à vous !

Can't wait to play the gold version !

Will the traits be betatest before release ?

[J_HG_T]

*Checks date*
Only about a week to go! Time sure flies. Good thing I'm currently on holidays.
Can't wait to play the finished and polished Endless Space!

[Somnium]

Congratulations guys !!!
You could be proud of you

[KnightHawk]

I think it's a little early but so be it, like you said it's just a step.

Congrats to you and the rest of the team on hitting the release point.

[rikugo1]

Will the faction intro sequences or any other currently in progress features be in by launch? Hope so. It does seem a bit early. Not that I mind.

[J_HG_T]

Yeah, I'm a bit concerned about the progress page too. Still, it might just be behind the actual progress, so I'm not worrying too much.

[CFSRCaramuru]

Congratulations! long ago I do not buy games with their releases, as they come full of bugs and so on ... but I'm very happy to have risky to test the game still in alpha stage. Actually this very well finished.

Just wanted to know if you still plan some more patches to the release date because I would have to go testing something closer to the game in its "final" version?

[FinalStrigon]

Wow, next week? That's a lot earlier than I thought it would be. But you all at Amplitude know what's going on better than I do. I'm sure the game will be a success! I'll definitely do what I can to help the newcomers to the forums (and not just because I'll want to show off my bonuses for pre-ordering the Emperor Edition :P )

And J-GH_T, I haven't noticed the progress page change since the beta was originally released, despite having received a number of patches since then, so I imagine it just hasn't been updated. They're in the final stretch to get the game as polished as possible for the final release, so I bet updating that page is pretty low on the priority list.