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Gratuitous Space Battles Expansion Pack Announced

Cliff Harris, the one man army behind Gratuitous Space Battles, has spilled some details on an upcoming expansion for his action first space strategy title, along with a patch that will precede the add-on.

He explains that though the add-on release is a good ways out, work for it is underway. He mentions that the introduction of a new race will be the major addition to the game.

The full details in his words after the break.

There will be an expansion pack for GSB, and it’s still a little way off, but I did some work on it today so it’s fresh in my mind. Before I release it, there will be another mainstream GSB patch, mainly to improve the modding support to tidy things up and make mods more manageable. After the pack, who knows what’s next?

Current plans for the pack are to introduce a new race to the game. It will have the same variety of ships as the other races. The ships will also have a few race-specific modules, and some quite drastic ship bonuses. It was a relief to work out that ship bonuses can be negative, meaning this new batch of ships will have weak shields, weak armor, and very strong hulls. My plan is that these ships can take a sustained battering and rely on hull strength and repair systems. The new weapons will be kinetic bullet-firing stuff, like gauss guns / autocannons. I’ve been sorting out the sounds and visuals for them today. There will also be two new scenarios featuring the new race, and it will likely come pre-unlocked so if you buy it you can play with that race immediately.

[Cliffski.com]