Distant Worlds 2 News

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Welcome explorers,

The day has finally come. Ikkuro & Dhayut, the two new playable factions for Distant Worlds 2, have arrived in the Galaxy.

It is now your choice whether to join them, ally with them, or fight them.

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The Ikkuro are focused on happiness, growth and peaceful harmony. Their self-repairing ships are a mix of technology and biology and they are able to use their understanding of the various galactic biomes as well as unique terraforming facilities to achieve unprecedented levels of habitability.

The Dhayut are master deceivers and paranoid schemers. Their fast ships bring mistrust and slavery wherever they are found as their ability to infiltrate other societies allows them to manipulate other empires in ways that others cannot hope to achieve.

Each of these new factions comes with a new unique government type, unique conditional events and their own special storyline and unique story locations, adding to the possible exploration events and to your knowledge of galactic lore. For full details on the new faction features, see our previous announcement here.

In case you have missed Erik’s stream on the two new factions of Distant Worlds 2, don’t worry. You can rewatch the stream here:

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But that’s not all. Together with the DLC, we are releasing a new official update, free for all owners. We will continue to update, fix and improve the base game as time goes on, including improving the existing base game factions to have more differentiation, simliar to the new DLC factions. For those of you who want to know every detail of the 1.1.2.4 update, a detailed changelog is available at this link.

While you play with the Ikkuro & Dhayut DLC, the team will be busy at work making Distant Worlds a bigger, better experience for all of you.


The Galaxy lives on.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2140010/Distant_Worlds_2_Factions__Ikkuro_and_Dhayut/

Welcome back explorers, 

To celebrate the first anniversary of Distant Worlds 2, we are excited to announce that Ikkuro & Dhayut, the first DLC of Distant Worlds 2, will be released on March 16th. 

The Galaxy expands and for the first time since the release of Distant Worlds 2, two new playable factions are joining the game: the peaceful Ikkuro and the devious Dhayut!

The Ikkuro are focused on happiness, growth and harmony.  Their self-repairing ships are a mix of technology and biology and they are able to use their understanding of the various galactic biomes as well as unique terraforming facilities to achieve unprecedented levels of habitability.

The Dhayut are master deceivers and paranoid schemers.  Their fast ships bring mistrust and slavery wherever they are found as their ability to infiltrate other societies allows them to manipulate other empires in ways that others cannot hope to achieve.

Each of these new factions also comes with their own special storyline and unique story locations, adding to the possible exploration events and to your knowledge of galactic lore.

Ikkuro Unique Features

• Harmonious Utopia Government focuses on happiness and increases immigration, recreation and medical capabiltiies
  
• Bonuses to Damage Control, Plague Curing and Troop Recovery
  
• Consensus Diplomacy means they are slower to agree to treaties, but value long-term relationships more
  
• No access to Bombardment weapons
  
• Biome Shaping facilities replace the default Terraforming Facilities
  
• SF27 Organic Hull (best self-repair of all ships), Fusion Beams (increased rate of fire beam weapons), Splinter Pods (longer range assault pods)
  
• Larger Colony Ships
  
• Special exclusive Leader and Ambassador traits focused on happiness, diplomacy and growth
  
• Special conditional events Respect for Life, Secrets of Life, Protection of Life and Disharmony reward non-aggression and colonization, but punish war, bombardment and extermination
  
• Larger than usual Colony Ships and improved suitability across most planet types
  

Dhayut Unique Features

• Surveillance Oligarchy Government focuses on sensors and adds a unique Internal Stabilization intelligence mission which reduces war weariness and corruption
  
• Bonuses to Hyperdrive Research, War Weariness and Ground Attack Strength
  
• Special Enslavement Control Facility improves the Slavery Population Policy
  
• Special Terminal Operations Center Facility improves success changes on difficult Intelligence misisons
  
• Access to two special Intelligence Missions: Influence Empire and Capture Base:
  1. Influence Empire allows them to shift the relationship of two other empires relative to each other
     
  2. Capture Base allows them to take control of another empire’s space station
• VelocityDrive Hyperdrive (fastest hyperdrive in the galaxy)
  
• Larger Monitoring Stations
  
• Special exclusive Leader and Spy traits focused on counter-espionage, slavery and assassination
  
• Special conditional events Disinformation and Network Effects mean succeeding at Deep Cover missions makes the target like the Dhayut more and succeeding at any of the more difficult Intelligence Missions gives them a bonus to other missions against that same faction for the next year
  
• Their paranoia leads to periodic purges of disloyal members of Dhayut society
  

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2140010/Distant_Worlds_2_Ikkuro_and_Dhayut/

Welcome back explorers, 

The wait is finally over. The Aurora update, the biggest update ever made for Distant Worlds 2, is out now and ready for you to explore.

This update brings new features and improvements to the game, including a greatly upgraded engine, enhanced automation, improved fleet management, and much more. With these new additions, players will be able to experience Distant Worlds 2 like never before.

But that's not all. For those of you who want to know every detail of the Aurora update, a detailed changelog is available at this link. This document outlines all the changes made in the update, from major new features to minor bug fixes. Additionally, a list of highlighted changes since release is also available here for those who want a quick overview.

To celebrate the release of the Aurora update, we have organised a special sale for Distant Worlds 2 and Distant Worlds: Universe.

And if you missed Erik's stream on what's new in Distant Worlds 2, don't worry. You can rewatch the stream here.

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During the stream, Erik Rutins, producer and co-designer of Distant Worlds 2, previewed the Aurora update and discussed the future of the game. 

So what are you waiting for? Get ready to experience the ultimate version of Distant Worlds 2 and take your empire to new heights.

The galaxy lives on

Hi everyone,

We have some exciting news for you: tomorrow, February 28th, on our channel there will be a special streaming event with Erik Rutins, producer and co-designer of Distant Worlds 2. Get a reminder here. 

During the stream, Erik will be previewing the upcoming Aurora update, releasing on the March 2nd, which brings new features and improvements to the game. He will also be discussing the future plans for Distant Worlds 2 and what players can expect in the months to come.

This is an amazing opportunity to get an exclusive preview of the new update for Distant Worlds 2, straight from the source. You won't want to miss it!

The streaming event will be taking place on February 28th, so be sure to tune in and join us for what promises to be an incredible showcase of Distant Worlds 2.

See you there!