This popular Halo-themed strategy game mod is getting a sequel

What if I argued that the best Halo game might actually be a strategy game? And a mod for a strategy game, at that? Sins of a Solar Empire is one of the best space RTS games you may never have heard of - mainly because its most recent iteration was released nearly a decade ago back in 2011, and there's been no sequel to speak of.

Sins of the Prophets is a Sins of a Solar Empire mod that's been in development for 12 years, since the early days of Sins of a Solar Empire. Last year the development team released the 'Warlords' 0.9 update, with a view to finally release Version 1.0 as soon as it was ready. It turns out they've decided to just make Sins of the Prophets 2 instead.

"Sins of the Prophets 2 is a sequel, but it's also us fulfilling a promise to deliver something greater than what has come before," the team said in a official announcement post. "Our prior releases have been built upon over a decade of legacy code, which has in some ways hampered performance across previous versions."

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