Stellaris: Nemesis will let you become a star-eating galactic supervillain

If you read superhero comics long enough, you're bound to eventually run across someone who gets it into their head to destroy the entire galaxy for some reason. The next major expansion for the space-faring grand strategy game Stellaris was revealed today: it's called Nemesis, and it's going to let you become that guy.

In Nemesis, the endgame is changing, and it's turning into a desperate race between a Thanos-like character who wants to destroy the galaxy and everything in it, and the people who would prefer that this didn't happen. You'll be able to take on this ultimate evil role yourself, devouring the very stars themselves in your quest to generate enough dark matter to power a device called the Aetherophasic Engine.

Paradox has updated its latest Stellaris dev diary to provide some first details about the expansion. In Nemesis, you'll be able to become the Crisis, and to do that, you'll first pick that as an ascension perk. Selecting it allows you to progress towards becoming the Crisis itself.

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