X4: Foundations News

The next version of our public beta for the 3.0 update of X4: Foundations is now available for you to check out. We still intend to release X4: Split Vendetta and the huge 3.0 update for X4: Foundations in March 2020. More details will follow in the coming weeks on our usual channels. Thanks for your continued support!

Among the changes to Beta 7 are: Added mission offers to some NPCs on stations.
Added currently-active weapon groups to Info menu including option to change them.
Added option to set up default loadout levels for station modules per station.
Changed default response for player-owned ships to finding lockboxes to Collect.
Improved handling of capital ships with no cargo drones trying to Get Supplies.
Improved pirate balancing by reducing number of Scale Plate pirates.
Improved crystal collection balancing by limiting number of valuable crystals on asteroids.
Improved stations firing on targets in low attention.
Improved map visualisation indicating whether filter layers are active or not.
Improved order UI to better show and manage override orders (e.g. a response to a pirate attack or telling a ship to flee)
Improved visibility of Oxygen indicator in the HUD (new feature in 3.00).

Check out the full change log of this and previous beta updates and how to participate at http://bit.ly/x4foundationsbeta. Thanks for your continued support!

Egosoft gets a visitor! On March 3rd, the popular German-language streamer "Writing Bull" will visit us in Würselen and together with Egosoft CEO and Lead Designer Bernd Lehahn will give you an insight into the upcoming huge 3.0 update for X4: Foundations as well as the upcoming expansion X4: Split Vendetta. The livestream will start at 8pm CET (7pm GMT / 2pm EST / 11am PST).

Please note that this will be a German-language stream. Once it's done we will create English subtitles and upload a recording of the stream onto our YouTube channel as a special episode of our XLOG video series.

Be sure to check in and ask your questions in the Twitch Chat. The stream will be broadcasted live on the Twitch channels of Writing Bull and Egosoft.

We are looking forward to your participation!

PS: X4: Split Vendetta, the first expansion to X4: Foundations, is now available for pre-order on Steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1133000/X4_Split_Vendetta/

New features, tons of added and improved elements as well as a bunch of fixed issues - Public Beta 6 for our upcoming big 3.0 update of X4: Foundations is now available.

Check out the full change log and how to participate at http://bit.ly/x4foundationsbeta. Thanks for your continued support!

Attention music fans! As you may have seen, Steam has recently redesigned and improved its system for selling and listening to game soundtracks. Soundtracks can now be viewed, downloaded and played directly in the Steam Library.

In the context of these changes we were also active: From now on many soundtracks for different X games of the past years are available individually on Steam.

To celebrate the new features, Steam is also currently hosting a big soundtrack sale, in which we are also participating. Take advantage of the strong discounts and immerse yourself in the soundworlds of Alexei Zakharov, which have been delighting X players for years.

All soundtracks include the lossless FLAC format in addition to the conventional MP3 files. In the Steam client's music settings, look for the option "Download high-quality audio files".

If you own the Collector's Editions of X Rebirth and X4: Foundations, you can now view the included soundtracks directly in the Steam library. However, due to the new product structure on Steam, you have to download them again.

The following X soundtracks are now available on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/258990/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/258991/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1238200/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1239170/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1239210/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1239390/

In this XLOG episode, EGOSOFT founder and CEO Bernd Lehahn replies to a user question about some of the hardships and difficulties of developing an X game. How do we simulate the X universe and what does it entail?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP7nuWGEbNA
In our "XLOG" video series we will be giving you a deeper look behind the scenes of X4: Foundations and EGOSOFT. In this series, we will introduce you to various features of our titles in more detail, let the respective experts from our team have their say, and try to answer some of your questions. We look forward to your feedback, which we hope to use to help guide the future direction of the video series.

Want to participate in the public beta for update 3.0? Check out all the necessary details here: http://bit.ly/x4foundationsbeta