X4: Tides of Avarice – The next chapter of Egosoft’s space simulation / sandbox series starts

• Third expansion for X4: Foundations, along with major free 5.00 update for the base game, now available
• Extraordinary new ships, new economy and gameplay elements to surprise X4 players
• Captivating new stories challenge the perception of social order and justice in the X universe
• Extensive free 5.00 update features a series of new capital ships, numerous new interiors, and AMD FidelityFX™ Super Resolution (FSR)
• Meet Egosoft CEO Bernd Lehahn at GDC 2022 for presentations or interviews
• Big X-series sale on Steam, starting at:

https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/egosoft/sale/egosoft_midweek

EGOSOFT, one of Germany’s leading game development studios, today released the next chapter in its long-running space simulation franchise. X4: Tides of Avarice is the third expansion for the latest game in the series, X4: Foundations. X4: Foundations was released for PC in November 2018 and has been improved and updated frequently ever since.

If you’re attending GDC 2022 and would like to meet Egosoft CEO Bernd Lehahn for a presentation of X4: Tides of Avarice or an interview opportunity, please reply to [email protected]. In addition to the new expansion, potential interview and discussion topics include: the company history of Egosoft (the oldest independent developer studio still in existence in Germany), the history of the X game series (since its beginnings in 1999), and experiences from the development of X4: Foundations (a single-player game that is constantly being maintained and expanded in a way that is similar to a LiveOps game).

About X4: Tides of Avarice

Meet new factions and experience their stories

Encountering and interacting with previously unknown, lawless pirate and scavenger factions, will challenge your perception of social order and justice in the X universe. In new sectors and dangerous regions, you will not only discover new ships and stations, but also encounter stellar phenomena that will significantly influence your plans and actions. What is it all about, and who are the mysterious manipulators that have learned to master a rare and vital resource? Your journey will lead you towards the answers. Set out and discover a new chapter of X4: Foundations.

Let new ships terrify and enchant you at the same time

Roam through the Windfall and Avarice systems, and discover numerous new ships from the pirate and scavenger factions of X4: Tides of Avarice. Among other new ships, you can look forward to the following highlights:

• The Erlking, a terrifying pirate battleship with an experimental and unusual energy source, has been developed over many years by the Riptide Rakers, at great cost to their resources and lives, in a desperate attempt to take advantage of stellar phenomena in the Avarice system. In X4: Tides of Avarice, you will find out more about these curious events, while you upgrade the Erlking using research and resources acquired during your adventure.
• The Astrid, an incredibly lavish and luxurious yacht, projects wealth and importance. Owned by the CEO of the Northriver Company, Brantlee Northriver, it is rumoured to be the fastest ship in the galaxy. With its sleek design, the Astrid is a ship unlike anything you’ve ever come across in the X universe. What mysteries might it hold?

Salvage shipwrecks to recycle resources

Have you ever come across a shipwreck and wished you could use it in a profitable way? In the Avarice system, the Riptide Rakers, a loosely organised group of scavengers and traders, have developed the means to salvage wrecks and use them in production. Either tow the wreck with one of the new tug ships, or dismantle the wreck right where you found it using a new deconstruction ship. Once you’ve reached a station equipped with a recycling module, watch your scrap metal turn into building resources.

About the X4: Foundations 5.00 Update

X4: Tides of Avarice is released at the same time as the extensive, free 5.00 update for X4: Foundations, which expands and improves the base game in several ways. The 5.00 update introduces a series of new capital ships. These ships have been re-imagined, and a new fleet of improved models will now be on sale in various shipyards. Several factions in the game will gradually start using these new and improved ships. The 5.00 update also brings AMD FidelityFX™ Super Resolution (FSR) to X4: Foundations, using a collection of cutting-edge upscaling technologies to boost performance.

The development of X4: Tides of Avarice was supported by the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure with state funding as part of the federal government’s computer games funding program with an amount of 381,604 Euro.

Further information

• X4: Tides of Avarice Press Kit: https://bit.ly/x4-toa-presskit
• X4: Tides of Avarice Launch Trailer: https://youtu.be/_FrsFI0L9Uo
• X4: Tides of Avarice on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1701060/
• X4: Tides of Avarice on GOG: https://www.gog.com/game/x4_tides_of_avarice

About the X series games

X series games are space simulations, played as action games from a first-person perspective in a living breathing universe, with TRADE FIGHT BUILD THINK as the common tag-line. The X series games are unique in their depth, simulating an entire universe of NPC ships and stations, forming a realistic economy. Each game consists of a huge universe, simulated from the bottom up. Hundreds of stations, and thousands of ships, trade goods among themselves. Prices change based on supply and demand; resources are mined and processed in several stages. This economy is linked directly to the simulation of major conflicts in a universe with dynamically-acting factions. Every player decision can dramatically change the future of the game universe.

About EGOSOFT

EGOSOFT, founded in 1988, is one of Germany’s leading game developers. Its team of industry veterans and dedicated game enthusiasts entered the international stage with the widely-acclaimed X-Beyond the Frontier space simulation game in 1999. EGOSOFT is now exclusively dedicated to setting new standards in the space game genre and continuing to improve the gameplay experience for fans of the X Universe. For more information on EGOSOFT and its products visit https://www.egosoft.com.