Those of you who have been playing X3: Albion Prelude for some time, and have been waiting for a fix for the performance issues experienced after extensive play, need wait no longer. We have also taken this opportunity to make some related performance optimisations, and to fix a number of bugs reported in the initial release.

Those of you playing X3: Terran Conflict will be pleased to know that we've back-ported some of the most important bug-fixes from X3: Albion Prelude, along with a number of the performance improvements.

For STEAM users, both games should update automatically provided your Steam client is configured to do this. For everyone else, the patch for X3TC is available in our Download area.

More details of what these patches contain are on our Forums.

X3: Albion Prelude - Available on Steam NOW. Click here to order!

Today sees the release of the next episode of Egosoft's popular X-Series. X3: Albion Prelude lets you experience first-hand the tumultuous changes that are shaking the X-Universe as it prepares for a rebirth. What was once just a conflict has turned into a full-scale war. The discovery of new territories and changes to the gate network set the scene for even greater changes. A new storyline will introduce the player to the importance of corporate entities and their influence on technological progress in the emerging new order in the universe.

X3: Albion Prelude features a whole host of new content and features for everyone, from fighter pilots to trade moguls. The onset of war has lead to development of new military ships in attempt to turn the tide as well as new freighters capable of braving these dangerous times. The opening of Stock Exchanges presents a new avenue towards a vast empire and new graphs and analysis will chart you on your way. There are many more features and improvements, including support for head-tracking, to bring even more enjoyment!



X3: Albion Prelude is available on Steam for direct download in English, German, French (text and audio), Italian and Russian (text only) languages. You can buy either the Add-On version for €9.99, which requires X3: Terran Conflict activated on Steam or the new bundle called X3: Terran War Pack for €19.99.

X3: Albion Prelude will also soon be available for MAC OS through the Apple App Store early in 2012 and from today via Deliver2Mac. A boxed retail version of X3: Albion Prelude will also be available for the PC in February 2012.


For more information about X3: Albion Prelude and the new Bonus Package see the Special X-Universe Edition about X3AP!

- X3: Albion Prelude released 15 December
- Bridging the gap between X3:Terran Conflict and the upcoming X:Rebirth
- Improved user interface
- New Stock Exchange feature
- A huge war and lots of new missions and ships!


Egosoft is pleased to announce X3: Albion Prelude, which provides a welcome bridge from the X Universe we know and love to the X Universe that will be experienced in X Rebirth. This new adventure will also feature more than 30 new ships and stations. A new Stock Exchange feature will enable players to speculate in local markets in a bid to increase their wealth. With this will also come tools to monitor and analyse economic developments and progress. Users with high-end machines will also benefit from some improved graphical quality settings. It is important to note that X3: Albion Prelude will NOT feature savegame compatibility with X3: Terran Conflict.

For owners of the X Superbox, X3: Albion Prelude will be available as a free download on Steam, while for owners of X3: Terran Conflict it will be available at the 'add-on' price of €9.99. For players new to the series, X3: Terran Conflict and X3: Albion Prelude will be available for purchase as a bundle. Time your purchase right and you could enjoy substantial discounts in the Steam holiday sale too!

X3: Albion Prelude will be available on Steam for direct download in English, German, French (text and audio) and Italian (text only). X3: Albion Prelude will also soon be available for MAC OS through the Apple App Store and Deliver2Mac. A boxed retail version of X3: Albion Prelude will also be available for the PC early in 2012.



For more information and exclusive interviews about X3: Albion Prelude please see Edition 46 of the X-Universe News.

The latest edition of the X-Universe News is now available and ready for your reading pleasure. In this edition we have some news about a new information forum about X Rebirth, created specially for us by Bernd Lehahn himself. We also have news about the ongoing X-Universe Forum Quest, a new repository for all your X mods and scripts and I interrogate TrixX about the forthcoming X-Timelines mod.

Click here to read X-Universe News 45.

Also here's a cool new interview given by Bernd Lehahn to Gamereactor:

The 3.1.1 update to X3: Terran Conflict is now available for download from Egosoft.com. This update simply brings the savegame compatibility of non-Steam versions back in line with the Steam version, which was updated for the Steam Summer Sale.

X3: Terran Conflict Update 3.1.1 can be found in our Download area.

We would like to take this opportunity to welcome all newcomers to the X Universe Forums!

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Welcome to this edition of the X-Universe News, in which we take a close look at one of X Rebirth's station modules.

We also bring you a couple of creative community pieces, which we hope you'll enjoy. In this edition we also continue our 'Day in the Life of...' series and this time we've managed to corner Owen 'Xenon_Slayer' Lake and get him to tell us about his typical day at the office.

Enjoy!

To read edition 44 of the X-Universe News, please click here.

X3: Terran Conflict is featuring in Steam's Summer sale NOW. By unlocking special Steam Achievements in many different games you can win exclusive Terran Conflict Downloadable Content (DLC). More info is available here.

Edition 43 of the X-Universe News is here and we liked the format of the X Rebirth Special Edition so much, we're going to keep using it.

In this edition we have a couple of features which fall out of the X Rebirth announcement at FedCon XX in Düsseldorf. There are also a couple of other TC and Community pieces which we hope you'll enjoy reading.


Click here to read this edition of X-News.