Egosoft wishes all members of our community and all guests a Happy Easter and a hard-working Easter Bunny!

The guys at Egosoft will be taking it a little easier over the Easter Break, but have left a little surprise for you.

Happy hunting!

Just a month ago X³: Terran Conflict was announced, but little information is yet available. Today Egosoft present a first short teaser video for the game.

It shows some of the new ships and weapons in action. We hope you like this little foretaste.

As usual the video can be downloaded from the Downloads section of this site.

Have fun!

Computer games developer Egosoft and Koch Media, a leading distributor of games and application software, today announced the conclusion of an exclusive publishing and distribution agreement for the title X³: Terran Conflict. X³: Terran Conflict will be released under the Deep Silver label.

"The X series has always been one of our top quality brands, and an integral part of the Deep Silver portfolio," states Dr. Klemens Kundratitz, Managing Director of Koch Media. "So we are very happy to be presenting the gripping next installment of the X universe's story in X³: Terran Conflict."

"We look forward to adding another successful chapter to the X story, together with Koch Media," says Bernd Lehahn, Managing Director of Egosoft.

X³: Terran Conflict is a brand new, stand-alone game set in the universe of X³. It is the culmination of the X trilogy, with a grand finale that takes us all the way back to Earth's own solar system. Gamers can take on the roles of different characters in the X universe, or of a Terran military pilot, and experience a multitude of stories in the largest X universe ever featured – for X³: Terran Conflict will offer more missions than any other X game before. Meanwhile, X³: Terran Conflict will pose questions such as: How has Earth changed in all these years? And how will relations between Earth and its counterparts in the X universe develop?

X³: Terran Conflict is scheduled for release in the third quarter of 2008.

As promised in the last X-Universe News, everything you need to develop your own missions using the Mission Director has now been made available by the Egosofties. Some of you are already making good progress in creating your own mission and game content.

You can find a topic regarding the Mission Director in the Scripting and Modding section of our forums. There you can get answers, download the files, read ongoing discussions about missions in development.

As is mentioned in the documentation you'll find with the Mission Director, this version is only a technology demonstrator and as such is provided 'as is' and is unsupported by Egosoft. That means we won't be making any changes or updates to it. That's not to say we don't care. Volunteers who already have significant experience with the MD are standing by to assist. Translations of the MD Guide are already being prepared for German and Russian.

In addition to the example files provided with the MD we thought it would be nice to share with you the very first mission designed using the MD. This mission was developed by CBJ and Toastie way back in Spring 2006 and is based on the X³ plot's first mission. This first mission was an important step on the way to developing the functionality you see today in the MD. Enjoy.

It's Christmas and, as you have come to expect, there is a gift for you - a new christmassy newsletter from Egosoft: "X-Universe News 26 Christmas Edition".

And for those of you who are not satisified with just one lovingly designed newsletter, there is more - the "Uplink" update for X3 and X2. Finally, after weeks of speculation and a few fans getting a little bit impatient, it's here: "X3: Reunion 2.5 Uplink", and for the nostalgic amongst you: "X2: The Threat 1.5 Uplink".

We hope you enjoy it and we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Your Egosoft Team.

Up until now the principle source of minerals for factories has been the large mining complexes, with mobile mining left to a few dedicated souls. Now, with the introduction of the Mobile Mining / Mineral Collection Software factories and free traders alike can easily tap the resources of the smaller asteroid debris in sectors.

Of course just flying in open space can be dangerous, but with the new ability to defend a position, setting up sentries to protect your mining ships has never been easier.

The following items are in this Pack:

- Afterburner
- Attack Rocks *new*
- Cartel Capture Passengers *new*
- Cartel Shield Hacker
- Collect Astronauts *new*
- Commercial Agent
- Commodity Logistics Software MK1
- Commodity Logistics Software MK2
- Defend Position *new*
- Dock Ware Manager
- Explorer Software
- Fleet Support Ship Software
- Group Management System
- Group Hotkeys
- Manual Trade Commands
- Missile Defense Mosquito
- Mobile Mining / Mineral Collection Software *new*
- Remote Transporter Device
- Scrap Ship at Player HQ
- Station Manager

Enjoy the new Bonus Package!

A new edition of the X-Universe News is finally available!

Highlights include:

an interview with Mox from XTM

the X3 Universe expanding onto Mac and Linux

X3 2.0.02 / X2 1.4 were not the last patches!

Read all about it here: X-Universe News 25

As you can imagine when making any game there is normally a substantial amount of material (art work, graphics, sound effects, models etc) that is created, and for one reason or another gets discarded and consigned to a distant folder in a dark corner of the network. This is of course something of a waste however it is normally for a good reason and inevitably it is replaced with something better and improved.

Imagine though that there was some fantastic high quality material that had been made by a fan, and a publishing decision meant that it would never now see the light of day. Well of course the best thing to do is to let you all get your hands on it for free! Michael Clausen has put hour upon hour of hard work into creating possibly the best ever maps created for X3, and we are really pleased that he agreed to let us make them available for download to the community. The attention to detail is simply amazing, and in order to let you build up the collection of the entire universe, we've divided it up into 33 separate sections and will be releasing a new part every day for the next 33 days. We've also got a few words from the creator Michael Clausen himself.

(Please note that the map image displayed is a low res low quality version)

Fleet commanders in X have a difficult task in coordinating their many fighter squadrons. The group management system provides assistance in controlling large fighter groups. Now it is possible to command a fighter group to quickly attack and also retreat with the carrier.

When a ship is reverse engineered in the headquarters a blueprint for mass production is created. This process involves teams of engineers painstakingly removing, analyzing, documenting and storing the ship components. The drawback of this operation is that the resources that were used to manufacture the ship cannot be recycled. However, engineers can instead opt to strip the ship solely for these resources. This process is of course faster but will not result in the creation of a production blue print.

Many freighter pilots have reported the strange disappearance of their freight. Intelligence reports from underground sources suggest a "shield hacker" device has been covertly developed by pirates. However, no exemplars have been recovered for examination. Any pilot gaining possession of such a device should immediately contact the Argon authorities. Keep your eyes peeled!

The Bonus Package version 3.1.06 is now available for download in the download section.

The following items are in this Pack:

- Cartel Shield Hacker
- Afterburner
- Commercial Agent
- Commodity Logistics Software MK1
- Commodity Logistics Software MK2
- Dock Ware Manager
- Explorer Software
- Fleet Support Ship Software
- Group Management System
- Group Hotkeys
- Manual Trade Commands
- Missile Defense Mosquito
- Remote Transporter Device
- Scrap Ship at Player HQ
- Station Manager

Enjoy the new Bonus Package!