Paradox Interactive has revealed the Machine Age – the next major expansion for its popular space 4X strategy game Stellaris.

The expansion will be released alongside the Stellaris 3.12 ‘Andromeda’ update in the second quarter of 2024 and feature cybernetic, synthetic, and machine themes.

In an update on their forum, Paradox indicated that the new expansion would include:

• Individualistic Non-Gestalt Machine Empires.
• Gestalt Machine Intelligence Empires (also unlocked by the Synthetic Dawn Story Pack).
• Three new Origins:
  • Cybernetic Creed
  • Synthetic Fertility
  • Arc Welders
• Civics:
  • Guided Sapience
  • Natural Design
  • Obsessional Directive
  • Protocol Droids
  • Tactical Cogitators
  • Augmentation Bazaars (Requires Megacorp)
• Two Mid-Game Structures:
  • Arc Furnace
  • Dyson Swarms
• New Ascension Paths for Machine Empires.
• Cybernetic and Synthetic Ascension (also unlocked by Utopia).
• Exploration of the effects of the cyberization or synthesization of society, with Advanced Government Forms for those who complete it.
• New Species Traits for Cyborgs, Machines, and Robots
• Cybernetic portraits that change based on advancement through cyberization
• Synthetic portraits with both organic and synthetic variants that changed based on synthesization, usable by either organics or machines.
• Two new Shipsets, Diplomatic Rooms, and City Sets.
• Seven new music tracks synthetic and cybernetic inspired music tracks.
• A new Player Crisis Path.
• A new End-Game Crisis.

Further details are also planned to be revealed in the coming weeks with the origins and situations of the Machine Age covered in greater detail.

Below are the dates for each of the announcements.

• The Origins and Situations of The Machine Age – 21 March
• Individualistic Machines and Machine Gameplay Updates – 28 March
• Civics and Structures of The Machine Age and Auto-Modding – 4 April
• The New End-Game Crisis – 11 April
• The New Player Crisis – 18 April
• The Art of The Machine Age – Ships and Reactive Portraits – 25 April

You can watch the reveal trailer for the new expansion below.

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