Paradox Interactive announces that Lost Empire: Immortals is shipping in North America, as promised. A playable demo for Pollux Gamelabs' 4X space strategy game was released yesterday (story), and the game's retail release in Europe is slated for this Friday, and the game can also be purchased online via GamersGate. Here's the feature list:

    • A 4x turn-based strategy game, featuring multiple star maps with up to 5000 star systems, ready for you to explore, colonize and conquer
    • Meet and interact with powerful alien races and alien sub races
    • Fast phase action
    • Research technologies from a multilevel science tree
    • View massive 3D rendered space battles
    • Win the game through domination, diplomacy, exploration, research
    • Design you own ship features
    • Choose your empires destiny when meeting the immortal races Enias and Bythos
    • Experience the story of 6 different races
    • Use your empires leaders as diplomats, space engineers, archeologist and much more
    • Play alone or multiplayer with your friends over the Internet
    • Unique ship designs for all races
    • Challenging AI
    • Easy to use interface allowing you to manage a vast empire
    • Compelling storyline