Paradox Interactive and Kerberos Productions officially announce Sword of the Stars II, the 4x space strategy sequel revealed during the Paradox Interactive Convention in Stockholm. They point the way to a new Sword of the Stars II product section for the game, which narrows the projected release window for the project to Q1 of next year. The announcement also offers the first details on the game:

In Sword of the Stars 2, gamers will be reaquianted with the original six races from Swords of the Stars I and its expansions as well as reveal the dark secret of the original series, the Suul’ka – an ancient race that is responsible for tampering with the Liir, Zuul, and other races in the SotS universe!

Not limited to another entire new race and their unique drive technology, SotS2 will be a major step forward in the SotS approach to 4X gameplay, taking the easy-to-learn-hard-to-master philosophy set out in SotS1 and following that path to a new standard in space strategy games.