Stardock Entertainment and Ironclad Games are very pleased to announce the release of Beta 1 for all Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion pre-order customers!

This first beta will allow you to play as the TEC Loyalists or Rebels in either single-player or multiplayer via Ironclad Online or LAN. Also included in this first beta release:

  • Updated graphics engine with self-shadowing ships, up to 16X anisotropic filtering and more.
  • Updated weapon effects.
  • All the new technologies and balance of the TEC factions.
  • Construct the mighty TEC Loyalist Ankylon and TEC Rebel Ragnarov titans.
  • The new TEC Corsev battlecruiser capital ship and Stilat/Shriken corvettes.
  • Steam support for achievements, friends, game invites, automatic updates and more.
  • New ship movement system and performance optimizations.
  • and lots more!

If you've pre-ordered, watch your e-mail for your order receipt with your Steam CD-Key and download information. If you'd like to get in on the beta, head over to the Purchase page. For existing registered Trinity/Diplomacy customers the price is $29.95 for a limited time; for new customers it's $39.95.


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on Mar 01, 2012

They've been on the website since last year.  You may be able to still play, those are just our best estimates at the current time.

on Mar 01, 2012

Right-Click on the Titan Upgrades causes crash

on Mar 01, 2012

Yarlen
They've been on the website since last year.  You may be able to still play, those are just our best estimates at the current time.

Really? well I never saw them....

Just asking, I have a single core processor at 2ghz, is that any good?

 

on Mar 01, 2012

If it worked for Sins Diplomacy/Trinity, it may...

on Mar 01, 2012

It ran perfectly fine with Trinity on the highest settings...

Right, I will have a go and see what happens.

I'll report back with what i find

thanks for giving me a glimmer of hope yarlen

on Mar 01, 2012

Nevermind.  I got the email bout a half hour after i posted this:

LupusVir
I ordered it in Late January!  Where is the email?!?!

on Mar 01, 2012

I just activated the game on steam, and it gives me a minidump every time i launch it !!!!!

I will try to download directly from stardock right now

 

EDIT: dam it, stardock tells me to download from steam, but its not working !!!!!!

on Mar 01, 2012

I'm back, 72 hour work weeks or not, I've been waiting a year for this!

on Mar 01, 2012

Oh I sooooo wish I had vacation built up to lock myself away. Oh well, I guess I will be sleepy @ work cause there is no way I will be sleepy playing this!!!

 

 

WOOO HOOOO. About to load up the BETA!

on Mar 01, 2012

Da weekend is here!  Rebellion all da time!

on Mar 01, 2012

40% complete!!!

CANT WAIT

on Mar 01, 2012

How do you create a titan ship. The button does not seem to work

 

on Mar 01, 2012

Im yet to encounter an error, about halfway through a 1v1 game.  I have my titan and I am beginning to make my attack..  I'll save that for the train ride home

on Mar 01, 2012

OH BOY!!!!!!!!!! I GOT MY EMAIL 7 hours ago, and only 2 more hours of work!!!!!  REBELLION HERE I COME!!!!!

on Mar 01, 2012

Can you tell me how to create a Titan ship?

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