Stardock and Oxide Games have released update 1.2 for Ashes of the Singularity. The update is adding the newly enhanced campaign which is complete with full voiceover for all dialogue, new missions, and new cutscenes. In addition to the campaign, v1.2 has the new “Substrate Eradicator” and “PHC Athena” units, single-player Hall of Fame, Global Chat channel, substantial UI and AI improvements, and more.
CEO and President of Stardock, Brad Wardell, said:
“Players will experience a lot more immersion with our campaign improvements. We brought in voice actors to record dialogue in both English and German, plus we’ve added new missions and some excellent cutscenes, with plans to do more in the future as well.”
Each side has a new unit added to their roster in v1.2. The Substrate can now access the “Eradicator” unit, an expensive and slow-moving long range cruiser with heavy weaponry that is extremely difficult to kill. The PHC gains the “Athena” unit, a small and fast short range cruiser with high energy laser bolts, thermal lasers, and a plasma bolt cannon.
A new Global Chat channel now also makes it possible for gamers from around the world to see who’s playing at all times so that finding opponents is much easier. The Hall of Fame adds the ability to compare single-player campaign and scenario scores to other players’.
In addition to the update, a new CPU-focused benchmark designed to simulate the strain of a massive 3v3 battle on a large map rounds out the v1.2 update.
As Brad Wardell claimed:
“This benchmark is for the gaming enthusiasts. This will let them test their multi-core CPU scaling and see how they can best optimize Ashes’ performance.”
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Oh goody. Global chat. You can listen to thousands of people express their opinions on random subjects not to mention trolling. Why???
Because trolling is the foundation of the human genome 🙁
Because trolling is life, trolling is love.
And both are stupid and makes no sense.
Is this a good RTS to start with for someone who is new to the rts genre?
nope, get Rome: Total War instead.
Age of blablabla is just a AMD tech game! …not even funny!
goVEGAN
oh a AoE fanboy… wich one then sir? probably I will give too a shot!
There’s a reasonable amount of people recommending
Hearts of Iron IV !
so this game?
Would love to see some talk on future support with say Vulkan.