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Might be time for another run in Stellaris with the Cosmic Storms announced today to release on September 10th. Developed in collaboration with Behaviour Rotterdam, it's set to expand space weather in a big way.

Not only have they totally overhauled the original Space Storm into an entire system of features, but there's also a new weather map mode for forecasting these storms and predicting their motion, with technologies and buildings to attract, repel, or with an Ascension Perk, even create storms.

While some storm may be bad, not everything will be, some may reveal buried treasures for you or leave planets with new intriguing effects. Check out the release date trailer below:

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What you get with the DLC:

NEW STORMS

This expansion adds 8 types of Cosmic Storms (Electric, Particle, Gravity, Magnetic, Radiant, Stardust, Shroud and Nexus) that replace the existing Space Storms, spawning randomly on the map. They travel the galaxy at various speeds, growing and shrinking with time.

STORM CHASER ORIGIN

The Storm Chasers are an empire made of people that seek to push themselves beyond their own limits. They believe enlightenment is found in engaging with the greatest force the universe has to offer: the Cosmic Storms.

3 NEW CIVICS

  • Astrometeorology
  • Storm Devotion
  • Environmental Architects

2 PRECURSOR NARRATIVES

Discover the stories of the Ancients, vanished masters of the storms: Weather Manipulators and the adAkkaria Convention of Benevolence. The completion of these narratives will unlock a new relic for each.

On top of that, Cosmic Storms adds technologies dedicated to storms, Galactic Community Resolutions, Anomalies, Arc Sites, and Weather Forecast Map Mode. It also adds a new Galactic Weather Control ascension perk, that makes it possible to create cosmic storms with science ships.

You can pre-purchase for €12.99 / $12.99 / £10.99 or buy it as part of Stellaris: Season 08 - Expansion Pass.

Stellaris has Native Linux support and you can buy it from:

GOG

Humble Store

Steam

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5 comments

Stellaris is probably my favorite game of all time, and by and large the ongoing work paradox has done on it has been great, but I really, really wish they would concentrate more on improving quality of life and paying their tech debt rather than keep doing all this content. Still, the AI breaks *all the time*, for the entire history of this game the AI has been FUBAR every other update. The UI also has not aged well and needs a lot of work, not having a keybinding menu is ridiculous.

Because I love the game so much, I am not really bothered by their business model of constantly asking for more money for the substantial work they are doing, but man does it lead to some terrible incentives.
Linux_Rocks Aug 15
I got the base game for free on GOG several years ago. They've gotten their money back numerous times over in expansion packs during sales from me. XD
I wasn't really looking for new Stellaris content, haven't digested all the old stuff yet. And I'm not sure this will be a great thing in terms of how it plays. But I have to admit, this is something different and interesting; I don't remember anything like this in any other game in the genre.
such Aug 15
...is this Paradox trying to capitalise on the movie Twisters?
I think the best Stellaris purchase I ever made was the Complete Soundtrack on Steam. It's $6.99, and the great thing is, every time a new DLC is released with music, it gets added to the collection. At the moment, that adds up to around 90 tracks of music.
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