Haarlem, The Netherlands – April 23, 2014 – Iceberg Interactive and developer Little Green Men Games announced today the integration of Steam Workshop into its popular space sim Starpoint Gemini 2 (PC), currently available on Steam’s Early Access program. With the Steam Workshop, the game’s community can create individualized Starpoint Gemini 2 content and make it available as a downloadable addition to the base game.
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“Modding is at the heart of Starpoint Gemini 2 and we have done, and will continue to do, everything possible to open up SPG2 and allow virtually anything to be changed, tweaked, and improved by the community,” said Danijel Mihokovic, CTO at Little Green Men Games. “Regardless if a Mod is a simple change of a weapon effect or a full-blown total conversion, SPG2 makes everything possible.”
The Steam Workshop Beta update is available now and includes the addition of junkyards to the game world, plus tweaks and improvements to improve overall gameplay. For a full list of changes or to purchase Starpoint Gemini 2 on the Steam Early Access program at $24.99, please visit store.steampowered.com/app/236150/.
Key Features:
- Complex, but easy-to-use RPG system, now coupled with dynamic real-time 3D combat.
- Explore the dynamic game world as a whole, rather than through individual maps.
- Use T-Gates, wormholes and rift ways to travel faster around the Gemini System.
- Fifty diverse factions ranging from states and companies to outlaws, locked in a power struggle, with over 100 commodities to trade or plunder.
- Special revocable licenses acquired from factions offer various bonuses and unlock new options.
- Hire mercenary captains to follow you on your travels and share your fate, and employ officers to fill key positions on your ship (engineering, navigation, tactical).
- Random missions get generated depending on the player’s actions and allegiances.
- More than 70 unique ships, fully upgradeable with various ship systems, with, amongst other things, visible turrets, and a large arsenal of heavy weapons to blast enemies to pieces.
- Direct ship controls create complete immersion.
- Advanced physics provided by NVIDIA PhysX technology