Fulqrum Publishing and Kalla Gameworks announce today that the story-driven, sci-fi grand strategy title The Pegasus Expedition will now launch as an Early Access Title via Steam, GOG.com and Epic Games Store on October 20.
At launch, players will have access to the full main story campaign featuring around 20 hours of gameplay, and will receive additional content updates, new features and quality of life changes based upon community feedback as part of the Early Access roadmap – including four brand new scenarios, each of which will function as a mini-campaign that introduces surprising new settings and fresh twists to the 4X-gameplay.
The Pegasus Expedition Early Access Roadmap (Estimated Dates)
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Content Update #1: Scattered Empires – December 2022 / January 2023
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Content Update #2: At the Center of It All
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Content Update #3: The Height of the Empire
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Content Update #4: The Exodus
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Full Launch: The Purge – 2023
A detailed look at the Early Access roadmap can be found on Steam.
The Pegasus Expedition is a story-driven sci-fi grand strategy game set in a key moment for humankind’s survival. Facing an overwhelming threat at home, humanity sends an expedition to the Pegasus Galaxy in a desperate final attempt to find a refuge for the population of Earth, only to find themselves in the middle of an interstellar war they inadvertently started.
Building on the legacy of the grand strategy genre, the game adds a strong narrative side to the classic 4X-gameplay which involves managing your diplomatic ties, armies, economy and scientific development.
The Pegasus Expedition Key Features
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Immense handcrafted world – a replayable campaign set in a rich, vast world.
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Conflict and tragedy – experience a deep storyline, where no-one is perfect and ends will often have to justify the means.
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Choose to be the leader you wish to be – face difficult moral choices in difficult times, and suffer their consequences.
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Rewarding gameplay experience – Versatile 4X gameplay with many different approaches to various challenges the campaign presents.
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Meaningful diplomacy – a diverse and versatile system with over 30 independent factions in the galaxy.
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Planning-based combat – manage your warfronts’ bigger picture, and weigh which losses you’re willing to take for success.
