Publisher Lighthouse Interactive and developer Kerberos Productions, announced the release of a second patch that adds more enhancements to their critically acclaimed 4X space strategy game for the PC, Sword of the Stars. Sword of the Stars was released in August in North-America and in September across Europe. The patch can be used by both English as well as localized versions of the game (except Russian).

Close co-operation with the very active Sword of the Stars community and online forum has lead to an impressive set of features & fixes further improving and upgrading gameplay, that include:

• Added new badges, including winners from the badge contest!
• New Tournament scenario
• New teamplay set-up option for any custom map
• New weapon range display added to combat
• Fleet management and organization additions
• New menace encounter
• AI behaviour enhancements
• Loading and turn time optimization
• Out Of Character chat in-game for those without Xfire
• In-game effects improvements
• New user interface additions

A complete list of fixes and upgrades for the patch is available at the Lighthouse forum.

Owners of direct download versions of the game can acquire the patch through their DDL providers; more information can be found at their respective websites.

Developed by key members from the Homeworld: Cataclysm team, Sword of the Stars offers players a breakthrough gaming experience by incorporating for the first time ever real-time combat resolution for multiplayer in a 4X game. Players ‘eXplore’, ‘eXpand’, ‘eXploit’, and ‘eXterminate’ their way across the galaxy and can now do so against other players, the result of which are epic online multiplayer battles across deep space.

Sword of the Stars brings a dynamic mix of strategic turn-based empire building and real-time tactical combat resolution and is designed to be both inviting to the newest 4X gamer and satisfying for the most die-hard gaming strategists. With stunning graphics, a random technology tree and an immersive universe to explore, Sword of the Stars will thrill and delight players as they take control of cosmic empires, alien technologies and vast interstellar armadas.

For more information about Sword of the Stars please visit: www.swordofthestars.com