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Welcome back, explorers.
We’re pleased to announce that a major update for Distant Worlds 2 is coming on July 22: the Command Update. This is a significant update designed to refresh and improve the gameplay experience with targeted changes to key areas of the game.
On July 14, 16:00 - 18:00 GMT+2, our Associate Producer on the game, Maxim Klose-Ivanov will showcase the new update, save the date here.
What’s included in the Command Update:
- New Content: Hive Ship Models
- Players will encounter new Hive ships spread around across the galaxy
- New Feature: Empire Contracts
- Factions within empires, as well as independent colonies, will now periodically offer contracts to the player.
- UI/UX Improvements:
- Empire flags now appear on systems claimed systems improving galaxy readability
- A slew of fixes, changes, and additions to improve manual play
- Gameplay Improvements:
- Independent colonies have had their population growth tweaked and can now potentially form new empires
- Known debris now appears in the exploration screen and a new mission type for ships and fleets makes salvaging easier
- Some espionage missions have been rebalanced and tweaked to address certain exploits
- Bug Fixing and Stability Improvements

We look forward to sharing more soon.
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