Crusader Kings 3 may be what’s on the minds of most Paradox Interactive fans these days (well, that and the recent allegations of underpaying QA testers), but it’s not the only game the developer has been working on. There’s also Stellaris: Console Edition, which will be getting its next slate of DLC starting next week, Paradox announced.
Having received two expansion passes before, Paradox has confirmed that the PS4 and Xbox One version of its galactic strategy game will be getting a third one. Stellaris’ next expansion pass will consist of three new DLC packs, the first of which will launch next Tuesday, September 15, with the other two coming sometime next year. As to be expected, these expansions will provide console players with all sorts of new stories, species, and gameplay mechanics that will allow them to go even further and deeper into the universe of Stellaris.
For a detailed breakdown of Stellaris: Console Edition’s upcoming DLC, here are Paradox’s descriptions for each pack:
- Distant Stars Story Pack (Sept. 15) - With this story pack, players uncover new anomalies and encounter strange beings while exploring space’s uncharted depths. This story pack adds new constellations to explore and close to 50% more anomalies for players to encounter. Exploration will be rewarded as players gain technology, resources, and valuable worlds to colonize.
- MegaCorp Expansion (2021) - MegaCorp is all about giving players the keys to the economy. The expansion introduces new tools to usher in an era of prosperity and profit or despair and corporate slavery, on a galactic scale. In this economy-focused expansion, you become the CEO of a powerful corporate empire to open branch offices across the stars. The economy can be ruthless when it’s all about the bottom line, but with MegaCorp, players can wield a number of profit-oriented features to build an empire anchored in the glorious ideals of space capitalism.
- Lithoids Species Pack (2021) - Meet the Lithoids, a species made entirely of sapient rock who eat minerals for sustenance, are long-lived, and can colonize in almost any environment. Players can look forward to trying out the entirely new Lithoid play style that focuses on mineral production, relentless colonization of even the most marginal worlds, and refusing to cede an inch of your empire - for...“sedimental” value.
As with the previous passes, the third expansion pass will cost $24.99. That might seem like a lot at first, but considering how much money Paradox has been making off of DLC, it would appear that most players disagree.
Stellaris: Console Edition is available for PS4 and Xbox One.
