Official SE5 release date announced - September 12

[Raapys]

It will have direct and indirect effects on gameplay. On the actual gameplay itself, and the time taken away from improving the gameplay side of the game.

[Ed Kolis]

Puke: no, I planned on splitting each planet up into several "continents" (represented by "slices" of a planet in the game) that could be each inhabited by a player empire... the entire goal of the game would be to unite all nations under your flag, just like in regular Space Empires, except that all the "human" empires could actually start on Earth

[AMF]

Will the 3D engine be able to be turned off? (ie: can we do 'strategic combat' still)

[Captain Kwok]

Strategic combat is still available as an option in sequential mode, and the standard for simultaneous games.

[Cipher7071]

3D graphics are nice the first few times you see them. But, if that's a major reason why anyone would buy any version of Space Empires, then they might as well be playing Mario Brothers.

Anyone who's ever been interested in games like chess will probably understand why I say this.