{"id":12128,"date":"2015-03-12T14:44:35","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T18:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/?p=12128"},"modified":"2015-03-18T11:03:34","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T15:03:34","slug":"stardock-announces-two-sci-fi-rts-ashes-of-the-singularity-and-servo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/stardock-announces-two-sci-fi-rts-ashes-of-the-singularity-and-servo\/","title":{"rendered":"Stardock Announces Two Sci-Fi RTS – Ashes of the Singularity and Servo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ashes<\/a><\/p>\n

Last week Stardock has announced two sci-fi real-time strategy games they\u2019re planning to publish. The first is Ashes of the Singularity<\/a> developed by both Stardock and Oxide Games using the new Oxide Engine. Ashes of the Singularity is supposed to be a next-generation RTS that fully utilises 64-bit architecture, Mantle\/DX12, and multi-core CPUs to create epic scale wars.<\/p>\n

The second game is Servo<\/a> developed by BonusXP, a company that was founded by several developers from Age of Empires. Servo is a\u00a0faster-paced RTS that has\u00a0a progression-based\u00a0mechanic where the player will gain additional customisation options for his main units\u00a0from playing the game more.<\/p>\n

More on Ashes of the Singularity:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ashes of the Singularity<\/a> is a science fiction RTS set in the future where mankind has surpassed the threshold of the technological singularity and exists as uploaded consciousness that now converts entire planets into computational material. Now with the galaxy at their disposal and running out of planets, different elements of post-humanity, along with the AI that was hoping to find a peaceful solution, fight to take control of worlds to further their access to more computational matrix.<\/p>\n

The game focuses on battles on the large scale where you\u2019re supposed to be fighting wars and not just mere battles. The player will produce large a number of units and fight battles involving hundreds if not thousands of them. To ease this control the player will form meta-units, groups of units that work together. For example, if you group heavy units with long range artillery, the heavy units will act as defenders for the vulnerable glass cannons. Certain units interact with other units in a different way, and the composition of your meta-units will determine their capabilities. How meta-units differ from a control group from other RTS is that the units are aware of each other, as mentioned, some units will guard other units while others will attack differently depending on what units make up the meta-unit.<\/p>\n

\"Ashes<\/a><\/p>\n

The game will feature base-building, resource extraction, advancing tech, and unit production and it’s described as having a bit of Sins of the Solar Empire (approach to technology levels and pacing), Planetary Annihilation (for concepts of scale), and Company of Heroes (for how area control works). Basically the player needs to capture regions and if the regions are contiguous with their home base they can extract resources and expand further.<\/p>\n

Though the system specs were not yet revealed, the game will require a graphics card that is not ancient and at least 4 CPU cores. They said the number of cores matters more than clock-speed. There was no mention if hyper-threaded dual cores will be sufficient, but it seems the game will focus heavily\u00a0on multi-core CPU architecture. What was clear is the game is 64-bit only and DX 11 minimum (DX 12 compatibility will be a plus as the game is designed with Mantle in mind), as it depends heavily on the 64-bit architecture to work. This is due to the Oxide Engine which was made specifically to take advantage of multi-core CPUs and a 64-bit operating system.<\/p>\n

The game will also feature single-player and multiplayer capabilities. The game\u2019s FAQ<\/a> can help answer some of your questions and you can also watch the video below to see a short tech demo of the game and an explanation of the technology involved:<\/p>\n