The award-winning Space Empires IV Deluxe is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. A grand strategy title in the space 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) genre, Space Empires has already found a place in the heart of strategy gamers everywhere. The Space Empires Deluxe Edition adds all the latest tweaks and upgrades to Space Empires IV.

You can research technology, design new ships, wage war on a tactical level, put down rebellions, meet and greet new species, and much more. Additionally, all the level and campaign design tools are included; allowing anyone to become apart of the expansive Space Empires Mod community and share their experience.

Here are some key features of "Space Empires IV Deluxe":

· Award-winning Game, Fourth game in the best-selling Space Empires Series.
· TCP/IP game play as well as traditional Play by Email, Play By Web, Play By Instant Messenger.
· Turn-based game system with simultaneous turn execution or classic IGOUGO mode.
· Twenty unique races that can be customized or originally created.
· Ministers to help control the degree of micromanagent.
· A massive technology tree with hundreds of levels to research.
· Over 1500 planets to be discovered.
· Detailed ship design via components.
· The ability to design ships, mines, satellites, weapon platforms, fighters, troops, drones, and bases.
· Combat plays out in either strategic or tactical modes.
· Random events make each game unique.
· Adventuresome Political system that provides for a unique gaming experience.
· Over 200MB of user created mods.


What's New in This Release:

· Fixed - Mount selection on the Weapons Report was only showing the Normal Mount.
· Fixed - The game will now create any directories that are missing.
· Fixed - Occasionally, the TCP/IP would not connect using UDP.
· Fixed - Over 300 System Types would crash the game.
· Fixed - The Map Editor was not loading old Settings.txt files (with track numbers).
· Added - Added a startup menu window.