founded 1988 headquarters w rselen aachen germany key people bernd lehahn managing director products video games number of employees 20 website egosoft.com egosoft gmbh is a video game developer founded in 1988 and based in w rselen aachen germany . it became a commercial company in 1990 . its first products were for the amiga but it later became a pc game developer . 1 egosoft is best known for its x game series 2 a series of space simulator games noted for combining open ended gameplay dynamic market driven economy and compelling storyline . 3 4 the series began in 1999 with x beyond the frontier . since then the series has expanded with two sequels and three standalone expansions ; the latest being x rebirth in 2013 . contents 1 releases 2 future releases 3 devnet 4 see also 5 references 6 external links releases edit egosoft has released a number of products . several of the x series have been released multiple times in special bundle packs or when a major update to the game was released . name year series description hotel detective 1988 single release for the amiga published by euroline software . fatal heritage 1990 single release for the amiga published by funsoft and softgold . ugh 1992 single release for the amiga published by playbyte and bluebyte . flies attack on earth 1993 single release for amiga and pc ms dos . imperium romanum 1996 single release for ms dos . x beyond the frontier 1999 x series for windows . x tension 2000 x series for windows x beyond the frontier expansion pack . x gold 2000 x series features x beyond the frontier and x tension x2 the threat 2003 for windows and linux 2006 . the linux version of x2 series was developed by linux game publishing . mac os x versions were developed by virtual programming . ltd. x3 reunion 2005 x series for windows mac os x and linux 2008 . linux and mac os x versions of x3 were developed by egosoft themselves as is planned for rebirth . x3 terran conflict 2008 x series x3 gold 2009 x series features x3 reunion 2.5 and x3 terran conflict 2.0 x superbox 2010 x series first featuring all 5 x series games and also featuring albion prelude for free download on steam when registered . x3 albion prelude 2011 x series x rebirth 2013 x series for windows later for mac os x and linux humble weekly bundle 2013 x series featuring steam keys for all existing x series games for all platforms plus the soundtracks and bonus content . 5 future releases edit in 2000 egosoft planned a multiplayer online game called online universe or x online . this project was intended to be the next step in the evolution of egosoft s x universe . 6 egosoft has since released a number of games yet has given little indication of the progress of this project . in 2003 egosoft staff were working on a later version codenamed x2ol which egosoft director bernd lehahn described as our long term goal . 7 8 there is still no official information on the online universe though there has been speculation that x2 and x3 s 2007 uplink feature may be a positive spin off of the project . 9 in q4 of 2009 egosoft announced that terran conflict completed the story started in x beyond the frontier taken by some to mean the end of the franchise . however in march 2011 they announced on their x universe forums that they would be attending fedcon xx in d sseldorf on 28 april 2011 and would show preview footage of their current project 10 previously only referred to by the codename tnbt the next big thing . however on 20 april 2011 they released a trailer officially announcing x rebirth initially slated for a q4 2011 release . x rebirth will take place in the x universe after a major catastrophe the shutdown of the series network of thus starting a new chapter in the x universe separate from the original plot line . rebirth missed its first two proposed release dates q4 2011 and 2012 and was eventually released 15 november 2013 . 11 on 7 december 2011 they announced x3 albion prelude and revealed a trailer after stating on the previous day that there will be something you might not have seen coming . more info soon ; . albion prelude was released on 15 december only a week after the announcement . it bridged the plot gap between the older x games and the upcoming rebirth featuring a storyline only hinted at in the x encyclopedia . albion prelude was scheduled for boxed release at some point early in 2012 and will be available free on steam for those who register the x superbox or purchasable including paired with x3 terran conflict . devnet edit egosoft runs a developer network devnet which members may be able to join . it provides an opportunity to test new software and create the scripts for it . submitting personal information to egosoft is enough for mere testing however access to pages of the higher level requires signing a non disclosure agreement . see also edit video games portal references edit michael madden 26 august 2006 . egosoft faq . egosoft x news . egosoft . retrieved 25 april 2009 . josh venning 25 january 2006 . x3 reunion new rolling demo tested . anandtech . anandtech . retrieved 11 february 2008 . wrentmore john 12 december 2003 . x2 the threat review . gamezone . gamezone online . retrieved 11 february 2008 . reed kristan 6 november 2005 . x3 reunion . eurogamer . eurogamer network ltd. retrieved 11 february 2008 . humble weekly bundle online universe . online universe official page . retrieved 11 february 2008 . stokky 10 may 2003 . interview x2 the threat . playfuls.com . retrieved 11 february 2008 . presley paul 19 april 2003 . pc preview x2 the threat . pc zone . future publishing limited . retrieved 11 february 2008 . caesar s. 3 january 2008 . egosoft updates x3 reunion x2 the threat . qj.net . content holdings llc . retrieved 11 february 2008 . tnbt will soon be officially unveiled . burnit . x rebirth the wait is almost over . egosoft.com forums . egosoft gmbh . retrieved 9 august 2013 . external links edit official website of egosoft v t e x franchise video games beyond the frontier x2 the threat x3 reunion x3 terran conflict x3 albion prelude rebirth developer egosoft publishers thq southpeak interactive koch media enlight linux game publishing retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title egosoft & oldid 743254075 categories video game companies of germanyvideo game development companieshidden categories use dmy dates from october 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 20 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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