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Posted By: Peter Parrish February 2, 2017

The much-discussed (in dev diaries and the like) first major expansion for Stellaris has been officially announced by Paradox today, and named as Utopia. It will be accompanied by a free update, Banks, taking the game to version 1.5.

Utopias feature set will enable your space dwelling civilisation to reach new heights of self-awareness, technological prowess or spiritual enlightenment. Youll be purchasing new options for developing your empire, and constructing huge projects called Megastructures to further the goals of your species. More about Megastructures can be read here.

So-called Ascension Perks (more on those here), will let you guide your race down different evolutionary pathways; a biological path, a psionic path or a synthetic path. Heres the overview of the features, changes, and mechanics Utopia will bring to Stellaris.

Neither a release date, nor price, appear to have been issued yet. Going by previous Paradox DLC releases, its likely to be $15-20.

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