Greetings Console Edition Community!
We're excited to share some big news with you. First off, we have an important update about the development of Stellaris: Console Edition - Tantalus is back at the helm for the development of Stellaris: Console Edition.
At the launch of Expansion Pass Six, we promised regular updates on progress, and this switch in developers is part of the reason we have not been as regular with our updates as we had initially intended. Tantalus has been back working on Console Edition for several months at this point, and has hit the ground running making First Contact and Galactic Paragons work on Consoles. We’re excited to share their progress with you.
But before we get into the rest of the update, we want to clear up any concerns that the change in developer might spark in advance: We are currently on track for the 2024 release of Galactic Paragons and the First Contact Story Pack for Stellaris: Console Edition.
A New Era with Tantalus
Let’s dive straight into it, significant progress has been made with the latest milestone delivery.
The Tantalus team has successfully implemented Text-to-Speech for both Xbox and PlayStation, added a detailed message settings system, made many of the UI/UX changes coming in the next version, and have approved mockups for those UI elements that still need to be worked on. Additionally, during the process of updating Console Edition to the latest version, they’ve been able to add time to focus on squashing bugs, improving performance, and introducing new features that enhance your gameplay.
Text-to-Speech
One of the big goals for the next release is Text-to-Speech (TTS) functionality. This feature aims to make the game more accessible and immersive.
Pressing the right stick will activate Text to Speech in Stellaris: Console Edition 3.9
UI and UX Enhancements
The UX Team spent some time reviewing the existing UI screens in Stellaris: Console Edition and making many minor changes and improvements, as well as implementing new UIs and creating mock-ups for those that are still remaining.
There’s still a lot of UI work to be done.
Ruler Trait selection in Stellaris: Console Edition 3.9
Leader Story Event UI from Galactic Paragons - Work in Progress
Empire Council screen from Galactic Paragons - Mockup
Message Notifications
Notifications are a fact of life in Stellaris, in the PC version of 3.9, there is a very granular system for turning on and off notifications. We’re proud to say we’re bringing this feature to Stellaris: Console Edition as well.
Here you will be able to customize your game notifications, by turning off specific notification types. Our hope is that this reduces the overall cognitive load and results in a more enjoyable experience while playing.
Optimized Performance
Performance and stability improvements are always a priority. During this milestone we’ve addressed several stability issues and performed optimization on some game systems, which we hope will result in a smoother (and faster!) experience for players.
The team has also identified several other areas where we feel there is potential for future performance improvements.
Bug Fixes and Quality of Life Improvements
As mentioned, we’ve been going through our bug backlog and are working on fixing existing bugs, while at the same time working on the remaining issues related to porting the game from PC to Console.
During our review of the UI, we also noticed that there were some areas where the controls were inconsistent from one screen to another, and resolved these issues.
What would improve the Quality of Life in Stellaris: Console Edition for you? Let us know in the comments!
Looking Forward
Since returning to the project, we’ve made progress in leaps and bounds, and we’re excited to be back to bring Stellaris 3.9, Galactic Paragons and the First Contact Story Pack to Console Edition! We'll be back with more on the development of the second update for Expansion Pass Six soon.
The Stellaris Console Edition Dev Team
We're excited to share some big news with you. First off, we have an important update about the development of Stellaris: Console Edition - Tantalus is back at the helm for the development of Stellaris: Console Edition.
At the launch of Expansion Pass Six, we promised regular updates on progress, and this switch in developers is part of the reason we have not been as regular with our updates as we had initially intended. Tantalus has been back working on Console Edition for several months at this point, and has hit the ground running making First Contact and Galactic Paragons work on Consoles. We’re excited to share their progress with you.
But before we get into the rest of the update, we want to clear up any concerns that the change in developer might spark in advance: We are currently on track for the 2024 release of Galactic Paragons and the First Contact Story Pack for Stellaris: Console Edition.
A New Era with Tantalus
Let’s dive straight into it, significant progress has been made with the latest milestone delivery.
The Tantalus team has successfully implemented Text-to-Speech for both Xbox and PlayStation, added a detailed message settings system, made many of the UI/UX changes coming in the next version, and have approved mockups for those UI elements that still need to be worked on. Additionally, during the process of updating Console Edition to the latest version, they’ve been able to add time to focus on squashing bugs, improving performance, and introducing new features that enhance your gameplay.
Text-to-Speech
One of the big goals for the next release is Text-to-Speech (TTS) functionality. This feature aims to make the game more accessible and immersive.
Pressing the right stick will activate Text to Speech in Stellaris: Console Edition 3.9
UI and UX Enhancements
The UX Team spent some time reviewing the existing UI screens in Stellaris: Console Edition and making many minor changes and improvements, as well as implementing new UIs and creating mock-ups for those that are still remaining.
There’s still a lot of UI work to be done.
Ruler Trait selection in Stellaris: Console Edition 3.9
Leader Story Event UI from Galactic Paragons - Work in Progress
Empire Council screen from Galactic Paragons - Mockup
Message Notifications
Notifications are a fact of life in Stellaris, in the PC version of 3.9, there is a very granular system for turning on and off notifications. We’re proud to say we’re bringing this feature to Stellaris: Console Edition as well.
Here you will be able to customize your game notifications, by turning off specific notification types. Our hope is that this reduces the overall cognitive load and results in a more enjoyable experience while playing.
Optimized Performance
Performance and stability improvements are always a priority. During this milestone we’ve addressed several stability issues and performed optimization on some game systems, which we hope will result in a smoother (and faster!) experience for players.
The team has also identified several other areas where we feel there is potential for future performance improvements.
Bug Fixes and Quality of Life Improvements
As mentioned, we’ve been going through our bug backlog and are working on fixing existing bugs, while at the same time working on the remaining issues related to porting the game from PC to Console.
During our review of the UI, we also noticed that there were some areas where the controls were inconsistent from one screen to another, and resolved these issues.
What would improve the Quality of Life in Stellaris: Console Edition for you? Let us know in the comments!
Looking Forward
Since returning to the project, we’ve made progress in leaps and bounds, and we’re excited to be back to bring Stellaris 3.9, Galactic Paragons and the First Contact Story Pack to Console Edition! We'll be back with more on the development of the second update for Expansion Pass Six soon.
The Stellaris Console Edition Dev Team
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