Egosoft

Egosoft GmbH (formerly Ego Software) is a German video game developer based in Würselen, Germany. The company was founded by Bernd Lehahn in 1988.

Egosoft is best known for its X series of video games,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> a series of space simulator games noted for combining open-ended gameplay, dynamic market-driven economy and compelling storyline.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The series began in 1999 with X: Beyond the Frontier. Since then, the series has expanded with three sequels and three standalone expansions; the latest being X4: Foundations, released 30 November 2018.Template:Citation needed

History

Egosoft was founded in Würselen by Bernd Lehahn in 1988, making it the oldest active video game company in Germany.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Its first game, Hotel Detective, was released for the Amiga in June 1988.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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 chief executive officer Bernd Lehahn described as their "long-term goal."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In late 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 Düsseldorf on 28 April 2011, and would show preview footage of their current project,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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 jump gates, 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.<ref name="X Rebirth release date">Template:Cite web</ref>

Games developed

Year	Title	Platform(s)	Publisher(s)	Notes
1988	Hotel Detective	Amiga	Euroline
1990	Fatal Heritage		Delta Konzept
	R1 R2			Promotional game for Reemtsma
1991	Aquarius Game			Promotional game for Aquarius
	Pepsi: All Over the World			Promotional game for Pepsi
1992	Light American Spacegame			Promotional game for Philip Morris International
	Come Together (Around the World)			Promotional game for Peter Stuyvesant
	Ugh!		Play Byte
1993	Elefanten!		Promotion Software	Promotional game for World Wide Fund for Nature
	Ketchup Connection	Amiga, MS-DOS		Promotional game for Kraft Ketchup
	Flies: Attack on Earth		Rainbow Arts
1994	Balduin: Run for Fun	MS-DOS	Delta Konzept	Promotional game for the Techniker Krankenkasse
	Abenteuer Europa		Tevox	Promotional game for the Social Democratic Party of Germany
1995	Heiermanns Return			Promotional game for the Sparkasse of Gelsenkirchen
1996	Imperium Romanum		Rainbow Arts
	No Future?	Microsoft Windows	Delta Konzept	Promotional game for the Umweltbundesamt
1999	Power Pool		Data Becker
	X: Beyond the Frontier		THQ, Egosoft	Entry in the X video game series
2000	X-Tension
2003	X2: The Threat	Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows	Deep Silver, Egosoft
2005	X3: Reunion
2008	X3: Terran Conflict
2011	X3: Albion Prelude
2013	X Rebirth		Egosoft
2014	X Rebirth: The Teladi Outpost			DLC for X Rebirth
2016	X Rebirth: Home of Light
2017	X Rebirth: VR Edition	Microsoft Windows
2018	X4: Foundations<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Linux, Microsoft Windows		Entry in the X video game series
2020	X4: Split Vendetta<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>			DLC for X4: Foundations
2021	X3: Farnham's Legacy<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows		Entry in the X video game series
2021	X4: Cradle of Humanity<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Linux, Microsoft Windows		DLC for X4: Foundations
2022	X4: Tides of Avarice<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2023	X4: Kingdom End<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024	X4: Timelines<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2025	X4: Hyperion Pack<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

External links

• Template:Official website