News archive
29 Dec, 2013 |
New video section, and Watchwithwaddy Posted by Roguey 3 comments During the pass few days ive been re-looking at my video section of the site. I had a message from a YouTube user; Watchwithwaddy asking me if I could add his X-Rebirth videos to my site. When looking at his videos, I saw some great videos; some offering advice, tips and/or help on XR. However I fel ... » Read more |
16 Dec, 2013 |
Plot guide #1 finished... mostly Posted by Roguey 11 comments Its taken a long time, but I have finally finished the X-Rebirth plot. During the plot I have been writing a guide (as I guess most of you have seen), and uploading videos. This is one of the largest guides I have written, at 43 pages long! So there is bound to be a few grammar or spelling mistakes, ... » Read more |
7 Dec, 2013 |
Feelings, thoughts and decisions Posted by Roguey 17 comments The first thing I want to say is; big-thanks to everyone letting me know how you feel about X-Rebirth whether via votes, or your comments. I am very glad you guys took the time to express your feelings and thoughts. During this process it seems you guys told me that I am a kind-of community leade ... » Read more |
29 Nov, 2013 |
Egosoft looking for beta testers Posted by Roguey 12 comments This a bit of a strange post for me - as it appears egosoft are now asking for people to help test beta builds, in a new X Rebirth - Patch Public Beta forum section. To me this seems strange for two reasons, firstly now egosoft are now asking for the public's help (which they havnt done since it ... » Read more |
23 Nov, 2013 |
X-Rebirth reviewed by me Posted by Roguey 0 comments Over the past few days ive been asked by a few people to review X-Rebirth. I run a general gaming site that hosts news and reviews on a range of games, however months neglect has meant the site fell into disrepair - old code that didnt get repaired. So ive been repairing and upgrading the site for t ... » Read more |
18 Nov, 2013 |
Confirmed... based on a XBox360 port Posted by Roguey 7 comments Its not been long since the game has came-out, a matter of days now and the community has already built tools to extract all the game-files. Doing so, some new information has creped out about the game. It appears its true that the game is based on a Xbox360 port; there are references to that in th ... » Read more |
16 Nov, 2013 |
Your thoughts on X-Rebirth.. poll style Posted by Roguey 20 comments Hopefully by now you had a couple of hours to play X-Rebirth. So I'm thinking about opening a poll to see what you all think about it? A game which was in development for a whole 7 years. I thought maybe here we might see some friendly voting. 24 ... » Read more |
15 Nov, 2013 |
Hot-fix for crashing at 100% Posted by Roguey 5 comments If youre finding that your game crashes at 100%, then there is possible work-around. To do this you must change your default playback format to 16 bit, 48000 Hz (DVD Quality). Once done, re-try the game. The problem seems connected to the Realtek Audio chip. To change the setting; 1, right click ... » Read more |
15 Nov, 2013 |
The wait is out.. X-Rebirth is now OUT! Posted by Roguey 4 comments It's been 7 years since Egosoft started work on X-Rebirth, and finally today marks its release, 15th of November. Based on a completely new engine, many of the old limits have been removed, and much has changed including the universe itself. X-Rebirth marks a new era for the X-Games – Ber ... » Read more |
14 Nov, 2013 |
Just 1 day to go... Posted by Roguey 1 comments Its just 1 day now before X-Rebirth is finally released. I bet for many of you, you never thought it would happen. Just before its release egosoft have released another trailer; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JyxryysGP8 ... » Read more |
10 Nov, 2013 |
The long-range scanner Posted by Roguey 1 comments Over on the egosoft youtube channel, Bernd has posted a new video showing off the long range scanner mode. This mode is a kind-of mini-game that allows you to search for objects in space by pinging them with a echo. Anyway heres the video (I know it was posted a few days ago, but better late then ne ... » Read more |
21 Oct, 2013 |
Fight trailer Posted by Roguey 0 comments Egosoft yesterday released a new trailer for X-Rebirth, this time focusing more on fighting. The trailer is a rather short video, but may give you some more X-R footage - something that I know the community has lacked. Anyway, without further delay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bb_jCP1mJo ... » Read more |
12 Oct, 2013 |
Lots of updates Posted by Roguey 2 comments During the past few days ive been working on all of the x-sites; updating the style, code and formatting of pages. As we gone through the different x-games, my coding skills have changed greatly. This meant some sections (especially the X2 and X3 sections) got stuck with old code/formatting, often m ... » Read more |
26 Sep, 2013 |
Information on Trading + Mining Posted by Roguey 5 comments Bernd's been busy once again... this time he has been making a video explaining Trading and mining - two elements that seen controversial changes (for many x-fans out there). I must admit the removal of direct trading is worrying, as I found it an important part of the game however I do understa ... » Read more |
30 Aug, 2013 |
Have you pre-ordered Rebirth? Posted by Roguey 0 comments Its a been awhile since you could pre-order Rebirth, so with that in-mind have you decided to take the plunge, wait for a confirmed release, wait for the reviews or decided to leave it altogether (ie. its not for you)? 23 Did Bernd recent Ask Me Anything help make up your decision? If you ... » Read more |
28 Aug, 2013 |
Ask Bernd anything Posted by Roguey 0 comments If you ever wanted to ask Bernd about X-Rebirth here's your chance. During Friday 30th, Bernd will be joining Egosoft DevChat starting from 8:00PM BST UK, 21:00 CEST or 19:00 UTC time. You're be able to put your questions directly to him. If you dont know who Bernd is, well he is the ... » Read more |
22 Aug, 2013 |
New Gamescom teaser 2013 Posted by Roguey 1 comments A new trailer is surfing around, which-was created for the 2013 Gamescom event. The video shows a bit of the game elements; walking around stations, combat fx etc. Take a look below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_jvRmRMWdE ... » Read more |
8 Aug, 2013 |
A second video: Scale and Detail Posted by Roguey 2 comments It looks like a second video has been released, answering the question; why has it took so long to finish rebirth? Well, bernd takes it on himself to explain why: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEbL1p5vZpw ... » Read more |
8 Aug, 2013 |
Release on 15th November... Posted by bozo64r 2 comments X Rebirth's release date has been announced, along with an exciting video on steam. Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNs1rdSkUi8 X-Rebirth can be found on steam here: X Rebirth http://cdn4.steampowered.com/v/gfx/apps/2870/ss_41d2aacc67be17f6227b6f31890e5c1ca16bfa68.600x33 ... » Read more |
8 Jul, 2013 |
Community saves Posted by Roguey 0 comments Finally today I think ive finished working on a system that allows you guys to create and join-in community saves. The idea is that one person starts off a game, then when they finished passes it onto the next, and so on. My system should help you to know where to pass the save onto... however th ... » Read more |
7 Jun, 2013 |
Egosoft and Tri Synergy Posted by Roguey 0 comments Just a quick heads up about E3. Egosoft have agreed a deal with Tri Synergy (a US publisher) for Rebirth. Egosoft want a good release in the US territories when Rebirth is ready. Tri Synergy wants to show a first-look at Rebirth during this year's E3 event. Egosoft themselves wont be attending t ... » Read more |
4 Jun, 2013 |
Plasmapumps concept to in-game Posted by Roguey 0 comments In a recent Facebook poll (by Egosoft), you guys have voted on the design of the Plasmapump module. You had 3 choices and C won. Egosoft have posted a new video showing the module in-game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6seoryOhxk ... » Read more |