Hey guys and gals!
We've been hinting at it for a pretty long time now, from subtle hints in our Meet the Team blogs to our answers around the forum, with tote bags labelled Endless Legend: Tempest mysteriously making an appearance during our Beer2Gether at Gamescom. The cat's finally out of the bag: Endless Legend's fourth expansion will be Tempest, focused around control of the seas of Auriga!
This expansion will introduce the Morgawr, an aquatic-based Major Faction specialized in naval warfare and manipulation of other creatures. Factions will now be able to fight for dominance of the oceans through the control of sea fortresses, although they will have to wrestle these from the grasp of the Fomorians, a new Minor Faction.
Bring your daughter to work is always a big success with the Morgawr.
Naval Warfare: Naval battles for everyone! You will be able to battle on the seas. All seaborne units can instigate and reinforce sea battles. Exotic mechanics and tile effects spice up this new type of battle!
Ocean Control with Weather System: Arcane structures have emerged from beneath the waves: these Endless relics provide strategic and luxury resources as well as other bonuses to the empire able to control them. To do so, their mysterious guardians must be parlayed with or defeated in battle. The same guardians will patrol “wild” ocean regions, making them a lot less safe to cross without a convoy. Expect clouds, rain and storms to appear on your map.
Sea Fortresses and Minor Faction Fomorians: New generated ocean regions, including a Sea Fortress, offer strategic locations in the water for players to battle it out. Anywhere from zero to three fortresses are located in each ocean region, so expect more in oceans that are more strategically pivotal, between islands or continents.
Tempest Closed Beta Contest
Applications for the Closed Beta of the Tempest expansion for Endless Legend are now open, and will run until September 1st (10 am, CEST)! 
If you think you're the Beta tester that we need, send us an email at: Playtest [at] Amplitude-Studios.com. The e-mail address must be valid if you want to receive an answer!
Please include:
- Your Amplitude forum username
- Your first name, last name and date of birth
- A link to your Steam account (it must be public then!)
- A DXDiag in text format so we can ensure you can run the game in satisfactory conditions (here is how to make one. Click on "Save all information" at the bottom right of the DXDiag window and attach the DXDiag to your e-mail)
- A couple of lines to tell us why we should choose you to be among the lucky ones to try out Tempest!
- Let us know if you participated in previous beta tests for Amplitude games - non eliminatory
20 lucky players will receive:
- An access to the Closed Beta on Steam
- A unique forum badge
- An access to the Tempest private forum to post your impressions
Also, please, only sign up if you think you will have time to play the game and be able to provide some constructive feedback. The closed beta will run from the 15th of September onwards for a couple of weeks.
Thanks, and good luck!
, really looking forward to this.
