Stellaris: Console Edition for Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5, The Machine Age (also available as part of Stellaris: Season 08), and the Astral Planes Story Pack are now available! (If you’re looking for details on how to claim the game or DLC, or are having trouble claiming a particular DLC, please scroll to the bottom of this post!)
Stellaris: Console Edition for Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5
Stellaris: Console Edition for Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 will take you into the next generation of Stellaris gameplay, taking full advantage of the advanced hardware and optimization on modern consoles as well as featuring 4k resolution, improved performance, and more galaxy setup options than ever before. Galaxies in Stellaris: Console Edition for Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 really are vast and full of wonders.
This new version of Stellaris: Console Edition is being offered as a free upgrade for players who are coming from the Xbox One/PlayStation 4 version of the game, with all DLC purchases carrying over.
We are working with Sony Interactive Entertainment and Microsoft to bring you the new Stellaris: Console Edition on Game Pass & PlayStation Plus Extra. We are targeting to have everything set up for release, but there could potentially be delays before the game becomes available on these platforms.
The Machine Age is the heart of the Stellaris: Season 08. This major expansion allows you to explore cyberpunk fantasies of technological augmentation and digitalization of consciousness, expanding the possibilities offered in game by the Cybernetic and Synthetic Ascension Paths. You can address the moral and social challenges that communing with the machine brings to your space-faring empire, and face a new threat looming over the galaxy… or become a new threat yourself, as you tear through time and space to shape reality to your image.
The Machine Age expansion includes:
Individualistic Non-Gestalt Machine Empires
Gestalt Machine Intelligence Empires (also unlocked by the Synthetic Dawn Story Pack)
Three new Origins
Cybernetic Creed
Synthetic Fertility
Arc Welders
Civics
Guided Sapience
Natural Design
Obsessional Directive
Protocol Droids
Tactical Cogitators
Augmentation Bazaars (Requires Megacorp)
Two Mid-Game Structures
Arc Furnace
Dyson Swarms
Three New Machine Ascension Paths
Modularity
Nanotech
Virtuality
Cybernetic and Synthetic Ascension (also unlocked by Utopia)
Exploration of the effects of the cyberization or synthesization of society, with Advanced Government Forms for those who complete it.
New Species Traits for Cyborgs, Machines and Robots
Cybernetic portraits that change based on advancement through cyberization
Synthetic portraits with both organic and synthetic variants that changed based on synthesization, usable by either organics or machines
Two new Shipsets, Diplomatic Rooms, and City Sets
7 new synthetic and cybernetic inspired music tracks
Take a step into the unknown with Astral Planes, navigating an array of wonders and dangers alike. Travel through Rifts in space and time for a glimpse of strange, new realities. What will you discover, in a universe beyond limits?
Astral Planes includes:
Astral Scars
New Site Type: Astral Rift
New Resource: Astral Thread
Astral Harvesting - Technology to harvest Astral Threads
Rift Sphere - Technology to explore Astral Rifts Rifts
"Rift in Space" Situation - Unlocks Rift Sphere tech.
Random Stage 2 Rift Situation Events
30+ Rift Sites
Each site contains branching narratives, featuring multiple potential endings and a chance at powerful new rewards
8 New Relics
Astral Actions
10 New Astral Actions
2 Additional Astral Actions that will swap depending on research (requires Overlord)
We’re aiming for a smooth launch across all platforms, however with so many moving parts (2 different platforms, over 20 different titles) there may be some delays and hiccups during the rollout. The Community and Product Launch teams will be on standby to investigate issues with game/DLC ownership, so if you’re experiencing a missing DLC or other issue, please report it in the thread below and we will investigate and resolve the issues as soon as we can.
Open your platform’s store page, and then find Stellaris: Console Edition for Xbox Series X|S/PlayStation 5, and claim the item and install it
Go through each of the DLC you own, and claim them
Launch the game and enjoy!
Thank you for playing Stellaris: Console Edition for Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5!
As you can see, the Zracon Nation (AI) has taken 2 systems relatively close to me, neither of these appear to be connected to their home systems via an l gate or wormhole.
It’s the start of the game (2218)
This happened on a previous save too, just wondering how and why they do it
I have my Grand Archive full and was wondering if there was some sort of cooldown for what the Curators can give you regarding the Archive. Is it that I have to have the artifacts active for their energy cost and then they will give me the bonuses. Lastly what are the best ship designs that people run for early, mid, and late. I’d look it up online but I can’t figure out what videos actually can be used for the console version of this game. Sorry if these are dumb questions, any help is appreciated
So whilst in the middle of fighting the contingency, the last fallen empire awoken and decided it wanted to wage war. Right in the middle of it the whole map has turned back and now I can see anything. Tried reloading the game and gone back a few saves but get to a certain point and it still happens... Is this just now a dead save?
Hello all. I have been playing off and on for a few years. I play on Xbox Series X and have all dlc available to console. I’m interested in doing a Teachers of the Shroud origin psionic playthrough and am looking for tips and suggestions on civics, government type, and traits. Will probably restart until I get the Zroni origin if it doesn’t take too long to get it to come up. Any recommendations are welcome, including if there is a better origin to start as. Thank you.
I fall into the category of having the same 3 starting military ships for most of my early game. I usually don't even build military ships until I research cruisers. I play wide, I play tall, I tech rush, I focus on unity in different games. Some of my games I have barely any economy. Just enough to get by.
If I get attacked in the first 30-40 years I chuck it to a loss and start over. Can anyone who doesn't play like this give me some pointers?
What early game build 1-2k in corvettes until I get destroyers, then build 2k in destroyers? Do I do this when I don't plan on going to war early? If I do try a run when I want to go to war early what numbers am I shooting for?
Do most people usually play this same way? With only three ships for a long time?
I play CK3 on PC whenever I get the opportunity, which isn't often so sometimes I settle for Console. Obviously it runs worse and it's whatever, that kind of ruins it for me so I play for about 30 minutes and drop it. How does Stellaris compare? If I get this, I probably won't touch the game on PC as to not ruin it like CK3 lol
I just saw this. It’s only available for 19 hours. If you haven’t seen a $4 sale yet i would wait because that seems to be going around. I noticed someone else said they had a $4 sale back when it was leaving game pass. But it wasn’t available for me. So I waited. You guys might want to check for that sale if you were playing on gamepass.
Stellaris is leaving Game Pass, and this is your final chance to take advantage of a special base-game sale for Game Pass subscribers on the XBOX Store for both Console and PC.
Your saves, your custom empires, your years of carefully (or catastrophically) managed galaxies: all of it carries over the moment you own the base game.
Your empire has outlasted the Prethoryn, the Contingency, and probably your own worst decisions. This won't stop you either.
Thank you, Game Pass. It's been an honor exploring the galaxy alongside you.
I am currently looking for two types of powerful builds for a Nanite path. But I'm not quite sure how to do it. I've seen some suggestions, but since Grand Archive came along, I wonder if things have changed.
I am looking to create a Nanite build for individualistic robots. And a Build for robotic consciousness. What are your builds and suggestions ? My first thought is to create a Galactic Empire rather than Cosmogenesis (I believe one cannot be an emperor and be in crisis). But I suppose a dedicated exterminator might also be of interest.
Hello I am looking for a player or multiple to play with on ps5 I live in the eu and looking for another player casus I feel like it would make the game more “Alive” if you see this and think hell yeah just message me or react to this post
Thanks for Reading this crap