FiringSquad: What other new features will be found in the expansion?

Chris Rubyor: The biggest feature we've added by far is the Corruption mechanic, particularly at the Galactic level. When the Underworld spreads Corruption to other planets, they get significant benefits such as unchallenged travel, so they don’t have to stop and flight at every enemy planet, as well as the ability to negatively impact enemy production times and costs.

One of my personal favorites is our new auto-ability feature. Players simply right-click on a special power button and the game will set the ability to automatically fire during a combat situation.

We've also added in a new Advanced Base Layout screen (found in galactic mode) that allows the player to move their structures and units to various positions on the maps. This was added at the request of fans who wanted more customization power for their base layouts.

We also took a hard look at our multiplayer component and made some huge tweaks. In Forces of Corruption, players will be able to have three-way battles as well as play mirrored matches against other players.