To kick off the holiday season Planets Nu is excited to announce two new game formats: Stealth and Sphere.
Stealth!
One of the most highly requested items on the feedback site (
http://planets.uservoice.com) "Stealth mode" is now here. Games will Stealth enabled will have hidden score information. Only the Planet count of your opponents will be visible as a way to gauge their strength. No more looking at ship counts, military score, starbase count or even knowing when the ship limit will be hit. These games are for advanced commanders looking for an exciting and intriguing diplomatic scenario!
Sphere!
One of the most popular add-ons to the original VGAP has finally arrived at Planets Nu and it has done so in style. Sphere games feature a wrap around map. Fly off one side and right onto the other bringing more and more friends or enemies together. There will be no backing into a corner in this game.
This implementation of Sphere is a true wraparound. Minefields laid on one edge of the map wrap right around to other side. Ion storms, star cluster radiation, nebulas and other map features all wrap in this truly edgeless map.
To make navigating this insane scenario easy the user interface perfectly mirrors the edges of the map around the outside so you can navigate from one edge to other seamlessly.
Expect to see Sphere as a standard configuration for Giant Melee games in the future. Welcome to maps without borders!
UPDATE: Both Sphere and Stealth have been added to the custom game creation screen.