Sounds like the promising-looking space sim X Rebirth is a total mess. Rock Paper Shotgun's Craig Pearson has played a good amount of the game and he's reporting rampant bugs, crashes and worse. Our own Luke Plunkett hasn't played quite as much, but reports a similar experience. Developer Egosoft has apologized, saying …
X Rebirth is coming soon. November 15, in fact. Here's the latest trailer, which shows off some of the ways you'll be able to explore the game's vast, open space.
All In The Space Trade: Here's an in-depth look at how trading will work in X Rebirth, the gorgeous, massive space sim coming in November from Egosoft.
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It looks as though X Rebirth, the impressive space-sim that grabbed a lot of attention a couple years ago, is finally ready to go.
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Granted, I'd be hard pressed to list many of this year's hardcore space sim contenders, but the newly revealed X Rebirth—the latest in Egosoft's 12-year-old X series—is going to have a hard time being visually out-sexed. This is a gorgeous game.
