Hi everyone,

Today we'd like to talk about the new update for Eador. Imperium. And it's not just all talk, by the way — playable beta version of this update is now available on Steam. So if you're interested in trying it out, you can!

Now, what's inside this update? First of all, more bug fixes. Big thanks to everyone who keeps sending in their reports and comments. As usual, we may not necessarily reply to everything, but have no doubt — each of your reported annoyances is double-checked, added to the bug tracker and into the work plan for the next patch.

We'll post the full list of fixes next week, when the update arrives properly. Today we'll tell you about the specific new feature — province terraforming.

Many of you noticed that during late game enemy AI starts bombing you with Chaos summoning, turning your provinces into ashy desert. Over time, your economy inevitably starts dying.

It's hard not to agree the balance here is not really on the players' side, and some counter-ritual is needed. Then why don't we give you an ability to change the type of a province?

So pretty soon you can expect to be able to turn dead lands back to life. Here's how it works:

• Morgaine temple — lets you turn deserts into swamps.
• Sylvana temple — dead lands into forest.
• Gorbarding temple — dead lands into hills.
• Kartach temple — dead lands into plain.

Rituals for such terraforming will work just exactly as other Master rituals. Final version of the update with this addition will soon be publicly available, and for now you can try it out in Public beta branch on Steam.

To access the branch, select Eador. Imperium in you Steam library, right click, choose ‘Properties’ and head over to the ‘Betas’ tab. After that, you’ll be able to choose ‘Public preview’ branch ‘from the drop-down list.