In Everspace, players awaken onboard a battleship in a remote corner of our galaxy. They receive a mysterious command to appear at a specific place. Searching for the origins of their own existence and the unknown commander, they must fight their way through more and more new, uncontrolled territories where they will encounter other skilled combat pilots, who range from cooperative to hostile. Death will be a constant companion and constantly recurring flashbacks of the protagonist will gradually shine a light in the darkness of the mission.

During the course of the game, players will not only have to continually prove their combat skills, but also gather fuel and raw materials in order to travel to various star systems and repair and upgrade their equipment. The roguelike character of the game offers a quick and easy entry to the game and adds constant twists and surprises to the game events. Along with gameplaying skills, this also demands improvisation by players and provides an individual, always motivational game experience. Unlike in classic roguelikes, game progress is not completely lost at the moment of death, but rather remains available in the form of persistent upgrades.

Rockfish Games' debut title Everspace will hit digital shelves on Steam, Xbox Store, Windows Store and GOG.com on September 14.

"We are very excited to kick-off the Xbox Preview Program for Windows 10 with the highly anticipated roguelike space shooter Everspace," said Chris Charla, Director ID@Xbox at Microsoft. "With its fast-paced gameplay and its stunning visuals it plays great on PC and Xbox One, making it a perfect game for Xbox Play Anywhere."

As the game is still in development, Everspace will be launched through Early Access, Xbox Preview Program and Games in Development and will constantly be updated. For the launch, a challenging showdown will be added to the final sector, which players can try to conquer after they have beaten the first six sectors. Later this year, two additional player ships with individual characteristics and different starting gear will be added, as well. The full release is scheduled for Q1 2017 and will feature a fully voice-acted non-linear story with several thoughtfully designed characters and situation-based events, as well as the Hardcore Mode and full VR support for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

"As one of the most engaged teams in the Unreal Engine community, Rockfish Games are dedicated to making Everspace great," said Mike Gamble, European Territory Manager at Epic Games. "We recently awarded the studio an Unreal Dev Grant and the game appears to be set up for a fantastic Early Access launch."

“Almost exactly a year ago, we launched the Kickstarter campaign for Everspace and it has been an incredible ride. Over 15,000 backers from all over the world supported us to be able to make our dream come true, and we couldn’t be more thankful and excited to finally release EVERSPACE on Steam Early Access, Xbox Preview Program and GOG Games in Development,” says Michael Schade, CEO and co-founder of Rockfish Games. “As all the programs’ names hint, there is still a lot to do for us, and we look forward to working together with our fans and our partners to deliver on our full promise to make Everspace the best roguelike space shooter ever.”

Everspace will launch for $29.99 / €27.99 / £22.99 and will cost $39.99 / €36.99 / £29.99 when it hits full release.