Sigma Theory allows players to set up their own intelligence agency, recruit elite spies, and bribe, seduce and assassinate their way to world domination. How far will you go to control the future?

In the turn-based single player Sigma Theory, the world is plunged into a new global cold war after the discovery of a groundbreaking scientific discovery that will radically change humanity’s destiny. Players take charge of their own agency - staffing it with their best, brightest and most ruthless - in order to get their chosen nation ahead in a deadly conflict that is fought in the shadows. Heavily inspired by real-life events; and shaped by the hands-on intelligence experience of the developers who previously created the award-winning Out There, Sigma Theory allows for a fascinating glimpse into a near-future that is closer to reality than many would think.

Not only the elite agents, but cutting-edge technology will also play an important role in Sigma Theory. From drone fleets to hacking, players will have to use all the tools at their disposal to eliminate hostile agents and to protect their own. Players will send their spies on a variety of missions across the globe: to gather intel, cooperate with armed groups, engage in high-level diplomacy, steal crucial tech, recruit new scientists or forcibly extract them if they refuse to go willingly. A mix of tactical and strategic turn-based gameplay, Sigma Theory’s dynamic story will change depending on the player’s choices, allowing for multiple distinct endings.

It’s a cold war out there, one in which mankind must face up to its future.

Mi-Clos Studio has released a large update for the closed beta of its upcoming single player spy strategy game Sigma Theory: Global Cold War.

To celebrate the day, a special Sigma Theory community contest has also been launched, asking fans to imagine an in-game version of the current President of the United States, Donald Trump; including all the “admirable qualities” he would have as one of the in-game nation representatives to come. The creators of the funniest mock-ups will be declared winners, have their portraits featured in the game and will receive a game pack - featuring a game key and a T-Shirt.

The update will bring a host of new and updated features to the closed beta in the lead-up to the official launch on April 18th. This includes community-requested new counter-espionage mechanics, interrogation options and a faction quest system, as well as a large amount of new agents and visual polish.

Sigma Theory Beta Update 0.12 patch note

New Features

Counterespionage
The first iteration of counterespionage was too passive and required to anchor one (or more) of your agents in your country. We’ve added new mechanics so you can be more proactive to prevent spy activities on your soil while using all your agents abroad.
Your counterespionage service will send a notification everytime a suspicious agent lands in your country. From there, you’ll have a limited time to send an agent back home to counter the enemy before they leave your country with a scientist.
There’s even the possibility to capture a spy for interrogation, see below.

Interrogation
When a spy is captured, they will be at your disposal for interrogation. This is a new feature that works a little bit like the diplomatic meeting. It’s quite different though, as the prisoner has a Will level and Health level. Your goal is lowering their Will level while keeping their Health level high to prevent death. Use interrogation and torture options to get intel.

Once you have everything you need, you can trade the prisoner during Diplomatic Meetings.

New contents

New agents

• Diplomat (China)
• Zenith (Turkey)
• Rider (Japan)
• Enigma (United Kingdom)
• Catch (South Korea)
• Scar (Turkey)

Organization quest system
Each organization in the game has now its own quest line you’ll have to complete to improve your standing with them and receive advantages.
This brings more backstory to the different factions while giving you clear objectives and useful rewards. But remember that dealing with certain organizations will have its fair share of diplomatic backfire.

Changes

• Dashboard improvements
• Balancing of ‘Loyal’, ‘Chaste’ and ‘Incorruptible’ scientist traits
• Scientists now lose ‘Prisoner’ trait if brought back in their initial country
• Infiltration between France, UK and Germany now takes only one day
• New Technology tooltip in the tech tree with useful informations
• New travel UI

Various bug fixes

• Fixed bug where conflicts could have a negative number of victims
• Agent quick menus and drone tooltips no longer open when dragging the map
• During exfiltration, events where agent can get treatment now only show up when agent is hurt
• Fixed bug where a critical failure in hack could lead to a wrong notification text
• More bug fixes...

Key Features:

• A bold new take on the espionage game genre, set during a future global cold war
• Recruit your team from 50 unique spies and field agents
• Turn-based strategical and tactical-level gameplay
• Order your spies to conduct operations all over the world
• Experience tense and thrilling exfiltration missions where you guide your agents on a covert operation to extract high-value targets from foreign cities
• Infiltrate the enemy’s Sigma programs, abducting, coercing, and seducing scientists to your side
• Deploy your drone fleet to turn operations in your favor
• Deceive or cooperate with your rivals during diplomatic summits
• Use your diplomatic skill to balance the demands of multiple relationships: with your agents, with your superiors, with powerful private lobbies, and with your counterparts around the world
• Discover 30 world-changing technologies
• Hoard Sigma Theory discoveries for yourself to gain an edge in the cold war — or share them for the benefit of all mankind — or sell them to powerful private lobbies bent on preserving the old world order
• Experience a dynamic emergent narrative where every decision matters and the complex web of character relationships means that no two games of Sigma Theory will ever be the same
• Multiple distinct endings that respond to the player’s ethical and practical decisions throughout the game

Sigma Theory’s story is written by renowned French writer FibreTigre (the writer and co-designer of Out There) and the game’s soundtrack is composed by Siddhartha Barnhoorn (Antichamber, The Stanley Parable).

Sigma Theory: Global Cold War is set to release on April 18th, 2019 for PC, Linux and Mac (Steam).