<s>
X3	B-Application
:	I-Application
Terran	I-Application
Conflict	I-Application
is	O
a	O
space	O
trading	O
and	O
combat	O
simulator	O
by	O
German	O
developer	O
Egosoft	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
X	O
series	O
of	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Described	O
as	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
game	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
X3	B-Device
:	I-Device
Reunion	I-Device
,	O
it	O
boasts	O
new	O
plot	O
lines	O
,	O
features	O
and	O
assets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
2008	O
for	O
the	O
European	O
market	O
and	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
X3	B-Application
:	I-Application
Terran	I-Application
Conflict	I-Application
is	O
a	O
single	O
player	O
,	O
first-person	O
space-based	O
simulator	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
explore	O
and	O
expand	O
in	O
a	O
constantly	O
changing	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Centuries	O
before	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
X3	B-Application
:	I-Application
Terran	I-Application
Conflict	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Terrans	O
built	O
their	O
own	O
jumpgate	O
technology	O
,	O
which	O
accidentally	O
connected	O
to	O
an	O
abandoned	O
network	O
of	O
alien	O
jumpgates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
X3	B-Device
:	I-Device
Reunion	I-Device
,	O
the	O
Solar	O
System	O
is	O
again	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
gate	O
network	O
,	O
albeit	O
with	O
different	O
sectors	O
and	O
alien	O
life	O
present	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X3	B-Application
:	I-Application
Terran	I-Application
Conflict	I-Application
is	O
a	O
standalone	O
expansion	O
of	O
X3	B-Device
:	I-Device
Reunion	I-Device
,	O
based	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
universe	O
and	O
using	O
the	O
same	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X3	B-Device
:	I-Device
Reunion	I-Device
had	O
several	O
popular	O
fan	O
made	O
mods	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
of	O
which	O
was	O
named	O
The	O
X-Tended	O
Mod	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X3	B-Application
:	I-Application
Terran	I-Application
Conflict	I-Application
has	O
several	O
assets	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
XTM	O
mod	O
and	O
several	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
XTM	O
team	O
worked	O
closely	O
with	O
Egosoft	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
teaser	O
trailer	O
for	O
X3	B-Application
:	I-Application
Terran	I-Application
Conflict	I-Application
was	O
made	O
available	O
one	O
month	O
after	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Terran	O
ships	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
first	O
seen	O
in	O
X3	B-Device
:	I-Device
Reunion	I-Device
’s	O
finale	O
,	O
made	O
an	O
appearance	O
in	O
this	O
trailer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
videos	O
featured	O
a	O
narrative	O
introducing	O
several	O
new	O
features	O
in	O
Terran	B-Application
Conflict	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
video	O
confirms	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
headquarters	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
X3	B-Device
:	I-Device
Reunion	I-Device
version	O
2.0	O
,	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
X3	B-Application
:	I-Application
Terran	I-Application
Conflict	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
XTM	O
and	O
X3	B-Application
:	I-Application
Terran	I-Application
Conflict	I-Application
developer	O
Bobby	O
Wilkinson	O
,	O
known	O
in	O
the	O
X3	O
community	O
as	O
Syklon	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
post	O
,	O
detailing	O
some	O
new	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
copies	O
of	O
Terran	B-Application
Conflict	I-Application
had	O
become	O
available	O
several	O
days	O
before	O
the	O
release	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Steam	B-Application
version	O
was	O
activated	O
on	O
the	O
16th	O
,	O
to	O
coincide	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X3	B-Application
:	I-Application
Terran	I-Application
Conflict	I-Application
Version	O
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
7	O
April	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X³-Gold	O
,	O
the	O
bundle	O
pack	O
containing	O
X3	B-Application
:	I-Application
Terran	I-Application
Conflict	I-Application
2.0	O
and	O
X3	B-Device
:	I-Device
Reunion	I-Device
2.5	O
was	O
released	O
few	O
days	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
update	O
for	O
X3	B-Application
:	I-Application
Terran	I-Application
Conflict	I-Application
brought	O
many	O
improvements	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
the	O
first	O
patch	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
6	O
October	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.2	O
was	O
available	O
to	O
Steam	B-Application
users	O
as	O
soon	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
activated	O
whereas	O
several	O
DVD	O
users	O
played	O
with	O
version	O
1.0.1	O
for	O
several	O
days	O
before	O
the	O
update	O
was	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
open	O
beta	O
was	O
announced	O
by	O
Egosoft	O
in	O
January	O
2009	O
,	O
for	O
version	O
2.0	O
of	O
Terran	B-Application
Conflict	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
available	O
to	O
forum	O
members	O
who	O
have	O
volunteered	O
to	O
be	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
'	O
Developer	O
Network	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
patch	O
introduced	O
achievements	O
with	O
the	O
steam	B-Application
client	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
release	O
of	O
2.6	O
,	O
Valve	O
enabled	O
X3	B-Application
:	I-Application
Terran	I-Application
Conflict	I-Application
DVD	O
users	O
to	O
register	O
their	O
game	O
on	O
steam	B-Application
so	O
they	O
could	O
also	O
use	O
the	O
achievement	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Update	O
3.0	O
also	O
featured	O
the	O
Dead-is-Dead	O
gameplay	O
mode	O
for	O
X3	B-Application
:	I-Application
Terran	I-Application
Conflict	I-Application
which	O
was	O
only	O
available	O
to	O
players	O
who	O
played	O
through	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
client	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
further	O
update	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
12	O
April	O
2011	O
for	O
the	O
Windows	O
version	O
and	O
on	O
24	O
March	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
the	O
removal	O
of	O
digital	O
rights	O
management	O
in	O
the	O
2.5	O
update	O
,	O
X3	B-Application
:	I-Application
Terran	I-Application
Conflict	I-Application
used	O
Tagès	O
as	O
copy	O
prevention	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
online	O
distribution	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
including	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
installations	O
was	O
limited	O
to	O
5	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
release	O
,	O
X3	B-Application
Terran	I-Application
Conflict	I-Application
was	O
generally	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
critics	O
,	O
and	O
scored	O
very	O
well	O
on	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
websites	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
73/100	O
on	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
a	O
76.63	O
%	O
on	O
GameRankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Allgame	O
awarded	O
it	O
3.5	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
and	O
said	O
"	O
X3	B-Application
:	I-Application
Terran	I-Application
Conflict	I-Application
continues	O
German	O
developer	O
EgoSoft	O
's	O
long-running	O
series	O
of	O
space	O
combat	O
games	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
fight	O
,	O
manage	O
an	O
intergalactic	O
corporation	O
,	O
and	O
explore	O
the	O
X	O
Universe	O
in	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
return	O
home	O
to	O
Earth	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
a	O
B−	O
rating	O
from	O
GameShark	B-Device
,	O
with	O
writer	O
Dave	O
VanDyk	O
saying	O
:	O
"	O
Why	O
do	O
we	O
keep	O
coming	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
same	O
game	O
,	O
over	O
and	O
over	O
again	O
?	O
</s>
