# Hooded Horse’s watery 4X sequel Endless Legend 2 gets a 1.0 launch date and a new faction of terraforming desert dwellers

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/hooded-horses-watery-4x-sequel-endless-legend-2-gets-a-1-0-launch-date-and-a-new-faction-of-terraforming-desert-dwellers/
- Published: 2026-08-04T13:00:23+00:00
- Original publisher: Rock Paper Shotgun
- Original article: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hooded-horses-watery-4x-sequel-endless-legend-2-gets-a-10-launch-date-and-a-new-faction-of-terraforming-desert-dwellers
- Topics: Gaming

## Key points

- Endless Legend 2 leaves early access with a 1.0 launch on 17 September.
- New Sandshapers faction and two Rogue Factions join the roster.
- A revamped Steam demo has also launched today.

## Summary

Amplitude Studios' oceanic 4X strategy game Endless Legend 2 will exit early access with a full 1.0 launch on 17 September, publisher Hooded Horse has announced. The update marks a significant milestone for the game, adding a sixth major faction alongside smaller "Rogue Factions" that splinter off from existing societies, each bringing their own quests and stories to the turn-based strategy title.

The headline addition is the Sandshapers, an ancient desert-dwelling empire who remember the game's now sea-covered world in its dry state and seek to terraform it back through conquest. The first two Rogue Factions, the conquest-focused Order of Zelevas and the enslavement-driven Severed Claw, will also launch with 1.0, with more promised afterwards, alongside a new minor faction called the Mangrove of Harmony, shaped partly by community input. Alongside the announcement, Amplitude has also released a refreshed Steam demo featuring the Kin of Sheredyn and Last Lords factions.

---
Summarised by TalkFuse (https://talkfuse.com/). Quote the original publisher for the reporting and link this page for the summary and discussion.