X: Rebirth made Craig sad. Given that all we at RPS want to do is defend Craig and keep him safe from the harsh realities of this slowly rotting world, we were fully prepared to launch a volley of our most devastating starfighters at developer Egosoft. In practice, this would have meant tying bricks to a bunch of paper airplanes – the exact science of which has thus far proven somewhat… illusive. However, fortunately for our overtaxed, underpaid R&D department (made up of John and Craig’s cat Dex and a drawing of a scientist), Egosoft has gone and issued an apology. It’s also promising fixes in both the short and long terms, ranging from vicious bug squashings to overhauls of AI, menus, and – thank goodness – the addition of some sort of autopilot option. Back to the hangars, 45th paper airplane fleet. You won’t be burying your brick-flattened brothers today.

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