X4: Foundations Diplomacy Update (8.00) ✨ Public Beta Now Available - X4: Foundations - Diplomacy Update

The X4: Foundations - Diplomacy Update, released in 2025 for PC and Linux, significantly enhances the core simulation experience by overhauling faction interactions. Players can now engage in more nuanced diplomatic maneuvers, influencing relationships through new mission types and expanded options, with actions carrying more pronounced consequences. This update also refines the economic simulation, linking diplomatic standing to trade opportunities, and includes rebalancing for fleet management and combat to complement the expanded political landscape. The game retains its sandbox nature, offering freedom in trading, fighting, and building within a vast, simulated universe where player agency shapes emergent narratives.