Stardock have today announced that gamer's who pre-order Ironclad's upcoming "RT4X" strategy game Sins of a Solar Empire will get early access to the beta next week, on March 27th.

"We’re thrilled to finally give loyal Stardock and Ironclad fans the opportunity to experience Sins of a Solar Empire themselves" said Brian Clair, Director of Games Publishing for Stardock Entertainment. "Their input and gameplay feedback will ultimately help us deliver an incredibly fun, balanced and stable game later this year."

"When players go to bed after playing Sins we want invading alien armadas, desperate planetary defensives and collapsing intergalactic empires to haunt their dreams. Giving players a chance to help shape Sins as early as possible is critical to this objective and we couldn’t be more excited to get the mission started," said Blair Fraser, Producer at Ironclad Games. Craig Fraser, Creative Director, continued, "The team is finally ready to share a tiny taste of the Sins universe with the world this month. The community’s feedback has always been so important to us in the past and we are really counting on our beta fans to help us make Sins the strategy game they will want to play for years."

Here's a further pair of screenshots.