The folks at developer Ironclad Games and publisher Stardock are getting ready to launch the 1.1 beta patch for their extremely successful space strategy game Sins of a Solar Empire. According to a post on the game's official message boards the open beta will begin sometime tomorrow.

The beta, which will be available for download only via Stardock's Impulse client, will have a number of new features, which will include improved graphics and AI, lots of unit balance changes, a new multiplayer online network and tons of other additions, changes and bug fixes. Since this is a beta it won't be an automatic download; people must be willing to download the patch and perhaps offer feedback on any issues they encounter with it.