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| Esports | NOW OUT: Sins of a Solar Empire II Empires will rise and fall as Sins of a Solar Empire II is now available to purchase on Steam. A new era begins as the sequel to one of the most beloved strategy titles of all time releases today on Steam with new dynamic maps, deeper combat, and more. The base game edition is available at a special discount price of $39.99 for a limited time. Sins of a Solar Empire II - Premium Edition is avai… | — | |
| Game update | Update Notes for February 20, 2024 Launcher update: Added support for The Political Machine 2024. | 13509772 | |
| Community | Game Guides for Galactic Civilizations III Chart your course to stellar dominance in Galactic Civilizations III with our comprehensive game guides. Whether you're a seasoned space commander or a rookie explorer, our expert strategies will navigate you through the cosmos. Unveil the secrets of interstellar conquest and economic mastery in the guides below. Embark on your journey to forge a lasting legacy among the stars! Popular Guides ·… | — | |
| Esports | Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova Edition Released! Stardock’s award-winning turn-based strategy game series gets its biggest release ever Stardock announced the release of Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova Edition (Supernova) today. Stardock is celebrating its 30-year anniversary this month with the sequel to the game that started the company back in 1993. “This is, by far, the biggest game release we’ve ever done,” said Brad Wardell, founde… | — | |
| Game update | Update Note for October 9, 2023 Launcher update for Galactic Civilizations IV. | 12393676 | |
| Esports | Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova Edition Launches October 19 The latest entry in our award-winning space turn-based strategy game, Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova Edition, will launch on October 19, 2023 The release will coincide with Stardock’s 30-year anniversary. Beginning shortly after humanity has discovered faster-than-light travel, Galactic Civilizations puts the player in the role of leader of a united world looking to expand their civilizat… | — | |
| Game update | Update Notes for 7/27/23 Just a launcher update to replace some graphics files. | 11804850 | |
| Esports | GalCiv IV: Supernova, Name A Star Contest As many of you know, the GalCiv III Elite Founders had the ability to name their own star in game. We wanted to extend a similar offer to our beloved fans of GalCiv IV: Supernova Edition through this contest, where up to 100 lucky winners will have their star name added in-game. Immortalizing them forever in Supernova! Anyone with a Stardock account (new or existing) is eligible to enter a subm… | — | |
| Esports | Now in Early Access - Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova Edition now available in early access Early Access adds ChatGPT integration: AlienGPT Stardock has released the latest sequel of its award-winning space strategy game series today into early access. Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova sees the player as the ruler of a united home world that has just discovered faster-than-light travel. Galactic Civilization… | — | |
| Game update | Version 4.52 Change Log Version 4.52 Change Log Fixes · Typo fixes · Fixed a hang going into the diplomacy screen · Crusade: Fixed the Promethion cost on the Industrial Replicator improvement · Crusade: Fixed the Spice cost on the Dream Conclave improvement Balance · Retribution: Add a +1% per level research bonus to the Information Processor improvement · Crusade: Reduced the Information Processor base research bonus… | 10656710 | |
| Community | Galactic Civilizations III v4.52 Fixes Issues and Updates Balance Greetings, Galactic Civilizations III fans! Our latest update is out of opt-in and is now available for you. See Lord Kona smiling up there? Yeah, he's excited, too. In v4.52 we focused on fixing a few issues that our users have reported. It was brought to our attention that the Promethion cost in the Industrial Replicator improvement and the spice cost on the Dream Conclave improvement in the… | — | |
| Community | NOW AVAILABLE: v4.51 Update for Galactic Civilizations III Greetings, galactic conquerers! Our v4.51 update for Galactic Civilizations III is out of opt-in and fully released today. For full release details, make sure to check the changelog at the bottom of the post. Thanks so much to everyone who tried out the opt-in and shared their feedback with us! Your opinions, bug hunts, and crash reports help us so much to continue making this game the best it… | — | |
| Community | NOW AVAILABLE: v4.5 Update for Galactic Civilizations III Galactic Civilizations III v4.5 Update Improves AI, Early Game, Diplomatic Trades, and More Full changelog here v4.5 makes some updates that help get your early game moving just a little bit faster. You now start with 2 scouts and all starting worlds have 4 more tiles and additional currency on them. Diplomatic trades have also been tweaked so that you can get a little more bang for your buck –… | — | |
| Community | v4.21 Brings AI and Map Density Updates AI and Map Density Get Update 4.21 also brings a number of long requested balance updates. What players will probably notice the most, however is how much better the AI is at putting together fair trade offers. This may only merit a single line in the change log but represented the bulk of the engineering time for this update. Changelog All versions: · AI is now significantly better at putting… | — | |
| Game update | Language Hotfix Released This small update resolves some issues with using non-English versions of the game not displaying characters properly. It also updates the in-game version string. | 7216429 | |
| In-game event | Galactic Civilizations III v4.2 Change Log Stardock released a v4.2 update today for Galactic Civilizations III, its massive space sandbox 4X strategy game. The update has taken a large amount of community feedback into account as it works to address the game’s balance. The version 4.2 update focuses on balancing several existing elements within the game, including planet classes, resource requirements for certain Starbase modules, habi… | — | |
| Community | Galactic Civilizations III v.Next - Beta Now Available Galactic Civilizations III's next update is now in opt-in and ready to test out! Players can expect tons of improvements and user requested changes, check them out below: GalCiv III v.Next · Tiny hull receives +2 speed buff · Small hull receives +1 speed buff · Cargo hull cost increased · Slight bump to improvement costs. · Colony ships cost more · Prototype hyperdrive requires anti-matter inst… | — | |
| Game update | Notes for March 17, 2021 Update Small hotfix to correct installation errors for users who don't own the Crusade expansion. | 6384663 | |
| In-game event | Galactic Civilizations III v4.01 Now Available Stardock is pleased to announce the release of version 4.01 for its hit 4X strategy game, Galactic Civilizations III. This update contains crash fixes, AI fixes and language updates for German and Russian players. Version 4.01 Change Log · Fixed an issue with the auto-upgrade colony default option · Fixed crashes for players that had missing data if they don't own Crusade · Fixed crashes when p… | — | |
| Community | NOW AVAILABLE: GalCiv III 5th Anniversary Update and Worlds in Crisis DLC Galactic Civilizations III 5th Anniversary Update and Worlds in Crisis DLC are Now Available Experience new world crises, planet types and traits, plus visual and balance improvements with v4.0 Every world has a story, and it’s up to you to decide how it ends. In Worlds in Crisis, you will encounter a host of new world events with ideological choices that you will have to resolve. Several new p… | — | |
| Community | COMING SOON: Galactic Civilizations III: Worlds in Crisis DLC & v4.0 Update Galactic Civilizations III: Worlds in Crisis and Major v4.0 Update Announced Experience new world crises, planet types and traits, plus visual and balance improvements with v4.0 GalCiv III - Worlds in Crisis DLC Stardock announced the new Worlds in Crisis DLC and free v4.0 update for its massive space sandbox 4X strategy game, Galactic Civilizations III today. Worlds in Crisis introduces severa… | — | |
| Community | GalCiv III Dev Journal: April 2020 We are on the road to v4.0. It's hard to believe that GalCiv III was released nearly five years ago. We've made a lot of changes since then. Version 4.0 is being designed to bring a ton of new features, we won't go over all the changes here but instead will take you on a bit of a guided tour. Most of the changes are for users of Retribution which is the latest expansion. If you don't have that,… | — | |
| Community | GalCiv III: Dev Journal - March 2020 I found a magic planet. It’s not that it is a class 20 planet – it only started as a class 14 and I’ve upgraded it since. It is that it had 6 fertile tiles with 5 of them ready to have something amazing placed in the middle. In this case, Kimberly’s Refuge. Combined with the planet being a fertile world the result is that this one planet produces 34 food. Of course, having the time to build thi… | — | |
| In-game event | Galactic Civilizations III v3.96 Released We are happy to release a patch that improves planet visuals, improves gameplay, and fixes bugs. Read below for details. Change Log Planets · The planetary map generation system now prefers placing tiles near the equator. The result is fewer, isolated tiles near the poles. Change does not affect the total number of tiles placed. · Improvements to the planetary material system that allows for gr… | — | |
| Community | Shipyards on start are returning We have analyzing gameplay data we receive as well as looking at saved games from players (thanks to all who send them) and incorporating improvements into what is currently versioned at v3.96. Among the changes are: · Players will start with a Shipyard already constructed. · A new planetary improvement, Industrial Center (only buildable once) will start for players who have Retribution. · Majo… | — | |
| Major update | Galactic Civilizations III v3.95 Release Change Log We are pleased to let you know about the exciting changes in v3.95 of Galactic Civilizations III. This is a big one so stand back! Gameplay · New game option: On Surrender, transfer all planets. Defaults to OFF · New game option: No FOW in your territory. Defaults to ON · "Ascension Victory" no longers requires you to control a majority of the crystals. · Common and Abundant asteroid frequency… | — |
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