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In the 23rd century the known galaxy is at war.  The Terran Alliance and their coalition are fighting a desperate interstellar war with the evil Drengin Empire and their ruthless allies. Behind the scenes, the precursor civilization called the Dread Lords pulls the strings on both sides. As leader of a galactic civilization, it is up to you to ensure the triumph of your civilization. Fight wars, design star ships, research new technologies, negotiate treaties and build an empire that will stand the test of time in this award-winning turn-based strategy game.

The second and final expansion pack to Galactic Civilizations II is now available. Get Twilight of the Arnor on its own or pick up the entire saga together at a discounted price.

ESRB Rating: "Everyone 10+" for Language and Mild Fantasy Violence.

This week, I-Mod has announced the public release of their Tech Tree Viewer tool. You may recall their past holiday releases of high-quality tech tree posters--now you can make your own for personal viewing!

The Tech Tree Viewer will not only read in your base game tech trees and produce tree maps for them, but it will also scan any mods you have, and produce a high-quality tech tree map for each race in each mod you have installed. No more wondering just how the latest mod's new tech trees are laid out!

You can find screenshots, and the download over on the official release announcement, and as always, stay tuned for news of the latest mods and releases over on I-Mod's Impulse blog.

 

The crew over at I-Mod Productions has been hard at work the past few months, and this week they've announced not just one, but two major new releases!

First off, we've got a teaser release of the upcoming New Frontiers fan-expansion. This demo, titled Ultimate FX, includes a variety of non-gameplay enhancements, including new textures, new weapons, and new soundtrack. More details and a download link can be found over on the New Frontiers thread.

On top of that, I-Mod has announced the opening of their new Mod Metaverse website. This alternative metaverse system will allow users to play with their favorite mods, but still post the scores and compete with and against other players using the same mods. You can read further about the MMV over on its stickied thread as well.

If these sound interesting to you, don't forget that you can always find the latest news on I-Mod's various GalCiv projects over at their Impulse blog.

 

Gamasutra.com posted the weekly sales charts for various gaming systems, and Galactic Civilizations II: Game of the Year Edition tops the U.S. sales chart! 

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Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor has taken the Best Expansion award in  IGN’s 2008 Best of 2008 awards in the PC category!

View the award here: http://bestof.ign.com/2008/pc/19.html

Thanks to all our supporters for another great year!

 

 
ToA Wins Strategy Game of the Year
12/16/2008 12:03:20 PM

 

GameSpy.com has started publishing their 2008 Game of the Year Awards, and today they start off with the  PC  category.  Both Sins of a Solar Empire and Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor were in the top 10! 

It’s especially exciting as Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor won for 2008 PC Strategy Game of the Year!

“Thus the genocidal Korath can quickly develop weapons of mass destruction but find diplomacy difficult while the mercantile Korx get three times as many trade technologies. From this seemingly small change springs one of the finest strategy games ever made. Put simply, if you've ever enjoyed a strategy title, you must own Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor.”

Link: GameSpy State of the PC 2008

 
Get a start on special deals for the weekend
12/11/2008 10:34:22 PM

Everyone likes a sale, right?  Well from December 11th to December  14th we have a HUGE sale going on in the Impulse Store!

It’s a chance to pickup some great games and software at an incredible discount.  Don’t forget you can also purchase a gift for someone else, and they can download via Impulse, and do not have to wait for a package to arrive.

 

We have a new contest we are launching next week, and your mission will be to find Stardock’s new mascot, Stardog.  

This contest is a scavenger hunt, and will be played as followed:

The first clue will always be shown on the Stardog page. Clues are identified by an image of Stardog hidden somewhere on the page. To reveal the clue, click on the image of Stardog, and he will give you a hint for your next destination, where you will need to look for his new hiding spot.

Once you have found the final clue and solved it, you will be asked to enter your Impulse account information. This information will be sent to the prize department and they will contact you with information on how to receive your prize. The dynamic chart will show how many contestants have found each clue and when the daily winner has completed the hunt. Once the winner has been found, the hunt will end for that day.

What do you get for this adventure?  Well each day a winner will get a $100 gift certificate which they can spend on anything in the Impulse Store.  The contest will run from December 15-19, and will start each day at 12pm EST.

In order to participate, you must register an Impulse account.  If you don’t already have one, follow the link below and get yourself setup.

Get all the other rules and information at the Stardog website at http://www.stardock.com/stardog/.

 

GameSpy.com has voting going on for the Gamers’ Choice Voting for PC  game of the year.  Both Sins of a Solar Empire, and Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Anor, are up for voting.

Head over to GameSpy and cast your vote!

Link: http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/936/936023p1.html

 

 

X-Play has announced the nominees of it’s “Best of 2008” awards which will appear on  G4TV on December 9th.  Both Sins of a Solar Empire, and Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor were nominated for Best Strategy Game!

“X-Play is proud to present its Best of 2008 Awards on Tuesday, December 9th, at 8PM ET. This sixth annual awards program will highlight the best in gaming throughout the year. '

"It seems commonplace to expect and find every year to improve on the one before," says Adam Sessler, Host and Managing Editor, "X-Play." "But the level of sophistication and depth found in 2008's standout titles are truly extraordinary.’

Link: X-Play’s Best of ‘08 Awards

 

 
Twilight gets more love
11/25/2008 7:27:13 PM

We released Galactic Civilizations II v2.01 today which adds some improved computer AI updates, economic balancing improvements and fixes some crashes we introduced in v2.0.

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You can download thew new version from Impulse.

Download: GalCiv II: Twilight of the Arnor v2.01

 



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