For the past year we've been pretty focused on getting Elemental: War of Magic released. With its release, our minds are turning back towards Galactic Civilizations to see what we can do. Awhile back I made a journal asking users what small updates people would like to see and lots of users came through with great suggestions. So we're going to be starting to look through those to see what's next on the agenda. For those wondering about a future Galactic Civilizations III, r...
Each year, like most companies, Stardock puts together an internal business plan that sets up goals, objectives, and challenges that the company must address. Part of our internal business plan includes analysis of the state of the products/services we make as well as the results of our customer survey. Last year, we made this report available to the public and based on the positive response we got for doing so, we’re doing the same again this year. View: St...
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Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor has received an update bringing it to version 2.03. This also applies to the Ultimate Edition and Endless Universe as well. Updates can be downloaded now via Impulse . Change log: Minor adjustments to tech tree costs Arceans more aggressive at colonizing Terrans build up military sooner Fleet window crash bug fix Misc other updates and fixes Most of the tweaks and adjustments aren't documented here because there...
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. You can download thew new version from Impulse. Download: GalCiv II: Twilight of the Arnor v2.01
Stardock has been busy this summer enhancing Galactic Civilizations II with lots of new features. Most of those features will be for players who have purchased Twilight of the Arnor. But Dark Avatar users will also see a revamped espionage system as well. We've put together an on-going preview of GalCiv II v2.0 at the link below: Check it out! https://forums.galciv2.com/324858 Galactic Civilizations II v2.0 is scheduled to go into beta this month with general availability next mont...
Back by popular demand, Tom Francis of PC Gamer UK has begun writing a new epic diary of a Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor game. The first one, released last year, was insanely good. This is an absolute must-read. Check it out here: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=195920&site=pcg
Impulse is Stardock's next-generation digital distribution platform. On June 17th it got its initail release. Next week, Phase 2 will be launched which will add a bunch of new features to the mix. For Galactic Civilizations II users, it opens the door for some continued development possibilities. For instance, we would like to make use of Impulse's achivements and rankings features to better support the Metaverse. Galactic Civilizations II: v2.0 (for Dark Avatar and Twilight...
Stardock has released Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor v1.96. This is a pretty major update despite the version numbering. Our goal with this update was to address as much of the player feedback we could in the time available. Our next stop is to work on Galactic Civilizations II v2.0. v2.0 will be an update for both Twilight and Dark Avatar players which signicantaly enhances espionage, updates the computer AI based on player feedback, and incorporates a lot of n...
With the Impulse launch this week along with The Political Machine 2008 release, it's been a busy week. But for our next magical trick, we're also releasing the first significant update to Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor. You can get a preview of some of the changes here . You will need to use Impulse to get it. Go here to get Impulse.
For the past 2 years, Stardock has been working on a brand new digital distribution platform. The idea was to create something that was compelling on its own, allowed users to purchase, download, and update any type of software, and provide developers and users a way to add new functionality to their programs. This week, the fruits of this effort will be released: Impulse. View: Preview Screenshots: Latest internal screenshots
The first review of Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor has arrived and it's from GameSpy. Mega reviewer Allen Rausch has taken an extremely in-depth look at the game and put together a very detailed review. Here's a quote: The technology trees alone make it impossible for someone who's sampled Twilight of the Arnor to ever go back to just playing Dark Avatar . Add to that impressive customization tools, new gameplay dynamics, better AI, graphic upgrades, new ship-b...
The final expansion pack for Galactic Civilizations II has been released! And we're very happy with how much people like it. At the same time, we're not done. Let me share with you some of our plans: Right now, we're finishing up The Political Machine . Once that is finished, part of the team will be shifted to the SDE-2 team which is working on the "fantasy strategy game" and the other part will return to GalCiv. The plan is to release a v1.92 in early June. v1.92 will b...
Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor has been released! Stardock is pleased to announce the general availability of the second (and final) expansion pack to Galactic Civilizations II. The new expansion pack, Twilight of the Arnor, adds hundreds of new features, gives each civilization a unique technology tree, a unique set of planetary improvements, star base modules, ship parts, and more. Moreover, with Twilight of the Arnor, Stardock went back and revamped th...