Check out Allen Rausch's in depth interview with us regarding Galactic Civilizations II. Definitely worth the read!

FileFront has an interview with our team regarding Galactic Civilizations II. Take a look.

There will be two new civilizations in Galactic Civilizations II (on top of the 8 from Galactic Civilizations: Altarian Prophecy). The first one is called the Iconians.  The Iconians are the ones who actually created the Yor.  The Yor being a race of sentient machines.  The Iconians were once the servants of the dark Precursor race known as the Dreadlords. When the Dreadlords were gone, they considered themselves as the rightful heirs to the galaxy.  To that end, they buil...

Jakub from Firing Squad is very familiar with Galactic Civilizations and Stardock. He has a very in depth interview with regards to the game along with some choice screenshots.

We are currently aiming for a March 24th release date for the BETA (that means test version) of Galactic Civilizations.  For those of you who haven't been through a Stardock beta program before, our betas tend to be much earlier on than what is the norm. Most betas, by definition, are "feature complete" with only bugs to fix.  Stardock's beta programs have traditionally encompassed both the alpha phase (early development) phase and beta (late development) phase.  This is so ...

We're about one-week away from the first BETA. It's going to mainly be about figuring out what % of systems currently out there blow up on loading it (don't worry, we don't really mean blow up, it's more of an explosion type scenario <g>).  But it'll give players a chance to check out what we're doing and let us know what works and doesn't work and what direction they'd like to go. Anyone who has an active TotalGaming.net subscription OR has pre-ordered Galactic Civilizations II wi...

For those of you with a TotalGaming.net subscription OR pre-ordered Galactic Civilizations II you should now be able to get it. If you pre-ordered, you should receive an email with directions on how to get Stardock Central, type in your serial # in (tools->register products in Stardock Central). You will also need to select tools->Check for updates to make sure it gets the latest build. Here are some other links: Beta Documentation Beta 1 Notes There is no NDA on our...

Check out the interview over at CG Online that gives some details on what's coming up with Galactic Civilizations and beyond.

Running at 1600x1200 In the prefs.ini in the data directory you can set the resolution you want the game to run at (eventually there will be a neat little gadget program that lets you set your in-game resolution).  Right now we're just at the start of massaging the game UI for different resolutions but even at this early stage you can see the advantages at running at high resolutions.

Gamespy's Allen Rausch has a hands on preview of Galactic Civilizations II up.  Allen reviewed Galactic Civilizations I for Gamespy, so he is quite familiar with the game (it received a 4 out of 5 star review then).  His conclusion: "If the Stardock team were just to drop those parts of the first game into the improved elements we've seen in this beta, the sequel would already be much better than the original. Make any improvements at all (and Stardock says they're working hard on them...

Sometime between now and midnight EST the beta of Galactic Civilizations II will be available via Stardock Central.  Those of you who have pre-ordered the game will receive an email with the appropriate download links and serial number to install it.

Apolyton Civilization Site ( http://apolyton.net ) [ACS], one the premiere online fansites for the Civilization computer strategy gaming series and its extended family, is today announcing a commitment to continue coverage of the Galactic Civilizations line-up. From developer Stardock Systems , Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords is to be covered in full on ACS as are its predecessor and expansion packs. News items for the sequel are currently housed in the ‘Miscellaneous’ secti...

For those of you in the beta, you're going to be pleasantly surprised (we hope) with beta 2 which is due out right after we get back from E3.  It has an entirely new user interface with a lot more usability integrated in.  We also are starting to flesh out the AI so that it'll be a more playable game. Most of the main features of the game won't show up until the end of summer (star bases, debris, fleet battles, enhanced graphics, etc.) but beta 2 should hopefully show the direc...

As part of the E3 coverage of Galactic Civilizations II, we met with a lot of really great people from the industry. But amongst our favorite people to meet were the guys at GamesFirst who were particularly familiar with this genre of gaming. Check it out.

Stardock was showing off two games at this year's E3.  Galactic Civilizations II, of course, and a new game called Society.  Society won't go into beta until after Galactic Civilizations II ships.  But you can check out some details on it: Gamespy First Look Gamespot impressions IGN Preview