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The chronicle of the Third Era is about to be revealed!

Age of Wonders 3, the long-anticipated continuation to the fan-favorite, award-winning strategy series, set in a robust and beautiful world that becomes the scene for diverse, complex, and engaging gameplay, is available for pre-orders on GOG.com. Depending on your location you'll be charged $39.99 or the USD equivalent of £29.99, or €39.99. An extended Age of Wonders 3 - Deluxe Edition, featuring a full soundtrack and the Dragon's Throne standalone scenario, is available for $44.99, £34.99, or €44.99. As a special pre-order bonus, both versions include the Elven Resurgence, a standalone scenario DLC.

Imagine! Empires rising and falling before your very eyes, led to victory or defeat by heroes of legend so powerful that they appear to be titans in the eyes of mortals. Sorcerers harness the arcane powers to bend the rules of the world around them. Theocrats twist the wills of their followers with the holy aura bestowed upon them by their deities for their zealous service. Rogues rule the shadows, taking any chance to strike and win before their foes even realize there is a war to fight. Warlords earn the loyalty of their legions by the glory gained in the many battles they emerged from, victorious. Archdruids become one with nature, and the land itself rushes to their aid. Dreadnoughts rely on the art of engineering to construct their unstoppable artificial armies. All those powers, all of their miraculous exploits, all of their desires, all thrown into one realm of war. This shall truly be an age of wonders!

With Age of Wonders 3, Triumph Studios aims to set new standards not only for the acclaimed Age of Wonders series, but also for the turn-based strategy genre itself. Taking advantage of all the modern gaming bells and whistles, the title will deliver an impressive level of complexity in gameplay and an immersive, lush, and diverse gameworld that can become your own for hundreds of hours. With the ability to choose one of the six leader classes, you'll be able to custom-tailor your empire--and by extension your experience with the game--to your personal gameplay style, so you can enjoy the extensive campaign the game offers in any way you like. You'll be leading into battle armies recruited from within six humanoid races as well as some fantastic creatures and mythical monsters. The turn-based tactical combat itself will prove to be a challenge for the most seasoned of strategy gamers but also scalable enough for beginners to enjoy. With over 50 location types to explore and exploit, hundreds of abilities to master for tactical and strategic advantage over your foes, visually stunning presentation, and a smart random scenario generator providing virtually limitless replayability, this upcoming title may prove the only turn-based strategy game you'll need for many years to come!

Pre-order Age of Wonders 3, for only $39.99 or the USD equivalent of £29.99, or €39.99 on GOG.com (or opt in for the splendid Age of Wonders 3 - Deluxe Edition), and secure your entry to the fantastic realm of power and dominion, which opens to all the brave souls approximately on March 31. Note that Age of Wonders 3 is the first title with regional pricing on GOG.com in quite some time and this means that we are charging the USD equivalents of the official regional price.

Note, that just as we have done before in such occasions, we'll be throwing in a little something extra to the deal, to accommodate those of you, who end up paying more than the others due to the currency conversion rates applied. We've picked some games that fit well with the genre represented by Age of Wonders III, and if you're one of those people, you'll get to pick one of them. You'll be sent a gift-code allowing you to redeem one of the following excellent titles: Master of Magic, Lords of Magic: Special Edition, Eador: Genesis, King’s Bounty: The Legend, Disciples II: Gold, and Etherlords II.
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ne_zavarj: Hmmm.

Deluxe Edition ( €44.99 ) $61.99 for me $39.99 in the US .

My advice : Don't pre-order it now , wait for a Christmas sale .
and wait for the steam sale because it will be a lot better there... (if you don't care for the only standing pillar of gog, DRM, that for all we now will be gone in a year)
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crazy_dave: I'm not sure how well I explained this ...
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jamotide: We understand purchasing power, we just don't like it. Why not go all the way and tie the pricing to every customers income? So rich people from Mozambique can pay 5000$ for Aow3 and a poor person from Sweden only pays 5$ since he earns so much less.
No purchasing power is more fair - the problem with regional pricing is that it doesn't take into account the purchasing power of individual countries and groups them together (and often the regional pricing model gets manipulated for reasons other than purchasing power).

So to say that you in Germany are spending the equivalent of $55 and that is unfair is erroneous. For someone in Greece or Romania, yes it is unfair.
Post edited February 25, 2014 by crazy_dave
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Ichwillnichtmehr: While I am interrested in the game itself, I am not interrested in being ripped-off.

You just lost a sale GOG.com, I hope it was worth it.
How did GOG loose a sale? The game would not be here for sale if they did not accept regional pricing for it.
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Redfern: On other side, here in Russia prices is kinda low...
Ha! I'd like to set up a gift trade with you, just to see if it works. Let me know what you want in trade for the Deluxe edition.
You should have asked about regional prices via a poll, GOG! Really GOG, some of us shop here because our stance on DRM, old games AND regional prices.

I am a bit disappointed here. I know you meant well and all but still...
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Lactococcus: So, Triumph studios, a Dutch company screws their fellow Europeans by requiring them to pay more then the US.
Apparently not all of Europe, because in Poland (and probably in Russia?) it's cheaper. Meh. Still irritating though.
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crazy_dave: They're probably doing geoIP to determine the price, but you can VPN to another country's servers and make it look like you're coming from that country. Whether you think that is right or not is ... up to you. But I don't think GOG will allow you to do what they tried to allow with TW2 were you could pick your country (they got sued for that by Namco Bandai and lost).
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Pheace: Changed my country to US before this announcement and at least till adding it into cart it shows in $, not sure if payment would work or how long it'll last though.
They haven't added other currencies yet. Is it in dollars but the US price, or in dollars and the European price?
My post is gone, I can't find it... I'm not even sure I wrote it at this time. Anyway, whoever made this decision, it was really bad one...
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Cavalary: Triumph Studios, first ones to add to the boycott list in general, on top of GOG overall for accepting this.
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Bloodygoodgames: LOL, I just wrote exactly that in an email I just sent to a friend.as soon as this over priced piece of junk was announced for pre-order. "Add Triumph Studios to your boycott list: :)
Be sure to mail it to triumph as well please.
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crazy_dave: No purchasing power is more fair - the problem with regional pricing is that it doesn't take into account the purchasing power of individual countries and groups them together.
.uhm yeah that was my point

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crazy_dave: So to say that you in Germany are spending the equivalent of $55 and that is unfair is erroneous.
What why? That is not what I said anyway, see above. I said it is unfair that everyone in a country has to pay the same price even though everyones purchasing power is different.
Kind of used to $39.99 being the same as €39.99 from Steam, not from GOG.com. I won't give you any flak about it. I understand it's a contract thing, but I won't pick the game up either. It's commendable that you are trying to compensate people, but I'd rather you just don't put the games which oblige you to this kind of pricing scheme on sale at all.

As it is, you are compromising your rules and reputation for the sake of one title. And it is because of those rules and that reputation why people come to you. In my humble opinion, it's just not worth it.
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spindown: Age of Wonders 3. Age of Empires would have meant Microsoft titles at least.
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tfishell: No sh!t. Even with the regional pricing bs, I would have been stoked for Microsoft's 9.99 titles - Age of Empires, Freelancer, etc.

This gets a solid "meh" from me.
I would love to have Microsoft's back catalog here. Maybe regional pricing means they will show up. But so far no guarantees.

GOG should have waited until they had at least a few demanded classics ready to go. If they'd announced regional pricing, then started pumping out games from Microsoft, LucasArts, Bethesda, or any of the other popular studios, people would have been understanding.

This is just one letdown after another. It shows that GOG is really out of touch with customer desires.
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Pheace: Changed my country to US before this announcement and at least till adding it into cart it shows in $, not sure if payment would work or how long it'll last though.
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crazy_dave: They haven't added other currencies yet. Is it in dollars but the US price, or in dollars and the European price?
$39.99 base game, US price
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spindown: Age of Wonders 3. Age of Empires would have meant Microsoft titles at least.
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Bloodygoodgames: LOL, sorry.

I was so flabbergasted when i saw this piece of junk was why GOG crapped all over their customers, I could barely see my keyboard to type properly.

Thanks for the correction. And, no, I wouldn't buy Age of Empires either :) Not on GOG.
Exactly. I cant believe they felt like this game was worth all the trouble.
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Redfern: On other side, here in Russia prices is kinda low...
How much is that in real money? ;)