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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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Sashh: Dear GOG, why do you want me to pay in euro?

I live in Poland, we have polish złotys here. I thought you'd know that, because, well, you're from Poland too.
How much is it for you? I got €23.99 / $32.99 for standard.
And dear GOGers, remember: you're not obliged to buy every game released on GOG! So be kind and pass that, if you're not satisfied.
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Preorder DLC?

WTF IS GOG ON!?!?!?

No.
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i had written this game off as being DRM despoiled. Am happy to learn that it won't be. Now the question comes as to how to finance the purchase of a game i'd thought lost to me. Am very happy to see this game on GOG.
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boldee: In effect is is one price as the price is set in US Dollars and then you pay in your own currency based on the exchange rate, that's how it has always worked, how is it different?
Uh, no... the prices in our currency are above what the $ price is. 40 euro vs 40 dollars, Converted into dollars that's +15 dollars before conversion fees.
So 1 pound doesn't equal 1 dollar but 1 Euro equals 1 dollar?
Sounds fair.



It's also nice how in recommended games it shows the price in USD and when you go to game page it is in euro.
Should be fixed, it's misleading.
Post edited February 25, 2014 by Vitek
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mqstout: Preorder DLC?

WTF IS GOG ON!?!?!?

No.
DRM soon
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zeffyr: And dear GOGers, remember: you're not obliged to buy every game released on GOG! So be kind and pass that, if you're not satisfied.
Agree .
Triumph studios... Why have you betrayed me with regional pricing... WHYYYYYYYYYY

I was excited about your game since the annoucement.

And no I'm not.
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Piranjade: I'm quite sure the publisher would have also agreed to $ 55 for ALL countries. Flat fair price and all that.
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grimwerk: They've already selected the prices they think will make them the most money in a given region, I expect. Selling Ford Escorts at 1 million USD each doesn't make you more money, you just sell fewer Escorts.

I happily admit, though, that I had the same thought as you.
Yeah, the price for this game in Germany would have been $ 55 whether it was published on GOG or not. The only difference is that I can now get it on GOG. Which I'll do sooner or later.

Edit: typo
Post edited February 25, 2014 by Piranjade
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ShadowWulfe: My current understanding is that there is some kind of monopoly style agreement among publishers to push this everywhere or else no deal, but what is their actual reasoning for doing that.
They are just stupid. It is very similar to the whole DRM thing. Just like they think putting harsh DRM on things will sell more, they think regional pricing will bring in more revenue.
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So, those of us who might (MIGHT) purchase later, we will be unable to get the full experience because of the "preorder DLC"? Thanks for helping to ruin gaming a little bit more, GOG.com.
1 $=1 € here. Almost 55 dollars the normal version, and more than sixty the Deluxe one. So it's a no-no. I don't mind about DRM in games without portability, so, for the same price as here, I'll buy it in Steam, and I won't have to worry about updates, and will have probably a workshop, achievements, and a community to play with.

Bad move, GOG.
They have commented on this on facebook by the way:

Laurie Marks I'd probaby have bought this - if you'd stuck to your "fair price" principle and instead of charging people extra for having the temerity to live in Europe. As it is, I won't.
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GOG.com As much as we might have wanted to comply with your preference, unfortunately it was the only way to do it for that particular title. Be advised, that you'd be getting a bonus game upon ordering, as will all the people who end up paying more than the others due to currency conversion rates.

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I can't believe they have the cheek to defend this decision and pretend everything's ok.
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Some time ago GOG did a PR stunt. It was an unprofessional and childish things to do but they apologized. Unfortunately they didn't learn much from that. The apologize was probably fake and made to contrast the change in the trust customers had in them. Trust they need to go on. People believed, can happen, and most forgave them.
Now they do it again, knowing the reaction and they trust they are betraying.

I want to point out the fact that Triunph has advertised the AOWIII coming on GOG for almost a yearso GOG knew that they were going after regional prices for a long time. They knew.
And now one of the most anticipated niche game is going to take a lot of damage from that. Well deserved I suppose.

GOG had fair price. They changed it and said that they was going to push for an almost fair price. We got 1:1 exchange rate, the same as steam. European pay 54.99$ for a 39.99$ game. And 54.99$ it's not even the right conversion of 39.99€, it's more! (53,62). So european pay 15$ more than it is deserved.
They said that for a limited period they would offer games to compensate the rip-off. But they are not generic games, they are a selection of small and probably already owned games that cost 5.99$. It's not 15$, where're the remaining 9$. At least for The Witcher 2 they got it almost right.
All of this for a drm-free release? I don't think so.
And maybe will turn out that even the Steam release is drm-free, who knows.

Starting now, like I did for the pr stunt, I'll start a 2 months "not purchase from GOG" policy. At the end of those months, I'll see if it's worth to change my mind.
I encourage you to do the same if you value the principle that GOG once had. If the regional price here proves worthwhile for GOG, it will became the routine, show them that it's not convenient at all.
Post edited February 25, 2014 by MIK0