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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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cyboff: Oh people, stop raging and think for a while! It is just my speculation, but seems very legit to me:
It looks to me, that Valve's lawyers outsmarted all those projects on Kickstarter, who already signed contracts on Steam, forcing them to have regional pricing policy everywhere under heavy penalties...
But those projects also promised backers to release their games on GOG... And legal shit happened!
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Pheace: Even on Steam publishers get to set their own prices
I'm just speculating about Valve, but there must be some big reason that HB and GMG adapted regional pricing too and just few weeks ago... And e.g. for Green Man Gaming it is nearly killing move!
Steam have 23,99$ for customers from Usa & Canada? What price is for russia region (steam) 10-15$ ?
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wvpr: I think I can see why GOG would bend so far for these games. It isn't that they expect us to think these are on par with the absolute biggest names out there. It's that games like AOW are good matches for GOG's customers, and if they can't host these games from day one, they're falling short as a new game retailer. From GOG's perspective, titles like AOW and Divinity are too important to not have in the catalog. From the angry customer's perspective, the games aren't big enough to justify the sudden, unwelcome changes.
I'm really not seeing it. What makes Age of Wonders 3 so special to the point where it has the allowance of two editions, with one of them being entirely redundant?
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Russonc: Deluxe is $44.99 in US still... :(
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ne_zavarj: System error .
Whoa, saw the picture, checked how it looked for me: 55$ / 62$
Yeah, NO. NEVER.
Hm, game looks decent at a glance, but I wouldn't pay that much for it. Not really relevant to my interests, either way, so my wallet is safe.

I do have a few questions about GOG pre-orders, if anyone could answer them. Basically, when I pre-order, will the money be transferred instantly, or only once the game is available? And will it be possible to cancel the pre-order before the game is released?

Also, why exactly should I pre-order a digitally distributed game? It's not like it will cut down on "shipping time", and there's no limited amount of copies, so what's the deal? There don't seem to be any exclusive pre-order bonuses either... ? I don't really get the point.

One more thing: Dear fellow GOG users, while I understand that many are upset about the new pricing policy, and intend to boycott these games ( or GOG in general ) because of it, please refrain from writing negative reviews for this game or other regionally priced games. That is, if the game itself sucks, write about that all you like, but please keep the reviews objective and focus on the actual game quality. I'm not interested in this particular game, as I mentioned, but negative reviews based solely on pricing policy really aren't helpful to people who would like to know more about a game they consider buying.
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Pheace: Even on Steam publishers get to set their own prices
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cyboff: I'm just speculating about Valve, but there must be some big reason that HB and GMG adapted regional pricing too and just few weeks ago... And e.g. for Green Man Gaming it is nearly killing move!
Some people were saying publisher contracts with various games, others were suggesting some recent rulings in the EU.
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Licurg: I guess no one here ever heard of a VPN...
That might get region locked in the future, like with steam. Why bother.
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mrking58: Why do I have a feeling this won't sell that well.

I am not even going to touch it
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Darvond: Sticker shock, even for people in wealthy countries? This is the most expensive title to find its way onto the site and its not even a title most of us were aware of or even care for.
It depends on how you count. Omerta worldwide is the same price as normal AOW3 for Americans. Omerta + The Japanese Incentive works out (I think...) more expensive than AOW3 Dexluxe for Americans and slightly more expensive than AOW3 Deluxe for Brits, but not quite as expensive as AOW3 Deluxe in Euros. That's based on a quick-and-dirty calculation using Google to convert, not analysis of http://www.gog.com/forum/age_of_wonders_series/post_your_regional_price_for_aow3/page1 -- I just liked the irony of getting to use Omerta as the point of comparison.
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Asmo2: Steam have 23,99$ for customers from Usa & Canada? What price is for russia region (steam) 10-15$ ?
Steam prices are the same as on the GOG - 39,99$ for US, 39,99 Euro for Europe and almost 17$ for RU. Only exception is Poland (and maybe some other countries). It has lower price on GOG than on Steam. 32$ on GOG vs 39,99 Euro on Steam.
Pre order bonuses & pre release stuff to me is usually a big no no.
Sort of surprised with GOG, considering games here usually come with bonuses long after release, but guessing that first day dlc won`t...but it should.

As for regional pricing, if that is going to be the norm`, then it`d make more sense to charge in local currency too. Especially as some banks/online services charge customers for spending in foreign currencies, which will add to the new bill/pricing system..
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CharlesGrey: Also, why exactly should I pre-order a digitally distributed game? It's not like it will cut down on "shipping time", and there's no limited amount of copies, so what's the deal? There don't seem to be any exclusive pre-order bonuses either... ? I don't really get the point.
Pre-ordering on digital is one of those ways the publisher can take your money even if the game is arse. I don't know anything about Age of Wonders 3 aside from its name and I'm going to not purchase it to spite 'Triumph Games' (I'll probably send them a short, yet irate email on the matter.).
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CharlesGrey: Hm, game looks decent at a glance, but I wouldn't pay that much for it. Not really relevant to my interests, either way, so my wallet is safe.

I do have a few questions about GOG pre-orders, if anyone could answer them. Basically, when I pre-order, will the money be transferred instantly, or only once the game is available? And will it be possible to cancel the pre-order before the game is released?

Also, why exactly should I pre-order a digitally distributed game? It's not like it will cut down on "shipping time", and there's no limited amount of copies, so what's the deal? There don't seem to be any exclusive pre-order bonuses either... ? I don't really get the point.

One more thing: Dear fellow GOG users, while I understand that many are upset about the new pricing policy, and intend to boycott these games ( or GOG in general ) because of it, please refrain from writing negative reviews for this game or other regionally priced games. That is, if the game itself sucks, write about that all you like, but please keep the reviews objective and focus on the actual game quality. I'm not interested in this particular game, as I mentioned, but negative reviews based solely on pricing policy really aren't helpful to people who would like to know more about a game they consider buying.
If you pre-order, the money gets transferred instantly.
Nice game that i'll pass. I am sure its fun to play. Only, well for the price i could buy several oldies and have even more fun. Maybe in a year or two. Oh, that reminds me...i haven't played AOW 1 + 2...maybe a good time ;-)
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CharlesGrey: One more thing: Dear fellow GOG users, while I understand that many are upset about the new pricing policy, and intend to boycott these games ( or GOG in general ) because of it, please refrain from writing negative reviews for this game or other regionally priced games. That is, if the game itself sucks, write about that all you like, but please keep the reviews objective and focus on the actual game quality. I'm not interested in this particular game, as I mentioned, but negative reviews based solely on pricing policy really aren't helpful to people who would like to know more about a game they consider buying.
I think that only people that own the game should be allowed to rate and review the game.
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CharlesGrey: Hm, game looks decent at a glance, but I wouldn't pay that much for it. Not really relevant to my interests, either way, so my wallet is safe.

I do have a few questions about GOG pre-orders, if anyone could answer them. Basically, when I pre-order, will the money be transferred instantly, or only once the game is available? And will it be possible to cancel the pre-order before the game is released?

Also, why exactly should I pre-order a digitally distributed game? It's not like it will cut down on "shipping time", and there's no limited amount of copies, so what's the deal? There don't seem to be any exclusive pre-order bonuses either... ? I don't really get the point.

One more thing: Dear fellow GOG users, while I understand that many are upset about the new pricing policy, and intend to boycott these games ( or GOG in general ) because of it, please refrain from writing negative reviews for this game or other regionally priced games. That is, if the game itself sucks, write about that all you like, but please keep the reviews objective and focus on the actual game quality. I'm not interested in this particular game, as I mentioned, but negative reviews based solely on pricing policy really aren't helpful to people who would like to know more about a game they consider buying.
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JudasIscariot: If you pre-order, the money gets transferred instantly.
Did you draw the short straw? xD