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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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JudasIscariot: Have you looked through the link for the 20 day money back guarantee that's linked on every game page?
Now you're shaving 10 days off the guarantee? Man, sneak bastiches! ;)

While you're here, can you answer the gift code question. Specifically, can a game gift key bought in any region be gifted to any region?
Post edited February 25, 2014 by IAmSinistar
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JudasIscariot: snip
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ne_zavarj: Is it possible to gift Age of Wonders 3 from Russia to any other countries without region restriction ?
Willing to try?
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JudasIscariot: We do know our customers very well and we can see that there is a brown tornado, so to speak, rolling through here right now but it's better than avoiding the thread and leaving folks thinking we don't care.

(Don't worry I am not taking anything personally, in case you were wondering :P )
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Ichwillnichtmehr: While I applaud your commitment to talk to your customers, I have serious doubts about "We do know our customers..."

Going back on your promises/core values(You know the videos and the posts by now), especially since they were one(If not the main) reason why a lot of us use GOG.com, doesn't show a lot of understanding.
Yep, I can totally understand where you're coming from but read TET's earlier responses regarding this whole regional price policy as he very neatly outlined why we had to do this.
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Ichwillnichtmehr: While I applaud your commitment to talk to your customers, I have serious doubts about "We do know our customers..."

Going back on your promises/core values(You know the videos and the posts by now), especially since they were one(If not the main) reason why a lot of us use GOG.com, doesn't show a lot of understanding.
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JudasIscariot: Yep, I can totally understand where you're coming from but read TET's earlier responses regarding this whole regional price policy as he very neatly outlined why we had to do this.
You didn't HAVE to do this.
What about all the games that publishers won't allow on gog without DRM? You "have to" put drm on them to get them on here too.

BTW What's the ETA on the monk letter please? Or are we not getting it today?
Post edited February 25, 2014 by graspee
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JudasIscariot: No straws were drawn. Just figured I'd answer the questions that I know I can answer. Yes, I realize people are pissed and some are looking for blood.
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Novotnus: I don't know why people are so bothered by some mediocre new game when Summoner came here today... :)
Because, now that GOG's given an inch, the publishers will take a mile.
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BuzzLightyear2: I totally agree! So long as their games remain DRM-free, I shall continue to buy their games. In fact, I personally would be willing to pay slightly more for DRM-free games. This is why when I save up the money, I will buy Blackguards from GOG. I will have to pass on Age of Wonders 3, though, as I have not played any other game in the series.
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Yummy: But GOG wasn't just about being DRM-free. It was about buying games with no bullshit attached.
Originally that meant no DRM, no DLC, no pre-order bonuses, no keys and no regional pricing.
It's just somewhat sad to see that as a whole only the DRM-free part remained. And for that I totally understand the discontent people are expressing, when more and more compromises for these things are made.
I'm willing to grant facilities as well, but not for AOW3. I hope there will be some real bummers in the pipeline.
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JudasIscariot: Yep, I can totally understand where you're coming from but read TET's earlier responses regarding this whole regional price policy as he very neatly outlined why we had to do this.
'Had to do' is a very strong phrase.
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tburger: For Poland it's:

EUR 23.99
EUR 28.99
That's a pleasant surprise - for once, the tide of regional pricing seems to have turned in our favour.
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JudasIscariot: No straws were drawn. Just figured I'd answer the questions that I know I can answer. Yes, I realize people are pissed and some are looking for blood.
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Novotnus: I don't know why people are so bothered by some mediocre new game when Summoner came here today... :)
How do you know it's mediocre? Have you played it?
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JudasIscariot: Have you looked through the link for the 20 day money back guarantee that's linked on every game page?
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IAmSinistar: Now you're shaving 10 days off the guarantee? Man, sneak bastiches! ;)

While you're here, can you answer the gift code question. Specifically, can a game gift key bought in any region be gifted to any region?
Sorry about the typo ...

I don't know about the gift codes myself as this is all new to me, sorry.
More annoying is the "DLC" "bonus" or in others words, not giving you part of the game unless you pre-order it.
Btw. the retail price for AoW 3 is here exactly the same as the GOG price, so digital is screwed here compared to retail, and the company selling the retail version is a EuroVideo Medien Limited a small licensee organization owned by some local media company dealing mostly with movies.

Wow, GOG's core principles are sacrifized to defend retail. What a happy day.
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tburger: For Poland it's:

EUR 23.99
EUR 28.99
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Phaidox: That's a pleasant surprise - for once, the tide of regional pricing seems to have turned in our favour.
Now take a look at Scandinavia.
I hope they leave at least DRM-free thing. Situation with Hero Siege unexpectedly gone Steam-only was unpleasant enough (but developer did changed his mind)
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VanishedOne: Based on what TET said on the other thread, that's probably a large part of it: the dead hand of brick-and-mortar retail, desperate not to be out-competed by more efficient online shops. :-(
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trusteft: I don't buy that.

From the first days of digital/download shops for games (drengin.net, Steam in particular), they (publishers and eshops) were all about how this will bring prices down since they won't have to print manuals, boxes, distribution etc.
Nothing like that has happened.
Even for games which don't have a physical retail version, the prices remain up for new games.
Sure--because there are people willing to buy at high prices, so those are the initial offer prices. And I'm sure publishers do enjoy the price discrimination which regionalism enables; I don't think it's all down to retailers strong-arming them (more like pushing on an open door). But I do also find it credible that physical retailers got spooked at all those promises of digital efficiencies and prices driven down, and were willing to work hard to make sure that scenario wouldn't happen. In the famous words of Adam Smith, 'People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public'.