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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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Ichwillnichtmehr: Did the publishers put a gun to GOG.com's head and forced them to sign the contract?

If not, then it was GOG.com's decision to sign.

And if the next excuse is: "We did it for you, our customers!", then would ask GOG.com to prove this, by making a customer feedback poll, like you did with the DLC/Season-Pass.
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JudasIscariot: I am not sure as I don't deal with the signing of the games or negotiations or anything that high a level so I really can't tell you much about this. I wish I could give you something concrete but I can't, sorry :(
I know that you are not responsible for signing contracts, and that as an employe of GOG.com you have only a limited number of available responses that you can make.

And don't worry, GOG.com has already given us something concrete:

They dropped of one of their core values, something they promised repeatedly they wouldn't do.
Let me tell you, this wasn't a game I was going to get anyway. I'm still angry about this. First, this game definitely isn't worth breaking your principles. No way a niche game like this warrants having regional pricing. Second, the regional pricing isn't exactly fair. To an extent, I have to agree to regional pricing that takes taxes into account, but nothing more. This is more than that.

Tsk tsk, GOG. I'd rather not have games like this on GOG than have regional pricing. Talk about Bethesda or something and we can discuss about whether it was worth the sacrifice.
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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.
Please choose your words carefully.. he very neatly outlined why you chose to do this.
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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.
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Ekaros: No you chose to be greedy. There is nothing reasonable or fair in this sort of pricing towards anyone. You could have been force of good fighting against these type of practices, but for your own greed you decided to join in...

BTW I find your nick name hilarious in this context...
The regional prices are much lower in some places. So not everyone suffers.
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@GOG

Where's the letter from the FrenchMonk?

I'm utterly disappointed that GOG chose to not post the announced "in-depth explanations" and instead went swiftly about putting up pre-orders for Age of Wonders 3.
I thought we made it perfectly clear that we didn't appreciate the insulting way the first announcement about regional pricing was made. Did you not get the message that we the least you could after that poor manipulation attempt is to treat us like the thinking adults we are with honesty and respect ?


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PaterAlf: From the gamecard:

"What's cool about it:

Unique preorder DLC: Elven Resurgence, a standalone scenario.

Excuse me, but day one DLCs are cool now? When did that happen?
But it is another industry standard and these days we're all about adopting all the ill-conceived industry standards :-P


By TET:
We do, actually, have some games that I'm pretty sure will have people giddy with glee once they show up on GOG that will be available thanks to this change. But for the most part we're probably best off awaiting TheFrenchMonk's letter to you guys that's to be published tomorrow.
So, who's feeling giddy with glee so far?
1. GOG only mentioned these 3 games with regional pricing not the whole catalog.

2. I checked Steam and the price is the same both for the Normal and Deluxe version.

Personally it isn't the price that is stopping me, but the type of game it is, I'm not much into strategy games otherwise the game looks great and I would have ordered it in a couple of weeks.


There's no need to put so much pressure on GOG cause of this, Without regional pricing the game wouldn't be here and those who wish to buy it end up hitting Steam with a possible inclusion of DRM.


Can't wait to see what those 2 RPG's are. :D
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Johnmourby: 5 Pre-order DLC
Okay this one isn't your fault. I'm slightly surprised this is such a stinging point a Divinity: Dragon commander did the same thing and no-one seemed to care. But regardless it's a black mark against Triumph Studios and a sore point you should have anticipated
I think a lot of people don't really mind Pre-order or Day 1 DLC. I didn't buy Divinity: Dragon Commander either for the same reason. When gog had the survey I voted against DLC but a lot of people voted for it I guess. Personally, I'd rather wait until all the DLC is out and bundled with the game before buying a "Collector's Edition" or whatever they want to call it so I can buy the game as it should have been in the first place.
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Ichwillnichtmehr: Did the publishers put a gun to GOG.com's head and force them to sign the contract?

If not, then it was GOG.com's decision to sign.

And if the next excuse is: "We did it for you, our customers!", then I would ask GOG.com to prove this, by making a customer feedback poll, like you did with the DLC/Season-Pass.
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P1na: The stated excuse is, if we didn't the game wouldn't be DRM-free. Take that as you will.

Personally, I think there are other stores with regional pricing and DRM-free option, so it wasn't really required for GOG to do this unless they just wanted a piece of the pie. But that's just me.
I have to agree.

I wonder when the "If we didn't include DRM, you wouldn't get the game at all!" excuse comes.
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Ekaros: No you chose to be greedy. There is nothing reasonable or fair in this sort of pricing towards anyone. You could have been force of good fighting against these type of practices, but for your own greed you decided to join in...

BTW I find your nick name hilarious in this context...
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HGiles: The regional prices are much lower in some places. So not everyone suffers.
http://www.gog.com/forum/age_of_wonders_series/post_your_regional_price_for_aow3/page3

2 out of 196 isn't a very good rate for cheaper prices...
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JudasIscariot: If you pre-order, the money gets transferred instantly.
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wvpr: Here's a question. GOG has a new 30-day refund policy. I'm not a pre-order customer or even a release price customer, but let's pretend I'm all ready to order AOW 3 right now. It comes out and it's filled with bugs and broken or missing features. Does the 30-day refund still apply?
After you've downloaded the game the GOG refund policy only covers you if you can't get your game to work properly, and even then you're required to work with support first to see if you can get it working before you can get one.

I don't think it covers dissatisfaction with a buggy game.
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JudasIscariot: I am not sure as I don't deal with the signing of the games or negotiations or anything that high a level so I really can't tell you much about this. I wish I could give you something concrete but I can't, sorry :(
So basically, the task you've been assigned tonight is this :
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And to add to me previous post, I might not actually mind some regional pricing if it was only for launch period, a year or so at most. After that price should revert to fair again. If a publisher isn't willing to accept this, it's not needed here IMO.
Here's a question for all the people defending the regional pricing because they want the selection it brings. How about if GOG were to open a sister site where all the regionally-priced games were instead? ...thus allowing them to preserve GOG's reputation and principles.

Would that be an acceptable compromise?
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JudasIscariot: I am not sure as I don't deal with the signing of the games or negotiations or anything that high a level so I really can't tell you much about this. I wish I could give you something concrete but I can't, sorry :(
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Phc7006: So basically, the task you've been assigned tonight is this :
Again, as I've said: no one assigned me to anything.
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HypersomniacLive: So, who's feeling giddy with glee so far?
GOG.