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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.
27 pages about the regional pricing, and not one single post about wether that DLC scenario is designed for single player or multi -player...
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JudasIscariot: We do know our customers very well
You knew them. Not anymore.

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crazy_dave: not everyone in Europe gets screwed by 1 dollar = 1 euro
Ofcourse everyone in .eu gets screwed because exchange rate established freely at forex market is 1 american dollar = 0.75 euro
Pre-ordering? Funny if it turns out to be crap anyway. It's not like the industry isn't littered with "a sequel too far games". How you gonna feel if you pay 44.99 Euro and end up with a Master of Orion 3?
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PetrusOctavianus: 27 pages about the regional pricing, and not one single post about wether that DLC scenario is designed for single player or multi -player...
"All those who pre-purchase the game through GOG or Steam will be guaranteed an additional mission, playable in both single-player and multiplayer. Called "Elven Resurgence," this mission takes travelers to Heartwood Forest – once a meeting place for the Elven High Court, the forest is now an abandoned battlefield where scattered clans of Elves wage war for its control.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/02/25/age-of-wonders-3-launches-mar-31-pre-orders-get-passport-to-el/
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PetrusOctavianus: 27 pages about the regional pricing, and not one single post about wether that DLC scenario is designed for single player or multi -player...
People are too busy arguing over stuff like regional pricing....
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PetrusOctavianus: 27 pages about the regional pricing, and not one single post about wether that DLC scenario is designed for single player or multi -player...
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Redfern: "All those who pre-purchase the game through GOG or Steam will be guaranteed an additional mission, playable in both single-player and multiplayer. Called "Elven Resurgence," this mission takes travelers to Heartwood Forest – once a meeting place for the Elven High Court, the forest is now an abandoned battlefield where scattered clans of Elves wage war for its control.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/02/25/age-of-wonders-3-launches-mar-31-pre-orders-get-passport-to-el/
Sounds like something they could have included into the game originally...
Post edited February 25, 2014 by Niggles
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Redfern: Master of Magic, Lords of Magic: Special Edition, Eador: Genesis, King’s Bounty: The Legend, Disciples II: Gold, and Etherlords II - one of them
Thanks! I couldn't find that info anywhere.
someone called it out in the prior "hot" thread that AOW3 could be one of the titles ... good call whoever that was.

Kind of surprising that it would be a smaller / indie-ish publisher that would go for the regional pricing.
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Redfern: Master of Magic, Lords of Magic: Special Edition, Eador: Genesis, King’s Bounty: The Legend, Disciples II: Gold, and Etherlords II - one of them
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Andanzas: Thanks! I couldn't find that info anywhere.
Dude, it's right at the end of the original message. Just scroll up.
...and today Jack Keane lost his trophy for the most infamous game on GOG.
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Niggles: Sounds like something they could have included into the game originally...
Just as basically ANY DLC. Some years ago additional maps was released for free as patches and mods. Now they sold.
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Niggles: Sounds like something they could have included into the game originally...
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Redfern: Just as basically ANY DLC. Some years ago additional maps was released for free as patches and mods. Now they sold.
Not any DLC. Things like one mission or crappy skins. Stuff like the Xcom expansion or Civ V G&K or BNW are genuine expansions people still call DLC but all were made well after the original game was made.
DLC which is ok for me is stuff made and launched well after the original game launched. Day 1 DLC is just taking the piss....
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Niggles: Not any DLC. Things like one mission or crappy skins. Stuff like the Xcom expansion or Civ V G&K or BNW are genuine expansions people still call DLC but all were made well after the original game was made.
DLC which is ok for me is stuff made and launched well after the original game launched. Day 1 DLC is just taking the piss....
Hrmph. Back in da old days we did not have no Di-El-Seez, no sir! We had Expansions and Add-ons, and they did add somefing to da game.
Oh, those good old days!
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Redfern: Just as basically ANY DLC. Some years ago additional maps was released for free as patches and mods. Now they sold.
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Niggles: Not any DLC. Things like one mission or crappy skins. Stuff like the Xcom expansion or Civ V G&K or BNW are genuine expansions people still call DLC but all were made well after the original game was made.
DLC which is ok for me is stuff made and launched well after the original game launched. Day 1 DLC is just taking the piss....
Right, there's DLC and there's DLC. The FO games lately have had some astonishingly good DLC for them, and also things like the Gun Runner's Arsenal that was mostly a cash grabl
since when $1 = 1 € ?

If game is priced on $39.99 it should be priced at 29 € maximum.

wtf is going on?

I refuse to buy any game doing this $1 = 1€ crap.

Actually.. i am considering even buying anything else from this site form now on tbh.
Post edited February 25, 2014 by Draugkir
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PetrusOctavianus: 27 pages about the regional pricing, and not one single post about wether that DLC scenario is designed for single player or multi -player...
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Redfern: "All those who pre-purchase the game through GOG or Steam will be guaranteed an additional mission, playable in both single-player and multiplayer. Called "Elven Resurgence," this mission takes travelers to Heartwood Forest – once a meeting place for the Elven High Court, the forest is now an abandoned battlefield where scattered clans of Elves wage war for its control.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/02/25/age-of-wonders-3-launches-mar-31-pre-orders-get-passport-to-el/
Thanks for the info.

For the past year or so I thought AoW3 would be the first new game I would by at full price since about year 2000. Shadow Magic is one of my all time favourite games, and I've always had a good impression about Triumph Studios.
But all this stuff with regional pricing and especially day on DLCs, and to a certain degree the fall in quality of artwork compared to AoW1-2, has soured my enthusiasm.
But if the core game play is still there and they have improved the AI, I will buy it once it comes on sale.