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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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Niggles: separate patch for each update and or it being incorporated into an updated installer. that's normally how it works
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WhiteElk: Yes but will GOG host the updates or will Triumph Studios commit to providing them? Or, will they only release patches on steam? i wonder because hosting patches costs money and man hours. It is possible that since steam provides a free patch service, that Triumph might only release via steam - which would then make it so that i have no access to the patches.
to release on Gog they would have to provide a commitment to DRM free version launched here. can't think of any game released here which didn't receive patch or updates non Gog versions got.patches and updates would come from gogs server for Gog version. I think handful had option to update via dev but it was only an option think don't starve was one.... could be wrong
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Potzato: You never noticed any of your games patched on gog ? The gog installers are updated and universal patches are released when the need arise.
For FTL which i bought on GOG, some of the patches for GOGs version were delayed. And i got all these patches from the developers site. That is the only new game i have purchased from GOG. The updates for old games is a different thing than updates for new games which follow a flurry of patches from day-zero release till final update. Before pre-ordering i need to know that the GOG version of AOW3 will be patched as patches become available.

i don't know the mechanics of how patches are released, but i noticed that with FTL there were different patches for different DDS's (a patch for the steam version, a different patch for the GOG version, yet a different patch for versions bought directly from FTL developers). Because of this, i need to know that someone will invest the time and money into making and releasing the GOG version patches, in a timely and consistent manner.

i also need to know that Triumph will not cheese out and only offer patches for the steam version.
Post edited February 27, 2014 by WhiteElk
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Niggles: separate patch for each update and or it being incorporated into an updated installer. that's normally how it works
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WhiteElk: Yes but will GOG host the updates or will Triumph Studios commit to providing them? Or, will they only release patches on steam? i wonder because hosting patches costs money and man hours. It is possible that since steam provides a free patch service, that Triumph might only release via steam - which would then make it so that i have no access to the patches.
It depends on whether the game has an in-house autoupdater like Battle Worlds: Kronos or Don't Starve or Divinity: Dragon Commander. If the game doesn't have an autoupdater, then we host the patches ourselves.
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JudasIscariot: It depends on whether the game has an in-house autoupdater like Battle Worlds: Kronos or Don't Starve or Divinity: Dragon Commander. If the game doesn't have an autoupdater, then we host the patches ourselves.
But how about AOW3?
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JudasIscariot: It depends on whether the game has an in-house autoupdater like Battle Worlds: Kronos or Don't Starve or Divinity: Dragon Commander. If the game doesn't have an autoupdater, then we host the patches ourselves.
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WhiteElk: But how about AOW3?
Well, we don't have the game yet so we don't know how it works yet. Rest assured that we do everything in our power to get all the updates for game in a timely manner.
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JudasIscariot: Well, we don't have the game yet so we don't know how it works yet. Rest assured that we do everything in our power to get all the updates for game in a timely manner.
Bummer, i had hoped that this sort of thing would have been sorted upon contracting the game. Can GOG ask Triumph? i will pre-order the game if i Know and accept how the patch process will work. If not, i will wait to see and then might likely wait for a sale.
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WhiteElk: Yes but will GOG host the updates or will Triumph Studios commit to providing them? Or, will they only release patches on steam? i wonder because hosting patches costs money and man hours. It is possible that since steam provides a free patch service, that Triumph might only release via steam - which would then make it so that i have no access to the patches.
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JudasIscariot: It depends on whether the game has an in-house autoupdater like Battle Worlds: Kronos or Don't Starve or Divinity: Dragon Commander. If the game doesn't have an autoupdater, then we host the patches ourselves.
thanks :) was wondering what the other games were :D
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jamsatle: "Hi we will have an overview tomorrow. special editions vary per territory and are made by our co publishing partners.
Some editions might be region locked "

Ah, region-locking as well. Triumph are really going all out on this. :p
What do they mean co publishers ? just noticed that........
Post edited February 27, 2014 by Niggles
With as dedicated and community involved Triumph has been for AoW3, I wouldn't worry about the product being abandoned. It's not like the fiasco with Stronghold 3...
Day 1 DLC, wacky regional pricing, minimal extras, significantly downsized from previous games...I might get this on sale. In a few years. When I have friends in Russia.
Post edited February 27, 2014 by HGiles
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JudasIscariot: Rest assured that we do everything in our power to get all the updates for game in a timely manner.
i do trust that GOG will do everything in their power to update and otherwise support the games they sell. Truly. That is a big part of why i love GOG. i hope my previous responses were not rude - they were short to the point cuz i know you gots Loads of comments to sort through. But now i write a short story to smooth over any rough edges :)

..but this is in Triumphs field. They will decide. i am a bit surprised that GOG did not get a contractual commitment of how the patch process would go down. That is a key part in doing everything one can do to support the games they sell. i find it curious that this was not done, but i also know that i am ignorant of how digital distribution services works. Maybe GOG could not require pre-knowledge of how the patch system would work. i don't know, so im bad repping GOG over this or anything. But i do require the knowledge of how this game will be patched before pre-ordering it. i don't imagine i am the only one who wants to know.
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HGiles: Day 1 DLC,
i'd rather have in-game playable content from a deluxe version of a game, than get paper maps, stickers and figurines. If the core game is feature complete and content rich, then i see the added content in a deluxe version as being bonus content, for those who wish to pay. And so long as DLC does not affect fair-play in multi-player, then i have no problems with it. i have yet to buy any DLC, and on it's surface i dislike it, but there may be time i buy some. Yet i love mods! i look to a games community for extra content. Other people would only buy extra content from "official" sources. To each their own.

Far as pre-order bonuses go - Getting bonus content for pre-ordering a game is better than getting nothing. i've pre-ordered a few and got no bonus of any sort, not even a price discount. And as it happens, waiting for delivery of the games, i received them days later than had i bought them in a physical store. Now with DDS i can get them same day without having to expend any energy calories to get them. Yet still i like the idea of getting Something extra for pre-ordering.
Post edited February 27, 2014 by WhiteElk
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jamsatle: "Hi we will have an overview tomorrow. special editions vary per territory and are made by our co publishing partners.
Some editions might be region locked "

Ah, region-locking as well. Triumph are really going all out on this. :p
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IAmSinistar: Wow. So I guess I won't even bother waiting for this one to go on sale, if that's their attitude.

They clearly think their game is a bigger deal than it is.
Isn't region locking DRM? I think it is. If it is, will we see TeT eat his hat? Actually, regional pricing is already sort of DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT.
Post edited February 27, 2014 by vampiro13
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JudasIscariot: Well, we don't have the game yet so we don't know how it works yet. Rest assured that we do everything in our power to get all the updates for game in a timely manner.
Rest assured, the low bar is Nintendo's update scheme, where you're lucky to have a game patched. I don't mind waiting a day or two for a patch to come out.
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vampiro13: Isn't region locking DRM? I think it is. If it is, will we see TeT eat his hat? Actually, regional pricing is already sort of DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT.
Yes it is, albeit a very binary one - it either blocks 0% of your rights, or 100%. But it definitely controls who can play the game, so it deserves to be lumped in with DRM.

But since it's a somewhat different case, TeT shouldn't have to eat a hat for it. Perhaps a rhinestone tiara?
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vampiro13: Isn't region locking DRM? I think it is. If it is, will we see TeT eat his hat? Actually, regional pricing is already sort of DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT.
No, neither are: if a book is not sold in your country, or if your local library sell it at an higher price than a US one, are you going to say that this book has "DRMs" ?

Your ability to buy a game or not and/or the price at which it is sold has nothing to do with whenever this game has DRMs or not.