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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.

As for Retail AoWIII ; we can confirm the following territories with the following partners. We’re sorry if you were expecting a physical copy in your country and it is not listed. (PC Retail is though to get into a lot of territories, and we had time to do only so many deals)

Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein (Eurovideo)
Russia and CIS (Buka)
Poland and Hungary (Techland)
France, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland (Namco) – Hot off the press!

Looks got confirmed physical Special/Limited editions by Buka, Techland and Eurovideo.
All these special editions will be different, as they are compiled by our co-publishing partners. We have to leave it to or partners to confirm the contents. I have spied a very awesome figurine in one of them!
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jamsatle: Bit confused by his mention of possible region-locking for the retail versions earlier. Does that parhaps mean they will come with steam keys as well and those are region-locked?
Looks like a limited retail release for europe only. Honestly.In my eyes it should mean lower prices elsewhere because of lack of retail presence to keep the prices up.....
Hi,

I think the guys who suggested that regional locking / pricing is not DRM (well, a book is not digital though) are right. Even regional censorship is apparently not DRM. According to Wikipedia:

DRM is the "intent to control the use of digital content and devices after sale".

That means if customers are screwed over at the point of purchase (price, censorship, not even available), it is not DRM. Other definitions seem to go in a similar direction.
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vampiro13: That means if customers are screwed over at the point of purchase (price, censorship, not even available), it is not DRM. Other definitions seem to go in a similar direction.
Hmm, yah, I can see the validity to that argument. I was thinking that it was "rights management" in a very broad sense, as you "you don't have the right to play a Region 1 DVD in Region 2", but it really is more of a regional restriction mechanism instead.

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IAmSinistar: 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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mistermumbles: Wouldn't that be a bigger punishment though? After all, he could chip a tooth or two doing that. Not to mention the much more uncomfortable bowel movements afterwards.
Indeed, and such was my intent. I find both region-locking and DRM unpalatable, and I think the consequences for implementing either should be so too. :)
I think there isn't any gain in discussing the defintion to the letter...

As other said before...

We can have games DRM-free that we wan't be able to get DRM-free otherwise...everybody has do decide..if he/she's willing to pay the (regional) price for this.

And if this new way leads to GOG giving up their ideals step by step until they're like Steam or if it leads to getting more and more publishers releasing DRM-free...well..we will see.

I expect the worst and hope the best ;)
Post edited February 28, 2014 by DF1871
Hmmm, i gifted one person AoW3 preorder gift key and...nobody received so called "one of free games for free" in the end. Is that bonus not applicable for gift orders?
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Redfern: Hmmm, i gifted one person AoW3 preorder gift key and...nobody received so called "one of free games for free" in the end. Is that bonus not applicable for gift orders?
Your profile shows "Russian Federation". Did you pay it the russian price, or an inflated (Euro for example) price? The free game was there to compensate for inflated prices, so it should not be available for Russian and American customers, I think.
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Redfern: Hmmm, i gifted one person AoW3 preorder gift key and...nobody received so called "one of free games for free" in the end. Is that bonus not applicable for gift orders?
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Kardwill: Your profile shows "Russian Federation". Did you pay it the russian price, or an inflated (Euro for example) price? The free game was there to compensate for inflated prices, so it should not be available for Russian and American customers, I think.
No, i really from real Mother Russia and payed 20$. Well, i see then, so it was something like tampon for price-hurt peoples. Thats fine, anyway,i wasn't really interested in any of offered games.
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Kardwill: Your profile shows "Russian Federation". Did you pay it the russian price, or an inflated (Euro for example) price? The free game was there to compensate for inflated prices, so it should not be available for Russian and American customers, I think.
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Redfern: No, i really from real Mother Russia and payed 20$. Well, i see then, so it was something like tampon for price-hurt peoples. Thats fine, anyway,i wasn't really interested in any of offered games.
Just FYI, 'tampon' isn't quite the right word to use there. 'Bandage' is probably what you were going for.
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Redfern: Hmmm, i gifted one person AoW3 preorder gift key and...nobody received so called "one of free games for free" in the end. Is that bonus not applicable for gift orders?
GOG was saying on pricing thread that they are thinking about closing the gifting options for russians since they get lower prices then EU for example.
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Redfern: Hmmm, i gifted one person AoW3 preorder gift key and...nobody received so called "one of free games for free" in the end. Is that bonus not applicable for gift orders?
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Matruchus: GOG was saying on pricing thread that they are thinking about closing the gifting options for russians since they get lower prices then EU for example.
Oh. now we are ones who blame, right?
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Redfern: Hmmm, i gifted one person AoW3 preorder gift key and...nobody received so called "one of free games for free" in the end. Is that bonus not applicable for gift orders?
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Matruchus: GOG was saying on pricing thread that they are thinking about closing the gifting options for russians since they get lower prices then EU for example.
I suspect a rush of gifting coming.....
News flash from the east: Russia just invaded Ukraine with 2000 troops landing in Crimea.

Confirmed by several news services now its official. Really bud stuff starting to happen.
Post edited February 28, 2014 by Matruchus
anyone comment whether this game actually looks worth pre ordering?
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Niggles: anyone comment whether this game actually looks worth pre ordering?
Well if you prepared to pay regional rip-off price then yes.
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Matruchus: GOG was saying on pricing thread that they are thinking about closing the gifting options for russians since they get lower prices then EU for example.
Unless you've seen something I haven't, that is a grotesque distortion of what was said.