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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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Gonchi: No, but I'm currently in Brazil and other Brazilian users have.
I thought you were in Uruguay and that was still missing from the list. Yeah, Brazil is already on the list.
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timppu: It doesn't have much to do with "keeping their word". It has everything to do whether it would make business sense to do that.
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dirtyharry50: Maybe it doesn't to you. It would appear that there are a lot of upset people around here recently who think it does matter though.
But does it to you? I presume not, as you seem to be fine with Steam's regional pricing.

If not, why are you gloating about it, and making inflammatory threads where you try to "prove" that this must mean that next GOG will introduce DRM (even though at the same time you say you don't care about that either)?

I can understand the people, who care about regional pricing, getting angry about it towards GOG. But for you this just seems to be a chance to troll and to spite people, not because you specifically care about or oppose this change.
Post edited February 26, 2014 by timppu
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zels: The same would happen if gog shut down or refused you access. Don't tell me you have HDDs with tens of TBs sitting around with back ups of all your games.
Don't tell me you don't :O

I for myself don't store them on HDDs though, at least not for long. I burn them on DVD/Blu-ray because HDDs tend to stop working without warning...
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silentbob1138: The same is true for all the African and South American countries that have to pay the same as European customers, though. Obviously the price in Russia isn't lower because of the local income. It probably is lower to compete with pirated copies in Russia. Essentially we're getting the message to pirate like crazy if we want lower prices. That's not a message I like.
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Magnitus: What comes first? The chicken or the egg?

I'd wager at least part of the reason they pirate so much is because they can't afford to pay for it.

It speaks volumes that the nations that pirate the most have pretty low mean income.
That is true. But part of my point was that many countries that have a lower income than Russia have to pay the same as Europeans.
HEY GOG.... you do realise we get charged for currency conversion right? If you insist on regional pricing then you should use the relevant currencies.
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serpantino: HEY GOG.... you do realise we get charged for currency conversion right? If you insist on regional pricing then you should use the relevant currencies.
Of course GOG doesn't realize this, otherwise they'd have noticed they just made AOW3 more expensive than it is on Steam for non $ customers

Or put simply, GOG is more expensive than STEAM now. ;) (for now?)
Nothing else to add here, I'm just going to bitch more about $=€. What is this, Steam? You can shove it, GoG.
Hurray!

I get a bonus scenario for a game I will not play for more then one month from now an some pictures I dont care about for the preorder. Exciting!!

not

I will play the shit out of this game when its done but i'm not very attracted to preorder. Whishlist!
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serpantino: HEY GOG.... you do realise we get charged for currency conversion right? If you insist on regional pricing then you should use the relevant currencies.
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eRe4s3r: Of course GOG doesn't realize this, otherwise they'd have noticed they just made AOW3 more expensive than it is on Steam for non $ customers

Or put simply, GOG is more expensive than STEAM now. ;) (for now?)
Good thing I don't care about new/indie releases on gog... don't want them cluttering up my 'good old games' shelf :P.
Post edited February 26, 2014 by serpantino
Regional pricing! Preorder DLC! Sounds great, please tell me it's going to be a buggy mess too :D
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eRe4s3r: Of course GOG doesn't realize this, otherwise they'd have noticed they just made AOW3 more expensive than it is on Steam for non $ customers

Or put simply, GOG is more expensive than STEAM now. ;) (for now?)
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serpantino: Good thing I don't care about new/indie releases on gog... don't want them cluttering up my 'good old games' shelf :P.
I am actually the same ;p I don't own a single modern game (Except The Witcher 2 ~.~) on GOG hehe.
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DrJohnZoidberg: Hurray!

I get a bonus scenario for a game I will not play for more then one month from now an some pictures I dont care about for the preorder. Exciting!!

not

I will play the shit out of this game when its done but i'm not very attracted to preorder. Whishlist!
Yes, preorder for digital goods is a bizarre thing. I mean for a physical object (that might not be available in your stores, or produced in limited quantity, or where an idea of the number of necessary copies is needed from the producer), sure, but for a download?
It may flatter a "I must have it now" instinct (As a AoW fan, I can feel this twinge in the back of my brain right now), but from a logical point of view, it's completely useless for the buyer...
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silentbob1138: That is true. But part of my point was that many countries that have a lower income than Russia have to pay the same as Europeans.
And I bet they don't purchase too many games too.

I'd like to add that, as far as poorer/developing countries go, Russia and China have a high amount of computer literacy and know how which probably factors into the piracy debacle.

They have the interest for the software other countries have to offer, but not the money for the price they usually charge for it.
Post edited February 26, 2014 by Magnitus
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Magnitus: And I bet they don't purchase too many games too.
And you wonder why.
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Kardwill: Yes, preorder for digital goods is a bizarre thing. I mean for a physical object (that might not be available in your stores, or produced in limited quantity, or where an idea of the number of necessary copies is needed from the producer), sure, but for a download?
It may flatter a "I must have it now" instinct (As a AoW fan, I can feel this twinge in the back of my brain right now), but from a logical point of view, it's completely useless for the buyer...
Well for publishers it makes a lot of sense. They get money even before completing and releasing the game. As for us, I don't see any point of buying games before the Complete/GOTY whatever version is out.
Post edited February 26, 2014 by blotunga
I have a actual question about the game...NO! :O

For someone looking to check out this series (someone not really big on TBS) which AOW would you recommend?
Post edited February 26, 2014 by tinyE