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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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Redfern: On other side, here in Russia prices is kinda low...
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wbrk: Well, that's interesting. It seems that according to GOG I'm not in Russia anymore, because I've got the same price as US ($44.99), and in recommended games list it says $54.99.
Looks like regional pricing is not working yet as intended.
It's $16.99/19.99 for me, but the 'Age of Wonders games on GOG.com' list still says $39.99/44.99 on the deluxe version page and $54.99/61.99 on the regular one. And these numbers changed twice while I was typing this message.
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wbrk: Well, that's interesting. It seems that according to GOG I'm not in Russia anymore, because I've got the same price as US ($44.99), and in recommended games list it says $54.99.
Looks like regional pricing is not working yet as intended.
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Imago: It's $16.99/19.99 for me, but the 'Age of Wonders games on GOG.com' list still says $39.99/44.99 on the deluxe version page and $54.99/61.99 on the regular one. And these numbers changed twice while I was typing this message.
So Ukraine is in same boat as Russia.
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Imago: It's $16.99/19.99 for me, but the 'Age of Wonders games on GOG.com' list still says $39.99/44.99 on the deluxe version page and $54.99/61.99 on the regular one. And these numbers changed twice while I was typing this message.
I changed my country to Russia as part of an ongoing solidarity effort, and got just as weird results (my actual country is the United States). See the attached image for what I see on the game card now. The upper price is what sticks in checkout.
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Imago: It's $16.99/19.99 for me, but the 'Age of Wonders games on GOG.com' list still says $39.99/44.99 on the deluxe version page and $54.99/61.99 on the regular one. And these numbers changed twice while I was typing this message.
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IAmSinistar: I changed my country to Russia as part of an ongoing solidarity effort, and got just as weird results (my actual country is the United States). See the attached image for what I see on the game card now. The upper price is what sticks in checkout.
I see such quirks too, in "more games" section i see various prices, but on checkout its always correct one.
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the_bard: This looks amazing.
It does? So does the pricetag. Daring to demand more than 40 USD? Hoo, boy.
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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.
Steam had a dramatic decrease of prices for the russian market some time ago, because the piracy rate in Russia is insanely high. And as a result the profits skyrocketed. And yes, this hints that the lower income in Russia has something to do with it.

But it is also true that Russia is not the most... caring country when it comes to the rights of non-russian people and the russian law enforcement authorities usually give a rats ass about piracy. In Germany authorities are just waiting to come to the rescue of the poor poor content industry and it is not unusual that software-, music- or movie-pirates get higher verdicts than a rapist. In Russia on the other hand... not so much.

So yes, in a way this whole story says "pirate like hell, it will be rewarded" and I don´t like this message either.
Post edited February 26, 2014 by AngryAlien
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<span class="bold">Business strategy meeting at GOG.com headquarters.</span>
"Why are you crying? You are American." Hilarious! Great stuff, congrats.
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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.
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AngryAlien: Steam had a dramatic decrease of prices for the russian market some time ago, because the piracy rate in Russia is insanely high. And as a result the profits skyrocketed. And yes, this hints that the lower income in Russia has something to do with it.
Yeah but as a result, as far as i understand most of the stuff (if not all) games purchased on russian store is pretty much locked to that area (im sure Steam was well aware of the rampant steamtrading from russia to non russians :P) now. Brazil and Ukraine could well be next....
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AngryAlien: Steam had a dramatic decrease of prices for the russian market some time ago, because the piracy rate in Russia is insanely high. And as a result the profits skyrocketed. And yes, this hints that the lower income in Russia has something to do with it.
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Niggles: Yeah but as a result, as far as i understand most of the stuff (if not all) games purchased on russian store is pretty much locked to that area (im sure Steam was well aware of the rampant steamtrading from russia to non russians :P) now. Brazil and Ukraine could well be next....
Well, region locking is something I have to deal with as a german Steam user anyway, due to the ridiculous german censorship and Valves preemptive obedience and their inaptitude and unwillingness to implement a proper age-check. Of course Steam had to region-lock games from Russia, that was predictable.

And it does not change the fact that the price drop on Steam for russian users was insane and yet the profits went through the roof. This tells me that BS like region pricing is in fact encouraging piracy.
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chevkoch: Correct :)
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JudasIscariot: Lovely :/

Could one of you send a support ticket with screenshot of that, please? Thanks and sorry if I can't be of anymore help :/
Sorry Judas, only saw your post now. The page seems to be fine now, probably other GOGers sent the support ticket.
That was awesome. Thank you.
What happens to the DLC after the pre-order offer is over? Does it become a separate purchase, or does it disappear from gog forever?
10/10 That was the best re-subbing I've seen of that vid yet.
Clearly they are developing DLC alongside the game, which to me, shows me they only want to take advantage of their customers.

Would they please only focus on making one 'good' and 'complete' game, and have pre-release be something like: get AoW 1, and AoW2 gog gift codes (so we can redeem or giveaway).

ps. the £ and € prices include vat right? why is vat so freaking high? 20+% sales tax is super insane.

+1 too awesome.