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Posted November 20, 2015
Welcome to your cosmic playground.

<span class="bold">Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition</span> & <span class="bold">Galactic Civilizations III</span>, the legendary and massive 4X space strategy titles, are available now, DRM-free on GOG.com. Galactic Civilizations III features GOG Galaxy support for achievements and multiplayer.


Get Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition at 75% off until Wednesday, November 25, 1:59 PM GMT.
Pick up Galactic Civilizations III and the DLC at 50% off (until Wednesday, November 25, 1:59 PM GMT), or seize the full GalCiv III + DLC package in one purchase for a 60% discount until Monday, November 23, 1:59 PM GMT.


The universe is a big, big place. A big place to comprehend, a huge place to traverse, a colossal place conquer. But in Galactic Civilizations, that's just a minor obstacle.
Welcome to your cosmic playground.
What is GalCiv? Take Sid Meier's Civilization, shoot it into space, and multiply by a factor of ridiculous. You see, GalCiv shows an understanding of exactly what makes the space fantasy so irresistible: the scale. Formidable scale, from the mundane day-to-day culture or politics of innumerable living creatures, through nimble fighters dwarfed by the overhanging starships, through distances that reduce our brains to overwhelmed, upset little raisins.
But for a game so incredibly large (Galactic Civilizations III actually supports up to 128 concurrent players), it also manages to ease you in with bite-sized chunks of gameplay that will form your interstellar civilization. In short, it's actually accessible to newcomers.
Huge customizability, great humor, and awe-inspiring scale - become the elected leader, seize your power, or ascend to a higher state of being - the future is yours.


You can also pick up extra content for Galactic Civilizations III including: the Original Soundtrack, Revenge of the Snathi DLC, Mega Events DLC and Map Pack DLC.


<span class="bold">Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition</span> and <span class="bold">Galactic Civilizations III</span> are available now, DRM-free on GOG.com
Posted November 20, 2015
Interesting. I've not played it yet, but my Steam copy of GC II says that it uses an additional 3rd party DRM "Stardock.com". I'm not sure what all that entails, but it's probably enough to influence me to go ahead and buy it again here...
Posted November 20, 2015
Hell yeah, gog! This kicks some thick, meaty butthole.
Posted November 20, 2015
For some reason I always get these games confused with Imperium Galactica. :P
Posted November 20, 2015
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yyahoo: Interesting. I've not played it yet, but my Steam copy of GC II says that it uses an additional 3rd party DRM "Stardock.com". I'm not sure what all that entails, but it's probably enough to influence me to go ahead and buy it again here...
Can someone confirm that this release of GC2 is exactly DRM free and that you dont need a stardock.com account to play it? This was the reason I didnt buy it from Steam and I would like to buy it here but I really hate games that needs membership like ubisoft games. Thank you.
Posted November 20, 2015
What the.... I wanted to play GalCiv II today, but I didn`t wanted to fire up Steam, and then this message shows up!! Now I`m happy!!! :-)
Posted November 20, 2015
Nice. GC III is high on my wishlist, but I'll wait for the DLC stream to settle down and have a complete version.
Posted November 20, 2015
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blotunga: Nice. GC III is high on my wishlist, but I'll wait for the DLC stream to settle down and have a complete version.
That's going to take a while. Stardock has planned about 5 years of content for GalCiv 3, with 4-5 DLCs per year and 2-3 expansion packs.
Posted November 20, 2015
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Gaunathor: That's going to take a while. Stardock has planned about 5 years of content for GalCiv 3, with 4-5 DLCs per year and 2-3 expansion packs.
I have enough games to keep me busy. And as far 4X games go, I have my own to work at too ;)
Posted November 20, 2015
Instab ... but wait, what, no XP support in GalCiv2?!
Posted November 20, 2015
omagad omagad omagad

i spent days on galciv 2 disc physical version

i preordered the 3rd one, despite it being on steam only, the day the preorder was available through stardock website
enjoyed it as a beta version

but finally when released i barely played it because the "steam dedicated" gaming computer (might better say "sacrificed") in the house is set in the living room's tv with a controller, and with a focus on console-action games in mind

as such, it was unconfortable to play such a good game (keyboard/mouse) in these conditions

now with gog i can again play galcivs especially the 3rd in a perfectly appropriate and confortable way

plus the fact galciv3 is here now, i can finally recommand it to a handful of friends who share two traits with me: being mo2 hardcore fans and being not very appealed to steam... some of them didnt even try galciv 2 "in time", but as 3rd is like galciv2 just "more of it in every possible aspect"... oh damn...

such a joyful day.

THANX GOG; though my wallet just hates you

galciv3 on gog less than 2 years after its release :) (no sarcasm, just genuine surprise and enthousiasm)
Posted November 20, 2015
So, how will GalCiv III run on a computer with only 4 GB RAM? And are GalCiv II and III bound to a Stardock account, like the Steam versions?
Posted November 20, 2015
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jkiiskinen: Instab ... but wait, what, no XP support in GalCiv2?!
The system requirements are weird in general. GalCiv1 requires 1.8 Ghz, but GalCiv2 only requires a Pentium III or 1 Ghz?
Posted November 20, 2015
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yyahoo: Interesting. I've not played it yet, but my Steam copy of GC II says that it uses an additional 3rd party DRM "Stardock.com". I'm not sure what all that entails, but it's probably enough to influence me to go ahead and buy it again here...
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Engerek01: Can someone confirm that this release of GC2 is exactly DRM free and that you dont need a stardock.com account to play it? This was the reason I didnt buy it from Steam and I would like to buy it here but I really hate games that needs membership like ubisoft games. Thank you.
cant confirm yet (downloading it atm) but when i was playing the physical disc version of galciv2 i never had this thing aboutstardock account but maybe that is for the online multiplayer only ? played single player (4x like that is a solitary pleasure)
Posted November 20, 2015
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Maxvorstadt: And are GalCiv II and III bound to a Stardock account, like the Steam versions?
I've just tested it, and GalCiv 2 doesn't require registering with Stardock. They've finally removed that requirement. :)
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