Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar 1.6 Released
Posted by: Aaron Lockard on June 07, 2007 5:25:58 PM (165 Reads)

New graphics engine and new features highlight award-winning strategy game update

Stardock has released its first major update to Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar. The award winning strategy game has garnered universally positive reviews since its release but Stardock's update not only addresses minor bugs and play balancing but includes a brand new graphics engine!

"Many of our game developers have been working on our next game, a fantasy
strategy game and in the process have made real advances in 3D engine
development," said Brad Wardell, Designer of Galactic Civilizations. "We
wanted to bring some of those performance advancements into Galactic
Civilizations."

As a result, players have reported seeing a 10X graphics performance
improvement.

"Now players can play on gigantic maps and be zoomed out quite a ways to
display hundreds or thousands of ships and still get fantastic performance,"
said Wardell.

While significant features are common in Stardock's free updates for its
games, a full-blown engine upgrade sets a new bar. The new version also
includes dozens of new features as well based on player feedback.

Registered users can download the update via Stardock Central, the company's
unique download manager that not only allows users to update their games but
to install the entire game from scratch - without requiring the CD - onto
multiple home computers.

A full listing of what's changed can be found here:
http://forums.galciv2.com/?aid=154562

The home page for Galactic Civilizations II is http://www.galciv2.com.



Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar v1.6

Requires: Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar or Galactic Civilizations
II: Gold Edition

Price: Free Update to existing customer, new users can purchase at
www.galciv2.com.


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