We have finally set an official date for Galactic Civilizations II v1.3.  This free update has many dozens of new enhancements over the existing version based on player feedback (see the Journals for lists).

If you already have Galactic Civilizations II, you can try out the latest beta version of 1.3 by downloading Stardock Central from the downloads area and making sure "show pre-release versions" is checked.