Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor - updated schedule

Published on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 By Brad Wardell In GalCiv II News

We put the question to gamers -- which would you prefer: A Christmas release of Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor or a January release with an extended public beta program? To our surprise, the answer wasn't even close: January.  Over 9 out of 10 people preferred having a longer public beta to a Christmas release.

To that end, below is our updated schedule:

Date Release Details
15-Nov Beta 2A Yor, Updated Tournaments, Torian updates
29-Nov Beta 3 Iconians Added, Terror Stars
6-Dec Beta 3A Korx, Drath Added
13-Dec Beta 3B Krynn Added
20-Dec Beta 3C Thalan Added, Altarians Added
3-Jan Beta 4 New Invasion Screen, New Victory Condition
15-Jan Release Polish of previous editions

The idea is to be able to reintroduce the major new civilizations one at a time and provide maximum time for player input on balancing them.  We plan to have another beta tomorrow which will introduce the Yor, update the Torians, and re-balance some of the updated economics.

If you would like to join in on the beta, simply pre-order Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor.