PC Gamers will be happy to know Galactic Civilizations II developers, Stardock, are working on their second expansion pack for the series. Today, they announced its availability to pre-order Twilight of Arnor for its November '07 release.
If you're a fan of the series you can pickup the pre-order at TotalGaming.net for USD $24.95.
Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor includes a massive payload of new content and features requested by the series’ devout fanbase. In addition to a new campaign that ties up the Dread Lords saga, Twilight of the Arnor adds civilization-specific technology trees and planetary improvements that add even more flavor to each alien race, while greatly expanding the strategic depth of the game. A vast array of new ships, weapons, starbases and ship components will be available to players, including the devastating Terror Star, which can annihilate entire star systems. Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor requires GC2: Gold Edition or GC2: Dark Avatar. For more information about Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor, visit http://www.galciv2.com/twilight.
Stardock has put a lot of time and energy into this new series, you can checkout our past review of Dread Lords. We're sure this game expansion won't disappoint either.
A brief list of features follows; more details will become available closer to the game’s November release.
- New campaign detailing the final chapter in the Dread Lord wars
- The star destroying new unit, the Terror Star, arrives
- Unique technology trees for all 12 civilizations
- Unique planetary improvements for each civilization
- New 3D-engine-powered map editor
- New Scenario Editor for creating highly detailed custom games
- New Campaign Editor for players who want to create their own custom epic campaigns for themselves or to share with others
- New Metaverse Tournaments: specific maps & scenarios recorded to the Metaverse with prizes for top players
- New Ship: Atlas. Makes ships in a fleet more lethal
- New Ship: Fortitude. Gives ships in a fleet more hit points
- New Ship: Driver. Makes ships in a fleet move faster
- Unique weapons per civilization
- Updated Planetary Invasions
- New enhanced textures and graphics for planets and ships
- New Galaxy Size: Immense (vastly bigger than current galaxy sizes)
- Extra alien portraits and logos
- Legacy of the Telenanth: Detailed back story of Galactic Civilizations
- More to come as the release date gets closer.
