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Galactic Civ II Gets a Beta Patch, Stranger gets a Developer Diary
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date posted: 01:46 PM Sun Mar 26th, 2006
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Click to read.Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords is Stardock\'s flagship series, one of the most respected 4x strategy series in the business. But Stardock is hot on fixing any bugs the initial release might have had, including keeping the game streamlined and fun. In the beta patch v1.1 for the retail version of Galactic Civilizations II, they do just that, adding 5 new game types, interface fixes, and a host of new things that can\'t all be mentioned in this really, really long sentence. If you\'d like to see the list of changes, they have it in their journal section.

And if you want the patch, you can jump right on over to Galactic Civ\'s homepage or to the mirror on strategy informer\'s website and get it right away.


Stranger is a real-time strategy game with RPG elements set in a fantasy world. Developed by Fireglow Games, it\'s a promising title that reminds one of Warcraft 3. Imitation being the best form of flattery, it could become one game to watch develop. To help with that, Fireglow Games has their developer diary up, and you can head over and read it now.

Here\'s a clip about the upcoming \"Stranger\":

\"The plot is as follows: main heroes, there are three of them, are transferred in a magical way into our universe. Their souls and bodies are transformed in compliance with the new world\'s laws and patterns. They attain various new skills and forget the old ones. But the most important thing ? they are rendered totally oblivious of their origin and descent. Only a vague memory of the misdeed and punishment persists. But there is no time for thoughts. They have to fight for survival.\"

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