New Features include War Aims, Combat Doctrines,
Invasion Tactics, New Ship Components, New Technologies, A New
Battle Viewer and much more
PLYMOUTH, Mich., April 18,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Stardock has released a
major expansion pack for its popular space 4X game, Galactic
Civilizations IV. Galactic Civilizations IV: Warlords adds a host
of new features including War Aims, Combat Doctrines, Invasion
Tactics, New Ship Components, New Technologies, a new Battle Viewer
and much more.
Alongside the expansion pack, Stardock has also released version
2.5, a major free update for fans of the series which has a host of
new features, user experience improvements, AI updates and an
improved trade system.
"We've been wanting to revisit how space combat works in the
game for a long time," said Brad
Wardell, Creative Director at Stardock. "We know a lot of
our players are fans of military history as well as how various
naval and aviation systems are developed and wanted to really
incorporate some of that thinking into the game."
To that end, Warlord Features include:
- Combat Doctrines. Players can now create custom ship
classes by assigning a ship type (such as a Destroyer) with a
doctrine which determines how that ship type is used in combat
including targeting preferences, operational abilities and
more.
- War Aims. Since the original Galactic Civilizations was
released – over 30 years ago, declaring war meant the war would go
on until one side negotiated a peace. In Warlords players can
choose War Aims which allow each side to engage in wars of more
limited scope.
- Invasion Tactics. Previously, players who wanted to
invade a planet had only one way to do it: Boots on the ground.
Warlords adds a host of additional options such as biological
attacks, propaganda, mass driver attacks and more.
- Lots of New Ship Components. Warlords adds new exotic
weapon and defense modules such as cloaking devices as well as
weapons that affect the flow of time. The v2.5 update also includes
many new components to allow for more interesting ship designs
rather than merely a "stat buff".
- New Battle Viewer. Players can now get a real-time,
per-ship engagement log in the battle viewer. Players can see how
their ship designs performed during combat and adjust both future
designs as well as adjustments to doctrine after the fact.
These are just a few of the highlights of Galactic Civilizations
IV: Warlords. For a comprehensive list visit the full
changelog here.
Galactic Civilizations IV is available on Steam, Epic Games
Store, or directly at galciv4.com. Visit www.galciv.com to learn
more.
Warlords Video: https://youtu.be/wnAIEj4BOnk
Warlords Screenshots:
- War Aims
- Immersive Battle Viewer
- Doctrines
- Invasion Tactics
- New Components in Battle
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inquiries.
About Stardock: Stardock, a leading developer in strategy
games, continues to innovate in the gaming industry with its
commitment to player-driven design and community engagement. For
more information about Stardock, please visit
www.stardock.com.
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