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  1. TotalGaming Tries Yearly PC Subscription Gaming

    Games · Pcgames · · posted by simoniker · from the different-strokes dept. · 21 comments
    Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to the announcement of Stardock's TotalGaming.net PC indie gaming subscription service. The press release explains: "While users can purchase games individually, Stardock expects the real appeal of TotalGaming.net to be in the subscription. For $89, users receive a host of good games plus everything added to TotalGaming.net for an entire year afterwards", and goes on to note: "For the initial launch, Stardock has put together an impressive list of games that will be available on day one, such as Galactic Civilizations, Celtic Kings, Orb, The Corporate Machine, LightWeight Ninja, and a new compilation of Disciples II called Disciples II Ultimate Edition... [and] plans to add a new game each month for the rest of the year starting with The Political Machine in August." Notably, the announcement mentions: "Even if [users] choose not to re-subscribe, they can still re-download the entire game years later." Does this approach appeal more than somewhat similar monthly services offered by Comcast, Atari, and Yahoo?

  2. Presidential Gaming - A Political Machine?

    Games · Pcgames · · posted by simoniker · from the tanner-88 dept. · 33 comments
    Thanks to Blue's News for pointing to a Stardock press release discussing the announcement of a new PC strategy game based on running a U.S. Presidential campaign. An official site for The Political Machine has already been launched, with info on the game "in which you are the campaign manager for a candidate for President of the United States. Choose a political party, put together the dream presidential ticket and go for it." The title, from the developers of the niche favorite Galactic Civilizations, will debut via public Beta on the Steam-like Drengin gaming network on April 8th, and is due in stores this June.

  3. Why Consoles Overwhelm PC Games At Retail

    Games · Pcgames · · posted by simoniker · from the kicking-and-screaming dept. · 139 comments
    An anonymous reader writes "With the GameCube at $99 and PlayStation 2 sales still huge, people are starting to really notice the shrinkage of PC games at retail. Why? What does the future hold? An article at JoeUser.com asks that question and looks at what is likely to happen to PC games as consoles slowly take over most of the retail space for games." This piece, written by Brad Wardell, creator of Galactic Civilizations, argues: "The issue isn't whether the PC game market will die. It won't. The issue is whether PC games will be able to keep up with console games from a production values point of view."

  4. Expand Your Galactic Civilizations For Free

    Games · Pcgames · · posted by simoniker · from the new-life-beyond-zeta-reticuli dept. · 7 comments
    Thanks to GamersWithJobs for pointing to the free Expanded Universe add-on for PC strategy title Galactic Civilizations, launching later today, and expanding this previously discussed game with multiple features (better AI, new ships, new random events) for free, providing the player installs the Stardock Central updater. The site explains their rationale: "Statistically, only a tiny fraction of the total sales of the game occur direct [from the developer]... but with that 10%, a different incentive is created - keep the game fresh and improving over time in order to help sales over a long period."

  5. Expand Your Galactic Civilizations For Free

    Games · Pcgames · · posted by simoniker · from the new-life-beyond-zeta-reticuli dept. · 7 comments
    Thanks to GamersWithJobs for pointing to the free Expanded Universe add-on for PC strategy title Galactic Civilizations, launching later today, and expanding this previously discussed game with multiple features (better AI, new ships, new random events) for free, providing the player installs the Stardock Central updater. The site explains their rationale: "Statistically, only a tiny fraction of the total sales of the game occur direct [from the developer]... but with that 10%, a different incentive is created - keep the game fresh and improving over time in order to help sales over a long period."

  6. Galactic Civilizations Demo Released

    Games · Pcgames · · posted by simoniker · from the moo-not-moo dept. · 17 comments
    Galactic Civilizations is a recently released PC space-based strategy game (see our earlier story on it, or check out an elegant review at Gamespot), notable for favorable comparisons against the none too favorably received Master Of Orion 3. There's now a Windows demo (51mb) of Galactic Civilizations available, originally released via Gamespot, but also downloadable from Gamershell, Fileshack, and from Gametab's BitTorrents page. Not bad for a game originally developed for OS/2 back in 1994.

  7. Galactic Civilizations Coming Soon

    Games · Games · · posted by Hemos · from the good-game-bonanza dept. · 252 comments
    dragonsister writes "Like Master of Orion 3, Galactic Civilizations is a turn-based strategy game involving colonizing and dominating the galaxy - militarily, diplomatically, or economically. Unlike MOO3, GalCiv will (release date March 26th) come without copy-protection; Stardock are addressing the piracy issue by providing a bonus pack and further downloads to users providing a CD key. This 'rewarding the honest' approach is precisely what Slashdotters have asked for ." I've been playing a lot of MOO3, which I love, but this is looking great as well. Ah, the bounty of games.

    GalCiv may also be purchased via a subscription to Drengin.net, which also supplies a variety of 'smaller' games which would not sell so well in the normal market.

    I have no connection to anyone producing Galactic Civilizations. I'm planning to buy the game because I've been impressed by:

    • The developer's interaction with fans, at least on the newsgroup comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic
    • The level of beta-testing employed
    • The comments from the public beta-testers
    • The developer's budget of a year of additional development, including AI improvements (Stardock has a reputation for good game AI anyway!)
    Others may not be so pleased to hear that the game is developed for single-player only - no multi-player - but to each their own."

  8. Galactic Civilizations Coming Soon

    Games · Games · · posted by Hemos · from the good-game-bonanza dept. · 252 comments
    dragonsister writes "Like Master of Orion 3, Galactic Civilizations is a turn-based strategy game involving colonizing and dominating the galaxy - militarily, diplomatically, or economically. Unlike MOO3, GalCiv will (release date March 26th) come without copy-protection; Stardock are addressing the piracy issue by providing a bonus pack and further downloads to users providing a CD key. This 'rewarding the honest' approach is precisely what Slashdotters have asked for ." I've been playing a lot of MOO3, which I love, but this is looking great as well. Ah, the bounty of games.

    GalCiv may also be purchased via a subscription to Drengin.net, which also supplies a variety of 'smaller' games which would not sell so well in the normal market.

    I have no connection to anyone producing Galactic Civilizations. I'm planning to buy the game because I've been impressed by:

    • The developer's interaction with fans, at least on the newsgroup comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic
    • The level of beta-testing employed
    • The comments from the public beta-testers
    • The developer's budget of a year of additional development, including AI improvements (Stardock has a reputation for good game AI anyway!)
    Others may not be so pleased to hear that the game is developed for single-player only - no multi-player - but to each their own."