Galactic Civilizations II Takes 2006 By Storm

Monday, December 18, 2006 by Zoomba | Discussion: WinCustomize News

In addition to developing fine applications such as WindowBlinds, Multiplicity and ObjectDock (to name just a few), Stardock occasionally does a bit of game development.  Earlier this year, we released a title you might have heard of; Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords.  Turns out this little strategy game was pretty well-received by the gaming world, garnering Editors Choice and high ratings at major media outlets, making it the #7 highest rated PC game of 2006*

So it's no surprise, considering how well the game was rated by the press and gaming public at large, that Gal Civ 2 is now nominated for numerous "Game of the Year" awards, and a favorite on Holiday Game Gift Guides.  Here's a taste of the awards we're up for:

Reader's Choice Game of the Year:

Reader's Choice Best Strategy Game

On top of that, both GamingNexus and GamerDad have flagged GalCiv 2 as a "must buy" for any gamer on your shopping list this holiday season.  It seems pretty much unanimous that Galactic Civilizations II was a huge hit this year, one we look to follow up on with the release of the Dark Avatar expansion pack this February.

* Based on average media scores for all games released in 2006 as tabulated by GameRankings.com

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Jafo
Reply #1 Monday, December 18, 2006 6:53 PM
Way to go, Stardock.....

BigDogBigFeet
Reply #2 Monday, December 18, 2006 7:05 PM
Congrats Stardock! GalCiv 2 rocks!  

rabidrobot
Reply #3 Monday, December 18, 2006 9:10 PM
Congratulations to all at Stardock. Well deserved, and well earned.

Lotherius
Reply #4 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 6:07 AM
Not like there's any 4x competition at all anymore ... not a jab at stardock, as GC2 is a very fine product... but just a lament about the state of the games industry that only FPS, RTS and MMORPGs get any development anymore. I liked some of the old simulators, like Capitalism 2, SimCity series (and most of Maxis' other Pre-EA stuff) and obviously Stardock's GC series. Now it seems like if I don't want to play Everquest/WOW, or an annoying realtime strategy, I'm left with a first-person shooter. Well... that means my latest gamejoy is Serious Sam 2... At least if I'm going to do an FPS, I'll have fun at it.

OTOH, I have already bought Space Rangers 2 - good to see it got a positive mention as well from GameSpy.

Zoomba
Reply #5 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 8:33 AM
This year also saw the release of the Civ 4 expansion and Medieval II: Total War.  Both solid TBS games.

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