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Expansive The best 4X games available, whether your tastes are historical or fantastical.

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Galactic Civilizations 3 is free this week on the Epic Store

By Andy Chalk published 21 January 21

news Lead your people to the stars, for free!

Pick up a bunch of Star Control games cheap in the Humble Stardock Bundle

By Shaun Prescott published 9 April 20

News Also: Galactic Civilizations III, Sorcerer King Rivals and Dead Man's Draw.

Galactic Civilizations 3: Retribution comes out on February 21

By Andy Chalk published 8 February 19

news Stardock revealed the expansion's release date and rolled out a new trailer today.

Galactic Civilizations 3 gets governments and crises in the new 'Intrigue' expansion

By Andy Chalk published 12 April 18

news The free 3.0 update is also now live.

Galactic Civilizations 3 update improves AI and slashes load times

By Samuel Horti published 16 December 17

news Majority of the new features come from fan suggestions.

Stardock strategy games headline the latest Humble Bundle

By Andy Chalk published 3 October 17

news Get Ashes of the Singularity, Offworld Trading Company, Galactic Civilizations 3, and more.

Galactic Civilizations 3 update brings expansion improvements to the base game

By Fraser Brown published 14 September 17

News From the UI to galactic economies.

Humble Intergalactic Bundle includes a free copy of Galactic Civilizations for all

By Andy Chalk published 11 April 17

news Offworld Trading Company, GalCiv 3, and Sins of a Solar Empire are in there too.

A new Galactic Civilizations 3 expansion, Crusade, is coming this spring

By Tyler Wilde published 2 February 17

News Crusade will include a new campaign and new features, including interactive invasions and espionage.

Stardock releases Galactic Civilizations 3 2.0 update

By Andy Chalk published 27 January 17

news It's a big one.

Galactic Civilizations 3's Rise of the Terrans out now

By Tom Sykes published 16 June 16

News 'Terrans' is a cool sci-fi name for 'humans'.

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First Galactic Civilizations 3 expansion releases in February

By Tyler Wilde published 27 January 16

Galactic Civilization 3: Mercenaries adds new races, a new campaign, and of course, mercenaries.

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GalCiv 3 gets Steam Workshop support, new maps

By Phil Savage published 10 July 15

Now available: eight new maps and over 400 mods.

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Galactic Civilizations 3 review

By Richard Cobbett published 21 May 15

SPACE TO GROW More of a refresh than expected, but still hands down the best modern way to conquer unknown space.

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Galactic Civilizations 3 has its sights set on the future

By Richard Cobbett published 15 May 15

review in progress Our first impressions of GalCiv 3 post-Early Access.

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Galactic Civilizations III flies free

By Andy Chalk published 14 May 15

There's a launch trailer, and free stuff for people who buy it before Monday.

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Show Us Your Rig: Stardock's Paul Boyer

By Tom Marks published 12 May 15

Paul Boyer, Lead Designer of Galactic Civilizations 3 at Stardock, shows us his Voltron-esque three PC setup.

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Galactic Civilizations III coming in May

By Andy Chalk published 22 April 15

The full release of GalCiv3 is just a few weeks away.

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New Galactic Civilizations 3 beta introduces the "Battle Viewer"

By Andy Chalk published 22 January 15

The fourth beta version of Galactic Civilizations 3 was released today.

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