G'day.

It's been a very busy past couple of weeks for us, between the launch of the new Juggernauts in 2.5 and the Steam Publisher sale we had last weekend. On a personal note, the Agamemnon and Eye of Darkness were the first two units I designed, so it was a great experience starting them from scratch and seeing them develop into the final end result!

##Friendly Community##

The other day I came across this Steam user review:



It's wonderful to see people appreciate the friendly community that has grown around the game. I want to give a huge thank you to everyone who participates in discussions, events and offers help to players on any platform.  I think we have a great community and it's a pleasure to work and game with you. The Ashes discord has been rapidly growing recently and has featured a number of improvements lately. If you haven't done so already, you can join it here.

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In part 3 of this video series, Stardock CEO Brad Wardell plays against civilizations created by the players.

From the desk of Ezra Hoang
CEO, Penrose Collective

Many hands make light work.

I think of this saying often. It makes me miss my mother, even as I smile at her wisdom. I must often remind myself that I am not the only one who suffered dear losses during the war. We must all look to the future together if we hope to foster a healthy one.

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Stardock CEO Brad Wardell has a two-part video series on  Humans vs. Multiverse in Galactic Civilizations III!

We are having an all day stream marathon starting off with Stardock CEO Brad Wardell! We'll be streaming games all day until 10pm ET tonight.

Be sure to check out the stream on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/stardock

New Units, Improved Balance, and More
in the Sorcerer King: Rivals v2.2 Update

Prepare for your war against the Sorcerer King with some brand new units! Some leaders now have unique starting units that
change the dynamic of how you play when you start a new game. Some balance updates,
including world generation adjustments and default zoom levels, have also been added!

What's new in v2.2:

Sorcerer King: Rivals is available on Steam or through Stardock. 
For more information, visit www.sorcererking.com

From the desk of Anastasia Xu
Heiress of the Asteroid Syndicate

Everyone comes to Mars with grandiose ideas. Booming businesses, second chances, a new life…

Me? I came to Mars because I was bored. 

Everyone always talks about how difficult it is to run a business. Frankly, I think they’re simply missing the ease of it. Hire competent people and demand that they do their jobs. You shouldn’t have to lift a finger to do anything once you get the pieces in place properly. Throwing a bunch of money at it doesn't hurt, either.

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The big GalCiv III v2.5 update went out.  Most people like it.  Not everyone of course (it breaks save games).  If you're liking it, you know the drill "Like and Subscribe" as they say on YouTube or in Steam's case, please leave a review.  Even if you've left a review in the past, you can delete your old one and leave a new one which will have the "Recent reviews" which matters a lot (a lot more than it should imo but hopefully Valve will update their algorithms in light of recent review abuse on Dota2 and other games).

Anyway...

Playing with the look and feel

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You may not have noticed this before but in the Ship Designer of Galactic Civilizations III you can take the ships you have designed (or downloaded) and export them as a .OBJ file.  This can be used by 3D printers but also on a cool site called Sketchfab.  It's super easy to set up.

Here are a couple I've already uploaded:

 Have fun!

p.s. Bonus one:

https://skfb.ly/6tIOy

The free Juggernaut DLC provides new Juggernaut warships for both the PHC and the Substrate, each with unique and devastating abilities. The v2.5 update that accompanies it contains plenty of gameplay and modding improvements, which you can read about in full detail here.