Galactic Civilizations III News

• Small hotfix to correct installation errors for users who don't own the Crusade expansion.
  

Galactic Civilizations is a pretty iconic series of sci-fi 4X games that can be succinctly summarised as "Civilization in space". Developed and published by Stardock, it's never really had the same mass appeal as Firaxis' staple turn-based strategy games, but they're still pretty good for what they and offer an excellent interstellar romp.

Galactic Civilizations III was released in 2015 - a year before Civilization VI -although it had been in a state of kind-of early access as early as 2014. In the years since its full release it's been supported by plenty of expansions and smaller DLC packs. The bigger ones offer the most in terms of new content, but some of the smaller ones are worth looking into.

As we've done for other strategy games, we've put some time into sorting through all of the available expansion options so you know what's worth buying, and what's not. We've not bothered to include the two tie-in Star Control: Origins expansions, but commentary on everything else released for the game to date can be found below.

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A new week, a new chance to conquer some planets. That’s right readers, 4X space strategy game Galactic Civilizations III is free to keep on the Epic Games Store for the next week. Definitely one to consider if the idea of colonising an entire galaxy for precisely zero pounds appeals to you.

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A new week, a new chance to conquer some planets. That's right readers, 4X space strategy game Galactic Civilizations III is free to keep on the Epic Games Store for the next week. Definitely one to consider if the idea of colonising an entire galaxy for precisely zero pounds appeals to you.

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• Fixed an issue with the auto-upgrade colony default option
  
• Fixed crashes for players that had missing data if they don't own Crusade
  
• Fixed crashes when playing non-English versions of the campaign
  
• Fixed an issue where AI ships could stop moving
  
• Fixed a crash if some events can find an empty planet to trigger on
  
• Fixed an issue causing the AI to be nuttier than a Snathi waste disposal unit
  
• Fixed typos
  
• Added German translations for:
  
  • Heroes of Star Control: Origins DLC
    
  • Villains of Star Control: Origins DLC
    
  • Worlds in Crisis DLC
    
  • Retribution Expansion
    
  • Updated translations for all prior content as needed
    
  
  
  
• Added Russian translations for:
  
  • Heroes of Star Control: Origins DLC
    
  • Villains of Star Control: Origins DLC
    
  • Worlds in Crisis DLC
    
  • Retribution Expansion
    
  • Updated translations for all prior content as needed