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You might have already seen Age of Wonders III available for pre-order on Steam or GoG, something we’re very excited about since we are digitally self
[See the full post at: All about the Retail (Special) Editions]Looking nice!
i msotly like the last answer in the small faq:) make sme happy you have chosen to use steam:) go triumph:)
Hello longtime lurker and first time poster here:) I just have a question about the retail version of the game. If i buy the psychical retail version here in sweden can i still play it on steam?
@gizmoquack Yep all retail copies have Steam
Thanks for those clarifications.
The game is subject to a day one patch upon activation. Doing retail without Steam would mean we’d have to lock the build a month earlier for manufacturing!
But, in this case GOG version will also be subject to day one patch, so there is no difference if you go Steam or not. If you wouldn’t go Steam on retail copies then those retail players who wants to have up-to-dated game would still need to download day one patch. You could always work on the game (that last month) until release and post day one patch, regardless you use Steam or not. Isn’t it?
I don’t see anything for our friends in the UK nor USA? Do they have seperate distributors or online only?
Shame Namco won’t release a Special Edition in Europe. 🙁
Kind regards,
Low
Seems like the UK & US have been left out, understandably.
“Q: So why isn’t the game available in retail shops in more countries?
We focused on countries where (strategy) PC games retail is prevalent and healthy, which pretty much is continental Europe. In the US and UK, it’s a challenge to get new full price PC titles in shops these days. We also had to limit the amount of co-publishing deals, due to internal overhead.”For anyone who missed it.
Thanks Jorlox, i totally missed that 😛
Kind regards,
Low
@kat For a non-Steam disk a day one patch can’t be auto-triggered upon activation (unless we’d write a Steam-like client).
The EuroVideo paragraph has a typo in it. Figuring should be figurine.
March 31 can’t come soon enough. The waiting has become physically painful.
I live in the UK, only comprehend English, and have an XP PC. The Amazon French version is being advertised as being only Windows 8 complient.
So what would be best for me – wait another month for a German ??? version, or risk downloading a maGoG version ?
That Amazon.fr listing is not correct, thanks for letting us know. Should have the system specs as listed on this website.
@ The Great Fungus Thanks for reporting the typo
Thanks!
Looks like I made the right decision ordering the Eurovideo edition! I would love the Techland books (ideally, a guide or an artbook would be nice with the EV edition), but I wouldn’t be able to understand a word.
I don’t see anything for our friends in the UK nor USA? Do they have seperate distributors or online only?
Shame Namco won’t release a Special Edition in Europe.
Kind regards,
Low
Yo , just saying.
There is in europe a collectors edition right?
Is that what you are looking for ?I think he means the one’s published by Namco Bandai. I was hoping for them to release one too.
This is exactly what I hoped for. I will order a boxed version in addition to my pre-ordered GoG version so I have both Steam and GoG 🙂 – all to support TS of course 😉
I understand about no English edition being shipped to stores, but why can’t there be an English boxed edition that you could buy online? You did all the other languages in boxed, well a lot of them, you are basically cutting out all English speakers from the collectors edition. I guess I just don’t get that. Sorry or this example, but do you think you will sell more boxed editions in Poland than you will sell of English editions worldwide. U.S. England, and Australia?
@ ffbj, this argument seems…familiar.
*Blushes*.
@ffbj the other editions were done in cooperation with local partners. the logistics of doing an online distributed physical collectors edition ourselves would be too much for us to handle. When getting into physical goods, everything gets so much more complex, including warehousing, customs, returns handling etc, etc. to give an example, we got a bunch of collectors editions in today and its just amazing the amount of space they takes up.
I understand. No partners in the U.S. or England to assist in the publishing.
I get they take up a lot of space and all that. I just did not understand that to publish an English edition you would have to self publish. Which makes sense, except that there must not be anyone with enough horse sense to co-publish an English edition. Perhaps after it’s a big hit you can find someone that will co-publish in English. I will buy 10 copies of a English boxed edition, and give them to friends.
Yes, I really do have 10 friends, well, acquaintances. I know that does not matter much, but I hope it all works out for Aow III. Thanks for taking the time to clarify my confusion on this matter.
BBB. Guess we are in the same boat.So there’s no chance of a Collector’s Edition in English?
If not… well I might just buy the German one if it’s still available in early april. At least the digital deluxe edition I already have is in English *rolleyes*
Boxed version in Hungary?
Nice! However, I didn’t expect it, so I already pre-orderd the game on steam ;(Boxed version in Hungary?
Nice! However, I didn’t expect it, so I already pre-orderd the game on steam ;(You can probably cancel it, no?
What is the chance of getting the chance to buy English versions of art books and posters? I love, LOVE art books and would proudly display a aow3 poster in my new office. I’d gladly drop more money for such things. Clothing too, like polos with class symbols or even keychains.
On the french boxed edition it say it include the elven resurgence scenario, and in the deluxe edition on steam there is the dragon’s throne scenario include, are those 2 scenario the same ? And if i buy the german collector edition will i be able to install the game in french by steam ? Please tell me to now if i order it quickly !
What a sad day, when we have to learn that after all these years there will be a new AOW game and a new collectors’s edition in a shiny box which might have joined all my other AOW boxes. I own all AOW titles since the first game in boxed form and also bought them again at gog.com for convenience and to support the genre.
But a boxed version infected with steam? Sorry, that is a NO-GO for me and several of my friends. We gladly would have bought the collector’s edition, no matter how much you would have charged for it. BTW amazon.de still does not include this information (about the game being steam infected and needing internet connection for registration, etc.) in their system requirements – this will (again) lead to a lot of angry customers and boxes being returned to amazon… and endless discussions about DRM and steam in customer reviews…
Why do publishers never learn that there are still a lot of people out there who would pay premium prices for premium games but do not want to be forced to use third party spyware/software like steam? You could just have added a steam key to the retail boxes and made the whole steam thing optional for those who want/need it!
And don’t come up again with the day one patch argument – that is no reason for a game being tied to steam! Even in the good old steam free days lots of other publishers were able to just offer the latest patch on their websites… and since you are offering the game on gog.com too, I hope that you will not treat your customers there with less support i. e. you SHOULD offer them a day one patch at the same time your steam customers will be able to get it!
Well, never mind. Even though I am rather fed up about steam AND about the fact that you also have removed e-mail and lan games (I do hope that these will be included later with a patch or DLC!) I have preordered the deluxe version at gog.com… after very much hesitation and considering if I really should support a company that has taken so many fun options out of the game (LAN games and e-mail games were ESSENTIAL parts of the previous versions! Together with a few friends we still play aow sm in LAN sessions!)…
Ehm … Hey Lenn, Italy is (still) in Europe 😉
PS: no PBE game ?! I’m disappointed 🙁
I’m from Spain, I would like to order the retail box edition, I don’t care if it is regular o deluxe edition, I would prefer if it is deluxe but…, at least should be in english and online playable, someone of the staff could tell me which is the best choice because I’m a little bit confuse, thank you in advance.
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