Stardock Announces Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor

Stardock proudly announces Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor the second expansion to its award winning turn-based strategy game. Twilight of the Arnor completes the GC2: Dread Lords saga, building on the success of GC2: Dark Avatar.

Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor includes a massive payload of new content and features requested by the series’ devout fanbase. In addition to a new campaign that ties up the Dread Lords saga, Twilight of the Arnor adds civilization-specific technology trees and planetary improvements that add even more flavor to each alien race, while greatly expanding the strategic depth of the game. A vast array of new ships, weapons, starbases and ship components will be available to players, including the devastating Terror Star, which can annihilate entire star systems.

GC2: Twilight of the Arnor isn’t a stand alone game and requires GC2: Gold Edition or GC2: Dark Avatar. Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor is scheduled for release in November 2007. Retailers will be carrying it for $29.95, but fans of the series can pre-order the expansion at TotalGaming.net now for just $24.95.

A brief list of features follows; more details will become available closer to the game’s November release.

• New campaign detailing the final chapter in the Dread Lord wars
• The star destroying new unit, the Terror Star, arrives
• Unique technology trees for all 12 civilizations
• Unique planetary improvements for each civilization
• New 3D-engine-powered map editor
• New Scenario Editor for creating highly detailed custom games
• New Campaign Editor for players who want to create their own custom epic campaigns for themselves or to share with others
• New Metaverse Tournaments: specific maps & scenarios recorded to the Metaverse with prizes for top players
• New Ship: Atlas. Makes ships in a fleet more lethal
• New Ship: Fortitude. Gives ships in a fleet more hit points
• New Ship: Driver. Makes ships in a fleet move faster
• Unique weapons per civilization
• Updated Planetary Invasions
• New enhanced textures and graphics for planets and ships
• New Galaxy Size: Immense (vastly bigger than current galaxy sizes)
• Extra alien portraits and logos
• Legacy of the Telenanth: Detailed back story of Galactic Civilizations
• And more!

Check out all the screens released with this announcement here.

via Press Release