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The Drath are an ancient species in the Galactic Civilizations universe, and alongside the Altarians, a long hated rival, they evolved on the planet of Altaria a long, long time ago. Strange rumours and whispered legends amongst both the Altarians and the Drath hint that Altaria may have once been known by another name, but if the lore-masters of each race know more, they’re not letting on. Unceremoniously exiled from their homeworld in millennia past by a strength far beyond theirs, the ...
[read more]: GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #48 - Survivors of Elemental
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The history of the Galactic Civilizations universe is replete with tragedy, and the desperate Iconians are no exception. After spending their lives in service to a Precursor race known as the Arnor and creating themselves synthetic servants called the Yor to further their aims, an Arnor splinter faction called the Dread Lords gave the Yor sentience and set them on the Iconians in an epic act of spite, driving them off their beautiful homeworld of Iconia. As the events of Galactic Civil...
[read more]: GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #47 - The Exiles of Iconia
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Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova v2.31 The Stability and Enhancement Update Full Changelog | Get GalCiv IV: Supernova We're excited to share with you the details of our latest update, v2.31. While this update doesn't introduce new features, it focuses on enhancing your gameplay experience through a series of important bug fixes, stability improvements, and performance tweaks. Core Improvements: Ship movement in battles has ...
[read more]: Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova - v2.31 Stability and Enhancement Update
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In the previous episode of this short series covering the races of the Centauron sector, we covered the cautious and wary Torians, an unfortunate aquatic race that were once enslaved and turned into a tasty food source by today’s featured Galactic Civilization, the oppressive and malevolent Drengin Empire! Today, we’re going to take a look at some of the unique tools that the Drengin bring to bear in their attempts to subjugate those around them! As one of the oldest Civilizations in the gal...
[read more]: GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #46 - Expanding the Drengin Empire
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The Shrimp Syndicate: Masters of Eco-Economics in a Hostile Galaxy In the vast expanse of the cosmos, the survival of a civilization hinges on its economic prowess and industrial strength. Today, we delve into the remarkable journey of the Shrimp Syndicate, a faction that has risen from the ashes of ecological disaster to become a beacon of economic success in the galaxy. I've had the unique opportunity to witness their story unfold, and I'm here to share with you how this civi...
[read more]: GalCiv IV: Video Dev Blog #12 - Shrimp Syndicate's Economic Banzai!
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In recent developer journals, we’ve examined some of the new Improvements and homeworld Events added to the original Centauron sector races introduced in the first Galactic Civilization’s games way back in the mid 1990s. This week, we’ll ask the Torian Regime to step forwards into the spotlight and take a bow, as we examine some of the new tools and toys they get to use in their own efforts towards becoming the greatest galactic civilization! The Torians were a peaceful Aquatic species t...
[read more]: GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #45 - The Torians' New Toys
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A couple of weeks ago we took a look at the synthetic Yor Singularity, a civilization of organic-life hating robots with an axe to grind against… well, basically everybody else other than themselves. Playing the bad guy can be fun, but sometimes a civilization can be dangerous without necessarily being so fundamentally malevolent. This time around we’re going to look at another of the original Civilizations from the Galactic Civilizations series: the Arcean Republic, a carbon-based speci...
[read more]: GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #44 - New Improvements for the Arcean Republic
