Stardock has announced Galactic Civilizations, a turn-based strategy game set in the 22nd century. The player must take command of the human civilization and guide its expansion into the galaxy. The galaxy, configurable to be tiny or gigantic, has several alien races with their own objectives in the galaxy. Through researching new technology, military expansion, diplomacy, and economic prowess, humanity will fight wars, create trade treaties, face ethnical dilemmas, and try to unite, conquer, or destroy the galaxy. What sets Galactic Civilizations apart from other games is its in-depth focus on politics, diplomacy and trade as well as its emphasis on large scale military tactics. While warfare is similar to other strategy games, the underlying economics and politics of Galactic Civilizations allows for players to win through many different paths.

Galactic Civilizations was originally created in 1994 for IBM’s OS/2. It took advantage of many cutting edge features in OS that are today available in Windows (allowing the complex economic and artificial intelligence engine to be implemented on Windows 98/ME/2000). The game attracted a large cult following due to its immense replayability. To this day it is still the most popular OS/2 game of all time. Stardock has reunited the original team that developed the OS/2 version. That team hopes to take strategy games to a new level of depth. Galactic Civilizations will debut in beta on Stardock’s new Drengin Network, an on-line gaming network currently in beta that gamers subscribe to it to receive all of Stardock’s games as they are developed. Stardock hopes to have the stand-alone retail version of Galactic Civilizations ready by Christmas but expects it may slip into 1Q2002.
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Stratics has announced the opening of WWII Online Stratics. Developed by Cornered Rat Software, WWII Online allows you to, along with thousands of other players, refight World War II. Join different countries as you control Naval, Air, Infantry, and Tanks and attempt to secure victory. Players can join "the war" at any time, since whenever one side is victorious, the war resets and begins anew. The outcome of each fight is determined by the skill, and teamwork, of the players.

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Netamin Communication Corporation has finalized an agreement with Gameworks Korea, Co., Ltd. a Korean game developer. As a result of the deal, Netamin will own 20% of Gameworks Korea. Gameworks is already partnering with Netamin to produce the company's first Online Sports Season game -Ultimate Baseball Online (UBOnline). UBOnline will be the first of its kind massive multiplayer online sports game with second generation 3D graphics.
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The Ducati World Racing Challenge demo Features the entire range of Ducati bikes, Ducati Racing includes arcade yet realistic physics, and the utmost attention to the rich Ducati lifestyle. Race over 40 Ducati bikes - present and past, including Authentic Classic Ducatis. [Download: DemoNews]
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Kingdom II: Shadoan is the latest DVD-Video game release from Digital Leisure and it's ready for you to take home to your PS2. Lead Lathan Kandor through over 250 locations in search of the five missing pieces of the magic amulet. With your newly discovered power, you undertake the task of destroying the evil Wizard Torlock and reunited with your long lost love, Princess Grace Delight.

Shadoan, the award winning game created by legendary gaming guru Rick Dyer, dynamically unites interactive multimedia with Hollywood. Not only will you bring home the game to have won the Parent's Choice Approval Award and the Compact Disc Interactive Association award for "Best Children's Title", but you will also treasure "The Ballad of Shadoan" sung by Julie Eisenhower, which reached into the top 30 of Adult Contemporary charts. With such intense music and sound, along with classic gaming play its no wonder Shadoan has achieved many DVD firsts including offering Closed Captioning for the Hearing-Impaired.
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