Milestone
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Date
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Details
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Initial Early Access
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April 2023
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Early access release of Beta version of GalCiv IV: Supernova
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Civ Unlock 1
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May 2023
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Major classic civs unlocked
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German Language Beta
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May 2023
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“Ich German sprecher bin am.”
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Civ Unlock 2
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May 2023
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More aliens unlocked
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Big Balance update
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May 2023
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First big feedback integration on Gameplay feedback
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AI generated quests
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May 2023
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This is where the AI will converse with you to ask for specific things using generative AI.
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Core Engine Update
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June 2023
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Visual improvements, UI improvements, etc. This will be also part of an update to GC4: Epic
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Battle System Upgrade
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June 2023
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Lots of updates concerning the way battles to address player feedback we’ve gotten to that point on making combat more interesting.
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Invasion System Update
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June 2023
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The new conquest system should be “finished” at this point. This will also be part of an update to GC4: Epic
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Civ Unlock 3
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June 2023
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Additional aliens added
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Strategic AI Update
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July 2023
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AI redesigned for better strategic war fighting
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Battle Viewer Update
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July 2023
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Battle viewer has a lot more details, information
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Big Balance Update II
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July 2023
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Feedback from players gets put into this update.
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The big AI update
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July 2023
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All the evil players and their evil strategies will get put into the AI. This will also be brought back to GC4: Epic.
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The big pacing update
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August 2023
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This will be where we bring it all together to see how everything together.
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Ship Designer Update
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August 2023
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Brand new ship designer screen and corresponding system
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Cultural Progression
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August 2023
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Major overhaul to Cultural Progression
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New Planet Economy
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August 2023
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Planet screen updated with new citizen system
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Story-Driven Events
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August 2023
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Lots of new events added to the game
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Civ Unlock 4
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August 2023
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Phalenoids, Luxar added
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New Diplomacy Screen
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August 2023
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Re-designed Diplomacy Screen to provide a lot more information to players
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Big Graphics Update
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August 2023
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Top to bottom graphical asset update
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AlienGPT Update
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September 2023
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AI a lot smarter but also a lot more player control over what images are picked
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Big Language Update
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September 2023
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French, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Italian, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese
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Multiplayer Update
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September 2023
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New Multiplayer system for competitive and cooperative play
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New Planet AI
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September 2023
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AI much better at managing planets
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GalCiv Workshop
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September 2023
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Players can share their ship designs with each other
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Civ Unlock 5
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September 2023
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Cosmic Contaminate, and other civs added
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Consequence Events
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September 2023
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Do you remember those early event choices you made? GalCiv remembers..
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Performance Optimization
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September 2023
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Make the things faster
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Tech Update
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September 2023
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New ship components, tech tree cleanup
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Tutorial
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September 2023
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Interactive but entertaining tutorial
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Campaign: Supernova
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September 2023
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Included campaign to give users an opportunity to play some interesting scenarios
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Polish
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September 2023
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Lots of UI polishing
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Release
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October 2023
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Stardock turns 30 years old!
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