Most of the races which allied against the Dread Lords have been exterminated or subjugated. Ten years after the war against the Dread Lords, the Drengin Empire and their Yor allies reign supreme. The game's first expansion, titled Mercenaries, was released in February 2016. The full version of the game was released in May 2015. It was the first game in the series to feature multiplayer and hex-based game tiles. A pre-release version was made available through Steam in March 2014, which allowed customers to play the game while it is still in development. In October 2013, Stardock announced that the third installment in the Galactic Civilizations series was in production. It is the sequel to 2006's Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords. Game Review Galactic Civilizations III is a 4X turn-based strategy video game developed by Stardock for Microsoft Windows.
