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Stargate: Empire at War- Beta 3

Lord Of Gifts — February 25, 2007

The Stargate Empire at War mod has just released a third beta version of the mod for Forces of Corruption. Included in this release are a bug fixes, new units, buildings, sounds, maps, and more!

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New in Beta3 for FoC

-better graphics
-adjustment of the ship sizes
-new maps
-Colonel Pendergast with the Prometheus
-Selmak of the Tokra with captured Alkesh
-Baal with Anubisglider
-first-class supergate
-almost all ground units and buildings for the Ta'uri

As always, you can download the installer from our downloads section.

Final Front Update

Lord Of Gifts — February 14, 2007

The folks over at the Final Front: Iris Offensive mod have released two more images for us to drool over. The first image is an ingame screenshot of an F-302 squadron. The image on the right is a render of the Anubis Mothership. For more images, check out the gallery at their website.

Also, I've added the second community map pack, released on Feb. 9, to the downloads section. This pack is for the original Empire at War and contains four space maps and one ground map.

Phoenix Rising: Two New Units

Lord Of Gifts — February 10, 2007

Phoenix Rising, leader of the Phoenix Rising mod for Empire at War: Forces of Corruption, has added two more units to the Imperial side.

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Now under your tactical command, these craft are capable of inflicting massive damage to the enemy, with the Nova Wing featuring the highest warhead count per keel-meter of any production vessel ever commissioned.

Pictured here are the Alpha-class Xg Star Wing and XM Nova Wing, respectivly. Click on the images to view the statistics for these units.

Forces of Corruption Map Pack #2

Lord Of Gifts — February 8, 2007

Yesterday, Petroglyph released the second map pack for Empire at War: Forces of Corruption. This map pack includes five awesome maps created by the EaW mapping community.

The maps included in this package are:

Asteroids! by Marek
More Asteroids! by Marek
The Battle by Marek
The First Conflict by Marek
The Final Battle by Marek

Download this map pack, and the previously released packs, from our downloads section now!

ModDB Mod of the Year Awards- Top 100

Lord Of Gifts — December 15, 2006

Voting for phase two of the 2006 Mod of the Year Awards has begun, and two Empire at War mods have made it into the Top 100, a monumental achievment for any mod.
The mods that made it are Star Wars: Legacy of War, and Steiner Advance Unit Mod Reloaded. So show your support for these two mods by voting to get them into the top 3!

Forces of Corruption- Patch 1.01

Lord Of Gifts — December 15, 2006

The first patch for the expansion to Empire at War, Forces of Corruption, has just been released. Some of the changes made in the patch include:

Fixed an intermittent crash when trying to neutralize ship-only or vehicle-only heroes using the Neutralize Hero ability.
The Repulsorlift Jammer no longer affects allies.
IG-88's Hack Death Star ability cost increased from 38000 to 50000.
Cost to assassinate Darth Vader changed to 15000 credits.
A-wing Lure Ability now affects StarVipers and Skiprays.

View a full change log, and download it from the LucasArts Support Site.

ModDB Mod of the Year

Lord Of Gifts — November 16, 2006

Voting for the 2006 Mod of the Year award has started today. Don't forget to vote for your favorite Empire at War mod and show your support before time runs out!

Forces of Corruption Reviews

Lord Of Gifts — October 25, 2006

Reviews for Forces of Corruption have been flooding in over the past day, and have so far been fantastic.

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Forces of Corruption is Empire at War's first expansion, and quite simply it's a corker. But what it does best isn't the way it adds a creative, original third side to the classic two, nor the decent added campaign or the extra units all round. No, Forces of Corruption's best feature is exploding Ewoks.

Read the entire review here.

Quote(GameDaily- 4/5):

This expansion remakes Empire at War, which was already a fantastic strategy game, and gives it even more to stand on as one of the greatest sci-fi strategy games since StarCraft. The new faction adds a great new way to play, and every mode of gameplay, including multiplayer, has been reborn with nearly everything a gamer could ask for.

Read the entire review here.

Quote(IGN- 8.5/10):

While there was a lot to love about the original Empire at War, there were some design decisions that left many gamers, including us, feeling a little dissatisfied. Petroglyph seems to have taken all of those criticisms to heart and improved on nearly every single aspect of the game.

Read the entire review here.

Quote(GameSpot- 8.1/10):

Empire at War is one of the best strategy games of this year. So it was perhaps inevitable that we come to Forces of Corruption, an expansion pack that plunges you deeper into that galaxy far, far away with a distinct new faction and new content that allow for whole new strategies.

Read the entire review here.

If you have your own review of the game, feel free to post it in the forums!

Forces of Corruption Dev Wrap-Up

Lord Of Gifts — October 24, 2006

With Forces of Corruption shipped, the folks over a Petroglyph have released a video interview with the Producer and Lead Designer, talking about how the project process has been and all the many features you should be excited about in this epic expansion. Download the video at the Official Petroglyph forums. Also, if you comment in the thread, you will be entered into a raffle for a signed Forces of Corruption poster!

Forces of Corruption Shipped!

Lord Of Gifts — October 24, 2006

Today, the highly anticipated expansion to Star Wars: Empire at War, Forces of Corruption, has shipped to retail stores.

In the expansion, players now have a whole new way to take over the galaxy- corrupt it. Playing as a whole new faction, the Zann Consortium, players are given the ability to pirate, kidnap, and bribe their way to the top of the galaxy.