New Hegemony update! As always, our updates are usually safe enough for general consumption, but we like to release them as a beta first just to be safe.

This release fixes a few bugs, and also adds some of the special units in the campaigns to the sandbox, with brand spanking new portraits, like the severe looking chap to the right. These new portraits were created by our new artist, Britt Newstead. She made a post about them over on the Hegemony forums, where you can see all seven. You can also check out her blog, where she posts a lot of her other work. (Occasionally NSFW, depending on your W.)

New to Hegemony Gold? Be sure to check out this thorough review by Malaysian Gamer!

Download the beta here. Keep reading for the change log. Continued →

Alright, there haven't been any problems since we launched the 1.5.1 beta, and it was a pretty small fix, so we've officially released that now. Go ahead and download it now.

In other news, we've given in to peer pressure. No, we didn't take up smoking. It's even worse than that. We've started tweeting. So the next time you find yourself in a position where you suddenly need to know what piece of software is annoying me, or why Rob is throwing things around the office, or which nationality Philippe prefers when it comes to toast†, look no further than our Twitter feed. Oh, and please follow us; there's a long road ahead of us before we can beat Ashton Kutcher!

† French.

A couple Czech users have found a bug in Hegemony Gold related to Unicode filenames, so we've pushed out an update. This update should be pretty safe to use, but we're releasing it as a beta first, just to be safe, so please try version 1.5.1 beta 1 and let us know if you find any bugs.

The wait is over! Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece is now available. Head over to the Hegemony page to buy it now for only $29.99, or only $9.99 if you purchased Hegemony: Philip of Macedon.

For those of you who haven't been following the development of Hegemony Gold, it's an upgraded and expanded version of Hegemony that adds all sorts of goodies, including: Continued →

We've got a couple announcements today. First, we've released an update to Philip of Macedon, which fixes a couple minor bugs. Head over to the Download Centre to download it. More details on the bug fixes after the jump.

We'll also be releasing Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece this Tuesday. If you haven't been following the news, Hegemony Gold is an upgraded and expanded version of Hegemony which adds two new campaigns where you play as Sparta or Athens, a sandbox mode allowing you to play as any faction, a new diplomacy system, new tactical buffs, and lots of tweaks. You'll be able to pick that up for only $29.99, or $9.99 if you've already purchased Philip of Macedon. So check back with us on Tuesday to get your copy! Continued →

We've added a couple new options for buying DX-Ball 2 and Rival Ball/Tournament. Now you can buy them in bundles and save some money! All five DX-Ball 2 board packs are available for $19.99, and all of the board packs for DX-Ball 2, Rival Ball, and Rival Ball Tournament can be purchased for only $29.99. That's like getting three board packs for free!

As of about noon today Steam is running a one day sale on Hegemony for 85% off or about $3 US. The offer is only on for 24 hours so if you've haven't grabbed Hegemony yet you won't find a better deal than this. And in case you're thinking of holding out for Hegemony Gold, the Steam version on sale now will still qualify you for the $10 upgrade to Gold (reg. $29.99) when it launches in the new year.

What's better than a new build of Hegemony? Two new builds of Hegemony! Hegemony: Philip of Macedon 1.1.4 is officially released today, and Hegemony Gold has just reached Beta 13. Download Philip of Macedon here and download Hegemony Gold here.

Hegemony is also on sale on Steam right now, so if you've been leaving your Christmas shopping 'till the last minute, this is an excellent time to give the gift of conquest to that special person on your friends list. It's the gift that keeps on giving!

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Lots of news today!

First, and most importantly, we're ending the offer for a free upgrade to Hegemony Gold this Sunday, so if you've purchased Philip of Macedon and you would like to get in on the beta, you only have a week left to get your free serial code! Get your serial code here! We do plan to offer an upgrade deal when Gold is released, so if you miss this deal it's not the end of the world, but don't say we didn't warn you!

Today we're also launching a new beta of Hegemony Gold (beta 12) and we're testing a bug fix for the original Philip of Macedon (1.1.4 beta 1). Here's the Gold update and here's the Philip of Macedon update. Try them out and let us know if you find any bugs!

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Beta 11 is out now, so download it now!

Just a reminder to those who anybody just joining us: if you've purchased Hegemony: Philip of Macedon you can still get a free serial code for Hegemony Gold here and try out the beta. Your help is appreciated!

Keep reading for this week's changes. Continued →