Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients news & patch notes

Read up on our plans for Hegemony III in the new year with the first details on our next content expansion: http://steamcommunity.com/app/308173/discussions/2/1617220671496170970/

Read up on our plans for Hegemony III in the new year with the first details on our next content expansion: http://steamcommunity.com/app/308173/discussions/2/1617220671496170970/

Update 3.3.5 is officially here! The update adds some major new modding features like hi-res maps and support for importing units from Hegemony Rome, plus a handful of interface and gameplay adjustments. Click here for all of the changes. And, if you haven't already, check out the Steam workshop to see some of the amazing work the community has been doing, including the latest Classical World mod (CW4) that uses the new Hegemony Rome import feature in 3.3.5 (you'll need to own Hegemony Rome and have it installed for this to work). I've also got to drop a quick plug for our newly announced adventure game Golem! It's quite a departure from Hegemony, but if it goes well it will open up a lot more options for a future Hegemony IV. So if you're up for something different, or know someone else who might be, please pass along the link. And finally, we are also working on the next expansion for Hegemony III - it doesn't have an official release date yet but we're hoping to at least get a few details out in the coming weeks so stay tuned. cheers, The Longbow Team

Update 3.3.5 is officially here! The update adds some major new modding features like hi-res maps and support for importing units from Hegemony Rome, plus a handful of interface and gameplay adjustments. Click here for all of the changes. And, if you haven't already, check out the Steam workshop to see some of the amazing work the community has been doing, including the latest Classical World mod (CW4) that uses the new Hegemony Rome import feature in 3.3.5 (you'll need to own Hegemony Rome and have it installed for this to work). I've also got to drop a quick plug for our newly announced adventure game Golem! It's quite a departure from Hegemony, but if it goes well it will open up a lot more options for a future Hegemony IV. So if you're up for something different, or know someone else who might be, please pass along the link. And finally, we are also working on the next expansion for Hegemony III - it doesn't have an official release date yet but we're hoping to at least get a few details out in the coming weeks so stay tuned. cheers, The Longbow Team

The first major content expansion for Hegemony III is here. The Eagle King goes back to the roots of the series with an all-new historical campaign following the Greek King Pyrrhus of Epirus and his wars against Rome and Carthage. It also includes an expanded map with the island of Sicily, a new invasion sandbox, a dozen new factions, all-new naval units, war elephants, and more. http://store.steampowered.com/app/502010/?snr=1_5_1100__1100 Along with the new DLC, we've also released the third major update for the base game that includes expanded naval combat, new tutorials, and a lengthy list of minor changes that you can read about here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/308173/discussions/2/133257324788111090/

The first major content expansion for Hegemony III is here. The Eagle King goes back to the roots of the series with an all-new historical campaign following the Greek King Pyrrhus of Epirus and his wars against Rome and Carthage. It also includes an expanded map with the island of Sicily, a new invasion sandbox, a dozen new factions, all-new naval units, war elephants, and more. http://store.steampowered.com/app/502010/?snr=1_5_1100__1100 Along with the new DLC, we've also released the third major update for the base game that includes expanded naval combat, new tutorials, and a lengthy list of minor changes that you can read about here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/308173/discussions/2/133257324788111090/

On the eve of the Eagle King's release, we're excited to post the latest gameplay expansion for Hegemony III. The new update is free for all players with or without the DLC and includes new naval mechanics, new tutorials, and probably our longest list of minor improvements yet. Check out the Change Log in the forums for all of the details: http://steamcommunity.com/app/308173/discussions/2/133257324788111090/

On the eve of the Eagle King's release, we're excited to post the latest gameplay expansion for Hegemony III. The new update is free for all players with or without the DLC and includes new naval mechanics, new tutorials, and probably our longest list of minor improvements yet. Check out the Change Log in the forums for all of the details: http://steamcommunity.com/app/308173/discussions/2/133257324788111090/

We're excited to finally announce the details on the new DLC that's coming soon for Hegemony III. "The Eagle King" is based around the Italian campaigns of Pyrrhus of Epirus and his battles against Rome and Carthage. It includes an extensive new historical campaign, a new invasion sandbox, expanded game map, War Elephants, naval expansions and a lot more. Read all the details over on the new Steam page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/502010/

We're excited to finally announce the details on the new DLC that's coming soon for Hegemony III. "The Eagle King" is based around the Italian campaigns of Pyrrhus of Epirus and his battles against Rome and Carthage. It includes an extensive new historical campaign, a new invasion sandbox, expanded game map, War Elephants, naval expansions and a lot more. Read all the details over on the new Steam page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/502010/

The second major gameplay expansion for Hegemony III is available now! Update "3.2 Rebellion" replaces the old raider system with a new rebellion mechanic driven by your cities' morale and new controls for taxes, recruitment and food consumption. 3.2 also adds territories, Companions, liberated slaves, resource transfers, and lots more. For all the details check out the change log in the forums: http://steamcommunity.com/app/308173/discussions/2/353916584666212373/

The second major gameplay expansion for Hegemony III is available now! Update "3.2 Rebellion" replaces the old raider system with a new rebellion mechanic driven by your cities' morale and new controls for taxes, recruitment and food consumption. 3.2 also adds territories, Companions, liberated slaves, resource transfers, and lots more. For all the details check out the change log in the forums: http://steamcommunity.com/app/308173/discussions/2/353916584666212373/

The next major expansion for Hegemony III is almost here and we've got a final preview version available now in the Beta channel. Be one of the first to try out the new rebellion, territory and economic systems and let us know what you think.

The next major expansion for Hegemony III is almost here and we've got a final preview version available now in the Beta channel. Be one of the first to try out the new rebellion, territory and economic systems and let us know what you think.

Tons of thanks to the community for all of the great feedback over the last week. Beta 2 isn't quite ready yet, but we have made available a new "nightly" build so you can see what we're working on! Visit the forums for more details: http://steamcommunity.com/app/308173/discussions/2/351660338716091425/ And for those still thinking about buying the game or who haven't tried out the beta yet, it's not too late to join the discussion and get in on the development.

Tons of thanks to the community for all of the great feedback over the last week. Beta 2 isn't quite ready yet, but we have made available a new "nightly" build so you can see what we're working on! Visit the forums for more details: http://steamcommunity.com/app/308173/discussions/2/351660338716091425/ And for those still thinking about buying the game or who haven't tried out the beta yet, it's not too late to join the discussion and get in on the development.

Join the Hegemony III public beta and get in on the development of the upcoming 3.2 expansion! Check out the forums for more details: http://steamcommunity.com/app/308173/discussions/2/351659808497342585/

Join the Hegemony III public beta and get in on the development of the upcoming 3.2 expansion! Check out the forums for more details: http://steamcommunity.com/app/308173/discussions/2/351659808497342585/

The massive 3.1 update for Hegemony III is now live with dozens of new features including new combat, scouting, colonization, unit re-training, rebellion and diplomacy mechanics plus tons of improvements to the AI, interface, editor and more! For a list of all the changes check out the change log in the forums.

The massive 3.1 update for Hegemony III is now live with dozens of new features including new combat, scouting, colonization, unit re-training, rebellion and diplomacy mechanics plus tons of improvements to the AI, interface, editor and more! For a list of all the changes check out the change log in the forums.

Just a quick note that the new beta for update 3.1 is now available in the beta branch for everyone. 3.1 includes major changes to combat, diplomacy and the objective systems and we'd love to hear what you think over in the forums. And for those looking to re-live a little Hegemony Gold, we've just launched the first entry in a video tutorial series where we'll be re-creating the Kingdom of Macedon sandbox in the Hegemony III editor. When we're done the tutorial series we'll be posting the new map as a free mod for everyone to play. Thanks to everyone who continues to enjoy and support the series and we hope everyone has a great new year!

Just a quick note that the new beta for update 3.1 is now available in the beta branch for everyone. 3.1 includes major changes to combat, diplomacy and the objective systems and we'd love to hear what you think over in the forums. And for those looking to re-live a little Hegemony Gold, we've just launched the first entry in a video tutorial series where we'll be re-creating the Kingdom of Macedon sandbox in the Hegemony III editor. When we're done the tutorial series we'll be posting the new map as a free mod for everyone to play. Thanks to everyone who continues to enjoy and support the series and we hope everyone has a great new year!

The long-awaited 4th update is available now for all players in the beta branch. So big we had to call it 3.1, the new update includes overhauls of the ambush and charging systems, new retraining systems and scout mechanics, a ton of new diplomatic events and objectives, a new assimilation system for colonizing cities, a brand new notifcation system, plus a ton of tweaks to the AI, GUI and more. Read the full release notes here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/308173/discussions/2/487877107139911308/ We're also back this week with another entry in our modding blog. This week Chris demonstrates how to add new events using an example from the Pyrrhic Wars.

The long-awaited 4th update is available now for all players in the beta branch. So big we had to call it 3.1, the new update includes overhauls of the ambush and charging systems, new retraining systems and scout mechanics, a ton of new diplomatic events and objectives, a new assimilation system for colonizing cities, a brand new notifcation system, plus a ton of tweaks to the AI, GUI and more. Read the full release notes here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/308173/discussions/2/487877107139911308/ We're also back this week with another entry in our modding blog. This week Chris demonstrates how to add new events using an example from the Pyrrhic Wars.

Thanks and welcome to all the new players who picked up a copy of Hegemony III during last weekend's big Steam sale. We hope you enjoy the game and if you have any questions, comments or problems we'd love to hear from you over in the community forums. And this goes for new and old players alike: if you enjoy the game please consider leaving a review on the game's store page. It doesn't need to be fancy, but even a basic thumbs up helps us get noticed and helps us continue to support, update and expand the game. It's also thursday, which means we've got a new mod and a new modding blog. This week Chris demonstrates creating a new brigade by adding a light cavalry unit for the Illyric factions. We know a lot of people have been asking about tutorials and blogs for the map editor and we will be getting to those really soon, but for now we're holding off until update 4 is ready because it includes some significant editor improvements that we want to be able to demonstrate. Which segues nicely into a brief progress report on update 4: we're really close, but it's not quite ready yet. As always, we've got a ton of ideas for the game and we're trying to squeeze in as many of those into this update as possible. Right now we're working on a major overhaul of how the AIs fight each other in order to support more custom faction strategies, more diplomacy events, new ways for players to influence AI vs AI events, and more. We'll try to get more details out as soon as possible, but in the meantime feel free to post questions to the forums. cheers and thanks, The Longbow Team

Thanks and welcome to all the new players who picked up a copy of Hegemony III during last weekend's big Steam sale. We hope you enjoy the game and if you have any questions, comments or problems we'd love to hear from you over in the community forums. And this goes for new and old players alike: if you enjoy the game please consider leaving a review on the game's store page. It doesn't need to be fancy, but even a basic thumbs up helps us get noticed and helps us continue to support, update and expand the game. It's also thursday, which means we've got a new mod and a new modding blog. This week Chris demonstrates creating a new brigade by adding a light cavalry unit for the Illyric factions. We know a lot of people have been asking about tutorials and blogs for the map editor and we will be getting to those really soon, but for now we're holding off until update 4 is ready because it includes some significant editor improvements that we want to be able to demonstrate. Which segues nicely into a brief progress report on update 4: we're really close, but it's not quite ready yet. As always, we've got a ton of ideas for the game and we're trying to squeeze in as many of those into this update as possible. Right now we're working on a major overhaul of how the AIs fight each other in order to support more custom faction strategies, more diplomacy events, new ways for players to influence AI vs AI events, and more. We'll try to get more details out as soon as possible, but in the meantime feel free to post questions to the forums. cheers and thanks, The Longbow Team

Even though there's a lot going on with holidays and sales, it's still thursday and that means we've got a new modding blog and a new mod for you guys to try. In this week's post Chris shows how to create a new faction skill that allows you to construct ships in every coastal city without needing to build shipyards first. And if you haven't been following our modding blog, be sure to check out the previous posts and mods including the 'Famous Officer' mod that increases brigade size and the 'Resource Wintering' upgrade that boosts winter food production. As most of you know, we're also busy preparing the update 4 beta which includes an overhaul of the charging and ambush mechanics, new scout units, more diplomatic events, improved resource movement, and a lot more. For a small preview, check out our ambush demo over on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJgcxkb13ow And finally, Hegemony III is just $20 this weekend so there's never been a better time to pick it up for yourself or a friend!

Even though there's a lot going on with holidays and sales, it's still thursday and that means we've got a new modding blog and a new mod for you guys to try. In this week's post Chris shows how to create a new faction skill that allows you to construct ships in every coastal city without needing to build shipyards first. And if you haven't been following our modding blog, be sure to check out the previous posts and mods including the 'Famous Officer' mod that increases brigade size and the 'Resource Wintering' upgrade that boosts winter food production. As most of you know, we're also busy preparing the update 4 beta which includes an overhaul of the charging and ambush mechanics, new scout units, more diplomatic events, improved resource movement, and a lot more. For a small preview, check out our ambush demo over on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJgcxkb13ow And finally, Hegemony III is just $20 this weekend so there's never been a better time to pick it up for yourself or a friend!