Galactic Civ update now available

Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, the well-received PC turn-based strategy from Stardock, has a new patch available. The large update, now ready for download from GameSpot, adds several features to the game, the biggest being a new combat system for both one-on-one ship battles and fleet battles. Among the more than 400 changes are tweaks to the user interface, a smarter artificial intelligence, and modding support for amateur game developers. Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords was released in late February, is rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older, and retails for $39.99.