Dominions II: The Ascension Wars patched
by VGLN Staff

Wednesday, January 14, 2004

Upgrades include mod abilities, and new gods.

Shrapnel Games would like to announce that there is now a patch available for Illwinter Game Design's award-winning turn based fantasy strategy game, Dominions II: The Ascension Wars. Bringing Dominions II up to version 2.06 from the retail release of version 2.02, the patch corrects bugs, adds new features, and additionally tweaks certain gameplay elements for better balance.

Highlights of the patch includes:

* The ability to mod monsters, nations, and scale, for an endless number of variant
games.

* New magic sites.

* Two brand new gods: Divine Glyph and Carrion Dragon.

* Improved cheat detection for multiplayer games.

* Various bug fixes, such as the elimination of random hill forts appearing in the sea, or
bidding a negative amount on mercenaries, among other things.

* Many more additions, tweaks, and general bug squashing!

Dominions II: The Ascension Wars is available for all major operating systems, including Windows, Mac, Linux, and Solaris. A turn based high fantasy title, players assume the role of gods attempting to ascend to the throne of the One True God, by spreading their dominions across the lands and seas. Using everything from force of arms to the black arts, Dominions II combines the best of wargaming and fantasy gaming into one compelling experience that is taking the world by storm. Already Dominions II has won
editor's choice awards from both Computer Gaming World and Computer Games Magazine, two of the media's leading computer entertainment publications, and has received much praise from online sites around the globe.

To download the patch please visit http://www.shrapnelgames.com/Illwinter/d2/6.htm and choose your correct operating system. And for more information on the game itself, please go to http://www.shrapnelgames.com/Illwinter/d2/1.htm

--- Kit