Oceania Arises in Dominions II: The Ascension Wars!

New Mod Along With A New Patch Now Ready!

Cary, NC, 16 December 2004

Who says that you have to wait until December 25th for your gifts?  Christmas comes early for Dominions II players around the world as Illwinter Game Design and Shrapnel Games unveil two new upgrades for the acclaimed fantasy title!

First, deck the halls and smite your enemies with the new official Oceania mod.  Oceania is a savage nation beneath the waves consisting of mermen, tritons, and halfmen out to do what all nations want to do in Dominions II, make their god numero uno.  The mod replaces the standard Atlantis realm with Oceania.  While a fully playable nation the Oceania mod is also actually a "preview", as it will appear additionally in the upcoming Dominions III as one of the new nations.  The Dominions III version will have even more

units, more spells, and well, more of everything.  Consider the Dom III version to be the super-sized version of the Dom II official mod.

Next, ring in the yule and put up your Festivus pole with the Dominions II version 2.15 patch.  Necessary for use with the Oceania mod mentioned above, the patch also tweaks some gameplay features and takes care of a few pesky bugs.  The tweaks include a couple of new mod commands, some spell modifications, and more.  Bugs smashed include network issues, the end of underwater wolves (hoooowwwlllll…glub glub glub), a crash involving multiple games receiving the same temp directory, and a few other fixes. 

As in recent patches saved game files from previous versions are fully compatible with the new patch, so there is no need to worry about invalidating older saved games.  Everyone in a multiplayer game should be running the same version, otherwise battle results can get loopy.  Additionally, if the Oceania mod is enabled by a player in a multiplayer game then all players must have it enabled. 

And where might you claim these gifts that will keep on giving?  You can download the Oceania mod and version 2.15 patch at

http://downloads.gamezone.com/demos/d12013.htm

Dominions II: The Ascension Wars is the multi-system fantasy strategy title that for many critics and fans has become an addiction of "one more turn" gaming.  Released to much praise in 2003 Dominions II has been a perpetual best selling title and has developed a loyal following of worldwide gamers.  Illwinter Game Design is currently hard at work developing the next in line, Dominions III. 

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