In October, Dominions 3: The Awakening was released by Shrapnel Games. 
The title was developed by Illwinter Game Design. This turn-based, fantasy strategy game offers multi-player support, over the Internet, for up to 21 players. Gameplay is emphasized over graphics, and the title has won high acclaim from several reviews. Shrapnel support released patch 3.04, on the seventh of this month.
- Dominions 3 includes such features as...
- Turn-based fantasy 4X gaming with up to twenty-one (AI or human) players using simultaneous turns.
- Amazing amount of player choices in one turn: recruit, research, empowerment, forge, rituals, magic battles, search, prayers, blood hunt, luck, assassinations, friendly movement, movement, storm castle, enchantments, magic items, sneak, build, special orders, income, starvation, upkeep, dominion, site effects, heal, mercs, and scouting.
- Three different eras: Early Magical Era, Middle Era, and Late Era. The Early Magical Era boasts many new nations, the Middle Era features most of the nations from Dominions 2, and the Late Era features an emphasis on more conventional warfare and less magic.
- Fifty different playable nations.
Update -- Version 3.17 of Dominions 3: The Awakening was released on May 29th 2008, with new countries and new units.
Update -- Version 3.20 of Dominions 3: Now with support for 64-bit Linux.