Quite strange in this day and age for a game to be early, but Stardock have released Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar week early and it is now available for purchase and download from their download site totalgaming.net for $29.95.

Of course this is an expansion pack for last year surprise strategy hit Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords with which Stardock not only endeared themselves to gamers everywhere by not only producing a great game but also not including and obtrusive DRM.