Here we are again, on these lands. The cannons are loaded, the sabers are waiting for their time…. Boots and guns are polished to a shine. We know what's coming. I can feel this smell in the air. It is a mixture of sweat, terror, gunpowder, and bread. Who are we without bread? I definitely remember that it was warmer last time. It wasn't snowing, the meadows were just beginning to bloom, but our boots mercilessly chewed the green sprouts under them. Damned be that war, it's true.

What awaits us? Another fight? Yes, undoubtedly. It will be a good battle – we have been waiting for it. My good saber is ready for all the obstacles. Whether it's a rapier, a halberd or a mace! I will meet them all with peace on my face. Because I know what I'm fighting for. And I know that this fight will not be the last.

Starting from December 5, until December 12, during the GSC Game World birthday sale, you will have the opportunity to join the fight in «Cossacks» or somewhere else in another game of ours. And as long as your hand can select units on the battlefield, the «Cossack» series will always welcome new reinforcements.

Have a successful winter offensive, Cossacks.

For all the cossacks eager to feel themselves on Steam just like at Sich!

Diving into strategic conquest and group with buddies at epic battles of Cossacks 3 is what can help you to relieve at these rough times. And there are some additional bonuses available at Cossacks 3 Points Shop: Animated Profile Background, Profile Avatar, Avatar Frame, and Mini Profile that will highlight your freedom-loving spirit.

The sale of our studio’s games will go on up to the 6th of June. Great gratitude to the people who help GSC Game World at these times: by purchasing our games, you are supporting S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl development.

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For five years, there has been unquenchable warfare at the virtual battlefields of «Cossacks 3», where generals from all over the world are fighting for the Greatest General title. This game has become our genuine Labor Of Love: the history of GSC Game World is inextricably linked with the RTS genre, and during the «Cossacks 3» development we were revived. There is always a special room in our hearts for strategies, and always will be!

Let's relive the ventures on the «Cossacks 3» battlefields, and will help it in voting for a place in the Steam Labor Of Love nomination.

Dear friends, we've got three great news for you!

1. Sale has come!
Cossacks 3 is taking part in Steam Summer Sale, with oustanding -60% discounts for both base game and all the DLCs.
Don't miss your chance to indulge yourself and your family

2. Patch is out! The one with tons of updates and fixes we've been telling you in earlier news.
Many new features were added in this patch, along with improvements for existing ones and huge amount of fixes in all the game's aspects.
You may find a detailed patch notes below.

3. This is not the end, there'd be many more new features and updates. Stay tuned to our news!

By the way, micro-news, for those who missed it:
A.N.N.O.U.N.C.E.D 2: stalker2.com

Patch Notes 21.06.18 (2.1.5.91.5955)
New features:
1. It's possible to trade resources between players from same team and players without team. Button is active in multiplayer and random map modes after 15 minutes of game time has passed.
2. Hotkeys may be remapped in settings.
3. New starting options:
- Village. Allows starting the game with Town center, two houses, blacksmith, stables, XVII century barracks.
- XVII century barracks. Allows starting the game with blacksmith, two XVII century barracks and two log cabins.
- Log cabins. Allows starting the game with four log cabins.
- Union. Allows starting the game with allied nation's peasants. (8 selected nation's peasants and 8 allied nation's peasants)
- Expensive mercenaries. (mercenaries prices are tripled)
4. New random map types: Coastal, Lakes, Rivers.
5. New panel in internet shell, showing top clans and players on server. Clan's best five players among top-100 are used to determine the top clans.
6. New 'Train woodworkers' upgrade in port, allowing to repair all the ships.
7. 'Profile' button has been moved to 'Settings'
8. New 'Encyclopedia' button in main menu. You may check all nations and units basic, fully upgraded and additional (detailed info on upgrades) data.
9. You may find fixed (non-customizable) hotkeys descriptions in 'Settings' now.
10. Towers shooting from behind the walls aren't hitting their owner's walls. You may efficiently build towers behind the walls now
11. Total amount of spectators has been increased.

Balance:
1. Port's hp decreased from 65000 to 50000.
2. 'Use new construction materials' upgrade will not affect port's protection no more.
3. Galley's hp decreased from 50000 to 35000.
4. Ship of the Line's hp increased from 65500 to 95000.
5. Galley's gold consumption increased by 33%.

Fixes:
1. Improved stability of multiplayer games.
2. Fixed an error, causing frequent disconnects at 23:59:59.
3. Improved support of various old savegames.
4. Fixed 1 frame delay during units' selection using selection marquee or hotkeys. It was detectable on low fps
5. Fixed an error, causing incorrect work of 'Design new rigging types' upgrade.
6. Fixed an error, causing an inability to order group of peasants to move inside of several available mines in multiplayer.
7. Fixed an error, causing inaccurate prices of boats in multiplayer.
8. Fixed an error, causing inaccurate workers and idle peasants counter display in multiplayer along with their distribution among various resources.
9. Fixed an error, causing desynchronization of 'Stand ground' state in multiplayer. Clients have correct visual display of this state now.
10. Fixed an error, causing improper processing of 'Show collisions' hotkey.
11. Fixed an error, causing incorrect random map game's launch after playing a multiplayer game.
12. Fixed one of the errors, causing crashes in long games. Replay recording would be stopped, in case there isn't enough free RAM.
13. Mines generation process in 2x2 games on small maps has been changed. Mines are generated closer to player's spawn point and aren't generated on enemies territory no more.
14. Fixed an error, causing last player of brown color to have no famine and gain control over rebelling mercenaries, while disabling capturing the buildings.
15. Fixed an error, causing to show an empty room, while joining the room.
16. Fixed an error, causing incorrect mission list display after quitting to main menu from mission.
17.Added three spectator slots, which are closed by default.
18. Many small bugs and errors were fixed.

We're deeply grateful to Ebel for her ideas and their realizations in her mods, which have inspired us to include several changes in this patch.

Have a nice day!

Dear friends, this long-expected day has come!

Fifth rating season starts today!

New season holds many interesting updates:
1. Top 100 ladder players, along with winners of the tournament would receive special badges in internet shell, which would remain for the next seasons. In case player was in top 100 during different ladder seasons, only the best results badge would be displayed.
2. The rating system would be ELO. The game options are 5000 with 15 pt 2x2. Previous ladder would be reset.

Starting of the new season, would mean that last one would have a glorious ending!
We congratulate top100 players, who've got unfading glory and respect in our community.
We'd wish to highlight the three ladder leaders, since achieving a victory on such a long distance is an admirable feat:
1 place - [KR.S]fair_snow
2 place - [GFF]Rifman
3 place - [GFF]Petru_BwM

The winners of the first official team-based tournament "Season Clash 4" would also receive special badges:
1 place - 10fps ([-RA-]SAnek_PCT и Oldman)
2 place - Golden Guys ([GFF]Petru_BwM и GoldenBoy)
3 place - Воины кебаба ([-UNION-]testopal и [KR.S]Dandy)

Good luck in a new season and may the strongest win!

We wish us all a good day!

Hooray friends!

Incredibly entertaining, unpredictable and highly emotional, fourth official tournament "Season Clash 4" has come to its end!

Here are the names of our champions:
10fps ([-RA-]SAnek_PCT and Oldman) has taken the 1 place and get 300$ and GSC Anthology key each;
Golden Guys ([GFF]Petru_BwM and GoldenBoy) has taken the 2 place and get 150$ and GSC Anthology key each;
Воины кебаба ([-UNION-]testopal ang [KR.S]Dandy) has taken the 3 place and get 50$ and GSC Anthology key each.

We sincerely congratulate you, the games were amazing!

We are grateful to all our players, which made this tournament so exciting:
Rampage - funny_ru and [IGO]+4K+yma
Risky Brothers - [R]Hruska and [BiA]Nelj
Golden Guys - [GFF]Petru_BwM and GoldenBoy
Импровизация - [-UNION-]ArtemPro and Kupnu4
Inglorious Basterds - [GT]Colourfit and [-OG-]SirBillo
10fps - [-RA-]Sanek_PCT and Oldman
Золоті шаблі - [GFF]Airon and [-NF-]Detrom
Inglorious inquisition - [GFF]Vahagn and [-NF-]Fulcrum
RAMPAGE - [KR.S]Atom and [-RA-]Frag
OVERRATED Team - [GP]Sir_Artius and [GP]Fenek
Crips - [-UNION-]Fenrir and [-NF-]Doctor_K.
Воины Кебаба - [-UNION-]testopal and [KR.S]Dandy
Креативные кругляшки - [KR.S]Antoxa and [GFF]Apelsin
IronBat - [-NF-]Baton and [KR.S]Iron_Hvan
2R - [BiA]-Roma23 and [GFF]Rifman
asap pls dont smoke - asap and [GP]Demon

We'd like to thank our dedicated helpers team: [-WN-]Stalman, [KR.S]Maktobar, [BiA]-Sokullu

Most of all, we are grateful to our unique streamers! These people have made the translations so interesting. Thousands of players across the world were watching them! Our honorable, incredible, charismatic streamers and commenters [GT]Colourfit, [GT]Thorgal, [PKS]konda, [GP]Fenek, [KR.S]Atom, ImperatorRicardo, AHATOJIb, LordEagle, BrokenGameStudio thank you very much. Don't forget to subscribe to their channels:
[GT]Colourfit: www.youtube.com/channel/UCAj-ms1m9yuuozkPCGBx0zQ
[PKS]Konda: www.youtube.com/channel/UCwvh50QoCH_n28WKfnamLfA
Lord Eagle: www.youtube.com/channel/UChBHi8da7YIWaLKzroxUlrw
AHATOJIb: www.youtube.com/channel/UCRZ_J1MySeat5GDOWleTdVQ
[KR.S]Atom: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUnFnbIt2E3XsbjaSbhb2AQ
Broken Game Studio: www.youtube.com/channel/UCpt1ie1ZnIyGDsRqdO-SEBA

You may watch the all the games of this tournament on our YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/cossacks3

Congratulations to all participants of this particular event!

Don't miss your chance! Only today! The final day of "SLASH THE PRICES".

Visit our official cossacks3.com website, where you can purchase a game with huge discount. You may get the base game with -50% discount, or complete "Cossacks 3 Experience" bundle with -65% discount.
Take haste, as we can't hold them much longer. "Slash the prices" would last until the Season Clash 4 is over - starting from 14-th of May until 20-th of May.

Hurry up, that is great opportunity for you to start your Cossacker life or to make an unforgettable present for your friend!

Thank you everyone and have a nice day!

Dear friends!

The Season Clash 4 hottest battles are coming, meet the final day!

You may find the schedule and more detailed information about Season Clash 4 by following this link:
goo.gl/65KsVD

You may find the updated grid via following the link:
www.cossacks3.com/tournament/grid_season_clash.jpg

Don't miss your chance! In order to commemorate first team-based Season Clash 4 tournament we've made a sale on our official website cossacks3.com with meaningful name "Slash the prices!". Hooray!

Visit our official cossacks3.com website, where you can purchase a game with huge discount. You may get the base game with -50% discount, or complete "Cossacks 3 Experience" bundle with -65% discount
Take haste, as we can't hold them much longer. "Slash the prices" would last until the Season Clash 4 is over - starting from 14-th of May until 20-th of May.

Hurry up, that is great opportunity for you to start your Cossacker life or to make an unforgettable present for your friend!

You may watch the games live on our channels:
www.youtube.com/user/cossacks3game
facebook.com/cossacks3
twitch.tv/cossacks_3

Have a good day!

Dear friends!

The second day of Season Clash 4 is over, but we're still overtaken by emotions from the games!

We congratulate "Воины кебаба", as they've achieved victories and would fight for Grand Finale slot tomorrow.

Tomorrow, starting from 10:30 by CET time Креативные кругляшки,10fps, Risky Brothers, OVERRATED Team, Golden Guys would continue to fight for glory.

Sadly, Импровизация, Золоті шаблі, 2R, Crips, Inglorious Basterds, RAMPAGE, IronBat, asap pls dont smoke and Prost0Team, have already left the Season Clash 4.

Don't miss your chance! In order to commemorate first team-based Season Clash 4 tournament we've made a sale on our official website cossacks3.com with meaningful name "Slash the prices!". Hooray!

Visit our official cossacks3.com website, where you can purchase a game with huge discount. You may get the base game with -50% discount, or complete "Cossacks 3 Experience" bundle with -65% discount
Take haste, as we can't hold them much longer. "Slash the prices" would last until the Season Clash 4 is over - starting from 14-th of May until 20-th of May.

Hurry up, that is great opportunity for you to start your Cossacker life or to make an unforgettable present for your friend!

You may find the schedule and details about Season Clash 4 by following this link:
goo.gl/65KsVD

You may find the tournament grid by following the next link:
http://www.cossacks3.com/tournament/tournament_18_05_grid_tours.jpg

You may watch the games live on our channels:
www.youtube.com/user/cossacks3game

facebook.com/cossacks3

twitch.tv/cossacks_3

Have a good day!

Dear friends!

The Season Clash 4 is going on, emotions are intensifying, are you ready ?!

Right now the best of best are going to clash in battles for the title of best Cossacks 3 player in fourth ladder season.

We`ve got our new matches:
[R]Hruska, [BiA]Nelj vs [-UNION-]testopal, [KR.S]Dandy, nation:
Game1: Netherlands, Denmark;
Game2: Saxony, Bavaria;
Game3: Hungary, Portugal.

Helper1, Kupnu4, funny_ru, [IGO]+4K+yma, [GP]Sir_Artius, [GP]Fenek, Helper2, [-NF-]Doctor_K, [GT]Colourfit, [-OG-]SirBillo, [GFF]Airon, [-NF-]Detrom, [BiA]-Roma23, [GFF]Rifman, asap, [GP]Demon would join them in upcoming battles on the battlefields.

You may find the schedule and details about Season Clash 4 by following this link:
goo.gl/65KsVD

You may find the tournament grid by following the next link:
http://www.cossacks3.com/tournament/tournament_18_05_grid_tours.jpg

Don't miss your chance! In order to commemorate first team-based Season Clash 4 tournament we've made a sale on our official website cossacks3.com with meaningful name "Slash the prices!". Hooray!

Visit our official cossacks3.com website, where you can purchase a game with huge discount. You may get the base game with -50% discount, or complete "Cossacks 3 Experience" bundle with -65% discount
Take haste, as we can't hold them much longer. "Slash the prices" would last until the Season Clash 4 is over - starting from 14-th of May until 20-th of May.

Hurry up, that is great opportunity for you to start your Cossacker life or to make an unforgettable present for your friend!

You may watch the games live on our channels:
www.youtube.com/user/cossacks3game

facebook.com/cossacks3

twitch.tv/cossacks_3

Have a good day!

Dear friends!

The first day of unique and distinct Season Clash 4 is over, it was hot!

We congratulate [KR.S]Antoxa, [GFF]Apelsin,[R]Hruska, [BiA]Nelj, [-UNION-]testopal, [KR.S]Dandy, [-RA-]Sanek_PCT, Oldman as they've achieved victories and are moving forward in upper bracket. [KR.S]Atom, [-RA-]Frag, [GFF]Vahagn, [-NF-]Fulcrum, [-NF-]Baton, [KR.S]Iron_Hvan, [GFF]Petru_BwM, GoldenBoy are moving to the lower bracket, and they'll be able to prove that it was just a "minor unluck" tomorrow.

Tomorrow games would start at 12:30 by Kiev.

Helper1, Kupnu4, funny_ru, [IGO]+4K+yma, [GP]Sir_Artius, [GP]Fenek, Helper2, [-NF-]Doctor_K, [GT]Colourfit, [-OG-]SirBillo, [GFF]Airon, [-NF-]Detrom, [BiA]-Roma23, [GFF]Rifman, asap, [GP]Demon would join them in upcoming battles on the battlefields.

You may find the schedule and details about Season Clash 4 by following this link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YkTVz3i_OpVh0yDkz_07dnXN3L8cnlPoA0m5pWa8ivU/

You may find the tournament grid by following the next link:
http://www.cossacks3.com/tournament/tournament_18_05_grid_tours.jpg

You may watch the games live on our channels:
www.youtube.com/user/cossacks3game

facebook.com/cossacks3

twitch.tv/cossacks_3

Have a good day!