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News video games 14 July 2020, 17:03

author: Milosz Szubert

Original War - Iconic RTS Gets New Update

Original War, an iconic real-time strategy game from Altar Games, has received a new update, numbered 3.0.8.246. It includes a number of fixes and improvements to ensure better performance on newer equipment. The title can now be purchased with a high discount on GOG.com.

IN A NUTSHELL
  1. Original War has received a new update, numbered 3.0.8.246.
  2. Among other things, it improves the performance of the game on newer hardware and eliminates a number of bugs.
  3. At the same time, there was a warning that the game may stop working on old hardware.
  4. The title can now be purchased on GOG.com at 80% discount.

Although Original War celebrated its nineteenth birthday this year, the game is still alive in the minds of many players around the world. This interesting real-time strategy from the Czech team at Altar Games, where the history of rivalry between the USA and the USSR intertwines with time travel, even has a special team that continues to develop it. Last week, more than two years after last major activity, the team released another update to the title.

There is a very good opportunity to return to Original War.

The latest patch for Original War is numbered 3.0.8.246. It introduces a number of changes and improvements to the game's technical layer. These include a new rendering system to improve the title's performance on newer hardware, an improved interface, and more options for modders. It eliminates a number of errors related to units that couldn't move at certain moments, lack of some dialogues or problems with building some structures. The full content of the update can be found here.

Note that due to the specifics of the changes, the 3.0.8.246 update may cause Original War to stop working on old hardware and systems older than Windows 7. In case of any problems, we can run the Legacy version without the latest patch.

Original War is still supported, although 19 years have passed since its launch.

If we want to play Original War, it's worth having a look at GOG.com. The title can now be purchased there with a discount of up to catalogue returning to this popular platform. Apart from Original War, these are ARMA: Cold War Assault, ARMA: Gold Edition and UFO: Afterlight.

  1. Original War - official website

Milosz Szubert

Milosz Szubert

A film expert by education. Has been working at Gamepressure.com since January 2017. A fan of tennis, basketball, comics, good books, history, and strategic games by Paradox. Recently a self-taught Game Master (apparently he's quite good at it). For several years, he edited films on the Notatnik Kinomana channel on YouTube.

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