Your planet full of scorpions is booming. Your desert planet full of shopping centres is deeply unhappy. Your people love you for your mindfulness but they are upset that they don't have more money to spend. You are a peaceful, religious race of extra-terrestrials, but you are inexplicably at war with the three rival civilisations that surround you.

Is it worth your time or money yet? We sent Brendan to investigate. Gal Civ 3 has warped from Early Access alpha to Early Access beta, and brought with it more (but not all) features to the famous, 4X strategy game.