Category Archives: Stardock

Tue, Dec 04, 2012 | 21:02 GMT

Elemental: Fallen Enchantress Map Pack now available on Steam

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A new map pack for Elemental: Fallen Enchantress has arrived on Steam, and for $4.99 you’ll walk away with new stamps which add more variety to the generated, random maps.

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Tue, Nov 13, 2012 | 21:11 GMT

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion patch includes dozens of new maps, balance changes, bug fixes

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Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion has received a new patch which new maps with competitive multiplayer variants.

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Tue, Oct 23, 2012 | 22:05 BST

Fallen Enchantress out now on Steam

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Dark fantasy strategy Elemental: Fallen Enchantress has arrived on Steam; grab it now for $40. It’s the sequel to Elemental: War of Magic, which was heavily criticised at launch and subsequently underwent serious overhaul via patches. Stardock is actually giving the follow up away for free to those who bought the first game while it was a hot mess, and hopes doing it right this time around will mollify those angered by the first title.

Tue, Oct 09, 2012 | 20:32 BST

Elemental: Fallen Enchantress will release towards the end of the month

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Elemental: Fallen Enchantress will release later this month, according to Stardock.The game contains various unique factions, unlockable unit designs, many quests and randomly generated worlds and multiple paths. The fantasy strategy game is about to go gold and will release on October 23.

Sat, Aug 25, 2012 | 22:41 BST

Elemental: Fallen Enchantress beta update coming to Steam next week

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Fallen Enchantress will be the recipient of an update and will arrive on Steam sometime next week, according to an update posted on the official website. According to Stardock CEO Brad Wardell, the plans is to releases Beta 4A and collect “as much feedback” as possible before releasing Beta 5 next month. Wardell stressed that should players have any requests, now is the time to make their wishes known, as once Beta 5 rolls out, the game will be put in “feature lock down.” Elemental: Fallen Enchantress has been available in beta form for all pre-orders of full version. Thanks, Neogamr.

Tue, Jun 12, 2012 | 20:49 BST

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion trailer makes one man cry rainbows

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Or so he says.  The standalone expansion to 2008′s incredible space strategy game looks rather amazing – so good it may make you cry rainbows. More »

Tue, Apr 03, 2012 | 13:43 BST

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion trailer shows space, fighting, story

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Spaceships, fighting, some man rambling on about wars and shit: it’s a trailer for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the RTS’s first standalone expansion. It’s out this June. Watch it below.

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Fri, Mar 30, 2012 | 07:41 BST

Stardock: Elemental sequel to make up for “mediocre” first game

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Stardock is making a sequel to Elemental: War of Magic because the first one wasn’t up to snuff and garnered harsh criticism – the exact opposite of the usual reason to make a sequel.

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Tue, Mar 27, 2012 | 19:25 BST

Introduction video to Elemental: Fallen Enchantress released

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Stardock has released a video featuring the into to Elemental: Fallen Enchantress. It’s posted below. Pre-orders are now being accepted for the stand-alone expansion and followup to Elemental: War of Magic, which will be free to those who purchased War of Magic early on, or at a discounted rate. A beta for the title is going on at the moment.Pre-order the game through here, and also find out if you are eligible to receive the game expansion for free or at a discount.

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Wed, Mar 21, 2012 | 19:51 GMT

Stardock expects “decoupled gaming” will become more prominent over next five years

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Stardock has said it plans to announce a range of games, tech and new products during the next 18 months, thanks in part to the sale of its digital distribution platform Impulse to GameStop.

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Sat, Jan 28, 2012 | 16:33 GMT

Faction Titans detailed for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion

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Ironclad has dropped a few details regarding the stand-alone expansion to Sins of a Solar Empire, Rebellion, starting with the division of the game’s three factions and the Titans they will be commanding.

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Sat, Jan 21, 2012 | 18:26 GMT

Pre-orders are live for Elemental: Fallen Enchantress, beta opening up “in the coming weeks”

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Stardock has announced pre-orders are now being accepted for Elemental: Fallen Enchantress. The PC-exclusive Fallen Enchantress is a stand-alone expansion and followup to Elemental: War of Magic, which will be free to those who purchased War of Magic early on, or at a discounted rate. Those players will also be able to upgrade to the retail box if desired. Beta invites will also be handed out to early customers, and once given out, further stages of the beta will be opened up to other players “over the coming weeks.” You can pre-order the game through here, and also find out if you are eligible to receive the game expansion for free or at a discount.

Wed, Dec 14, 2011 | 22:56 GMT

Demigod released on Steam

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Gas Powered Games’ Demigod debuted in 2009 to a very mixed response. Most people said the game was pretty great when it wasn’t malfunctioning or the download service wasn’t glitching out.

Today it was announced that the game will be available on Steam as well. So now you can compete to be amongst the pantheon of gods without having to search through your program files to find your install of Impulse. It will also be on sale through January 2nd for just $6.69 or $19.99 for a 4-pack.

Via Gamershell.

Thu, Jun 02, 2011 | 00:10 BST

Fallen Enchantress dev talks middle-market sweet spot

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Stardock’s Derek Paxton has said middle-market games companies have more room for creativity and targeted design than large publishers, but need to adopt production practices beyond the indie level.

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Wed, May 04, 2011 | 01:41 BST

Stardock to expand its games business

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Elemental: Fallen Enchantress producer Derek Paxton has said Stardock’s games business is set to grow in the wake of the Impulse sale, and has waxed lyrical on the experience of working for the software developer slash games studio.

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Mon, Apr 18, 2011 | 01:33 BST

Demigod feedback sought by publisher

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Stardock is seeking feedback from fans on the future of action RTS Demigod.

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Wed, Apr 13, 2011 | 15:56 BST

Steam slows Valve development, suggests Stardock CEO

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If you’re wondering where Half-Life 2 episode 3 is, Brad Wardell thinks he may have the answer for you. The Stardock founder and CEO recently told Industry Gamers that, with Steam, Valve may be a victim of its own success.

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Thu, Mar 03, 2011 | 21:37 GMT

Thursday shorts, part 2: Jaffe and console design, more GDC panel bits, THQ gets into bother over Homefront balloons

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Ready for some more short goodness? Om nom nom away after the break.

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Tue, Mar 01, 2011 | 19:17 GMT

Ironclad announces Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion

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Stardock and Ironclad have dropped their GDC announcement, detailing Rebellion, the first stand-alone expansion to space-based RTS Sins of a Solar Empire.

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Wed, Feb 23, 2011 | 00:46 GMT

Stardock teases major reveals this year

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Stardock has just released its annual customer report, promising major announcements this year including something to do with epic sleep Sins of a Solar Empire.

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