Stardock Games - Everything about Stardock Games

NOW AVAILABLE: v1.2 for The Political Machine 2020 adds McCain and Obama, Infinite Points mode, and more!

John McCain and Barack Obama have entered the race! Greetings from The Political Machine Development Bunker. While Shelter-In-Place rules have us working from home, that hasn't stopped the updates from flowing! Today we released v1.2, with two new highly-requested candidates - each with their own unique Ideology Tree - and several quality of life improvements that should make fans pretty happy. Read on to see what changes we've brought with the update! ... [read more]

5/20/2020 By ScottTykoski in Political Machine News

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion v1.95 Released

Ironclad Games and Stardock are happy to announce the release of v1.95 for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion today. This is a minor update with the following changes: Change Log: Fixed accidental double damage on weapon defense structures and hangar defense structures. AI squad owners (e.g., hangar defense, carriers, etc.) now autodock their squadrons when there are no enemy units in the gravity well. Fixed Pacifist Society planet bonuses on PlanetBarren and PlanetBarrenFair.... [read more]

5/14/2020 By Yarlen in Sins News

NOW AVAILABLE: Galactic Civilizations III 5th Anniversary Update and Worlds in Crisis DLC

Galactic Civilizations III 5th Anniversary Update and Worlds in Crisis DLC are Now Available Experience new world crises, planet types and traits, plus visual and balance improvements with v4.0 Galactic Civilizations III Also available through Stardock Worlds in Crisis DLC Also available through Stardock Every world has a story, and it’s up to you to decide how it ends. In Worlds in Crisis, you will enc... [read more]

5/12/2020 By Tatiora in GalCiv III News

GalCiv III Dev Journal: May 2020–Worlds in Crisis AAR

This month we are releasing version 4.0 along with a new DLC called Worlds in Crisis. Designed by Derek Paxton, the creator of the Fall from Heaven Civ IV mod, Worlds in Crisis is designed to enrich the galaxy with lots of new planet types, planet traits and plenty of new planetary events to test the player’s resolve to their chosen ideology. For today’s journal, I’m going to do a playthrough after action report (AAR). In the 23rd century… It is the year 2242. Unite... [read more]

5/5/2020 By Frogboy in GalCiv III Dev Journals

COMING SOON: Galactic Civilizations III: Worlds in Crisis DLC and Massive v4.0 Update

Galactic Civilizations III: Worlds in Crisis and Major v4.0 Update Announced Experience new world crises, planet types and traits, plus visual and balance improvements with v4.0 Stardock announced the new Worlds in Crisis DLC and free v4.0 update for its massive space sandbox 4X strategy game, Galactic Civilizations ® III today. Worlds in Crisis introduces several new world events with ideological choices, new planet types, and over a... [read more]

5/5/2020 By Tatiora in GalCiv III News

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion v1.95 Opt-In

Opt-In Update Version 1.95 is now available as an opt-in update for testing off Steam. Please note that multiplayer is not supported for this patch during the opt-in period. Change Log: Fixed accidental double damage on weapon defense structures and hangar defense structures. AI squad owners (e.g., hangar defense, carriers, etc.) now autodock their squadrons when there are no enemy units in the gravity well. Fixed Pacifist Society planet bonuses on PlanetBarren and PlanetB... [read more]

5/4/2020 By Yarlen in Sins News

Community Newsletter #10 - 4/27/2020

Coronavirus We hope everyone is keeping safe during the current pandemic and uncertain future. Here at Stardock we have been shifted to a Work From Home situation ever since the pandemic started and are doing all we can to keep our people safe. Whilst we are not medical professionals we want to make sure our fans are safe and not taking unnecessary risks with their own health or that of their family and friends. Below are some links to official information and guidelines fr... [read more]

4/27/2020 By SchismNavigator in Stardock Community Newsletter

GalCiv III Dev Journal: April 2020

So we are on the road to v4.0. It's hard to believe that GalCiv III was released five years ago. We've made a lot of changes since then. Version 4.0 is designed to do a lot of different things. I won't go over all the changes here but instead will take you on a bit of a guided tour. Most of the changes are for users of Retribution which is the latest expansion. If you don't have that, I highly recommend getting it. Turn 1 On your first turn you're going to... [read more]

4/15/2020 By Frogboy in GalCiv III Dev Journals

The Political Machine 2020: v1.1 Now Available

v1.1 is Now Available Featuring Steam Workshop Support and New Candidates Steam Workshop support and new candidates have been added in this major update for the Political Machine 2020. Bernie may be out of the race, but he is still available as a candidate in The Political Machine 2020 to play with or against. If you're looking to recapture the glory of former elections, grab Ronald Reagan or Al Gore and try to win in 2020. Top Updates Steam Workshop: Upload ... [read more]

4/8/2020 By redskittlesonly in Political Machine News

GalCiv III Dev Journal: March 2020

I found a magic planet. It’s not that it is a class 20 planet – it only started as a class 14 and I’ve upgraded it since. It is that it had 6 fertile tiles with 5 of them ready to have something amazing placed in the middle. In this case, Kimberly’s Refuge. Combined with the planet being a fertile world the result is that this one planet produces 34 food. Of course, having the time to build this up required relative peace to be the nor... [read more]

3/30/2020 By Frogboy in GalCiv III Dev Journals

NOW AVAILABLE: The final installment, Earth Rises, of the Earth Rising expansion for Star Control®: Origins

Stardock Releases Earth Rising - Part 4: Earth Rises for Star Control: Origins Get the Earth Rising Expansion Now The complete expansion with parts 1-4 is fully available and ready to play today! The final installment of our 4-part expansion for Star Control : Origins is now available! Earth Rising - Part 4: Earth Rises will introduce you to exciting new adventures, including bar fights at Kapteyn’s Bar, the reluctant return of a God, a search ... [read more]

3/12/2020 By Tatiora in Star Control News

The Political Machine 2020 is Now Available - Let the Campaign Begin!

The Political Machine 2020 is Here It's time to enter the race! Buy on Steam | Buy at Stardock Win the hearts and minds of America’s voters and take the 2020 presidential election by storm in Stardock’s popular political strategy game. Choose a candidate and run against a computer opponent or a candidate controlled by another person over the Internet. Candidates include current Democratic front-runners like Joe Biden,... [read more]

3/3/2020 By Tatiora in Political Machine News

Political Machine election roll-out schedule

For this election cycle we have a ton of updates in store between now and election day. Below is a tentative schedule: ## Spring 2020 ## Steam Workshop support for creating and sharing your own political ideologies. This year is a total, 100% rewrite of the game and while doing so we revisited everything about the game. The feature we like the most so far are the ideologies which will bring immense replayability to the game. Most of the candidates have their own ideology with ... [read more]

2/29/2020 By Frogboy in Political Machine News

COMING SOON: Star Control: Origins Earth Rising Part 4 - Earth Rises

Stardock announced the final installment of its 4-part expansion to Star Control : Origins today. Earth Rising - Part 4: Earth Rises introduces players to exciting new adventures, including bar fights at Kapteyn’s Bar, the reluctant return of a God, a search for a missing Commander, and more. Star Control: Origins is set in the late 21st century. The player is the Captain of Earth's first interstellar starship with the mission to explore the galaxy, f... [read more]

2/18/2020 By Tatiora in Star Control News

Star Control: Origins - Earth Rising, Part 4: Earth Rises

Heir to the Scryve In Star Control: Origins you had a chance to save the galaxy and meet some very dangerous, troubled, strange (and overly friendly) aliens along the way. There may or may not have been some cannibalism involved. After the successful completion of Origins, the threat was stopped and the galaxy was at peace. What is there for a snarky ship commander to do? Expand the influence of Earth, of course. It's time to get out into the solar system and to start becoming a galact... [read more]

2/13/2020 By DerekPaxton in Star Control Journals

Community Newsletter #9 - 1/31/2020

We're Only Just Getting Started We are back everyone! For this edition of the community newsletter we have news on new games, new tournaments, new mods and well everything that is new for a new year, new decade and maybe I should stop with this whole new thing now... The Horizon The Political Machine 2020 This month we announced the latest and most hotly debated The Political Machine 2020 . Who are the candidates? What do they want with... [read more]

1/31/2020 By SchismNavigator in Stardock Community Newsletter

GalCiv III v4.0 Plans

The 'big cleanup' is in the works for GalCiv III 4.0. Development on 4.0 is a work in progress as developer time becomes available (btw, we are hiring new C++ devs here..). So as we've discussed in the past, we'd really like to find a way to make modding more robust, though that's easier said than done because of the way we did our data structuring early on (there are tons of directories that the game pulls from, which all depend on which expansions you have installed). Whe... [read more]

1/28/2020 By Frogboy in GalCiv III News

Save over 80% on Stardock games and software during the Steam Lunar Sale!

Siege of Centauri $14.99 Now $11.24 - 25% Off Star Control: Origins $29.99 Now $9.89 - 67% Off Galactic Civilizations III ( Includes FREE: Retribution Expansion, Crusade Expansion and Mega Events DLC) $39.99 Now $15.99 - 60% Off Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation $29.99 Now $9.89 - 67% Off Offworld Trading Company ( Includes FREE: Jupiter's Forge Expansion) $29.99 Now $1... [read more]

1/23/2020 By Tatiora in Stardock Entertainment Announcements

COMING SOON: The Political Machine 2020!

Let the Campaign Begin! Stardock announced its new political strategy/simulation game today, The Political Machine 2020 . The PC strategy game allows players to choose a candidate and run for President against either a computer opponent or a candidate controlled by another person over the Internet. Candidates include the current Democratic front-runners including Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg, as well as Internet favorites such as And... [read more]

1/15/2020 By Tatiora in Political Machine News

Save Over 80% on Stardock Games and Software During the Steam Winter Sale!

Siege of Centauri $14.99 Now $11.24 - 25% Off Star Control: Origins $29.99 Now $9.89 - 67% Off Galactic Civilizations III ( Includes FREE: Retribution Expansion, Crusade Expansion and Mega Events DLC) $39.99 Now $15.99 - 60% Off Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation $29.99 Now $9.89 - 67% Off Offworld Trading Company ( Includes FREE: Jupiter's Forge Expansion) $29.99 Now $1... [read more]

12/19/2019 By Tatiora in Stardock Entertainment Announcements

New Star Control: Origins Benchmark Focuses on Measuring DirectX 12, Vulkan Performance

Stardock Entertainment released a benchmark on the Star Control: Origins game today. The benchmark is set on an alien world that is generated on-the-fly as the scripted lander travels over it. The objective is to measure high-end PC gaming performance using DirectX 12 and Vulkan, while putting as much stress on the CPU as possible also. The DirectX 12 and Vulkan APIs differ from previous generations of graphics APIs in that they were designed from the ground up in order to allow... [read more]

12/12/2019 By Tatiora in Star Control News

Over 80% off on our most popular titles during Steam's Autumn Sale

Siege of Centauri $14.99 Now $10.49 - 30% Off Star Control: Origins $29.99 Now $9.89 - 67% Off Galactic Civilizations III ( Includes FREE: Retribution Expansion, Crusade Expansion and Mega Events DLC) $39.99 Now $15.99 - 60% Off Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation $29.99 Now $9.89 - 67% Off Offworld Trading Company ( Includes FREE: Jupiter's Forge Expansion) $29.99 Now $1... [read more]

11/26/2019 By redskittlesonly in Stardock Entertainment Announcements

NOW AVAILABLE: The Europa Wager Expansion for Soren Johnson's Offworld Trading Company

Offworld Trading Company Releases Brand New Expansion "The Europa Wager" Get it on Steam or Stardock today! Travel to the smallest of Jupiter's Galilean moons and carve out a name for yourself against your competition! Head to the frozen moon of Europa, where numerous cracks on the moon's surface and multiple methane geysers will make building and sustaining structures a whole new challenge. Made of silicate rock and possessing a water-ice crust, ... [read more]

11/21/2019 By Tatiora in Offworld News

NOW AVAILABLE: Hunter / Prey Expansion and v2.9 Update for Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation

New Hunter / Prey Expansion and v2.9 Update Are Now Available New units, base defenses, orbital abilities, a new scenario, balance updates, stand ground command, and much more View the complete v2.9 Changelog Get it on Steam | Get it at Stardock Expand your strategic options, wield devastating new units, and turtle up with some fierce new defenses in Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation - Hunter / Prey! Haalee and her Substrate army are back wi... [read more]

11/14/2019 By Tatiora in Ashes of the Singularity News

Galactic Civilizations III v3.96 Now Available

v3.96 Improves Planet Visuals, Gameplay, and Several Bug Fixes Change Log Planets The planetary map generation system now prefers placing tiles near the equator. The result is fewer, isolated tiles near the poles. Change does not affect the total number of tiles placed. Improvements to the planetary material system that allows for greater detail and color. Continent shorelines blend better with the water. City lights on the dark side of some planets... [read more]

11/7/2019 By shaw in GalCiv III News

COMING SOON: New Hunter / Prey Expansion and v2.9 Update for Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation!

Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation New Hunter / Prey Expansion and v2.9 Update Announced Enjoy new strategic depth with new units, base defenses, and a scenario Today, Stardock announced the new Hunter / Prey Expansion for its massive-scale RTS game, Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation. New Substrate units and PHC base defenses add depth to players’ strategic options in skirmish, multiplayer, campaign, and scenarios. “This expansion further differ... [read more]

11/6/2019 By Tatiora in Ashes of the Singularity News

NOW ANNOUNCING: Strange New Worlds DLC for Galactic Civilizations III!

Galactic Civilizations III: Strange New Worlds Announced Enjoy improved graphics and explore a slew of brand new world types Today, Stardock announced the new Strange New Worlds DLC for its massive sandbox space 4X strategy game, Galactic Civilizations ® III. The DLC contains a plethora of new planet types to explore, adding new strategic options for long-time players, while also offering exciting new experiences for people picking up the game for... [read more]

10/31/2019 By Tatiora in GalCiv III News

GalCiv Dev Journal: Thinking about starting conditions

The first impression of gameplay in a 4X strategy game tends to be what the opening choices are. And this is something we have tried our best to optimize in GalCiv III. In version 3.96, we are giving players the shipyard again by default (which we used to have back in 1.0). The presence of the starting shipyard has everything to do with having meaningful starting decisions. For example, here is v3.96 without the shipyard as an option now: We added a n... [read more]

10/26/2019 By Frogboy in GalCiv III Dev Journals

Community Newsletter #8 - 10/21/2019

Higher Stakes A new expansion is announced for Offworld Trading Company, Stardock goes to a streamer meetup, and highlights from content creators are all part of this edition of the community newsletter. The Horizon New Expansion "The Europa Wager" Announced for Soren Johnson's Offworld Trading Company! Travel to the smallest of Jupiter's Galilean moons and carve out a name for yourself against your competition! Head to the frozen moon of Europa, w... [read more]

10/21/2019 By SchismNavigator in Stardock Community Newsletter

New Expansion "The Europa Wager" Announced for Soren Johnson's Offworld Trading Company!

Offworld Trading Company Announces Brand New Expansion "The Europa Wager" Add it to your Steam wishlist today! Travel to the smallest of Jupiter's Galilean moons and carve out a name for yourself against your competition! Head to the frozen moon of Europa, where numerous cracks on the moon's surface and multiple methane geysers will make building and sustaining structures a whole new challenge. Made of silicate rock and possessing a water-ice crust, Europa's atmosphere is ... [read more]

10/14/2019 By Tatiora in Offworld News

GalCiv Dev Journal: October 2019

We're putting the finishing touches on GalCiv III v3.95 which includes both balance changes and new game options and some quality of life updates. Originally we were going to go right from v3.6 to v4.0 but we've broken the tasks down into smaller chunks, hence v3.7, v3.8, v3.9, v3.91 and now v3.95 But we've also been working on v4.0 which has a heavy modding emphasis. Now that the major expansions to III are over (we will still be releasing DLCs, but all new FEATURE changes will happen in ... [read more]

10/8/2019 By Frogboy in GalCiv III Dev Journals

Save Over 75% during our Publisher Weekend

Stardock's Publisher Weekend is here with over 75% off on our most popular titles! STEAM KEYS ARE PROVIDED WITH PURCHASE Star Control: Origins $29.99 Now $10.19 - 66% Off Galactic Civilizations III ( Includes FREE: Crusade Expansion and Mega Events DLC) $29.99 Now $7.49 - 75% Off Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation $29.99 Now $9.89 - 67% Off Offworld Trading Company $19.99 Now $9.99 - 50% ... [read more]

9/26/2019 By Tatiora in Stardock Entertainment Announcements

Stardock Releases Earth Rising - Part 3: The Syndicate for Star Control: Origins

Stardock Releases Earth Rising - Part 3: The Syndicate for Star Control: Origins Get the Earth Rising Expansion Now Play Part 1: Aftermath, Part 2: Return of the Lexites, and Part 3: The Syndicate today! Stardock released Part 3 of its expansion to Star Control : Origins today. Humanity’s alliance is fraying and their plans for expanding into the galaxy are waylaid when they are faced with a new threat. Earth Rising - Part 3: The Syndicate in... [read more]

9/24/2019 By Tatiora in Star Control News

Community Newsletter #7 - 09/20/2019

A Time For Heroes Siege of Centauri comes out of early access, the first Turinium Cup has its first champion and more Star Control is on its way! The Horizon Saving Centauri After three phases of beta testing in we are proud to announce that Siege of Centauri has officially come out of early access. Communications to Earth's first interstellar colony in Proxima Centauri have gone dark. In response, Earth has dispatched the Carpathia to ... [read more]

9/20/2019 By SchismNavigator in Stardock Community Newsletter

Siege of Centauri is Now Available!

Siege of Centauri is Now Available! Play Stardock's Take on the Tower Defense Genre Get Siege of Centauri Today Also available at: Stardock Communications to Earth's first interstellar colony in Proxima Centauri have gone dark. In response, Earth has dispatched the Carpathia to investigate. Upon arrival, you find a colony under siege. Your mission: save the colony from these brutal alien invaders. Siege of Centauri puts you in command of the defense of E... [read more]

9/12/2019 By Tatiora in Siege of Centauri News

Siege of Centauri: The Week Before Release!

Siege of Centauri comes out on September 12th. It's less than a week away! I know we have all been playing for a while, and I genuinely appreciate everyone who joined us for the beta, and especially those that provided feedback. All that goes into making sure it is the best possible game next week. So what does the development team spend our last week doing? You can see the full list of things we are working on for release day here: https://forums.stardock.net/496769/siege-of-cent... [read more]

9/6/2019 By DerekPaxton in Siege of Centauri Dev Journals

Siege of Centauri Release Date Announced

Stardock announced a September 12th release date for its take on the tower defense genre, Siege of Centauri, today. Set in the Ashes of the Singularity universe, the player takes on the role of defender of Earth's first colony on Proxima Centauri. In Siege of Centauri, players defend their colony against relentless waves of thousands of enemies. In the campaign, they will follow the story of Earth’s defenders and progress through increasingly difficult s... [read more]

9/5/2019 By Tatiora in Siege of Centauri News

AVAILABLE NOW: Villains of Star Control: Origins for Galactic Civilizations III!

Star Control: Origins villains come to Galactic Civilizations III in exciting new DLC New Alien Civilizations bring their own ship styles, unique race traits, diplomatic quirks, AI personalities, and more! The Villains of Star Control: Origins DLC pack introduces four major new civilizations to Galactic Civilizations III. All of the new alien factions come equipped with a unique leader, ship, music, and traits that make each civilization look and play differently from the existing ma... [read more]

8/27/2019 By Tatiora in GalCiv III News

Villains of Star Control AAR - Scryve Empire

For the release week bnof Villains of Star Control, I absolutely had to show off the Scryve. Ah the Scryve. How I wish we had thought of them before. Thirty years ago, when I was 18, I came up with the Drengin Empire. They are a pretty good villain for the Galactic Civilizations universe. But the Scryve? Ah, there is something magnificent about a race of demigods whose species is slowly dying out. An empire that was once as idealistic as any col... [read more]

8/26/2019 By Frogboy in GalCiv III Dev Journals

Villains of Star Control: Origins AAR - Xraki Chaos

This is part 2 of a 4 part series on the villains of Star Control DLC for Galactic Civilizations III. You can see the...unpleasantness that took place in part 1 here . Mistakes were made. In Star Control: Origins we wanted to make sure that humanity's opposition wasn't simply a set of cartoon bad guys. Each opponent has a pretty strong motivation and a rationale...except for the Xraki. The Xraki are insane. They're not "evil" they were driven insane by events in ... [read more]

8/26/2019 By Frogboy in GalCiv III Dev Journals

Stardock Game News