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Add the Star Control: Origins Original Soundtrack to your library on September 20th!

On September 20th, add the Star Control: Origins Original Soundtrack to your library! Featuring over 40 tracks from the popular open universe space adventure RPG, these epic songs will leave you excited to explore the galaxy. With over 40 compositions from renowned composers Mason Fisher ( Age of Wonders, Eye of the Beholder III: Assault on Myth Drannor) and Riku Nuottajärvi (Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters), the soundtrack features several energetic and... [read more]

9/11/2018 By Island Dog in Star Control News

Star Control: Origins Prelude 11 of 13: The Environments of Star Control

The best laid plans... Let's talk about the environments of Star Control... Explore to explore, in order to explore some more... At one point, we expected players to spend a lot more time on planets than they actually do in the final game. I don't mean just a little bit more time, I mean a lot more time. Early on, we envisioned planet exploration to be the primary activity of the game. We were wrong. I don't know if there was something in the drinking... [read more]

9/10/2018 By Frogboy in Star Control Journals

Star Control: Origins Prelude 10 of 13: The Art of Star Control

Back in part 9 , I touched briefly on the art style with the debate we had on having a "mobile" style UI vs. an immersive style UI. Today, I want to walk you through how the art style itself evolved during the five year development of Star Control: Origins. Let's jump right in.. A tale of two philosophies Let's take a look at Star Control II: If you look at the box and the screenshot below it, you get a sense that it's trying to convey a classic pulp Sci-... [read more]

9/5/2018 By Frogboy in Star Control Journals

Explore the Universe in this brand new gameplay trailer for Star Control: Origins!

Experience a massive living universe in Star Control: Origins! Check out our trailer featuring all-new gameplay footage of diverse aliens, unique planets, and exciting quests below: Using your Star Control-issued lander, travel down to the surfaces of the many planets you come across and collect resources, complete objectives, and solve the mysteries of strange things you discover on the surface. The game is a living universe. You’ll encounter pilots, stranded travelers, and ... [read more]

9/4/2018 By Island Dog in Star Control News

Stardock Extends Technology and Gaming Partnership with AMD

Plymouth, MI. August 28, 2018 – Today Stardock Entertainment announced the extension of their technology and gaming partnership with AMD (NASDAQ: AMD). As part of the ongoing partnership, Stardock will optimize the upcoming Star Control: Origins for AMD technologies including AMD Ryzen ™ processors and Radeon FreeSync ™ 2 technology, as well as update the game post-launch with support for the Vulkan™ Graphics API. This collaboration follows ... [read more]

8/28/2018 By Island Dog in Star Control News

Star Control: Origins Prelude 9 of 13: The Lore of Star Control

One of the most difficult challenges we've had in developing a new Star Control game has been the delicate balance between the need to start fresh and the desire to satisfy hard-core fans of the classic DOS games. Today we will look at our solution to that conundrum. Star Control will be a brand-new game for most people. Given the number of comments we've seen on Facebook that can be summarized as "Oh this is inspired by Mass Effect!" or "This is just No Man's Sky with a... [read more]

8/27/2018 By Frogboy in Star Control Journals

Don't miss the new Star Control: Origins Gamescom trailer “By Any Means Necessary”

"Captain, you must save humanity... by any means necessary." Check out our trailer featuring all-new gameplay footage below! Saving Earth - not to mention the rest of the galaxy - from a race of murderous aliens is no easy task. Your orders from Star Control are to save humanity - with no requirements about the choices involved. Will you make friends, or will you make enemies? Will you save other alien species during your travels, or will you obliterate them? Will you hug the Tywom,... [read more]

8/21/2018 By Tatiora in Star Control News

Star Control: Origins Prelude 8 of 13 - The User Interface of Star Control

Most fans of our previous games know that we make a lot of strategy games. Strategy games are all about having as much data on-screen at one time as possible. But Star Control isn't a strategy game, it's an action RPG. It took us a very... very long time to nail down the user interface we wanted for Star Control: Origins, mostly due to having to quit trying to make a strategy game UI for an RPG. Who is looking? Star Control: Origins was in development long enough... [read more]

8/20/2018 By Frogboy in Star Control Journals

Adam Baldwin Joins Star Control: Origins Voice Cast

Today, Stardock Entertainment announced that international star Adam Baldwin is joining the voice cast of the highly anticipated science-fiction adventure game, Star Control: Origins . In Star Control: Origins , you explore the galaxy, investigate new worlds, contact new civilizations, and battle hostile aliens.. You are the captain of Earth's brand new, state-of-the-art ship, The Vindicator . Your mission is to gather allies to fight an ancient alien menace that threaten... [read more]

8/14/2018 By Island Dog in Star Control News

Star Control: Origins Prelude 7 of 13 - The Aliens of Star Control Part 2

In one of our other dev journals , we showed the pipeline of how aliens came to be in Star Control: Origins. The process started with the artists and the writers working in parallel. The artists would sketch up lots and lots of alien shapes, and the writers would design the history and lore and roles of the aliens. From there, the process would begin to merge to ensure that the final alien visual expression matched up with the lore for them. Today we're going to begin walking you... [read more]

8/13/2018 By Frogboy in Star Control Journals

Star Control: Origins Prelude 6 of 13: The Ships of Star Control

Not all ships are created equally. This is particularly true for the ships of Star Control itself. In the year 2088, the United Earth Advanced Space Vehicle Program (UEASV) had done its best given the politics involved. But ultimately, what Star Control starts out with is a ship with very much the capabilities that a ship in 2088 would have, which is to say: it can... turtle around the solar system. The first long-range ship program - the Vindicator program - was designed to... [read more]

8/6/2018 By Frogboy in Star Control Journals

Star Control: Origins - Ship Design Contest 2 (3rd - 20th August 2018)

Necessity is the mother of invention Welcome to the second ship design contest! Last year we held our first contest for people with a talent for unorthodox and innovative ship design. This time we have new prizes, an improved ship designer in Fleet Battles and just a little bit of alien oversight. How To Enter Read the contest details below. Create your amazing ship design in Star Control: Origins – Fleet Battles BETA. Upload it to the Steam Workshop. Submit your entry to t... [read more]

8/3/2018 By SchismNavigator in Star Control News

Star Control: Origins Prelude 5 of 13 - The Aliens of Star Control

For most people, Star Control: Origins will be the first Star Control game they've ever heard of. But long ago, back in the DOS days, there was a trilogy of Star Control games. The first Star Control game was essentially a Space Wars style game with a strategy layer. There wasn't really any "lore" with it. The second one, my favorite, was Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters. This game was filled with an epic lore that dated back over a quarter million years. The third one, Star C... [read more]

7/30/2018 By Frogboy in Star Control Journals

Get ready to fly: Beta 3 for Fleet Battles releases today!

Pilots, to your stations! Fleet Battles just received another massive update and we can’t wait to see you online to try it out. We’ve added some new alien ships, devastating new weapons, new maps, a new feature called scavenging, and more. Buckle up - it’s time to fly! For full details on the updates, view the changelog at the bottom of the post. TOP CHANGES IN BETA 3 New Ships The Observer Now you see them...and now y... [read more]

7/26/2018 By Island Dog in Star Control News

Colonize the Universe with 4 Awesome Games: RimWorld, Planetbase, GalCiv III, and Offworld Trading Company!

Colonize the Universe in an EXCLUSIVE bundle that's out of this world: Get 4 highly rated games for only $39.99 * ! Tell a dramatic story of colonizing a distant planet in RimWorld, face the challenges of survival in harsh climates in Planetbase, rule an entire massive galaxy in Galactic Civilizations III, and engage in fast-paced RTS action against foes in the Martian stock market in Offworld Trading Company. Reg: $109.96 Special Sale Price... [read more]

7/24/2018 By Island Dog in Offworld News

Colonize the Universe with 4 Awesome Games: RimWorld, Planetbase, GalCiv III, and Offworld Trading Company!

Colonize the Universe in an EXCLUSIVE bundle that's out of this world: Get 4 highly rated games for only $39.99 * ! Tell a dramatic story of colonizing a distant planet in RimWorld, face the challenges of survival in harsh climates in Planetbase, rule an entire massive galaxy in Galactic Civilizations III, and engage in fast-paced RTS action against foes in the Martian stock market in Offworld Trading Company. Reg: $109.96 Special Sale Price... [read more]

7/24/2018 By Island Dog in GalCiv III News

Star Control: Origins Prelude 4 of 13 - The Mid Spur

Star Control: Origins is a space action adventure game. You are the Captain of a ship with a mission to protect Earth and explore the galaxy. From a technical perspective, Star Control is a story engine. We don't generate new quests. Instead, we are looking to populate a deep and rich world with hand-crafted Sci-Fi stories. But we won't be doing it alone. Much of our effort has been to create consumer (i.e. user friendly) apps like Adventure Studio, the Cit... [read more]

7/23/2018 By Frogboy in Star Control Journals

Star Control: Origins Prelude 3 of 13 - Creating interactive stories

The Star Control universe is rich with interesting characters and species. From the cowardly Spathi to the horrifying Kohr-Ah, players will be frequently caught off guard by the juxtaposition of so many different experiences. In Star Control: Origins, the ever-so-needy Tywom are introduced. They will be your best friends whether you like it or not. Stardock is best known for its strategy games. Well, technically, we're best known for our software and technology, but w... [read more]

7/16/2018 By Frogboy in Star Control Journals

Star Control: Origins - Freedom to Fail

Star Control: Origins lets you do a lot of dumb things. Starting off in command of humanity's latest and greatest spaceship, your orders are to travel to Neptune's moon of Triton. On the way there, you're free to fly into the sun and melt your entire crew or explore the planet Venus and watch your planetary lander immediately get obliterated. This game doesn't hold your hand in the way most RPGs do, where you're forced sit through a tedious tutorial and it takes a long time to encounter a pos... [read more]

7/11/2018 By GGTheMachine in Star Control Journals

Star Control: Origins Prelude 2 of 13 - So Many Planets

Greetings! Space is big. We know that. But how interesting is it? That remains to be seen. Let's take a look at the orbital bodies in our own solar system. Orbital Body Image Comment Mercury Basically a hot rock. Venus A poisonous, toxic hell. Mars A really cold desert. Jupiter Big ball of gas. Saturn Another big ball of gas wit... [read more]

7/6/2018 By Frogboy in Star Control Journals

Star Control: Origins Prelude 1 of 13 - The Living Universe

Greetings! We now have an official release day: September 20, 2018! Almost five years since we began our adventure with Star Control. For this occasion we have begun to number these journal entries to count up to week 13, which is when the game gets released! 13 weeks...Not much time. So even though it's a Sunday as I write this, and my birthday, I'm pleased to share this blog to let you know where we are. The Living Universe You are the captain. This i... [read more]

6/29/2018 By Frogboy in Star Control Journals

Star Control: Origins - Professional Modder

"Designer" is a rather vague term; it's my role on Star Control: Origins but it doesn't communicate particularly well what I do on the project. So how do I explain when someone asks me what it is that I do? Professional modder, is what I tell them. I create ships, but I'm not an artist. I create quests, weapons, and transform stars, but I'm not a coder. I work with the in-game ship editor and Adventure Studio, our powerful modding suite for Star Control: Origins. I'm creating content for the cam... [read more]

6/25/2018 By GGTheMachine in Star Control Journals

Stardock Titles - Up to 75% Off in the Steam Summer Sale

Offworld Trading Company Gold Bundle Over 70% Off Includes the Base Game, Jupiter's Forge expansion pack, Real Mars Map Pack DLC, Scenario Toolkit DLC, The Ceres Initiative DLC, The Patron and the Patriot DLC, Blue Chip Ventures DLC, Conspicuous Consumption DLC, Limited Supply DLC, and Soundtrack DLC . Offworld Trading Company Base Game Only $19.99 Now $9.99 Offworld Trading Co.: Jupiter's Forge Expansio... [read more]

6/21/2018 By Island Dog in Ashes of the Singularity News

Stardock Titles - Up to 75% Off in the Steam Summer Sale

Offworld Trading Company Gold Bundle Over 70% Off Includes the Base Game, Jupiter's Forge expansion pack, Real Mars Map Pack DLC, Scenario Toolkit DLC, The Ceres Initiative DLC, The Patron and the Patriot DLC, Blue Chip Ventures DLC, Conspicuous Consumption DLC, Limited Supply DLC, and Soundtrack DLC . Offworld Trading Company Base Game Only $19.99 Now $9.99 Offworld Trading Co.: Jupiter's Forge Expansio... [read more]

6/21/2018 By Island Dog in GalCiv III News

Star Control: Origins - June 2018 Status Report

Greetings! Lots of exciting things happening! Star Control at E3 Stardock had a big presence at E3 this year where it announced the release date for Star Control: Origins - September 20. The last day of Summer! Stardock's Patrick Shaw on stage at E3 presenting Star Control: Origins! You can watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-EnCjcxsJE Music Many fans of the classic series will be happy to learn that Dan Nicholson has joine... [read more]

6/15/2018 By Frogboy in Star Control Journals

The WORLD PREMIERE of the new Star Control: Origins trailer is here!

It’s here: the brand new trailer for Star Control: Origins just debuted during the PC Gaming Show at E3! Star Control: Origins will release on September 20th, 2018 , and we can’t wait! Pre-order today so that you’re ready to go when the game launches! When you order, you’ll get immediate access to our Fleet Battles beta, where you can face off against other players in epic space combat. Pre-Order Star Control: Origins today [read more]

6/11/2018 By Tatiora in Star Control News

Up to 80% Off - All-Star RTS Gold Editions

Celebrate 25 years with us with awesome deals on our All-Star RTS games! From June 7 - 20, you can get the Gold Editions (that include ALL released DLC and expansions) for 3 of our top RTS titles for just $19.99 each*! Visit this page to buy or learn more below. Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Gold Edition Reg.: $84.94 Sale Price: $19.99 Items included in this edition: Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebel... [read more]

6/7/2018 By Island Dog in Sins News

Up to 80% Off - All-Star RTS Gold Editions

Celebrate 25 years with us with awesome deals on our All-Star RTS games! From June 7 - 20, you can get the Gold Editions (that include ALL released DLC and expansions) for 3 of our top RTS titles for just $19.99 each*! Visit this page to buy or learn more below. Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Gold Edition Reg.: $84.94 Sale Price: $19.99 Items included in this edition: Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebel... [read more]

6/7/2018 By Island Dog in Ashes of the Singularity News

Up to 80% Off - All-Star RTS Gold Editions

Celebrate 25 years with us with awesome deals on our All-Star RTS games! From June 7 - 20, you can get the Gold Editions (that include ALL released DLC and expansions) for 3 of our top RTS titles for just $19.99 each*! Visit this page to buy or learn more below. Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Gold Edition Reg.: $84.94 Sale Price: $19.99 Items included in this edition: Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebel... [read more]

6/7/2018 By Island Dog in Offworld News

Tune in to see Star Control: Origins at E3 and the PC Gaming Show next week!

Hey, everybody! Kristy here, and I’m going to be Stardock’s “feet on the ground” at E3 this year. We’re super excited to be participating in the PC Gaming Show on June 11th and can’t wait for you to see what we’ve got in store! At the show and on the livestream, we’ll debut our brand new trailer for Star Control: Origins and reveal some exciting news! Director of Game Production, Patrick Shaw, will take the stage to showcase our progress ... [read more]

6/5/2018 By Tatiora in Star Control News

Star Control: Origins - May 2018

Greetings! This is the LAST month for monthly Star Control updates before release....because now we're moving into weekly updates because things are moving so fast. The Menkmack arrive! FINISHING We will be announcing our official release date soon. You may have heard that we will have a big E3 presence and we anticipate announcing the final release date then. For those of you who are familiar with Stardock, you know we tend to run a bit "hot". With Star Control: O... [read more]

5/25/2018 By Frogboy in Star Control Journals

Star Control: May 2018

Greetings! This is the LAST month for monthly Star Control updates before release....because we're now moving into weekly updates because things are moving so fast now. The Menkmack! FINISHING We will be announcing our official release date soon. You may have heard that we will have a big E3 presence and we anticipate announcing the final release date then. For those of you who are familiar with Stardock, you know we tend to run a bit "hot". W... [read more]

5/19/2018 By Frogboy in Star Control Journals

NEW May 2018 Preview Trailer for Star Control: Origins is here!

Want to see what's going on with development for Star Control: Origins? Look no further - check out this preview video! We may have primitive space ships, zero understanding of hyperspace, and only know half the digits of pi, but we're ready to fight to protect the Earth! Our friends the Tywom give us a look at some of the other alien species out in the universe! New Fleet Battles footage, glimpses of hyperspace travel, and planetary exploration highlight the vide... [read more]

5/18/2018 By Tatiora in Star Control News

3 Years of Galactic Civilizations III and we’re celebrating with a special sale!

Happy Anniversary, Galactic Civilizations III! The story of Galactic Civilizations has been around for 24 years - can you believe that? Yeah, neither can we. Let's reflect! 24 YEARS AGO GalCiv - the first commercial game for IBM's OS/2. Years ahead of its time, the game took full advantage of 32-bit memory addressing, multi-threading, and high-res graphics. 22 YEARS AGO GalCiv II released for OS/2 in 1996. Expanding on the success of ... [read more]

5/14/2018 By Island Dog in GalCiv III News

v2.75 for Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation is Now Available

This Update provides Substrate with more anti-air tools, features Substrate King of the Hill and launches ladder season 3 Update also includes new Retributor audio, improvements to campaigns, balance, economy and movement speed For a detailed list of updates, view the changelog at the bottom of this post. Update Highlights: Substrate Anti-air Substrate mobile anti-air is now more flexible with new late game options. The Overm... [read more]

5/14/2018 By GGTheMachine in Ashes of the Singularity News

Star Control: Origins - Screenshot Friday 2018.5.11

Star Control: Origins continues to head towards its September 2018 release date! Here's the week in screenshots! The galaxy is a busy place We will be keeping these journals spoiler free. With that in mind, the year is 2088. Earth exists in a part of the galaxy called Orion's Spur ("The Spur"). It has recently become a much busier part of the galaxy and you will be uncovering why that is. Star Control is a single player RPG where you command a single ship b... [read more]

5/11/2018 By Frogboy in Star Control Journals

FREE WEEKEND: Try Offworld Trading Company on Steam through 5/6!

Play through the single-player campaign or join us online all weekend long for exciting multiplayer games The free weekend runs from 1pm ET on 5/3 through 1pm ET on 5/6. Load up Steam and check it out for yourself! _______________________________________________________________________________________ You can also snag Offworld Trading Co. for 50% off or Complete your collection with the Gold Edition for up to 65% off Live streams will be running ... [read more]

5/3/2018 By Island Dog in Offworld News

Star Control: Universe

The yellow dwarf Around 8 kiloparsecs from the galactic core is a yellow dwarf star. Its location is quite outside the the area of the galaxy that anyone would really care about. This is a map of the milky way galaxy. It’s probably unlike any map you’ve seen before. That’s because unlike most maps, this is a map designed to show you the geography of the milky way galaxy. Our galaxy is made up of several different arms. What matters to us... [read more]

4/27/2018 By Frogboy in Star Control Journals

Star Control: The Game

The Galaxy Awaits Take command of Earth’s first and only interstellar starship whose mission is to save the world…at any cost. Travel to distance stars, investigate exotic new worlds, engage with alien civilizations and unravel the myriad of deep intrigue that saturates our little corner of the universe. Explore exotic new worlds We live in the Scryve sector of the Orion Spur which is part of Orion’s Arm which is part of the Milky Way galaxy which is part of Laniakea super-... [read more]

4/27/2018 By Frogboy in Star Control Journals

Fleet Battles Beta 2 is here - let’s get ready to rumble!

Attention, pilots - to your stations! Fleet Battles just received a massive update and we can't wait to see you online to try it out. We've added some new alien ships, a few devastating new weapons, and customization options for your matches. Buckle up - it’s time to fly! For full details on the updates, view the changelog at the bottom of the post! [ Download this for your desktop wallpaper ] TOP CHANGES IN BETA 2 New Ships ... [read more]

4/26/2018 By redskittlesonly in Star Control News

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