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Galactic Civilizations III Alpha 3 - Patch 1 Now Available

We've got a patch for you today, bringing you more multiplayer map sizes, new music, and a boatload of bug fixes. Just fire up your Steam client to download the patch automatically. If you're not seeing the update, try restarting your Steam client. This is just an update patch, of course; we've got a bunch of awesome cooking for the next major update that we think *all* of our Founders will enjoy. Happy conquering, and we'll see you on the stream tomorrow! ... [read more]

7/10/2014 By abiessener in GalCiv III News

Dev Stream Tomorrow (Friday June 27) at Noon Pacific Time

Happy day-after-Alpha-3-day! Lead designer Paul Boyer will be streaming the latest patch for Galactic Civilizations III and answering your questions at the official Stardock Twitch channel tomorrow at 3pm Eastern Time (noon Pacific, 9pm CET). Come on by! Bring your questions and feedback about Alpha 3 now that you've had a chance to play with it a little, and we'll try to answer them live on the stream. You can also leave them in the thread here and I'll do my best to get Pau... [read more]

6/26/2014 By abiessener in GalCiv III News

Sins of a Solar Empire's Ironclad Games Sets New Legal Precedent for Video Game Trademarks

Sins of a Solar Empire's Ironclad Games Sets New Legal Precedent for Video Game Trademarks Over two years ago we embarked on an adventure that led us to stand up against a much larger company, fight for freedom of expression and ultimately set a new legal precedent. We had hoped to never talk about this publicly however recent events have convinced us that it might help our ongoing business, other developers, and the community as a whole to share some of our experience. Ironclad Games... [read more]

6/25/2014 By Blair Fraser in Sins Developer Journals

Galactic Civilizations III Alpha 3 Now Available

Elite Founders can now download the latest Galactic Civilizations III build from Steam. We’re thrilled to get a few big-ticket features into your hands along with serious performance improvements and much more. Among other things, Alpha 3 adds the new Starport system that brings back the dual production queue feature from previous GalCiv games with a twist – starships are now produced in mobile deep space construction yards, which can have multiple planetary sponsors supplyin... [read more]

6/24/2014 By Island Dog in GalCiv III News

Dev Stream Tomorrow (Friday June 20) at Noon Pacific Time

See the latest internal build in action and ask lead designer Paul Boyer your questions on this week's Galactic Civilizations III dev stream . The Alpha 3 patch is so close, you guys. So close, you don't even know. This might be your last chance to ask Paul about it before you're playing it yourselves, hint hint. As always, drop your questions in thread here or join us live on the stream when we fire it up at 3pm Eastern (noon Pacific, 9pm CET) on our official Twitch channel ... [read more]

6/19/2014 By abiessener in GalCiv III News

Rules Posted

Hi all, I posted a copy of the game rules (as of today) on our blog: http://www.mohawkgames.com/2014/06/16/offworld-rules/ Let us know your thoughts! [read more]

6/16/2014 By Soren_Johnson in Offworld News

Dev Stream Tomorrow (Friday June 13) at Noon Pacific Time

We're back on a weekly schedule! *crosses fingers* As usual, lead designer Paul Boyer will be appearing on our official Galactic Civilizations III live stream at http://www.twitch.tv/stardock . We'll be streaming our internal build again this week, so you can enjoy a sneak peak at the big patch that is very close to showing up in our Elite Founders' Steam clients. Come on by the livestream tomorrow at noon Pacific (3pm Eastern, 9pm CET) to ask Paul your questions and check out... [read more]

6/12/2014 By abiessener in GalCiv III News

Dev Stream Today (Friday, June 6), Noon Pacific Time

There's a big patch in the works, and we want to talk to you about it. Join our weekly dev stream at www.twitch.tv/stardock  at noon Pacific time today (3pm Eastern, 9pm CET) to ask lead designer Paul Boyer whatever you like about the upcoming Alpha 3 patch. The big topics are: Starports (as seen on last week's stream) Shipyard redesign (much improved interface and reworked hardpoint system) New planet system (every planet has its own unique look, hexes conform to where i... [read more]

6/6/2014 By abiessener in GalCiv III News

Stardock 2014 Customer Report

One of the ways we like to thank our customers here at Stardock is through our annual reports, compiled and authored by Stardock President and CEO Brad Wardell. This year’s report, as always, combines a look at Stardock’s recent past and its future plans, analysis of the software and gaming industries, and statistics and observations from a survey of thousands of our customers. Some of the tidbits from this year’s report: Stardock is interested in game consoles for the fi... [read more]

6/4/2014 By Island Dog in Sins News

Stardock 2014 Customer Report

One of the ways we like to thank our customers here at Stardock is through our annual reports, compiled and authored by Stardock President and CEO Brad Wardell. This year’s report, as always, combines a look at Stardock’s recent past and its future plans, analysis of the software and gaming industries, and statistics and observations from a survey of thousands of our customers. Some of the tidbits from this year’s report: Stardock is interested in game consoles for the fi... [read more]

6/4/2014 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Stardock 2014 Customer Report

One of the ways we like to thank our customers here at Stardock is through our annual reports, compiled and authored by Stardock President and CEO Brad Wardell. This year’s report, as always, combines a look at Stardock’s recent past and its future plans, analysis of the software and gaming industries, and statistics and observations from a survey of thousands of our customers. Some of the tidbits from this year’s report: Stardock is interested in game consoles for the fi... [read more]

6/4/2014 By Island Dog in GalCiv III News

Dev Stream Today (Friday, May 30), 1pm Pacific Time

We're showing off an internal build (finally!) that has some highly anticipated improvements and new features coming to the Galactic Civilizations III alpha very soon. Bring your questions about the upcoming Starport to the Stardock dev stream, and lead designer Paul Boyer may have an answer for you! Tune in to www.twitch.tv/stardock  at 1pm Pacific (4pm Eastern, 10pm CET) to jump in on a Q&A session with Paul. Thanks for your patience with our irregular streaming schedu... [read more]

5/30/2014 By abiessener in GalCiv III News

No Dev Stream Today, But...

Hey everyone -- What with the recent rejiggering of our schedule, the stream is on hold for another week. My apologies! However, I do have a little something-something to share with you related to what we've been working on, which I hope makes up for the cancellation in some small way... (click to enlarge) [read more]

5/23/2014 By abiessener in GalCiv III News

GalCiv III beta pushed to late Summer

I’ve got some good news and some bad news. The good news is that GalCiv III is moving along on schedule.  The bad news is that we’ve decided to change the feature requirements necessary for GalCiv III to be considered a “beta”. Originally, we were going to release the beta in May/June and have it not include combat/diplomacy/etc.  However, we’ve determined that we’re better off continuing with the Alpha series until some of those features enter into the game which isn’t sc... [read more]

5/22/2014 By Frogboy in GalCiv III Dev Journals

Introducing Offworld Trading Company from Mohawk Games

Our friends at Mohawk Games have revealed their first game, Offworld Trading Company, which is being published by Stardock! An intensely competitive real-time strategy game, Offworld Trading Company requires players to think on their feet and adapt their strategy to the constantly changing player-driven marketplace. No military units take part in this cutthroat corporate warfare, but the stakes are as high as on any battlefield. Check out this great article posted by Ars Technica , re... [read more]

5/19/2014 By Island Dog in Offworld News

Enter the Shipyard - Alpha Patch 0.20 Now Available

The ship designer is here! Unleash your inner engineer with the most advanced starship customization tool to grace your PC’s display. We put everything in your hands. Select, attach, scale, and rotate hundreds of parts (with many, many more to come) to create the ship of your dreams. The shipyard, like the rest of the game, is in an alpha state. It’s undeniably powerful, but we need your feedback on what you’d like to see in the interface, if you’d like diffe... [read more]

5/7/2014 By abiessener in GalCiv III News

Ship Designer Stream! 5/7, 3pm Eastern

For real this time: Come check out the Shipyard and get answers from lead designer Paul Boyer live on the Internet. We'll be streaming the newest alpha build and showing off the awesome power of our fully functional ship designer tomorrow, May 7, at 3pm Eastern (noon Pacific, 9pm CET) on our official Twitch channel . So sorry this got delayed. I promise you on my graphics card that we'll be up and running tomorrow. Thanks as always for your support, and please feel free ... [read more]

5/6/2014 By abiessener in GalCiv III News

Galactic Civilizations III - Alpha Patch 0.20

  *** Released 5/7/2014 *** Old Save Files will not be compatible with the ship designer. You will have to start a new game in order to use the Ship Designer. Features The ship designer has been implemented! + Ship Designer: Scaling, rotating, flipping, moving parts once they are attached + Ship Designer: Animation controls + Ship Designer: Symmetry Fixes + Fixed an issue MP Restoring a Player in a multiplayer game + Fixed lots of multiplayer Game... [read more]

5/6/2014 By DerekPaxton in GalCiv III News

Nooo! Stream delayed. Welcome to game dev, everyone!

UPDATE:  Ship designer preview stream delayed until further notice. Today's topic: the best-laid plans of mice and men! We had some last-minute complications with our build, and unfortunately this means I have to cancel the stream. Please accept my apologies, everyone. Unfortunately, this is the reality of game development. You can plan and plot and schedule out to your heart's content, and then sometimes the build blows up anyway. The team is hard at work getting the... [read more]

4/25/2014 By abiessener in GalCiv III News

Leader Pack DLC Now Available for Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes!

Expand your game with the latest downloadable content pack for Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes. The Leader Pack DLC expands the options players have for the most legendary hero of them all: you. The Leader Pack adds an all-new sovereign to each of the game’s 10 factions, each of which provide fresh gameplay experiences with new abilities and items. Prove might makes right with the hardy but magically impaired General Tarth, bring death magic to the kingdoms of men with Sanjo o... [read more]

4/24/2014 By abiessener in Elemental News

Dev Stream Tomorrow (Thursday April 17) at 10am PDT

Lead designer Paul Boyer, producer Ray Bartos, and myself (Adam Biessener) are playing and chatting Galactic Civilizations III again on the official Stardock Twitch.tv channel . Join us tomorrow at 10am Pacific time (1pm Eastern, 7pm CET for our European friends) and spend some quality Q&A time with the Galactic Civilizations III devs! This week's topic: ideology. Bring your questions about the system as it currently exists in the alpha, what our vision for it is, and what you can ex... [read more]

4/16/2014 By abiessener in GalCiv III News

Paul Boyer on Three Moves Ahead Podcast Talking about Galactic Civilizations III

Lead Designer for GC3, Paul Boyer, was on the Three Moves Ahead podcast where the obvious topic of discussion was Galactic Civilizations III. "In our 2^8 episode, Rob and Troy talk about Galactic Civilizations 3 with lead designer Paul Boyer. Paul explains the goals of the alpha and what early backers can expect at this stage of development as well as future builds. Rob and Troy rattle off a few items from their wishlist and both of them are wrong once again about how fun the ship builder w... [read more]

4/15/2014 By Island Dog in GalCiv III News

Dev Stream Tomorrow (Friday, April 11) at Noon PDT

Lead designer Paul Boyer and I are broadcasting live to the Internet at large again tomorrow, playing some Galactic Civilizations III and taking your questions. Catch it at 12pm Pacific time (3pm Eastern, 9pm CET for our friends across the ocean) on the official Stardock Twitch channel . This may be a silly idea, but since the internal build doesn't have anything super-exciting to show right now (it's just bug fixes so far, but we have BIG PLANS. PLANS SO BIG YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW)... [read more]

4/10/2014 By abiessener in GalCiv III News

Dev Stream Tomorrow (Friday, April 4) at Noon PST

I've finally got the equipment set up and Mormegil (lead designer Paul Boyer) convinced to do a developer stream of Galactic Civilizations III at http://twitch.tv/stardock .Tune in at noon Pacific (3 p.m. Eastern) tomorrow to ask your questions live and/or see how effectively I can troll Paul on-air. We'll keep the video up so you can watch it on demand later, of course. I was originally planning on streaming the internal build as a preview of upcoming changes, but then the devs d... [read more]

4/3/2014 By abiessener in GalCiv III News

Alpha Patch 0.0.2.0 is live!

We’ve already pushed out our first post-launch patch for the Galactic Civilizations III alpha, thanks in no small part to the feedback our Elite Founders have been providing in the mere week they’ve had with the game. We’re extremely pleased with the thoughtful feedback and excellent bug-reporting our Founders have been helping us out with. Thank you! To download the patch, simply connect to Steam and let the automatic download magic happen. You may have to restart you... [read more]

4/3/2014 By abiessener in GalCiv III News

Elite Founder Star Naming is Live!

Elite Founders can submit their star names – and their names to be included in the special thanks credit – for Galactic Civilizations III today. Simply head to https://www.galciv3.com/nameastar and login with your Stardock account (that you purchased the Elite Founders edition with) to submit your names. Please note that any content Stardock deems inappropriate will invalidate your entire submission. We keep open minds and Galactic Civilizations III is certainly not a ser... [read more]

4/2/2014 By abiessener in GalCiv III News

My evening playing GalCiv everything!

Galactic Civilizations III     Galactic Civilizations II     Galactic Civilizations I   Spent my evening today trying out the various Galactic Civilizations versions over the years. Each has their own particular strengths.  If you don’t have the original Galactic Civilizations for Windows, I highly recommend picking it up. It has a real “indie” charm to it. Now, the GalCiv III screenshot here is of the alpha . The ... [read more]

3/26/2014 By Frogboy in GalCiv III Dev Journals

Galactic Civilizations III Alpha Available Now

The day is here! Our Elite Founders can download the Galactic Civilizations III client through Steam (check your email or Stardock account for your Steam key if you bought directly from Stardock) and get to conquering. This first playable version of Galactic Civilization III includes: Four of the eight races (Drengin, Terran, Altarian, and the new Iridium) Conquest victory enabled First technological era available for testing New interstellar terrain First glimpse at new Ideolog... [read more]

3/26/2014 By Island Dog in GalCiv III News

Evolution of Galactic Civilizations

Greetings! I was thinking the other day on how Galactic Civilizations has evolved over the years.  Let’s take a look: Feature GalCiv OS/2 GalCiv I GalCiv II GalCiv III Core 4X mechanics x x x x United Planets x x x x Moral Dilema Events x x x x ... [read more]

3/26/2014 By Frogboy in GalCiv III Dev Journals

Leading the alpha factions: Lord Kona and Akari Malara

Meet the final two leaders who round out the Galactic Civilizations III alpha roster. Just as we've done with D.L. Bradley of the Terrans and Harondin Gaul of the Iridium , we've given the leaders of Galactic Civilizations III's major factions their own backstories and traits as a step toward infusing the game with as much flavor and personality as we can fit into it. With the alpha hitting Steam tomorrow for our Elite Founders to start banging on, it seemed appropriate to shar... [read more]

3/26/2014 By abiessener in GalCiv III Dev Journals

First Galactic Civilizations III Gameplay Video

Check out a full playthrough of the Galactic Civilizations III alpha, edited down to a two-minute narrated video: Questions? Ask ‘em here. I’d give you the save file for turn one to see if you could beat my time to victory, but a) I’m 100% certain someone could and it’s from an older build and won’t load in the build Elite Founders are getting access to on Thursday. Thursday is GC3 alpha day, everybody! Are you stoked? Because I am stoked. Also, writing... [read more]

3/24/2014 By abiessener in GalCiv III News

GalCiv III Economy 101

Building a powerful economy is more intuitive in Galactic Civilizations III than in previous titles while still letting players customize their empire’s productivity to the level that hands-on space emperors expect. However, we’ve refined how the basic population input is transformed into manufacturing, research, and wealth outputs. Read on for a detailed breakdown. (click the pic for the full-size version) One Slider to Rule Them All Ever at the forefront of p... [read more]

3/17/2014 By abiessener in GalCiv III Dev Journals

The Alpha arrives in 17 days from now

Greetings! The ALPHA of Galactic Civilizations III is due in 17 days (March 27). I want to use this post as a way to set people’s expectations and, if anything, use this as a public service announcement that you should NOT join the Founder’s program if your goal is to play a video game for fun early. That is not the purpose of the Founder’s program. The stages of development Software goes through 5 distinct phases with varying definitions but below is my own personal versio... [read more]

3/10/2014 By Frogboy in GalCiv III Dev Journals

The revenge of the Terrans, starring D.L. Bradley

Dark days are upon the besieged inhabitants of Sol III . However, an incandescent explosion of hope returns to Earth in the form of Admiral D.L. Bradley and his unstoppable fleet of vengeance as our story begins. But what price have Bradley and his soldiers paid for the terrible weapons they now turn against the Drengin menace? As I noted last week , we're working hard on bringing more character and flavor to the Galactic Civilizations universe. The foundation of that effort is t... [read more]

3/7/2014 By abiessener in GalCiv III Dev Journals

Building character, starring Iridium High Arbiter Harondin Gaul

Infusing Galactic Civilizations III, its universe, and its people with character and atmosphere is absolutely necessary for it to be the landmark title we intend it to be. It's also much harder to do in a 4X game than in a scripted shooter or RPG; we don't have the luxury of a two-minute cutscene explaining motivations, backstories, or current events. Heck, we don't even have narration or dialogue as it exists in many games. Our task, instead, is to use little snippets of text her... [read more]

2/28/2014 By abiessener in GalCiv III Dev Journals

$10 Founder's Discount on Galactic Civilizations III expires soon

The limited availability of the regular Founder's Edition is coming to a close as we near the launch of the Galactic Civilizations III Founder's Alpha, which will go out exclusively to Elite Founders who purchased the $99 edition. The last day to purchase the $39.99 Founder's Edition is March 2, 2014 . The $99 Elite Founder’s Edition, which includes all expansions and DLC we ever produce for Galactic Civilizations III and exclusive Alpha access , will continue to be... [read more]

2/21/2014 By abiessener in GalCiv III News

PCGamesN Has a New Galactic Civilizations 3 Preview Posted

PCGamesN has a great Galactic Civilizations 3 article up where they talk to Stardock CEO Brad Wardell and GC3 Lead Designer Paul Boyer. "Reading between the lines of an interview with Galactic Civilizations designer Paul Boyer and Stardock CEO Brad Wardell, they seem a little anxious about maintaining the values that made Galactic Civilizations II the best game Stardock ever developed. They return a lot to the theme of their own naivete in the mid-2000s, the fact that they did some things ... [read more]

2/11/2014 By Island Dog in GalCiv III News

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