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The 2012 Stardock Customer Report

Each year we send out a customer survey which many of you probably participated in, which asks our customers a variety of questions and gives us a look at our customer base and gives you a chance to give feedback that we can work with.  We take this data and look at it very carefully, and put together the results and share it with our community.  Stardock’s President and CEO Brad Wardell presents the Customer Report and talks about where Stardock started, what we’... [read more]

4/10/2013 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Examiner: 5 Reasons to Play Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes

Examiner.com has put up a great article describing 5 reasons to play Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes. You'll need to head over there and check out those 5 reasons and let us know us what you think! http://www.examiner.com/list/fallen-enchantress-legendary-heroes-5-reasons-to-play   [read more]

4/9/2013 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Sins of a Solar Empire Gets a Mention from NASA

Cool mention of Sins of a Solar Empire from NASA's Jeff Norris. "Norris praised particularly 2008′s Sins of a Solar Empire; “I’m struck by the complexity of the interface, that you can walk up to, start using, and be ready in a couple of minutes.” http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/04/06/nasa-describe-how-holodecks-and-spider-robots-will-make-us-all-space-invaders/   [read more]

4/8/2013 By Island Dog in Sins News

Sins: Rebellion Collectors' Edition Sale

Stardock Entertainment and Ironclad Games have put the Collectors' Edition items for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion on-sale!  Add a Kol Battleship to your bookshelf, play on a special steel-imaged mousepad, pick up some dog tags and more at the lowest prices yet. For full details or to order, visit:  https://www.sinsofasolarempire.com/collectorsedition [read more]

3/28/2013 By Yarlen in Sins News

Derex Paxton on Quarter to Three’s Games Podcast

Stardock’s Derex Paxton is on the latest episode of Qt3’s game podcast: making strategy games even better.  Derek talks about the upcoming Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes among other topics about strategy games. Listen to the full podcast here - http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2013/02/20/qt3-games-podcast-making-strategy-games-even-better/ [read more]

2/21/2013 By Island Dog in Elemental News

RTSguru Chats with Stardock’s Derek Paxton about Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes

RTSguru.com has an interview up with Stardock’s Derek Paxton about the recently announced Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes . “First, let’s get this out in the open.  An expansion isn’t just about additions, sometimes it’s about strategic cuts and changes to make the game better too.  With that in mind, LH will be cutting “Influence” from the main game as a form of resource, with the idea that this will actually make Gold matter more in the overall empire building aspect ... [read more]

2/14/2013 By Island Dog in Elemental News

The Escapist Interviews Stardock's Derek Paxton

The Escapist has posted an interview with Stardock's Derex Paxton about Fallen Enchantress and the newly announced Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes. " Derek Paxton : We've been excited to see people playing and enjoying Fallen Enchantress, and to get positive coverage from reviewers and our fans. It was nerve wracking to think about pouring so much effort into a game that may be dismissed by players that had heard bad things about War of Magic, and we hoped we would ge... [read more]

2/13/2013 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Soundtrack for Sins: Rebellion Now Available on Steam!

The soundtrack for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is now available on Steam.  55 high-fidelity tracks that gives you over 2 hours of musical enjoyment! Soundtrack -  http://store.steampowered.com/app/228600/ Bundle w/ game -  http://store.steampowered.com/sub/18821/   [read more]

1/11/2013 By Island Dog in Sins News

Fallen Enchantress Review from Pixel Perfect Gaming

Pixel Perfect Gaming has published their review of Elemental: Fallen Enchantress and gave it 5 stars! “Fallen Enchantress offers everything a strategy gamer could ever want. From creating custom maps to making your own adventure, Fallen Enchantress goes above and beyond your standard strategy game. It’s a must-have for any serious strategy gamer.” Read the full review here. http://www.pixelperfectgaming.com/?p=38594 [read more]

1/2/2013 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Happy New Year!

On behalf of Stardock I'd like to send out a big Happy New Year and another huge thanks for your support this past year! [read more]

1/1/2013 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Happy New Year!

Just wanted to take a moment and thank everyone for their support in 2012. We look forward to another great year and hope you'll join us!   [read more]

1/1/2013 By Island Dog in Sins News

Gaming Nexus Reviews Fallen Enchantress and Gives an 8.9!

Gaming Nexus has their review of Elemental: Fallen Enchantress up and they give it an 8.9! "In summary, then, “Elemental: Fallen Enchantress” has a lot of moving parts that work well together.  There is a lot of replayability here and the AI can put up a decent fight.  When everything is going right  EFE has that “just one more turn” feeling. " Read the full review here! http://www.gamingnexus.com/Article/Elemental-Fallen-Enchantress/Item3770.... [read more]

12/17/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Fallen Enchantress v1.1 Released–Massive AI Update!

Stardock is excited to release the v1.1 update to Elemental: Fallen Enchantress!  Fallen Enchantress offers players an immersive new world to build or destroy as they try to conquer the land and its inhabitants, and has received some great reviews from sites like Game Informer , GamingOgre , the Escapist , and more! This update includes many bug and balance fixes, and a huge focus on improving the AI. Some highlights of this update: Massive improvements to the AI Big change t... [read more]

12/13/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Fallen Enchantress Gets a 9.5 from Gaming All The Time

Gaming All The Time has put up their review of Fallen Enchantress and gave it a 9.5! “With modding tools built in to the game, and promised DLC, this game is set to be another hit for Stardock. With the time seemingly flying by, I ended up spending way to much time on this game for my own good- I’m definitely not done. If you are into games like Civilizations,Warlock, or similar games of the genre, you owe it to yourself to check out Fallen Enchantress” Read the full review her... [read more]

12/6/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Sins: Rebellion nominated for the People's Choice Game of the Year Award!

Sins: Rebellion nominated for the People's Choice Game of the Year Award! Voting starts this week so be sure to show the love! http://www.gamespot.com/features/incoming-best-of-2012-awards-6400987/?tag=Topslot%3bBestOf2012People039sChoiceAwards%3bIncomingBestOf2012Aw%3bGoNow “This Wednesday, December 5, marks the start of this year's People's Choice award which, for the first time, will revolve around just one prestigious category: the People's Choice Game of the Year. Voting wi... [read more]

12/5/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News

Map Pack DLC Now Available for Fallen Enchantress

Play on maps designed by Stardock. They introduce new challenges, dangerous threats and worlds to explore. In addition to a new hand crafted map for every map size along with new stamps to spice up random map generation, it also includes the full Anthys map. A gigantic map that contains the entire known world of Elemental (at least, as of ~150 AC). Clash- Play against a single opponent on a balanced map, or discover a ship and explore the nearby islands. Crucible- Four opponents w... [read more]

12/4/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

New Fallen Enchantress Review from One Guy, Too Many Games

Another review has rolled in, this time from One Guy, Too Many Games. "As it stands I can easily recommend it for any 4x strategy fan, especially those with a fantasy bent. Fallen Enchantress tempted my to ditch the scores altogether as I waffled between an A- and B+. Grading something with so many subjective factors is too arbitrary.  Just buy it." Read more here. http://www.oneguytoomanygames.com/2012/11/elemental-fallen-enchantress-review.html     [read more]

12/4/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Vagary.tv Gives Fallen Enchantress a 5/5!

Vagary.tv has put up their review  Elemetal: Fallen Enchantress and gave it a 5/5! “Elemental: Fallen Enchantress is the rare game that reaches in many directions, combining a vast array of different ideas, and combining them in a compelling and amazingly successful way.  Stardock was able to take the unfortunate circumstances surrounding the first Elemental game’s release and harness those lessons learned, constructing one of this year’s best strategy games. Hybrids are very... [read more]

12/3/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Fallen Enchantress Nexus mod site now ready!

Our friends at Nexus Mods have set up a Fallen Enchantress mod site.  It’s pretty awesome I must confess.  It’s already getting filled up with some excellent mods. You can get to it here: http://fallenenchantress.nexusmods.com/ As a reminder: Save a backup of your \english directory (it’s the \data\english directory) before getting too crazy with mods Make sure you turn on “use mods” in the options screen Have fun! I’ve alre... [read more]

11/24/2012 By Frogboy in Elemental News

Fallen Enchantress 1.02 Update Now Available

Stardock is pleased to announce that the v1.02 for Elemental: Fallen Enchantress is now available.  This update includes various fix, AI and Balance improvements, and more. Fallen Enchantress launched recently and has received some great reviews from sites like Game Informer , GamingOgre , the Escapist , and more! Highlights: Added edge scrolling in tactical Reduced memory consumption Player created sovereigns get random traits based on their race when played by the AI Custom ... [read more]

11/15/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Kokugamer Gives Fallen Enchantress an 9/10!

Kokugamer.com has put up their review of Fallen Enchantress and gave it a score of 9 out of 10! " Overall, the experience of Fallen Enchantress never dulls and layers will always feel a sense of accomplishment while playing. At first the game is a bit confusing, but over time the game gets better and better and becomes a huge addiction. The uniqueness of the game complimented by great yet simple gameplay and the fact that it’s easy to pick up makes the game fun and rewarding." Re... [read more]

11/14/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion 1.1 Released

Stardock Entertainment and Ironclad Games are happy to announce the release of version 1.1 for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion today. Available via the Steam client, this latest update adds dozens of new maps, balance adjustments, bug fixes and more.  For full details visit:  https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/436120 [read more]

11/13/2012 By Yarlen in Sins News

RTSguru Gives Fallen Enchantress an 8 out of 10!

RTSguru has posted their review of Fallen Enchantress and has given it an 8 out of 10! “The biggest test of a game for me is if I want to play it more after I’ve played it enough for my review. In this case I did, and still do. I see myself firing it up here and there and playing a couple dozen turns here and there as a break from whatever game I’m currently reviewing or previewing.” Read the full review here. http://www.rtsguru.com/game/460/article/4508/Fallen-Enchantres... [read more]

11/9/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Fallen Enchantress v1.01 Update is Now Available

The v1.01 update for Elemental: Fallen Enchantress is now available.  Fallen Enchantress launched recently and has received some great reviews from sites like Game Informer , GamingOgre , the Escapist , and more! Highlights in this update: Added the Iru Elixir (replaces the Strong Healing Potion) Added Dragonfly Bracers as a custom sovereign item (increases init by 2) Added ability to have spell-like effects with no casting and much more! For the full list of changes, pleas... [read more]

11/7/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

The Escapist Gives Fallen Enchantress a 4/5!

The Escapist has a great review up of Fallen Enchantress and gives it a 4/5! “Elemental: Fallen Enchantress engenders a feeling of real accomplishment, without requiring the investment in time and study demanded by truly hardcore strategy titles. The "sovereign" mechanic is a nice twist and while it's not particularly deep, personally cracking skulls or questing for a pair of dragon's eyes while simultaneously ordering the construction of a granary in New Foozleville is prett... [read more]

10/31/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

PCGamesN: Derek Paxton on Transforming Elemental into Fallen Enchantress

PCGamesN.com has an article out with Stardock’s Derek Paxton on how he helped take Elemental and “transformed” it into Fallen Enchantress. “Derek Paxton is Stardock’s Mr. Wolf. He joined Stardock after making the hit Civilization IV mod, Fall From Heaven, a which took the Civilization IV design and used it to create an enormous fantasy-themed playground where pirates, dwarves, and vampires struggled for control of the world. His experience and imagination made him a perfect fit for a t... [read more]

10/31/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Co-Optimus Rates Fallen Enchantress a 4 out of 5!

Co-Optimus is the latest to publish a review of Fallen Enchantress, and they rate it a 4 out of 5! "If the engrossing strategy and infinite customization options are not enough to pull you towards Fallen Enchantress, the style alone should make you turn your head. It’s like playing a painting. When zoomed out all the way, the world turns into a cloth map and all the units become pewter pieces. It resembles a tabletop board game, and is a turn based strategy player’s dream. If yo... [read more]

10/30/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Derek Paxton on Three Moves Ahead Podcast

Derek Paxton was on the latest episode of the Three Moves Ahead podcast.  Of course Fallen Enchantress was one of the topics! October 30, 2012 Derek Paxton comes back to the show to talk with Tom , Rob, Bruce, and Troy about Fallen Enchantress , his massive revision of 2010's Elemental: War of Magic. He explains how he started reshaping Elemental, and how the project grew along the way. Tom is already a big fan, and even suggests that Fallen Enchantress may be close to Mas... [read more]

10/30/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

SpaceSector Gives Fallen Enchantress an 8.7!

SpaceSector.com has published their review of Fallen Enchantress, and give it an overall score of 8.7! “I personally can’t wait to see what enhancements and features, both official and unofficial, will be coming in Fallen Enchantress’ future.” Read the full review at SpaceSector.com. http://www.spacesector.com/blog/2012/10/elemental-fallen-enchantress-review/ [read more]

10/29/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

GameSpy's Review of Fallen Enchantress

The next review is in and today it's from GameSpy!  Check out what they have to say. "Fortunately, Fallen Enchantress is not just a strategy game. It is a fantasy strategy RPG that, by its conclusion, does feel fantastical. Magic is devastating (where it was once puny), heroes are demigods, and your forces do battle across the blasted landscape with huge armies and towering dragons. The world doesn't feel tamed or conquered by the end, but more magical and more dangerous. It ta... [read more]

10/29/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Game Informer Reviews Fallen Enchantress–8.25 Score!

Game Informer has their review of Fallen Enchantress up, and gives it a rating of 8.25! “It’s the closest anyone has come to producing the game I’ve been dreaming about since I was an adolescent with visions of wizards carving fantastical empires out of a hostile world.” Full review here. http://www.gameinformer.com/games/elemental_fallen_enchantress/b/pc/archive/2012/10/25/elemental-fallen-enchantress-review.aspx [read more]

10/25/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

First Review Is Up–8.7 from GamingOgre!

GamingOgre.com is the first to publish a review of the newly released Fallen Enchantress.  They give it a great overall score of 8.7! “The takeaway?  If you like strategy games, you’ll like Fallen Enchantress.  If you like RPG games and fantasy settings, you’ll like Fallen Enchantress.  If you like the kind of game where you say to yourself, “I’ll just play this for fifteen minutes or so,” and then all of a sudden it’s 4:00 in the morning, then you can add Fallen En... [read more]

10/23/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Elemental: Fallen Enchantress is now available

Stardock announced today that the long-awaited fantasy strategy PC game, Elemental: Fallen Enchantress, is now available. Fallen Enchantress offers players an immersive new world to build or destroy as they try to conquer the land and its inhabitants. Enter the world of Elemental and create a sovereign with unique talents and abilities along with a faction to align yourself with in an effort to bring the world under your control. The land is not simply waiting to be claimed, it must be conque... [read more]

10/23/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Fallen Enchantress: "Stardock has outdone themselves"

As some of you may recall, when Elemental: War of Magic was released in 2010, no one was more vocal or more specific in the shortcomings of that title than QT3's Tom Chick. Stardock took the criticism of that game to heart when it "reimagined" a TBS fantasy strategy game that ultimately manifested itself as Elemental: Fallen Enchantress.  From the quick impressions: Stardock has really outdone themselves this time. If you like turn-based strategy games, if you like fantasy, even... [read more]

10/22/2012 By Frogboy in Elemental News

NeoGamr Talks with Stardock’s Derek Paxton

NeoGamr has shared an interview with Stardock’s Derek Paxton about the soon to be released Fallen Enchantress . “ What were your goals in developing Fallen Enchantress? I believe in the concept of Fallen Enchantress, 4x strategy in an RPG world. I saw a lot of potential in that concept and an opportunity to make a game that I would love to play. I believe in Stardock as a world class developer of strategy games, and I was honored to be able to join that team.” Read the f... [read more]

10/22/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

The Political Machine 2012 v1.03 Update

Stardock has released an update today for the popular The Political Machine 2012 . The Political Machine 2012 allows players to hit the virtual campaign trail by creating your own custom candidate or choosing from a variety of candidates, such as Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Hillary Clinton or Ron Paul. This update brings new issues into the game based upon recent political events. NEW ISSUES: Firing Big Bird Arming Syrian Rebels (new issue corresponding to broader middle east cri... [read more]

10/15/2012 By Island Dog in Political Machine News

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