Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are pleased to announce the BETA 2 update for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion v1.50. This new update contains various fixes based on player feedback. For a full change log, visit: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/443792 [read more]
5/21/2013 By Yarlen in Sins News
This update added the scenario, along with various fixes and balance adjustments. Check out the full changelog here Current beta users, open up the Steam client to update now! New to Legendary Heroes? Purchase it now for $39.99! Also available at Steam Own Fallen Enchantress? Upgrade to Legendary Heroes with a $20 discount! [read more]
5/10/2013 By Island Dog in Elemental News
Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion 1.5 beta is available for download now! The update features improved planet visuals; major game balance updates and more! View the full changelog to v1.5 beta now: http://tinyurl.com/forums-sins15beta-changelog While many were hopeful that diplomacy would finally end the war, differing opinions on what should be done, along with the depleted power of the controlling factions, has led to a splintering of the groups involved. Take the battle for ga... [read more]
5/9/2013 By Island Dog in Sins News
Digital Hippos has posted a preview for the upcoming Fallen Enchantress - Legendary Heroes game releasing this month. "Also, animation and despite being stylish, the 3d models also look great. I can't wait to see what the full version can do as this title is constantly being updated. On the audio side, effects are very nice indeed and the music pieces are both dynamic and subtle when needed. I love quality in these departments and Heroes doesn't dissappoint!" Read the full prev... [read more]
5/6/2013 By Island Dog in Elemental News
Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes is in TIME's "10 Games to Watch for Late Spring 2013"! " it’s rolling out an expansion dubbed Legendary Heroes that, as it sounds, is about digging down into the champion-building game (champions don’t show up randomly, you now have to work for them) and deep-tweaking everything else, including the leveling system, battle maps, bestiary, magic and visuals." See it here - http://techland.time.com/2013/05/03/10-games... [read more]
5/6/2013 By Island Dog in Elemental News
Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are making ready the upcoming v1.50 opt-in BETA update. Take a look at all the upcoming changes below: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/443792 [read more]
5/2/2013 By Yarlen in Sins News
The update features new abilities, epic items won by defeating elemental lords, tons of balance adjustments and bug fixes. View the full changelog to v.87 now: http://tinyurl.com/forums-87changelog Legendary Heroes is an expansion to Stardock’s popular Fallen Enchantress fantasy strategy game. The Fallen Enchantress seeks to destroy the fragile civilizations that have arisen from the ashes of the cataclysm. Fortunately, your fame has spread far and wide attracting the great ... [read more]
5/2/2013 By Island Dog in Elemental News
Stardock is pleased to announce that the release date to the expansion to its popular fantasy strategy game, Fallen Enchantress has been set as Wednesday, May 22nd. The expansion, Fallen Enchantress – Legendary Heroes, picks up where Fallen Enchantress left off. The world of Elemental is seeing new monsters invading the land and new champions have arisen to aid the player in their quest to bring order and civilization back to the people. The expansion is loaded with new features in... [read more]
4/22/2013 By Frogboy in Elemental News
Gaming Nexus has an interview with Stardock's Derek Paxton about Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes! "We first talked to Derek Paxton a few years ago when he first took up the producer reigns at Stardock a few years ago. Since then he's released the Fallen Enchantress expansion pack and is wrapping up development on Legendary Heroes, a soon to be released stand alone expansion pack for the franchise. With the release right around the corner we asked Derek about what we could expec... [read more]
4/17/2013 By Island Dog in Elemental News
ZTGD has a preview up for Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes. "Legendary Heroes is a 4X game that I can easily sink hours into in one sitting." Read the full preview at the link below. http://www.ztgd.com/previews/fallen-enchantress-legendary-heroes/ [read more]
4/12/2013 By Island Dog in Elemental News
The folks over at RTSguru have posted the first preview of Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes. This is what they had to say: "and even though this was a quick first impression I feel that Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes is a strong contender for best game in the fantasy genre. " It's a great preview, and you can read all of it at RTSguru.com. http://www.rtsguru.com/article/5569/First-Impressions-Fallen-Enchantress-Legendary-Heroes.html [read more]
4/12/2013 By Island Dog in Elemental News
The next update to Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion will see the shadows get another pass. In the screenshot above you can see the current version and the new version side by side. [read more]
4/10/2013 By Frogboy in Sins Developer Journals
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.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
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
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
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.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 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
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
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
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
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
Sins: Rebellion was nominated for readers voting for the best strategy game for 2012. The voting is open so be sure to head over and show some love for Sins. http://www.incgamers.com/2012/12/best-strategy-2012-readers-vote/ [read more]
12/17/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News
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
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
PC Gamer has put out their nominees for their Game of the Year and Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion has been nominated! http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/12/11/pc-gamers-game-of-the-year-nominees/ [read more]
12/11/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News
Sins: Rebellion is also in several voting categories in Game Informers Readers Game of the Year! Head over and show your love for Rebellion! http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/12/04/vote-on-your-games-of-the-year-for-2012.aspx [read more]
12/8/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News
Show you’re love for Sins and vote for Sins: Rebellion today! Vote here: http://www.gamespot.com/best-of-2012/peoples-choice/index.html [read more]
12/7/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News
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! 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
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
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 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
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
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.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
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 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
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
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