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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

Sins: Rebellion Makes the GameSpy Holiday Gift Guide 2012

GameSpy has published their 2012 Holiday Gift Guide, and for PC games, Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is listed among many great PC games.  I think Sins: Rebellion makes a great gift too! “Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is an outstanding and unique real-time strategy game that offers a welcome, slower alternative to StarCraft 2's intense pacing." - Our Review http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/122/1226080p2.html [read more]

10/15/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News

Elemental: Fallen Enchantress Release Date Set for October 23rd

Stardock’s much anticipated PC fantasy strategy game, Elemental: Fallen Enchantress is about to go “gold” and its official release date has been set as Tuesday, October 23rd. The development team at Stardock, led by Derek Paxton (Fall from Heaven) with a campaign designed by Jon Shafer (Civ V), unveil Fallen Enchantress , a strategy game that brings the kind of detail and richness normally only seen in RPGs. The world of Elemental was once filled with magic. All peoples made use of this ... [read more]

10/9/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Gamasutra: Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Postmortem

Gamasutra has a postmortem article up on Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion.  This was written by Stardock’s Chris Bray and Blair Fraser from Ironclad.  “Even after two expansions, the teams felt the definitive version of the game had not yet been realized. With Ironclad Games working on the forthcoming Sins of a Dark Age, Stardock took a greater role in the development of the stand-alone expansion Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion to do just that. Sins: Rebellion wa... [read more]

10/9/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News

Fallen Enchantress–Beta 5C Released

Stardock has released Beta 5C of the upcoming Fallen Enchantress game today.  This update contains: Lots of new early game common items Various fixes AI improvements Balance tweaks and more Full list of changes can be found here - https://forums.elementalgame.com/432123 Fallen Enchantress pre-orders with beta access are available on Steam, GameStop PC downloads, GamersGate, GameFly, and direct from Stardock.  For more information about Fa... [read more]

9/27/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

CNN Takes a Look at Political Machine 2012

CNN's Larry Frum takes a look at The Political Machine 2012 as part of the 2012 Election Center coverage. "The gameplay offers players many options on how to sway voters in key swing states, such as Ohio. Speeches by your candidate on local topics may win you hearts and minds in that state, but how will they play on the national stage? Do you sink your advertising dollars into a positive campaign or get dirty with your ads? Different strategies play out depending on your candidate... [read more]

9/27/2012 By Island Dog in Political Machine News

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