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GameTrailers Gives Sins: Rebellion an Editors' Choice!

GameTrailers has posted their written and video review, and give Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion an 8.7 and Editors' Choice! "Make no mistake, Rebellion is every bit as fun as its predecessor, and its additions provide the best experiences the multiplayer mode has seen to date. If you've never experienced Sins of a Solar Empire before, you'll find no better entry point than Rebellion." Read and watch the review here. http://www.gametrailers.com/ reviews/3fwiw8/ sin... [read more]

7/16/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News

GamesRadar Gives Sins: Rebellion an Editors’ Choice!

GamesRadar.com has posted their review of Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion and give it an Editors’ Choice! “Rebellion isn't lacking in polish or extra content. With beefier ships and more choices to agonize over, it adds enough new elements to the mix to freshen the gameplay for seasoned veterans, and it's a good starting point for players who are late to the party and unwilling to wait for a proper sequel.” Read the full review at GamesRadar! http://www.gamesradar.com/s... [read more]

7/9/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News

Rock, Paper, Shotgun Likes Sins: Rebellion

Rock, Paper, Shotgun has posted their take on Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion and they definitely seem to like it! “So, yes. I like it. I knew I liked it when in the heat of a skirmish I upgraded my capital ship to include a boarding party who then captured a pirate frigate and convinced him to fight alongside our fleet, thereafter screeching “Trrrrrreasure, ye say!?” at every order I gave him.” Read the full review here. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/07/09/wot-i... [read more]

7/9/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News

GameSpot Reviews Sins: Rebellions–Gives 8.5 out of 10!

GameSpot has posted their review of Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion and gave it an 8.5 out of 10! “Rebellion puts a nice capper on the Sins of a Solar Empire franchise. While this is an excellent game, with loads of new options and an incredible amount of tactical depth” Read the full review at GameSpot. http://www.gamespot.com/sins-of-a-solar-empire-rebellion/reviews/sins-of-a-solar-empire-rebellion-review-6384904/ [read more]

6/29/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News

The Political Machine 2012 Hits The Campaign Trail

Do you have what it takes to be president? Today Stardock announced the 2012 edition of its popular political strategy game, The Political Machine. Play as more than 20 candidates including Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich or create your own candidate from scratch. Players take to the campaign trail against a computer controlled opponent or a human challenger over the Internet. The goal: win the hearts and minds of America’s voters to achieve victory in ... [read more]

6/29/2012 By Island Dog in Political Machine News

Sins: Rebellion Collectors' Edition Upgrade Underway

It's our biggest and best Collectors' Edition box to date, and you can pre-order it today!  The Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Collectors' Edition contains 4.5 lbs of collectibles that any diehard Sins' fan will love. Included in the specially numbered package: Kol Ship Model (approx. 8.5"x2.5") w/stand Pewter dog tags with chain Metal imaged steel mouse pad Steelbook case with game DVD and 2 music CDs and 2 18"x26" posters The Collectors' Edition package is... [read more]

6/28/2012 By Yarlen in Sins News

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion 1.03 Released

Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are pleased to announce the release of Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion v1.03 today.  Now available through the Steam client for all registered customers, this patch includes a large number of balance changes, bug fixes and more. For a full change log, please visit:  https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/427529 [read more]

6/28/2012 By Yarlen in Sins News

Softpedia Gives Sins: Rebellion 9/10!

Softpedia games review of Sins: Rebellion is up and they give it a score of 9 out of 10! “Ironclad Games has managed to once again deliver a game that has no rival in the space-based real-time strategy world and a universe that will end up occupying hundreds of hours of my playing time over the coming months.” Full review here. http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/games/pc/Sins-of-a-Solar-Empire-Rebellion-Review-277108.shtml [read more]

6/22/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News

G4TV Reviews Sins: Rebellion–Gets 4/5!

G4TV has their review up of Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion! “Rebellion is a perfectly satisfying way to quell your hunger pains for a long-form, hardcore RTS.” Read the full review from G4TV here. http://www.g4tv.com/games/pc/65998/sins-of-a-solar-empire-rebellion/review/ [read more]

6/21/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News

GameSpy: Sins Rebellion = Editor's Choice!

GameSpy has posted their review of Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion !  “Rebellion doesn't stop there -- nearly every system in Sins has been modified in some way, most notably the Diplomacy research tree. It's now far more useful, thanks to faction-specific researchable bonuses that unlock for both you and an ally. And the pirates, which conduct raids at fixed intervals against the player with the biggest player-set bounty on his head? They're much fiercer in Rebell... [read more]

6/15/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News

Sins: Rebellion Review Roundups

There are lots of reviews coming in so I wanted to make a post to consolidate all of them. PC Gamer - http://www.pcgamer.com/review/sins-of-a-solar-empire-rebellion-review/ “Bigger and more stable than ever, Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion will happily strip-mine your life of its free time.”   Game Informer - http://www.gameinformer.com/games/sins_of_a_solar_empire_rebellion/b/pc/archive/2012/06/12/review.aspx “Rebellion isn’t a massive departure for Sins of a Solar Empire, but it’s a good enough reason to get back into the game or to discover for the first time one of the more interesting evolutions of the strategy genre in recent memory.” [read more]

6/13/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion–What’s new

Introduction – The Sins of a Solar Empire Sins of a Solar Empire is a game set in a distant future where mankind has expanded into the stars, creating a loose networking of colonies that become known as the Trade Order. Over a period of a thousand years, the Trade Order worlds experienced peace and prosperity. All of that, however, changed twenty years ago when the aliens arrived. The Vasari Empire once ruled over countless worlds. For thousands of years, they were unstoppable and con... [read more]

6/12/2012 By Frogboy in Sins Developer Journals

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Now Available

It is a time of Rebellion. Stardock announced today the release of the most significant expansion to Ironclad Games’ hit RTS, Sins of a Solar Empire. Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is a stand-alone expansion that does not require players to own a previous edition of Sins of a Solar Empire. It extends the ground-breaking gameplay that has made it one of the most popular PC strategy games of all time. Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion combines the best elements of real-time strategy... [read more]

6/12/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News

PC Gamer Reviews Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion

PC Gamer is first up to post their review of Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion! “Bigger and more stable than ever, Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion will happily strip-mine your life of its free time.” Read the full review at PC Gamer. http://www.pcgamer.com/review/sins-of-a-solar-empire-rebellion-review/ [read more]

6/11/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News

June 12th! It's tomorrow! Buckle up!

At long last, June 12th is just about here! It's hard to believe how long we've (us and the Sins community) have been working on this.  Back at the start, June 2012 seemed impossibly far away. But we wanted to make sure Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion was just right. Each new faction, each new ship and titan, each new victory condition got plenty of spot light in their own beta releases. We wanted to make sure the updated graphics engine looked amazing but also performed wel... [read more]

6/11/2012 By Frogboy in Sins News

Sins: Rebellion Interview with Neogamr

Neogamr got a chance to speak with Blair Fraser and Chris Bray about Sins: Rebellion! “ How did the idea for Rebellion come about? Blair Fraser : Ironclad and Stardock are always collecting a ton of ideas for new Sins content and mechanics. The trick is always finding a cohesive package to organize it within. We knew the next expansion was certainly going to be more militaristic than the previous expansion (Diplomacy) and we knew we wanted more faction different... [read more]

6/6/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News

RTSguru Q&A with Stardock’s Chris Bray

RTSguru.com also got a chance to sit-in with a Q&A session with Rebellion Producer Chris Bray. “One of the Q&A participants asked about Rebellion's competitors in the expanding genre that the SoaSE series is a part of, and Chris opined that he's excited about the growth of their niche field, as competing titles drive his team to do better while bringing more attention to the games themselves.  Interestingly, we were also told that the Homeworld series greatly affected the... [read more]

5/29/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News

Sins: Rebellion Q&A with GameSpy

Stardock’s Chris Bray had a chance to speak with the folks at GameSpy about the upcoming Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion in a question & answer session. “ Producer Chris Bray : We're lucky in that the Sins community is absolutely AMAZING about providing helpful feedback, bug reports, etc. It's so good you almost forget you're on the internet. One thing we've gotten plenty of feedback on are the new corvette units. They started off cheap to produce, but not very effective. We've u... [read more]

5/23/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News

PC Gamer Previews Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion

PC Gamer has been spending some quality time with Sins: Rebellion lately, and they have posted their preview! “The lighting on these ships is just incredible. They glimmer in the dark of space, and then blaze with laser beams, a wash of explosions, and the fire of distant stars. The Titans move with a ponderous menace: my Ankylon pulled into range of the Ragnarov and the slowly rotated to bring its massive, slab-like sides to bear for a crushing broadside. I could make out the main gun... [read more]

5/21/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News

Sins: Rebellion Beta 3 Begins

Stardock Entertainment and Ironclad Games are pleased to announce the return of the Vasari Empire with the release of Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Beta 3 today. Now available via the Steam client for all pre-order customers, Beta 3 introduces the Vasari Loyalist and Rebel factions, along with their powerful new arsenal of nano-technology.  For a full change log visit:  https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/424850 To join the action, just head over to the Purchase page. ... [read more]

5/15/2012 By Yarlen in Sins News

Co-Optimus Takes a Hands-on Look at Sins: Rebellion

Co-Optimus got a look at Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion and have posted their preview so far. “I put a few hours into a small map, conquering and colonizing a handful of planets as well as dealing with some pesky pirates. Sadly my beta time expired before I got to attempt any of the new victory conditions or dig deeper into the new research and science trees. My short time with the game reminded why I had put dozens upon dozens of hours with the original. I really enjoyed some of th... [read more]

5/4/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News

Sins: Rebellion Beta 2c Released

Stardock Entertainment and Ironclad Games are happy to announce the release of Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion BETA 2c (0.90) today.  This latest update is now available via the Steam client and contains a huge list of bug fixes, balance updates and more.  For full details see:  https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/423729 [read more]

5/3/2012 By Yarlen in Sins News

Limited Time Special Offer for Sins Owners

This is a special limited time offer for owners of any version of Sins of a Solar Empire to get a $10 discount for the pre-order of Sins: Rebellion.  Currently, Sins: Trinity owners were able to get this discount, but for a short time only we offering a discount to customers who purchased just Sins. https://www.sinsofasolarempire.com/store [read more]

4/25/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News

Rebellion Beta 2b Now Available

Stardock Entertainment and Ironclad Games are pleased to announce the availability of Beta 2b (0.80) for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion today for all pre-order customers.  This latest update contains many performance optimizations, bug fixes and the latest round of balance changes. For a full change log see:  https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/423099 [read more]

4/24/2012 By Yarlen in Sins News

Elemental: Fallen Enchantress Beta 3 Available

Beta 3 for Elemental: Fallen Enchantress is out now and is ready to be downloaded. The full changelog can be found here - https://forums.elementalgame.com/422486 New screenshots - https://forums.elementalgame.com/422495 [read more]

4/19/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Video - Sins: Rebellion Preview on X-Play

This is the online video in case you missed the episode of X-Play last night. http://www.g4tv.com/videos/58228/sins-of-a-solar-empire-rebellion-hands-on-preview Wii Games - E3 2012 - LittleBigPlanet [read more]

4/19/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News

Sins: Rebellion Preview on X-Play Tonight!

Be sure to tune in to X-Play tonight on G4TV where they go hands-on with Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion with Brad Wardell! X-Play comes on at 6:30PM EST, so check your local listings for info on G4TV in your area. http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/722913/tonight-630pm-et-on-x-play-sleeping-dogs-and-fantasy-writer-ra-salvatore/ [read more]

4/18/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News

Rebellion Beta 2a Now Available

Stardock Entertainment and Ironclad Games are pleased to announce the first update for Beta 2 of Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion. This updated version (0.78) contains a number of crash fixes, bug fixes and balance updates. For full details see:  https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/422166 [read more]

4/17/2012 By Yarlen in Sins News

Fallen Enchantress Preview from GameSpy

GameSpy has published their preview for the upcoming Elemental: Fallen Enchantress! “What Wardell showed is effectively a different game in Elemental's clothing. It's still a 4X strategy game blended with roleplaying, and it's got the same hand-drawn map look to it, like something you'd find in the back of a fantasy novel, but there's better UI organization, complete revamps of the combat, magic, economic, and hero-recruitment systems, a real tutorial, and a lengthy story-based campaig... [read more]

4/16/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

More Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion news

Sins of a Solar Empire : Rebellion transmits intro cinematic | Joystiq Sins Of A Solar Empire : Rebellion Cinematic Video - G4tv.com Sins of a Solar Empire : The Rebellion Begins - [a]listdaily Sins of a Solar Empire : Rebellion Trailer Stupidest thing ever. - Sharky Forums Confrontation is now available on Steam, Sins of a Solar Empire ... [read more]

4/10/2012 By Frogboy in Sins Developer Journals

Fallen Enchantress Preview from GamesRadar

GamesRadar got a look at Elemental: Fallen Enchantress recently, and they have posted their preview! “From what we've seen of the game, it certainly looks like Stardock is making good on its promises. The unit customization is insane, allowing players to essentially build their own units from a few templates. Give a healing unit a mace, change their armor, and adjust some skills and suddenly you're controlling an army of armored paladins, ready to charge into tactical battles. Take awa... [read more]

4/10/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Rock, Paper, Shotgun on Fallen Enchantress

Rock, Paper, Shotgun has their look at the upcoming Elemental: Fallen Enchantress up and here’s a brief look at what they have to say. “With the assistance of the brains behind Civ IV supermod Fall From Heaven II , Stardock have sought to address complaints, expand everything that’s capable of expanding and deliver the successor to Master of Magic that I’ve been waiting for since I was knee high to a grasshopper.” Read the full article at RPS. http://www.rockpapersho... [read more]

4/10/2012 By Island Dog in Elemental News

PCWorld’s Hands On with Sins: Rebellion

PCWorld got a hands on preview of Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion and has published their thoughts. “The new factions and their intriguing abilities are the biggest change to Sins, but there are a few other new features in the Rebellion beta that are worth mentioning, including a bunch of new units and even two new classes of ship: the Corvette and the Titan.” Read the full hands on at PCWorld.com. http://www.pcworld.com/article/253380/hands_on_with_sins_of_a_solar_empi... [read more]

4/10/2012 By Island Dog in Sins News

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion BETA 2 Released

Stardock Entertainment and Ironclad Games are very pleased to announce the release of Beta 2 for all Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion pre-order customers! This second beta release adds in the Advent Loyalist and Advent Rebel factions, in addition to updated balance and optimizations for the TEC Loyalist and Rebels in either single-player or multiplayer via Ironclad Online or LAN. Also included in this release: All the new technologies and balance of the Advent factions. Const... [read more]

4/4/2012 By Yarlen in Sins News

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