Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity/Diplomacy producer Brian Clair starts a three part developer journal series today to describe the upcoming version 1.3 changes to the game. More than a simple patch, this forthcoming update gives the latest micro-expansion a major redesign. Read Part 1 at: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/409797 [read more]
6/22/2011 By Yarlen in Sins News
Since releasing the version 1.2 update for Sins: Trinity/Diplomacy, a lot of work has gone into a substantial redesign of its gameplay. When we first released Trinity last year, we’d overhauled the diplomatic and relationship systems in the hopes of giving players the ability to be a virtual puppetmaster that would make Machiavelli proud. Unfortunately, we fell short of that design goal, and while a number of good improvements did pan out, the diplomatic aspects ended up feeling pre... [read more]
6/22/2011 By Yarlen in Sins Developer Journals
Rock, Paper, Shotgun has an interview up with Stardock’s Derek Paxton talking about non-other than Elemental: Fallen Enchantress. RPS: You’ve talked a bit about how you see this as a more “focused” game than Elemental was originally. Is /that/ the focus – the story and the characters? Paxton: The campaign is story-focused, but the traditional game remains with that big sandbox experience. Story is a dangerous beast, because it can rob your game of life and steal options from... [read more]
6/3/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are happy to announce the release of Sins of Solar Empire: Trinity/Diplomacy version 1.21 today. Now available via the Impulse client for all registered customers, this new update includes improvements to the game's Alloy multiplayer system and other gameplay tweaks. For a full change log, visit: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/408939 [read more]
5/24/2011 By Yarlen in Sins News
GameSpot has an interview up with Derek Paxton talking about Elemental: Fallen Enchantress. Also check out the video diary! Link [read more]
5/23/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
Elemental: War of Magic 1.2a is now available and current players can update via Impulse. This update brings a few fixes to Elemental, and the changelog can be found here. https://forums.elementalgame.com/408749 [read more]
5/19/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
GameZone.com has an interview up with Stardock’s Derek Paxton and Jon Shafer on the progress of Elemental: Fallen Enchantress ! GZ: Please describe what players can expect once they jump into Fallen Enchantress. DP: They can expect a game that merges a 4X game and a role-playing game. Many 4X games have adopted some RPG conventions (units that gain experience, etc.), but in Fallen Enchantress those RPG aspects are as effective as more traditional 4X strategies. Instead of... [read more]
5/18/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
The v1.2 patch for Elemental: War of Magic has been released today! Current customers than find the update via Impulse, and you can go to the following link for the long list of changes. https://forums.elementalgame.com/408299 Some changes include: Raze city no longer requires a tech and is available right off the bat for all of your cities. Prestige penalty for multiple cities has been broken out in the Other category on the city screen (instead of being a part ... [read more]
5/3/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
Gaming Nexus has an interview up with Stardock’s Derek Paxton, and discusses the upcoming Elemental: Fallen Enchantress. “ So how have things been since you started at Stardock? What kinds of changes have you implemented since you got there? The biggest change has been in formalizing processes around production. Previously Stardock's games team was a small but successful part of Stardock's total business. Although Stardock had excellent management of the busin... [read more]
5/3/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
A big congrats goes out to xmorg who has won the Fallen Enchantress “Design a Trait” contest ! His trait, Outlaw Connections, took the top spot! “The Hero has spent some time with the lawless and knows a little about how to communicate with bandits. The Hero may recruit bandits he encounters in the wilds, at a small cost of gold and prestige. Bandits can be disbanded and add to the population. The hero cannot propose to marry them. Bandits ma... [read more]
4/21/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
Well it is technically not the weekend yet, but still we have put Sins of a Solar Empire – Trinity on sale today through the weekend. Sins – Trinity is on sale for 33% off bringing it to around $20 for the game which includes Sins, and the two micro-expansions: Entrenchment and Diplomacy. Sins of a Solar Empire – Trinity [read more]
4/20/2011 By Island Dog in Sins News
Stardock CEO Brad Wardell is on this weeks edition of the Jumping the Shark podcast. A big topic of discussion is the GameStop sale, and what’s ahead for Stardock and PC gaming. http://gameshark.libsyn.com/jumping-the-shark-episode-64 [read more]
4/12/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
Today we open up community voting in the Design a Trait contest for Elemental: Fallen Enchantress. The top 5 traits were chosen and now it is your turn to cast your vote for the winner, which their trait will be implemented into the upcoming Fallen Enchantress! Get to voting! http://elementalgame.com/contest [read more]
4/4/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
Gametrailers.com has a new video posted from GDC 2011 with an interview with Derek Paxton and Jon Shafer discussing Fallen Enchantress. http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gdc-11-elemental-fallen/712309 [read more]
3/30/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
On Tuesday, March 29th the great folks at Strategy Informer will be holding a live interview with Stardock’s Derek Paxton. The upcoming Elemental: Fallen Enchantress will be the main focus of the evening, and we encourage our community to head over and participate. The interview will be on Tuesday at 8pm EST. http://www.strategyinformer.com/editorials/11622/live-chat-with-derek-paxton [read more]
3/25/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
We have a new contest starting today for the upcoming Elemental: Fallen Enchantress! The Design a Trait contest gives you the ability to submit your own Traits for Fallen Enchantress. In the same manner that other contests have been, we will choose the top 5 traits and then post them for the community to vote on. For more information about the contest, check out the post from Derek Paxton about it. https://forums.elementalgame.com/406518 The contest starts today, Mar... [read more]
3/17/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
Stardock Entertainment and Ironclad Games have unleashed a massive changelog for the upcoming Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity version 1.2 and the update is now available. Trinity bundles the original award-winning real-time strategy PC title from Ironclad Games with the two game-changing micro-expansions, Entrenchment and Diplomacy . Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity is available via the digital download platform, Impulse for $39.95. The updates consist of a new and improved Pirate... [read more]
3/16/2011 By Island Dog in Sins News
Stardock Entertainment and Ironclad Games have unleashed a massive changelog for the upcoming Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity version 1.2 and the update is now available. Trinity bundles the original award-winning real-time strategy PC title from Ironclad Games with the two game-changing micro-expansions, Entrenchment and Diplomacy . Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity is available via the digital download platform, Impulse for $39.95. The updates consist of a new and improved... [read more]
3/16/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
Beta 4 for Stardock Entertainment and Ironclad Games' 4X RTS, Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity / Diplomacy is now available for testers. This final beta release includes several new fixes and improvements to bounty, balance and more. For full details, see: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/404715 [read more]
3/10/2011 By Yarlen in Sins News
Eager RTS gamers can now pre-order the upcoming Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion! All pre-order customers will gain access to the Rebellion beta scheduled for later this year (your credit card will be charged at that time). New Sins of a Solar Empire customers can pre-order Rebellion for $39.95. Existing registered Sins players who have registered Diplomacy or Trinity can upgrade to Rebellion for $29.95. To pre-order, just head to the Store: https://www.sinsofasolarempi... [read more]
3/3/2011 By Yarlen in Sins News
Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are happy to announce the release of Beta 3 for Sins of a Solar Empire Trinity/Diplomacy version 1.2. Now available via the Impulse client, this update includes a number of additional balance tweaks, crash fixes, and more. For full details go to: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/404715 [read more]
3/3/2011 By Yarlen in Sins News
The time of Diplomacy is over. The length of the war and differing opinions on what should be done to bring the war to an end has led to a splintering of the groups involved. The controlling powers-that-be have depleted arsenals and seemed to have exhausted all efforts of diplomacy. Trapped in a stalemate, sub-factions have rebelled and broken off the main alignments. Rebellion is upon us. The exciting next chapter in the awesome Sins of a Solar Empire universe has arrived. A full-fledged e... [read more]
3/1/2011 By Island Dog in Sins News
This is the first developer diary for Elemental: Fallen Enchantress, the stand-alone expansion to Elemental: War of Magic! We also have new artwork and screenshots showing off new battles and beautiful artwork for the upcoming title. New Fallen Enchantress Artwork and Screenshots [read more]
2/28/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
GameSpot has an exclusive video of the first developer diary for the upcoming Elemental: Fallen Enchantress! View the video here: Elemental: Fallen Enchantress Developer Diary [read more]
2/25/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
A big congrats goes out to Tydorius for winning the Elemental “Design a Quest” contest! We had a ton of fantastic entries, but ultimately the ‘Demon Lord’ quest reigned supreme by popular vote. “There are a lot of things this quest does right. It has a cool backstory, it fits into the theme of the ruined world and allows the player to naturally find and discover the quest. I really like that the first step of the quest is largely indistinguishable from more basic quests, hinting ... [read more]
2/23/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
For the last couple of years Stardock has released its Customer Report to the public, and we have always received a great response to it, so I’m happy to present the Stardock Customer Report 2010. This report is part of the internal business plan of Stardock along with results from our yearly customer survey that we send out to our customers. View: Stardock Customer Report 2010 [read more]
2/22/2011 By Island Dog in Sins News
For the last couple of years Stardock has released its Customer Report to the public, and we have always received a great response to it, so I’m happy to present the Stardock Customer Report 2010. This report is part of the internal business plan of Stardock along with results from our yearly customer survey that we send out to our customers. View: Stardock Customer Report 2010 [read more]
2/22/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
Stardock Entertainment and Ironclad Games have released Beta 2 for the upcoming version 1.2 update to registered customers today via the Impulse client. This second beta release contains several additional bug fixes reported by users. For full beta details, please see: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/404715 [read more]
2/17/2011 By Yarlen in Sins News
Stardock Entertainment and Ironclad Games are pleased to announce the release of the v1.2 BETA update for Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity/Diplomacy customers. This optional update for adventurous players include improvements to the game engine for better texture use, a new Pirate system, balance changes for each race, AI improvements, diplomatic balance updates and more. For a full change log visit: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/404715 [read more]
2/10/2011 By Yarlen in Sins News
The top 5 finalists for the Elemental “Design a Quest” contest have been chosen and posted to the contest page. It is now your turn to vote for your favorite to be included in Elemental: War of Magic. https://www.elementalgame.com/contest [read more]
2/7/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
GameSpy has published the top 25 PC Games of the 2000’s and Sins of a Solar Empire has made the list! “Sins of a Solar Empire may have an awkward title, it may not be the most famous game ever, and it may not have sold billions, but it is -- without question -- one of the best multiplayer real-time strategy games ever made.” Read more at GameSpy . [read more]
1/31/2011 By Island Dog in Sins News
The Salt Lake City PC Games Examiner posted an interview today with Stardock CEO Brad Wardell where they discuss Impulse, Digital Distribution, and of course PC Gaming. “Adam: When you launched Component Manager in 1998, did you have an idea of how big digital distribution would eventually become? Brad: We believed that digital distribution would eventually take over. But we thought that every developer and publisher would have their own thing. We di... [read more]
1/20/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
With the announcement of Elemental: Fallen Enchantress we had some fans asking for some higher-resolution images that could be used for wallpapers. You asked for them, so here they are! These first two releases are available as both a wallpaper and logon for Windows. To use the logon files you will need LogonStudio which is a free application developed by Stardock. https://www.stardock.com/products/logonstudio/ Wallpapers ... [read more]
1/12/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
PLYMOUTH, MI - January 11, 2011 Stardock released the details of the next chapter in its Elemental fantasy strategy game world. Elemental: Fallen Enchantress includes an all-new battle system, more sophisticated spell casting, an updated economic system, new game mechanics, more creatures, quests and much more. Elemental: Fallen Enchantress will be released as a stand-alone game but will be free to all players who purchased Elemental: War of Magic in 2010 and will be heavil... [read more]
1/11/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
BigDownload has a new interview up with Stardock’s Brad Wardell where Elemental: War of Magic, Impulse , and other items of interest are talked about. In a forum post you said you have now approved a budget to continue development of Elemental for the next two years. What can you tell us about what players of the game can expect in both the near and far future? The main things to expect from Elemental will be two very large expansions. While many gamers have seen ... [read more]
1/8/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
Gamasutra.com has an interview with Stardock’s Jon Shafter, and this is another you definitely want to sit down and read. “ You mentioned some of the things that attracted you to Stardock, like the personality of the company and how Brad Wardell [Stardock CEO] approaches making games for the PC platform. What exactly do you mean by that? JS: The biggest thing is that Brad is the CEO and full owner of the company. So he has complete leeway to do whatever he wants. And Stardock... [read more]
1/7/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
We are excited to announce our 2nd Elemental: War of Magic contest which starts today! We head great success with the “Design a Spell” contest, so we are taking it to the next step with the “Design a Quest” contest. If you are familiar with the previous contest, then the premise is basically the same except this time we are looking for user submitted quests. If you have a cool idea for a quest that you think would be a great addition to Elemental, then come post your quest idea ... [read more]
1/6/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
The official news came out today that Jon Shafer is joining Stardock to work on Elemental: War of Magic and other future projects. Shacknews.com has a great interview posted with Jon that I recommend you check out. Shack: With Derek Paxton leading continuing development on Elemental: War of Magic, what will your responsibilities be on the project? Jon Shafer: I'll be playing the game a lot, providing design ideas and feedback to producer Derek Paxton and the rest of the... [read more]
1/5/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
Stardock Entertainment, independent publisher of games including Sins of a Solar Empire , Demigod and Elemental: War of Magic has hired Civilization V Lead Designer Jon Shafer to help lead the studio’s design and modding efforts. Shafer will bring additional modding expertise to the recently launched Elemental: War of Magic and will take the lead in designing the next as-of-yet unannounced Stardock title. Shafer hails from Firaxis where he was lead designer and principal gameplay ... [read more]
1/5/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
Stardock Entertainment continues to bolster its development staff as renowned fantasy and science fiction writer/editor Dave Stern joins Stardock to oversee creative storytelling and lore implementation in all future projects, including the recently launched Elemental: War of Magic . Stern, author of numerous books including the novelizations of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and The Blair Witch Project and former editor of Pocket Books Star Trek and science fiction lines, was responsible for pu... [read more]
1/4/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News
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