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Sins: Trinity/Diplomacy v1.2 BETA Underway

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

Design a Quest Contest Voting is Open!

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

Sins Makes GameSpy’s Top 25 PC Games of the 2000’s

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

PC Games Examiner Interview with Brad Wardell

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

Elemental: Fallen Enchantress Wallpapers and Logons

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

Elemental: Fallen Enchantress takes Stardock’s fantasy strategy game in a new direction

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 Interviews Stardock’s Brad Wardell about Elemental and More

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 Interview with Jon Shafer

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

Elemental’s 2nd Contest: Design a Quest!

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

Shacknews Interview with Jon Shafer

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

Jon Shafer, Lead Designer of Civilization V, Joins Stardock

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

Dave Stern Joins Stardock to Oversee Creative Storytelling

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

Design a Spell Contest Winner Announced!

For the past month or so we have been running an Elemental “Design a Spell” contest where you the players had the opportunity to submit spells that might end up in a future update in Elemental: War of Magic. We received hundreds of submissions and the top five finalists were chosen and the public voted for their favorite. The winner was: unacomn ! HIs spell “Shadow World” was chosen as the favorite in public voting. “This spell opens up a rift to a shadow plane from wh... [read more]

1/4/2011 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Elemental Limited Edition Box–$49.99 with Free Shipping

Day 18 of the 25 Days of Christmas! Today we have Elemental: War of Magic Limited Edition Box for $49.99 with free shipping! Version 1.1 of Elemental was just released this week, so it’s a great time to pickup this game. Also, if you buy Elemental before the end of the year will also get the first expansion pack free when released! http://www.impulsedriven.com/elemental Limited Edition Extras: 18"x26" Elemental Poster 18"x26" ... [read more]

12/17/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Elemental: War of Magic 1.1 Released

Stardock has released version 1.1 which is a huge update to its fantasy strategy title, Elemental: War of Magic. Elemental Lead Producer Derek Paxton (aka Kael) says, "The 1.1 patch for Elemental: War of Magic is an opportunity to enhance and refine the game. In a limited timeframe, the team was able to implement major features. As a result, the game has been rebalanced to remain fun and challenging throughout. It impacts nearly every aspect of gameplay, the interface and most signifi... [read more]

12/15/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Sins of a Solar Empire updates

Stardock and Ironclad have been looking at what's next for Sins of a Solar Empire. One of the big things on our list is to implement a new memory model for the game. The reason this matters is that right now, it's hard to add more ships or structures into the game because of the infamous 2GB memory limit on 32-bit systems. So in the coming couple of months, we're going to be working on a new update to Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity that implements this. After that, we can e... [read more]

11/17/2010 By Frogboy in Sins News

Elemental “Design a Spell” Contest!

We are excited to announce a new contest for Elemental: War of Magic! The “Design a Spell” contest gives you the player the chance to have a spell included in an upcoming update, and a chance to win some really cool prizes like an ATI video card! Submit your own spell and the top 5 chosen by the contest moderators will be posted and the community will vote on a winner. First Place: ATI Radeon™ HD 5850 1GB graphics card AND have your spell implemented into Elemental: War... [read more]

11/11/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Gaming Nexus Interview with Derek “Kael” Paxton

GamingNexus.com has a new interview up with Stardock’s Derek Paxton aka Kael about his new role at Stardock and Elemental: War of Magic. First off congrats on the new gig. Why did you choose to go to Stardock? Could you talk about what your role is going to be and what your day to day duties are going to be? I choose Stardock because they focus on the types of games I love to design and play, PC strategy games. Since Stardock is both the developer and publisher they make th... [read more]

11/1/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

BigDownload Interview with Derek Paxton and Brad Wardell

The news broke this week that Derek Paxton will be joining Stardock to lead the games team on Elemental and other projects. BigDownload has an interview with both Derek and Brad posted on their site. Check it out! First, for people who might not know you, can you give us a little about your background in gaming and mod making? I'm a huge fan of turn based strategy games, so much so that I created the Fall from Heaven mod for Civilization IV. I was fortunate enou... [read more]

10/13/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Derek “Kael” Paxton Joins Stardock to Lead Games Development

Stardock Entertainment , developer and publisher of award-winning PC games, announced today that Derek Paxton has joined the studio as senior producer and will oversee Stardock's ongoing development and expansions of the recently released fantasy strategy game, Elemental: War of Magic. Paxton is the creator and lead designer of the Fall from Heaven series of fantasy strategy games. Prior to joining Stardock, he was an external consultant for Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword and co... [read more]

10/12/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

BigDownload Review of Elemental

BigDownload has posted their review of Elemental: War of Magic, and have given it a “Must Own” rating! “Elemental is, as we have said, the best game Stardock has made so far. It really is a wonderful title, and despite some incredibly poor design decisions, it stands out in a tired genre. Post-launch support aims to elevate the game beyond the relatively simple status it is at now, and we welcome it with open arms. It's worth noting that this is the first time we've found ourselves sit... [read more]

9/8/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Neoseeker’s Elemental: War of Magic Review

Neoseeker.com has published their review of Elemental: War of Magic! Elemental: War of Magic is an essential purchase, one easy to recommend because it's relevant to so many different types of gamers: strategy fans, RPG nuts, newbies, veterans -- it doesn't matter. Pardon the pun, but it's got all the elements of the classics you know and love -- fans of Master of Magic, the Ogre Battle series, the Heroes of Might & Magic series, and so on should find lots to love here, and find th... [read more]

8/30/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Joystiq Previews Elemental: War of Magic

Joystiq has taken a look at a preview of Elemental: War of Magic, and has published their preview of the game. “ There's a lot to deal with in Elemental -- it's the product of a man and a company that knows how to make solid and satisfying strategy games, and even on top of that, it's a wild mix of genres and gameplay conventions and customization options. Even if you're a die-hard Civ player, it will probably be easy to be overwhelmed by everything happening in this title. ... [read more]

8/26/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Elemental: War of Magic Now Available!

Independent developer and publisher Stardock released the much-awaited PC fantasy strategy title Elemental: War of Magic today. Elemental: War of Magic opens a world of magic and ancient lore as players begin the game as one of the few beings in the world still able to channel power from shards of magic - a series of mystical artifacts left over from a great cataclysm. You must decide how much of your power to imbue into your heroes as you build cities, explore dungeons, learn spells ... [read more]

8/24/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Elemental Army Winners!

Several months ago we started the Elemental Army as a way to reward Elemental fans for their participation on forums, social networks, etc. by helping spread the word about Elemental: War of Magic . As today is the release of Elemental, we can close this portion of the Elemental Army and announce the winners! First, we do want to thank everyone for their participation. The amount of submissions was impressive, and the amount of hours people put into creating videos, going ou... [read more]

8/24/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

GameShark Q&A with Brad Wardell on Elemental

GameShark has published their interview with Brad Wardell with several pages of Q&A about Elemental: War of Magic! If you don’t know anything at all about Stardock’s upcoming 4X strategy game, Elemental: War of Magic, then this interview is not for you until you go get a primer from the game's official web site at www.elementalgame.com . Instead of rehashing what we already know about this game, we instead focus on some elements that we don't know much about. Hopefully, f... [read more]

8/18/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

G4TV Interview - Elemental: War of Magic

Brad Wardell visited G4TV recently, and they have posted the interview with a bunch of details on Elemental: War of Magic! PC Games - E3 2011 - Elemental: War of Magic [read more]

8/17/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

FiringSquad Interview with Brad Wardell

FiringSquad has an in-depth interview with Brad Wardell posted on their site. Discussions involve details about Elemental gameplay, and some general Stardock questions. FiringSquad: Could you describe Elemental for those that may not know anything about it? What kind of game is it and how is it played? Brad Wardell: Sure! Elemental is a PC turn-based strategy game set in a magical, kind of medieval setting, in which the player takes on the role of a power... [read more]

8/16/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Neoseeker’s Beta Journals–Part 2

Neoseeker is taking an in-depth look at the Elemental beta, and has posted Part 2 of their beta journals. “A couple of weeks ago I got my first, hard look at Stardock's strategy RPG Elemental: War of Magic, and chronicled my experiences. In its beta phase, the game has been somewhat hard to grasp, but I've learned quite a bit since my last journey, so here is part two of my "beta journals." Note I will be skipping over the less interesting bits for your sanity and enter... [read more]

8/13/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Joystiq Preview of Elemental: War of Magic

Joystiq was given a look at a preview of Elemental: War of Magic, and has published their preview of the game. “Stardock's Elemental: War of Magic is already extraordinary, smashing genres together that may have been too big on their own in the first place. At its heart, it's a 4X game in the style of Civ or Galactic Civilizations, but it's also a fantasy RPG with a deep and long story, and a tactical battle game. It has a huge singleplayer campaign, a sandbox mode that creates g... [read more]

8/13/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Elemental Preview from Game Stooge

Game Stooge has put up their preview of Elemental: War of Magic! “Elemental: War of Magic is shaping up to be a seriously deep and thrilling 4X strategy game, going beyond what its spiritual predecessor Master of Magicaccomplished and trying to build a living, breathing world (which can be randomly generated) to try to conquer. The game will be released on PC on August 24, so keep an eye out for it in the next few weeks.” Read the full preview at Gamestooge.com . [read more]

8/9/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Elemental Video Walkthrough on GameTrailers!

Brad visited Gametrailers.com, and they have posted a walkthrough video of Elemental focusing on the story and characters of the game. Video Games | Elemental: War of Magic | CEO Walkthrough Part I: Story & Characters HD XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii [read more]

8/5/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Gaming Nexus Interview with Brad Wardell

Gaming Nexus had the opportunity to sit down with Stardock’s Brad Wardell to talk about the upcoming release of Elemental: War of Magic. The deep amount of character customization feels like something out of a big fantasy RPG, instead of a strategy game. Can you explain how character building influences the rest of the game? Well in most strategy games it’s about your kingdom or your empire or your civilization, but Elemental is about you. The first question you’r... [read more]

8/5/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

GameZone’s Elemental Preview

GameZone has posted their preview of Elemental: War of Magic. This is a great overview of the game, along with some quotes from Stardock’s Brad Wardell. “There are a lot of things you can say about Elemental: War of Magic. But the most important thing might have come from Brad Wardell, the President and CEO of Stardock, and the Executive Producer of the game. “In most [strategy] games, it’s really about your empire, your kingdom, your civilization,” he said. “In Elemental, it’s a... [read more]

8/2/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Part 1 of Neoseeker’s Beta Journals

The great folks at Neoseeker have published part 1 of their preview of the Elemental: War of Magic. “The aim with mine is to give you as intimate of a feeling for the game as possible without actually having played it. Besides that, there will also be commentary or background from Stardock CEO Brad Wardell along the way on the various components from the game as derived from a recent roundtable discussion.” Check it out at Neoseeker ! [read more]

7/29/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Exclusive Lore Excerpts from Elemental at ShackNews

ShackNews.com has some exclusive Lore Excerpts from the lore book included with the limited edition of Elemental: War of Magic. Head over to Shacknews to check it out! http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/64922 [read more]

7/29/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

HookedGamers Preview of Elemental

HookedGamers has posted a quick preview of the forthcoming Elemental: War of Magic. “If you are still unsure about giving a try to Elemental: War Of Magic, please know that these few facets I have talked about are just the icing on the cake. There are many more ways to have fun with Stardock's hybrid: you can do diplomacy, choose your kingdom from different races, build dynasties, research technologies and in the end, if you are still not happy, you have the option to mod the game... [read more]

7/23/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

IGN’s Feature on Elemental Modding

IGN has a new article up focusing on the modding abilities in Elemental: War of Magic. “So what can you actually modify in Elemental? It's a long list, including maps, tiles, items, quests, locations, factions, and monsters. "It's almost easier to say what can't be modified because the game is so data driven via XML," says Wardell. "Even the game's built-in editors are really just pretty front ends for manipulating .XML files that attach .PNG files (for static ima... [read more]

7/22/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Elemental Giveaway on Shacknews

Shacknews is holding a giveaway over the weekend where they are giving out 10 copies of Elemental: War of Magic! One person will also get a signed copy of the book, Elemental: Destinys Embers as well! Head over to Shacknews for the details on how to enter. Hurry, the contest ends on Monday! http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/64779 [read more]

7/17/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Elemental: Destiny’s Embers

I know this has posted a few times before, but since we have so many new users to the site and game, I wanted to post about it again. Destiny’s Embers is a book written in partnership with Random House by Stardock CEO Brad Wardell. Destiny’s Ember is a book written about the world of Elemental which revolves around the Kingdom and the Empire trying to regain the mastery of the world. The book will be available on August 24th, and can be found at several retailers including A... [read more]

7/8/2010 By Island Dog in Elemental News

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