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Sins of a Solar Empire Version 1.1 Now Available

Stardock announced a huge free update for Sins of a Solar Empire today, the award-winning title from developer Ironclad Games. Additionally, fans that pre-order the expansion will be included in the upcoming beta for “Entrenchment”. Fans can pre-order the expansion at www.impulsedriven.com . Highlights from the 1.1 change log include: Alloy Networking Technology – allows for seamless multiplayer without needing to deal with port forwarding or other router settings ... [read more]

11/19/2008 By Island Dog in Sins News

Elemental: War of Magic on WorthPlaying.com

WorthPlaying has a great article up with the announcement of Elemental: War of Magic. “The story of Elemental: War of Magic begins with an immersive single player campaign with you being the only person in your kingdom with the ability to channel magic through mysterious shards of magic that are scattered across the world. These shards, a result of a tremendous cataclysm that occurred a century prior when powerful beings waged war across the world, are the source of much of the ... [read more]

11/18/2008 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Sins v1.1 Reset for Wednesday

Greetings all, We've had to make a slight reschedule of the version 1.1 update for Sins to Wednesday (November 19th).  We're using this extra time to setup some additional download servers so that everyone's update is fast.  We apologize for the delay but feel the extra time will be well worth it. Sincerely, Stardock & Ironclad [read more]

11/17/2008 By Yarlen in Sins News

Voodoo Extreme 3D Announces Elemental

Voodoo Extreme 3D reports on the announcement of Elemental: War of Magic. Elemental: War of Magic is set in a world filled with magic and ancient lore. As the ruler of your kingdom, you must expand your empire through a combination of magical power, military might, diplomatic skill, technological advancement and bold adventuring. Your worlds will be of your choosing, or players are free to create their own. Read the full news at VE3D .   [read more]

11/17/2008 By Island Dog in Elemental News

GameSpot’s Elemental Q&A

GameStop sits down with Brad Wardell, lead designer of Elemental and president and CEO of Stardock, to get some more details about Elemental: War of Magic.  A quick excerpt: “ GameSpot: Elemental looks to be an ambitious project, to say the least, with elements drawn from Master of Magic, Civilization, and Total War. How would you describe Elemental? What is it closest to? Brad Wardell: It really does draw from a lot of different games. I'm more of a game player ... [read more]

11/14/2008 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Sins of a Solar Empire v1.1 Lands Nov. 18th

Ironclad Games and Stardock are very pleased to announce the final release of the long awaited version 1.1 of Sins of a Solar Empire!  The latest update to the award-winning real-time strategy game will be released on November 18th, exclusively via Impulse ( http://www.impulsedriven.com ) for registered customers. For the full v1.1 change log, please visit: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/329902 [read more]

11/12/2008 By Yarlen in Sins News

Sins: Entrenchment Delayed to Allow for Public Beta Testing

Stardock and Ironclad Games have decided to delay the final release of Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment, the first micro-expansion for the hit stratey game.  Originally slated for release on November 18th, Entrenchment will first be put through a public beta test for pre-order customers.  This will allow us to finely hone Entrenchment ahead of its final public debut, the date of which has not yet been set (it will largely depend on beta feedback). While we know this will disappo... [read more]

11/11/2008 By Yarlen in Sins News

IGN's Elemental Preview

IGN also got a preview of Elemental recently, and they give initial thoughts and impressions on what they saw. “Why the excitement? Well, there's the fact that 15 years after its release there still hasn't been a fantasy strategy game that matches of Master of Magic, or MOM as it is affectionately called. Some franchises, such as Age of Wonders, have come close, but they didn't quite capture the gameplay, random maps, and replayability of MOM. If you never played MOM, it could be... [read more]

11/6/2008 By Island Dog in Elemental News

GameSpot Takes a Look at Elemental

The folks over at GameSpot take a “first look” at Elemental: War of Magic, the recently announced fantasy strategy game from Stardock.  The time they did spend with Elemental seemed to leave quite an impression. “Elemental: War of Magic is one part Master of Magic, one part Civilization, and one part Total War, with a dash of The Lord of the Rings fiction sprinkled in for good measure. And from our brief first look at the game, Elemental is also one of the more p... [read more]

11/6/2008 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Gamasutra Interviews Brad Wardell About Elemental: War of Magic

Gamasutra.com recently sat down with Stardock CEO, Brad Wardell, to talk about "Elemental:War of Magic" that was announced just today.   "There's stuff in Civilization that we've taken; there's stuff from Master of Magic, Heroes of Might & Magic, Risk, Populous -- you name it," he said. "I have no shame when it comes to borrowing and being inspired by other games." Despite the range of influences, however, the game owes perhaps the most to the Simtex-develope... [read more]

11/4/2008 By Island Dog in Elemental News

Edge-Online takes a look at Elemental

Edge, one of the leading game industry magazines has taken a look at Elemental. They have some exclusive details on the multiplayer aspects coming up that include both the on-line skirmish mode as well as the persistent world games in which the Impulse cloud hosts games. Stay tuned for more details. [read more]

11/4/2008 By Frogboy in Elemental News

GameSpy preview

GameSpy has a preview  of Elemental up on their site. It discusses some of the background plus a number of exclusive game play elements not found anywhere else. Check it out.   [read more]

11/4/2008 By Frogboy in Elemental News

Announcing Elemental: War of Magic

Stardock announced its next major PC game, Elemental: War of Magic today. Stardock, the company that has released such award-winning PC games such as Galactic Civilizations, Ironclad’s Sins of a Solar Empire and is nearing the release date of Gas Powered Games’ Demigod has set the retail launch date of Elemental: War of Magic ( www.elementalgame.com ) for the first quarter of 2010 at $49.95 with a public beta starting next Spring. Like all Stardock titles, Elemental:... [read more]

11/4/2008 By Zoomba in Elemental News

Election Day is Almost Upon Us - Will you be elected?

If you have updated the game, you may have noticed that there are "achievements." One of the achievements is to win a game on Election Day.  That's tomorrow! Be sure to play so you don't miss your chance to get this elusive achievement! [read more]

11/3/2008 By CodeCritter in Political Machine News

Michigan Journal Takes a Look at TPM 2008

The Michigan Journal, student newspaper of the University of Michigan, takes a look at The Political Machine 2008.  It's a really great review of the game, and here is a quick excerpt: " Political junkies will appreciate the realism and challenge of this game. It mimics the difficulties of winning a national election pretty closely. The Web site where you can download this game has political discussion boards for the players to hammer out the ideal of their party together, adding... [read more]

10/28/2008 By Island Dog in Political Machine News

Neoseeker Visits Ironclad for Entrenchment Sneak Peek

Adrian Estergaard from Neoseeker recently visited Ironclad HQ for some hidden details on the upcoming Sins of a Solar Empire micro-expansion, Entrenchment. Click-through the link below for the full article and pink space ponies! http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Previews/sinsofasolar/ [read more]

10/23/2008 By Yarlen in Sins News

Wired: Sins 'Micro-Expansions" Explained

Wired Magazine sits down with Craig and Blair Fraser, founders of IronClad Games, where they give a preview of the upcoming “micro-expansions” for Sins of a Solar Empire.  They cover a range of topics, and is a great in-depth interview. A quick excerpt: “This notion of “respect” has been a critical component in Stardock's success. From the lack of bundled copy protection to the Gamer's Bill of Rights, the publisher has sought to minimize the impact ... [read more]

10/21/2008 By Island Dog in Sins News

Stardock 2008 Report

Like most companies, Stardock puts together an internal business plan for setting up goals and objectives for the company for the forthcoming year (Stardock's fiscal year begins its execution phase every October 1). As part of this business plan is an appendix that acts as a critical analysis of what Stardock customers can expect to see and what challenges the company faces to better satisfy customer expectations. For this year, it has been decided to make this appendix avail... [read more]

10/16/2008 By Island Dog in Political Machine News

Stardock 2008 Report

Like most companies, Stardock puts together an internal business plan for setting up goals and objectives for the company for the forthcoming year (Stardock's fiscal year begins its execution phase every October 1).  As part of this business plan is an appendix that acts as a critical analysis of what Stardock customers can expect to see and what challenges the company faces to better satisfy customer expectations.  For this year, it has been decided to make this appendix avai... [read more]

10/16/2008 By Island Dog in Sins News

IGN Gives Entrenchment a First Look

Rounding out this morning's Entrenchment news, IGN has posted their first look of the game today.  Jason Ocampo gives his first impressions of the upcoming micro-expansion for Sins of a Solar Empire, along with some details on what gamers can expect in the near future. For the full preview visit: http://pc.ign.com/articles/919/919840p1.html [read more]

10/15/2008 By Yarlen in Sins News

GameSpy Previews Sins: Entrenchment

GameSpy has posted their first-look at Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment today, revealing many new details about the upcoming micro-expansion. Blair and Craig Fraser from Ironclad Games provide details on the changes to capital ships, the new Ogrov Torpedo Cruiser, new environmental art, and much much more. Read the full preview at: http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/sins-of-a-solar-empire-expansion-box/919968p1.html [read more]

10/15/2008 By Yarlen in Sins News

Gamespot: Sins Entrenchment First Look and Gameplay Video

Gamespot takes it's first look at the upcoming Entrenchment expansion for Sins of a Solar Empire.  They also have an exclusive game play video showing Entrenchment "in action". "The wars among the Trader Emergency Coalition, the alien Vasari, and the human splinter faction known as the Advent continue to rage in Entrenchment. But as the years have passed, the multiple battle fronts have stabilized, forcing each faction to dig in. Technology has also advanced, and Entrenchment will... [read more]

10/14/2008 By Island Dog in Sins News

See Sins Entrenchment In Action on X-Play

Last night, Blair Fraser of Ironclad Games was on G4's X-Play talking up the upcoming Sins of a Solar Empire microexpansion; Entrenchment.  On the October 9th episode, they show off the first of three new Starbases, massive defensive platforms that will decimate all but the largest, most powerful fleets.  Watch the video below to get all of the details, and a peek at the game in action.     [read more]

10/10/2008 By Zoomba in Sins News

Sneak Peek at Sins: Entrenchment Tonight on G4TV

Blair and Craig Fraser from Ironclad Games will be appearing on tonight's episode of X-Play on G4TV at 8pm ET.  The guys will be giving everyone a first-look at the upcoming Sins of a Solar Empire micro-expansion - Entrenchment .  Be sure to tune in! For episode listings/details visit: http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/episodes/7992/Sins_of_Duty.html [read more]

10/9/2008 By Yarlen in Sins News

Sins of a Solar Empire v1.1 Beta 3 Now Available

Sins of a Solar Empire version 1.1 beta 3 is now available for willing testers via Impulse.  This latest update contains several bug fixes and more.  A final update for the beta is expected later this month with the final v1.1 release to follow shortly thereafter. For more details on v1.1 beta 3 visit: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/326713 [read more]

10/9/2008 By Yarlen in Sins News

Impulse Gets an Update

Have you been to Impulsedriven.com in awhile? Well if you have, you'll notice that we've done some redecoratin g to not only the  website but the store itself. We've made the website much more informational with the homepage now adding a featured title section highlighting a major software or game, a latest news section showing off recent releases, and a recent articles section authored by people from the Impulse community. You'll also find the navigation to be a lot more friend... [read more]

10/9/2008 By Island Dog in Sins News

Stardock's Impulse Gets an Update

Have you been to Impulsedriven.com in awhile? Well if you have, you'll notice that we've done some redecorating to not only the website but the store itself. We've made the website much more informational with the homepage nowadding a featured title section highlighting a major software or game,a latest news section showing off recent releases, and a recentarticles section authored by people from the Impulse community. You'llalso find the navigation to be a lot more friendly with the lefth... [read more]

10/9/2008 By Island Dog in Political Machine News

Sins of a Solar Empire v1.1 Beta 3 Coming Thursday

This Thursday we'll be releasing beta 3 of Sins of a Solar Empire v1.1 to testers.  This update is largely a series of fixes based on user-feedback.  We're planning one more beta release later this month before going final. For a change log on beta 3, head to: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/326713 [read more]

10/8/2008 By Yarlen in Sins News

G4TV: Stardock Introduces the Gamers Bill of Rights

Stardock CEO, Brad Wardell, introduces and explains the “ Gamer’s Bill of Rights ” to G4TV.  The Gamer’s Bill of Rights is: “a statement of principles that it hopes will encourage the PC game industry to adopt standards that are more supportive of PC gamers. The document contains 10 specific "rights" that video game enthusiasts can expect from Stardock as an independent developer and publisher that it hopes that other publishers will embrace.” ... [read more]

9/20/2008 By Island Dog in Political Machine News

G4TV: Stardock Introduces the Gamers Bill of Rights

Stardock CEO, Brad Wardell, introduces and explains the “ Gamer’s Bill of Rights ” to G4TV.  The Gamer’s Bill of Rights is: “a statement of principles that it hopes will encourage the PC game industry to adopt standards that are more supportive of PC gamers. The document contains 10 specific "rights" that video game enthusiasts can expect from Stardock as an independent developer and publisher that it hopes that other publishers will embrace.” ... [read more]

9/20/2008 By Island Dog in Sins News

Announcing 'Super Tuesdays!' - Play VS. Stardock!!!

Get your fancy shoes shined up and your speeches practiced...it's time to take your game to the big leauges with PM2008: Super Tuesdays ! Starting Tuesday, September 23rd, the team at Stardock will be online for some 1 on 1 presidental campaigning. Join us us until the election from 6pm - 8pm EST to test your political metal. You thought Washington was tough?!  He's go nothing on the guys that actually programmed the game.    They'll be bringing the votes AND the hurt.... [read more]

9/19/2008 By ScottTykoski in Political Machine News

The Political Machine Express - A Free Strategy for the Campaign Season

Stardock, the company behind such games as Galactic Civilizations, Sins of a Solar Empire, and Demigod has made available The Political Machine Express. This free strategy game puts players in the role of the campaign manager of either John McCain or Barack Obama in a quest to win the white house. Players play on the electoral map of the United States with the goal to gain the 270 electoral votes necessary to win the election. Players get 21 weeks (approximately the time candidates have betwe... [read more]

9/17/2008 By Island Dog in Political Machine News

GameSpy Previews Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment

GameSpy takes a look at the upcoming Entrechment expansion pack for the hit PC game, Sins of a Solar Empire from IronClad Games and Stardock. Of the many new features and improvement in Entrenchment, GameSpy dove right into the new Star bases and what it means to the overall game. "Of all the new goodies available in Entrenchment , the real showstoppers are the new star bases. These massive structures are designed to completely change the nature and shape of the "stellar terrain" that pl... [read more]

9/12/2008 By Island Dog in Sins News

Sins of a Solar Empire v1.1 Beta 2 Now Available

Sins of a Solar Empire v1.1 Beta 2 is now available to all registered customers via Impulse. This latest update makes a number of balance changes based on tester feedback, plus fixes a number of bugs and other goodness. For a complete change log, read the post here: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/324241 To get it, you will need Impulse ( www.impulsedriven.com ).  [read more]

9/11/2008 By Yarlen in Sins News

The Political Machine 2008 v1.5 Update Now Available!

Stardock has updated its popular PC strategy game, The Political Machine to include the new Vice Presidential candidates along with adding a host of compelling new features. The Political Machine puts players in the role of a Presidential candidate on the campaign trail making speeches, buying ads, hiring spin doctors and consultants, raising money, and going on cable news shows. The Political Machine v1.5 includes vastly enhanced multiplayer features including supporting match-making vi... [read more]

9/10/2008 By Zoomba in Political Machine News

ShackNews Interview with Brad Wardell (Part 2)

Yesterday I posted the first part of the interview with Stardock CEO Brad Wardell by ShackNews.  Part 2 of the interview goes into Stardock’s appearance at PAX ‘08, the upcoming game Demigod , and the upcoming turn-based fantasy strategy game that Stardock is currently working on. Another quick excerpt: “ Shack : How was your time at PAX? Brad Wardell : It was great. That was so fun. Because we were out there and we had the Gas Powered Games guys [Supreme... [read more]

9/10/2008 By Island Dog in Sins News

ShackNews Interview with Brad Wardell (Part 1)

ShackNews has a two-part interview with Stardock CEO, Brad Wardell.  The first part talks about the plan to “revitalize” PC gaming. It also covers Stardock's stance on copy-protection. A quick excerpt: " Shack: A lot of people think the solution is making games that are so connected with the online experience that everything is validated online, patched online, controlled through the internet. But what you're talking about is an offline, almost traditional solution.... [read more]

9/9/2008 By Island Dog in Sins News

PM2008 - Multiplayer Nights?

Once 1.5 is released, and multiplayer get's easier to manage (the Impulse intergration is nice ), I'd like to come up with a night where people can come on and KNOW there are going to be other players online. So which night would it be? My best nights would be Monday, Tuesday, or Wedensday. End of the week is much too hectic. Plus then we could call the nights 'Political Machine Mondays', 'Super Tuesdays' or 'Washington Wedensdays'. ...perhaps something better for Wedensdays [read more]

9/6/2008 By ScottTykoski in Political Machine News

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