
Stardock Entertainment Announcements
Save up to 75% on Stardock games, DLC, and software in the Steam Summer Sale!
Make a Splash with Savings over 75% on Stardock Games and Software! The Steam Summer Sale is Here STEAM KEYS ARE PROVIDED WITH PURCHASEStar Control: Origins $29.99 Now $11.99 - 60% Off Galactic Civilizations III (Includes FREE: Crusade and Retribution Expansions, Mega Events DLC) $39.99 Now $13.19 - 67% Off Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation $29.99 Now $13.49 - 55% Off Offworld Trading Company (Includes FREE: Jupiter's Forge Expansion and Almanac DLC) $29.99 Now $11.... [read more]

Dev Journal
Star Control: Origins - v1.5 Preview
With more people coming back to the office work on the console version of Star Control: Origins has picked up. The first part of this has been to do a pretty thorough revamp of the game’s underlying systems in order to optimize it for the XBOX One, PS4 and also next-generation consoles. During this process we greatly improved the quality of the texture maps throughout the game which includes aliens and ships. [click on thumbnail to enlarge]The team was also able to substantiall... [read more]

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POLL: What joke is your favorite?
Some of our community managers have been posting "dad jokes" on our Star Control Twitter... which one is your favorite so far? below. Here are a few... otherwise, comment your favorite of these. A. B. C. D. [read more]

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Stardock Releases Earth Rising - Part 4: Earth Rises for Star Control: OriginsGet the Earth Rising Expansion Now The complete expansion with parts 1-4 is fully available and ready to play today!The final installment of our 4-part expansion for Star Control: Origins is now available! Earth Rising - Part 4: Earth Rises will introduce you to exciting new adventures, including bar fights at Kapteyn’s Bar, the reluctant return of a God, a search for a missing Commander, and more.&nb... [read more]

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COMING SOON: Star Control: Origins Earth Rising Part 4 - Earth Rises
Stardock announced the final installment of its 4-part expansion to Star Control: Origins today. Earth Rising - Part 4: Earth Rises introduces players to exciting new adventures, including bar fights at Kapteyn’s Bar, the reluctant return of a God, a search for a missing Commander, and more. Star Control: Origins is set in the late 21st century. The player is the Captain of Earth's first interstellar starship with the mission to explore the galaxy, find allies to help protec... [read more]

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Star Control: Origins - Earth Rising, Part 4: Earth Rises
Heir to the Scryve In Star Control: Origins you had a chance to save the galaxy and meet some very dangerous, troubled, strange (and overly friendly) aliens along the way. There may or may not have been some cannibalism involved. After the successful completion of Origins, the threat was stopped and the galaxy was at peace. What is there for a snarky ship commander to do? Expand the influence of Earth, of course. It's time to get out into the solar system and to start becoming a galactic c... [read more]

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New Star Control: Origins Benchmark Focuses on Measuring DirectX 12, Vulkan Performance
Stardock Entertainment released a benchmark on the Star Control: Origins game today. The benchmark is set on an alien world that is generated on-the-fly as the scripted lander travels over it. The objective is to measure high-end PC gaming performance using DirectX 12 and Vulkan, while putting as much stress on the CPU as possible also. The DirectX 12 and Vulkan APIs differ from previous generations of graphics APIs in that they were designed from the ground up in order to allow games to s... [read more]