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[a]listdaily Interview with Brad Wardell on Star Control: Origins
[a]listdaily has an interview up with Stardock CEO Brad Wardell on the upcoming Star Control: Origins! "What attracted you to the Star Control franchise? Star Control II was my favorite game of all time. When Accolade went out of business, Infogrames picked it up, and when that went out business, Atari got it. When Atari declared bankruptcy, we picked up the publishing rights to Star Control I, II and III so we could create a home for the existing trilogy. What we want is a space a... [read more]
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With Star Control: Origins announced, people are wondering who Stardock is and what we’re all about. Many of you are already familiar with us but for those who aren’t, here’s a background. Game History When you read the comments on Stardock’s history we’re best known for our work on Galactic Civilizations and Sins of a Solar Empire. You will also see some people mention Elemental which had a rough launch but came back with its sequel and e... [read more]
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Ars Technica takes a first look at Star Control: Origins
Lee Hutchinson at Ars Technica got a sneak peek of Stardock's new Star Control: Origins game. The first short video of gameplay is with the article. You can see it all here: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/10/a-first-look-at-star-control-origins-gameplay-prequel-due-for-release-in-2h17/ It's a great primer on the original series (learn more here: https://www.starcontrol.com/starcontrolclassic ) and the challenges of making a new Star Control game. Lee talks about the... [read more]
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Star Control: Origins - Founders Program Phase II
Greetings! Today we are opening up the Founder’s Program to Phase II in preparation for alpha testing (Fall) and beta testing (Winter). If you haven’t seen the gameplay teaser, you can check it out here: https://youtu.be/K6ntg47q_cM We’re still very early in development as you can see. The creatures and other cool stuff on the planets weren’t quite ready to show yet and we’re saving the best parts for a later reveal. Feature status ... [read more]
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Lifetime Founders: The "Name a Planet" submission period is officially open!
Thanks for being a Lifetime Founder for Star Control! Grab your space helmets and your thesaurus, friends - it's time for you to name a planet! How to submit your planet name: Go to www.starcontrolgame.com/nameaplanet Login with the Stardock account you purchased the founder's edition under and submit away! But first, there are a few provisions - quid pro quo, you know how it goes: Only ONE entry per user. You can change your... [read more]
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Star Control: September 2016 Update
One year ago I wrote the September 2015 update. You can read that here . A lot has happened in the past year. So let's get right to it! Greetings! With Offworld Trading Company now released as well as Ashes of the Singularity released, the Star Control team has gotten reinforcements. The team is now a who's-who of some of the most experienced game developers in the industry. Broadly speaking, the Star Control team is made up of the leads of Civilization IV, Civil... [read more]
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Mid-Summer Star Control 2015 Update!
Hi Everyone, We won’t be announcing anything at Gamescom as we are still early in development. To follow up with what we said a few months back, we won’t be making any large reveal announcements in 2015. But I did want to give you guys a summer update on the direction of the development of Star Control and what we have been working on. As you may have seen in the earlier sneak peak, we are doing a lot of R&D work on making the aliens inte... [read more]