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Former Civilization V Designer Says Gamers Need Limits to their Freedom

Gamers tend to frown upon video games that limit their ability to choose, but one leading developer believes that no quality titles can exist without placing a number of clear restrictions on what players are able to do inside the game. Jon Shafer, who is best known for being the leading developer on Civilization V ...

10 April 2012
19:41 GMT

Stardock Admits Elemental Mistakes, Wants to Impress with Fallen Enchantress

The upcoming Fallen Enchantress expansion for Elemental: War of Magic, which Stardock is developing internally, is designed to both deliver a good, solid game to players and to show that the company is ready to admit its own mistakes and to make everything in its power to fix them. Brad Wardell, who is the chief exe...

30 March 2012
15:11 GMT

Fallen Enchantress Will Not Suffer from Elemental Launch Problems

One of the leading developers at Stardock working on the upcoming Fallen Enchantress expansion for the strategy title Elemental: War of Magic has said that the team is very careful to make sure that the game does not suffer from the launch issues that have plagued the original launch. Speaking to Gamespot Derek Pa...

23 May 2011
13:41 GMT

Fallen Enchantress Will Show Gaming Focus from Stardock

Video game developer and publisher Stardock has made the news recently because it has sold its Impulse digital distribution service to retail giant GameStop, but one of the leading developers working at the company says that the gaming division will soon be the source of big news.Derek Paxton, who is working as produ...

5 May 2011
04:51 GMT

PC Graphics Will Surpass Consoles in Two Years, Says Stardock Leader

A lot of publishers and developers might still be seeing the PC as a dying platform when it comes to gaming, but at least one company that focuses heavily on the platform says that a new graphics revolution will make it much better than gaming consoles pretty soon. Speaking to Destructiod, Brad Wardell, who is the...

11 April 2011
10:13 GMT

Stardock Has Tough 2010, Has 3 Big Announcements This Year

Video-game publisher and developer Stardock has announced that it had a difficult year in 2010, mainly because of the rather rocky launch process for their fantasy-based strategy title Elemental: War of Magic, but that the company is looking forward to a much brighter 2011, complete with one big announcement about th...

23 February 2011
15:01 GMT

Elemental Gets Fallen Enchantress Expansion

Video game publisher Stardock has announced that the first expansion for Elemental: War of Magic will be called Fallen Enchantress and will deliver a host of improvements to the game, helping the troubled release realize its full potential. The game will be launched as a stand alone package and all those who buy E...

17 January 2011
05:01 GMT

Quality for Elemental Will Go Up, Says Stardock CEO

Brad Wardell, who is the chief executiveoOfficer of game developer and publisher Stardock, has projected that in the long term its 2010 fantasy-based strategy game Elemental: War of Magic will end up losing money for the company despite the fact that the initial release was pretty successful and turned up a profit. ...

13 January 2011
03:12 GMT

Former Civilization V Game Designer Moves to Elemental: War of Magic

Jon Shafer, a former leading designer at Firaxis and the man who lead the creation process on Civilization V, has announced that he has signed with developer and publisher Stardock and will now work on their Elemental: War of Magic video game. Shafer has left Firaxis about two weeks ago and both him and the company ...

6 January 2011
04:37 GMT

Two Free Expansions for All Who buy Elemental Before October 31

Stardock, the publisher of Sins of a Solar Empire and developer of Galactic Civilizations II, has announced that the first two expansion for its Elemental: War of Magic turn based strategy title will be offered for free to all those that buy the title before October 31, with the beta stage for version 1.1 approaching...

27 October 2010
04:18 GMT

Fall from Heaven Creator Takes Charge of Elemental

Publisher and developer Stardock has announced that Derek Paxton, who is known as “Kael” to gamers who are familiar with the Fall from Heaven mod for Civilization IV, has been hired as a senior producer at the company, working on the development of Elemental and his expansions.Brad Wardell, who is the Chi...

14 October 2010
09:01 GMT

Stardock Pledges Free Content for Elemental Buyers

Brad Wardell, the Chief Executive Officer of Stardock, the developer and the publisher of Elemental: War of Magic, has stated that his company is aware of the issues that the turn based strategy title currently has and plans to address them all, with free content for those who already own the game.The CEO, who also h...

7 September 2010
03:54 GMT

Quick Look: Elemental War of Magic

Elemental: War of Magic is a turn based strategy title launched by Stardock that combines tactical battles that are somewhat similar to those of the Heroes of Might and Magic series with a complex strategy layer that combines city building, technology research, powerful spells and diplomatic interactions with other e...

3 September 2010
18:51 GMT

EndWeekGame: August 27

Andrei Dumitrescu: After a few days spend in the whirlwind of Gamescom, the biggest video game expo taking place in Europe, I am back enjoying the creature comforts of my apartment and playing Victoria II, the Paradox Interactive made grand strategy games that allows me conquer the United States as France and dominat...

27 August 2010
10:51 GMT

Stardock CEO Apologizes for Elemental Outburst

The CEO of independent developer and publisher Stardock has apologized for the way he responded to criticism of his new strategy video game, Elemental: War of Magic, saying that he has hurt the loyal fan base who have helped his company deliver the title.Brad Wardell, who is the Chief Executive of Stardock, has told ...

26 August 2010
08:00 GMT

For Elemental Stardock Stands by Its No DRM Position

Elemental: War of Magic, the latest release from PC developer Stardock, has been launched without any DRM attached, with the Chief Executive Officer of the company saying that the piracy problem can be solved through a registration process tied to the delivery of patches.Stardock is one of the companies that firmly b...

25 August 2010
15:11 GMT

Elemental: War of Magic Gets August 24 Launch Date

Stardock has announced that its latest strategy offering, Elemental: War of Magic, is set to be outed on the PC on August 24, the current beta stage, extended to those who have pre-ordered the new game, going up until the launch date. The same date is linked with both the retail launch and the appearance of the title...

8 June 2010
18:31 GMT

Random House in Charge of Elemental: War of Magic Narrative

Stardock, the videogame publisher behind strategy titles like Galactic Civilization II and Sins of a Solar Empire, and Random House, the well known book publisher, have announced a partnership built around Elemental: War of Magic. The newly created Random House Intellectual Property group is set to build the world of...

3 March 2010
16:01 GMT

Stardock Wants to Remake Star Control and Master of Orion

Stardock seems to be getting ready to specialize in the successful revival of glorious series of the past. After announcing that they plan to make Elemental: War of Magic, a game which is inspired by Master of Magic, the company says it is thinking of breathing new life into Star Control and Master of Orion.Gamasutra...

18 November 2008
15:11 GMT

Stardock Announces Elemental: War of Magic

Stardock has finally revealed that almost secret title they were alluding on in their report on upcoming titles. It's called Elemental: War of Magic and is set to arrive on the PC in February 2010. The development team is the one that created the Galactic Civilizations II games.The title is set to be a turn base...

7 November 2008
19:51 GMT


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