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Video game developer Ironclad and publisher Stardock say that players who are interested in the upcoming Rebellion expansion for their strategy title Sins of a Solar Empire will deliver more options when it comes to both faction mechanics and capital ship use.
Speaking to GameSpy as part of an interview, Brian Clair... |
30 January 2012
17:31 GMT |
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Gamers can now purchase and download the space based strategy title Sins of a Solar Empire, created by Ironclad Games and published by Stardock, from Steam and the publisher is saying that this is just the first game from their catalog that arrives on the Valve made digital distribution service.The game can now be pi... |
17 November 2011
07:25 GMT |
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Large North American retailer GameStop has finished integrating its digital distribution business segment into the recently acquired Impulse service.
The digital games distribution market was shaken up a few months ago when large "brick and mortar" retailer GameStop announced that it has purchased the Impulse serv... |
15 July 2011
02:39 GMT |
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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 |
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Brad Wardell, the leader of Stardock, has sought to offer further justification for the sale of the Impulse digital distribution service to retail chain GameStop, suggesting that Valve might have been silent on the issue of Half Life 2: Episode 3 because of their need to keep working on their own Steam service.
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13 April 2011
14:51 GMT |
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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 |
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Specialist video game retailer GameStop has announced that it is buying up the Impulse digital distribution service that was created by Stardock and that it is also aiming to purchase Spawn Labs, a company that specializes in the development of streaming technology.
The acquisition includes the Impulse Reactor sui... |
1 April 2011
15:21 GMT |
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Developer Ironclad Games and publisher Stardock have announced that they are working on a new game in the Sins of a Solar Empire series, called Rebellion, which is set to be delivered this year and will be stand alone, playable without requiring the player to own the original game or any of its two mini expansions.
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2 March 2011
17:31 GMT |
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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
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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 |
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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.
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13 January 2011
03:12 GMT |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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Ironclad and Stardock seem to have finally declared the features included in their real-time strategy Sins of a Solar Empire complete. The game, initially released in 2008, has come a long way with Entrenchment and Diplomacy, becoming even more complex with the addition of more options for a sturdy defense and the in... |
17 February 2010
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Stardock has announced that it plans to release a new bundle called Sins of a Solar Empire Trinity, which will allow players who have enjoyed one of the best strategy titles of 2008 to get the most out of it by packing together the original release with the two micro expansions, Entrenchment, which has been available... |
10 December 2009
15:21 GMT |
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For a long time the Valve powered Steam service has been thought to dominate the digital distribution market on the PC, but there was little data related on how much of the market share it had. Now the customer report which Stardock, creators of the rival Impulse service, released shines light on the issue.Brad ... |
23 November 2009
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Sins of a Solar Empire has been one of the surprise hits of last year. It was a real-time strategy title in the 4X mold, which allowed players to create a space empire and then engage in warfare, trade and diplomacy with their rivals in order to achieve domination of the galaxy. It was notable for its huge space batt... |
17 September 2009
16:41 GMT |
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After the embarrassing performance delivered by Vista, Microsoft has been upping its game when it comes to operating system design and seems to be prepared to offer quite a competent platform with Windows 7, which is set to be released soon. But will the OS, which is seen as an evolution of Vista rather than being an... |
19 June 2009
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Stardock has announced that Impulse, the digital distribution service that it has created is now supported by two of the biggest publishers, Activision and Ubisoft, which are offering their games through it.Impulse is one of the latest comers to the digital distribution scene, competing with other services like Steam... |
16 June 2009
02:33 GMT |
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It's always nice to see a developer that admits its mistakes and makes amends with players. Stardock is the latest example, as the company has begun sending out coupons for all those players who bought and registered Demigod, the Gas Powered Games developed multiplayer-oriented videogame.Given the problems that ... |
26 May 2009
14:31 GMT |
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Demigod is a great game. Some say it does not have single player, but they are wrong. Just set up a skirmish and take on A.I.-controlled opponents, which are tough to defeat on Nightmare difficulty. Some say that the glitches in setting up over the Internet multiplayer are taking away from the game by denying players... |
30 April 2009
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The launch of Demigod, created by Gas Powered Games and published by Stardock, was plagued by issues. First, GameStop broke the street date of the title, releasing it earlier and leading to a torrent of piracy. Then, the publisher failed to take into account the impact of pirated copies on a mainly multiplayer title ... |
22 April 2009
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This week was set to witness the release of Demigod, quite an interesting title created by Gas Powered Games and published by Stardock. The game has both a retail version and a digital distribution version. It focuses on multiplayer, with the network infrastructure and the match making services crucial for a good exp... |
18 April 2009
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After a long period in beta, Gas Powered Games' Demigod was released this week. Unfortunately, the game is now experiencing quite a few issues. Some players are reporting that they cannot connect to the multiplayer servers while others are saying that the matchmaking is not working properly, pairing up new playe... |
16 April 2009
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GameStop has broken the street date for Demigod, a game published by Stardock and created by Gas Powered Games. This means that the title was set to be simultaneously released via Impulse and in stores, but players were able to get it earlier in brick-and-mortar stores. It's a highly unusual move from GameStop a... |
15 April 2009
17:21 GMT |
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Stardock is announcing that its digital distribution service, Impulse, has finally received the Phase 3 update, which introduces a number of new features: Impulse Anywhere, allowing games to be downloaded on any machine and played on another one, Impulse Reactor, which permits developers to include matchmaking, frien... |
9 April 2009
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The videogame industry, both on the hardware and software sides, seems to be continuing its expansion, even if the economy of all major markets for games is being hit by the recession. In February, the growth was slower than expected, but it was still there, delivering more arguments to the idea that “videogami... |
3 April 2009
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Just as Valve announced its plans to introduce changes in its Steamworks service in order to make piracy impossible and eliminate Digital Rights Management from Steam-distributed games, Stardock revealed a series of changes coming to Impulse, its own digital distribution service. The company says that they are design... |
30 March 2009
13:01 GMT |
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It's nice to see the Chief Executive Officer of a major videogame company talk frankly about costs and revenue. And it's especially nice to see someone show how small development teams, with rather limited budgets and a good feel of their potential audience, can create videogames that are successful both in... |
27 March 2009
15:51 GMT |
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A recent editorial piece published in the Edge gaming magazine proclaims that gaming has entered a so called “Age of Steam” during which the digital distribution service from Valve is set to become more and more important for gaming on the PC.Not many people would have the guts to disagree with this evalu... |
12 March 2009
17:41 GMT |
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Stardock Entertainment and Ironclad are announcing that they have released Entrenchment, the first mini expansion for the RTS Sins of a Solar Empire. You can get it through the Impulse digital delivery system from Stardock for the low price of 9.95 dollars.As the name implies, Entrenchment is based on the idea of giv... |
26 February 2009
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Stardock, as the publisher, and Ironclad Games, as the developers, are announcing that the Entrenchment micro expansion for Sins of the Solar Empire will be released worldwide on February 25. Players who already own the game will be able to get the expansion using the digital download platform developed by Stardock, ... |
11 February 2009
15:11 GMT |
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Publisher and developer Stardock is saying that it plans to invest some 900,000 dollars to enlarge its headquarter located in Plymouth, Michigan. The company is planning on expanding its communication infrastructure, which will allow it to resume work on Society, a hybrid between a MMO and a real time strategy that i... |
6 February 2009
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In a way, it’s unfair to compare Sins of a Solar Empire, from Ironclad Games and Stardock, with the biggest real time strategy title released this year, Red Alert 3, from Electronic Arts and its Los Angeles Studios. They are very different games, with far apart settings, and target audiences that rarely mix. Bu... |
28 December 2008
18:41 GMT |
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Stardock says that, after a few short delays, Sins of a Solar Empire, the surprise hit real time strategy set in space, launched early in 2008, received its 1.1 patch. Those who purchased the game and have so far used the beta 1.1 patch can now launch Impulse, the digital download platform from Stardock, and get the ... |
20 November 2008
06:05 GMT |
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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 |
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Stardock and Ironclad Games have announced their intention not to release the planned Entrenchment mini expansion for their real time strategy title Sins of a Solar Empire on November 18, the date initially revealed. The developer and publisher have not indicated a new release date, but given the fact that Demigod, ... |
13 November 2008
14:31 GMT |
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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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Stardock, which is both a publisher and a developer, has released a document which details the moves it plans to make in the rest of 2008 and in early 2009. The highlight is a yet un-detailed strategy game which is set for a late 2009 release but there are also plans related to Sins of a Solar Empire and Galactic Civ... |
16 October 2008
19:21 GMT |
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The Ironclad developed and Stardock published real time space strategy title Sins of a Solar Empire went over 400,000 boxes sold, while the digital download version of the game was ordered by more than 100,000 people. With combined sales of more than 500,000 units, the game is a surprising success taking into account... |
8 September 2008
04:50 GMT |
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Stardock and Ironclad, the publisher and the developer of PC space-based real-time strategy title Sins of a Solar Empire, is announcing that it plans to release a mini-expansion for the game, called Entrenchment. The idea is that the three empires that are battling for control of the galaxy have reached a level ... |
4 September 2008
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The digital download services out there seem to be entering a golden age. Steam, coming from Valve, already has a pretty large library and big titles, like STALKER: Clear Sky, are getting released on Steam at the same time they are available in retail stores. Now Stardock is pushing hard for its own digital download... |
1 September 2008
06:54 GMT |
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Demigod was announced a while back, right after Gas Powered Games released Supreme Commander and, for a while, details were scarce on the title, with only one gorgeous screenshot of a towered giant being showed. Now, the game has advanced along the development path and the developers are interested in offering more i... |
1 August 2008
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