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Impulse Is Getting 2K Games

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

Demigod Combines Tactics with Role Playing

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
18:06 GMT

The Political Machine 2008

The Political Machine 2008 has one deep flaw: it needs to be played by someone who either has a good understanding of how Presidential elections work in the United States or by someone who is interested in learning about them. I sincerely hope that the game developed by Stardock gets into the hands of people interest...

4 July 2008
05:34 GMT

Sins of a Solar Empire Getting Massive Patch

When Sins of a Solar Empire was launched, a lot of people doubted the changes that a 4X title featuring a slow pace and incredible fleet on fleet battles had on today's videogame market. But Ironclad and Stardock managed to create a very good game, which sold well despite the fact that, until recently, it was no...

2 July 2008
09:09 GMT

Analyze That: How Impulse Could Out-Steam Valve

PCs are dying. You'll hear this mantra many times and you might read it even more often on various gaming sites. There are those that love PC gaming and upon hearing such news, try to move their player base away from personal computers and towards consoles. Epic has recently done it and Crytek is also announcing...

26 June 2008
18:06 GMT

One Hour With: The Political Machine 2008

The Political Machine 2008 is easy to pick up and play if you have a modicum of knowledge regarding the American political system and the way the United States picks its presidents. You can choose from a wide array of candidates and try to outmaneuver the nominee of the rival party to get President. Here's how m...

24 June 2008
19:56 GMT

GameNerve Distribution Suite Coming from GamersGate

GamersGate, one of the most significant digital download services available for PCs, is announcing the launch of GameNerve, a new digital publishing suite designed to allow third parties, mainly developers and publishers, to create and configure digital distribution initiatives of their own.The developers say that Ga...

24 June 2008
02:42 GMT

Sins of a Solar Empire Coming to Europe

Publisher Kalypso Media is announcing that the boxed European edition of the strategy game Sins of a Solar Empire is set to become available during this week. The game has been, until now, only available in Europe via digital download. Because of the fact that the release of the boxed edition was delayed, Europeans c...

23 June 2008
09:25 GMT

Information on the Nuts and Bolts of The Political Machine

Stardock has clearly understood that marketing to the niches is a smart way to make money. Both its latest game successes, Galactic Civilization II with its two expansion packs, and Sins of a Solar Empire have been created and marketed to satisfy the needs of two rather small gaming communities. And their next projec...

28 May 2008
03:22 GMT

Stardock Is Making You a Demigod

Big Huge Games, known for developing epic RTS title Supreme Commander and its expansion Forged Alliance, and Stardock, mainly known for publishing recent strategy hit Sins of a Solar Empire and TBS revival game Galactic Civilization 2, have announced an agreement which gives Stardock the exclusive rights to publish, ...

8 April 2008
02:40 GMT

Galactic Civilization 2: Twilight of the Arnor

When a second expansion for a game is announced, it might be time to tell the developers they're pushing the limit of what's acceptable. Usually expansions mean more levels, same gameplay, more movies and less entertainment for the player. Well, that's certainly not the case with Twilight of the Arnor,...

5 April 2008
07:11 GMT

New Sins for the Strategy Gamers

Wired is reporting that Brad Wardell, Stardock's president and Chief Executive Officer, has recently confirmed that Sins of a Solar Empire was due to get an expansion in the not-too-distant future. That's good news and shows Stardock's dedication to the game and its commitment to keeping the fans happy...

3 April 2008
16:11 GMT

Start the Political Machine

Politics is a terribly complicated thing and there aren't many games out there that have a clear political agenda. There's talk of politics in games and there are even some games that try and sell "diplomacy" as the same thing with "politics," but no game dabbles in the real life constants of campaigns, can...

28 March 2008
04:49 GMT

Pimp Your Windows Vista Logon Screen

Are you bored to death with the Windows Vista logon screen? C'mon, just admit it! You are dying for a little customization! And while Windows Vista does in fact permit the end users to extensively personalize their copy of the latest Windows client, tweaking the logon screen is not as a streamlined an action as...

30 November 2007
05:20 GMT

Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar Cheats

One of the possible winning conditions in Sid Meirs Civilization series is the launch of a shuttle to another galaxy (the closest Proxima Centauri). This is just about where Stardock takes up and continues to spread the human influence across the Universe. Friend or foe, many alien races cross your way. In Galacti...

12 March 2007
11:23 GMT


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