Published on February 4, 2009 By Island Dog In PC Gaming

Stardock announced today that it is expanding its current games division and will open a second games studio in Michigan.

The new studio will create up to 50 much-needed jobs in the state of Michigan and will be responsible for an as-of-yet unannounced RPG title developed and published by independent developer Stardock Entertainment.

When evaluating where to open the second studio, Stardock considered several other states in which to open it due to the relatively high costs of recruiting game developers and artists to Michigan as well as some of the technology infrastructure challenges Michigan faces.

However, Wayne County in conjunction with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation as well as Plymouth Township coordinated to provide tax incentives and access to better communication infrastructure in order to make Michigan a more competitive choice to open the new studio.

Stardock President and CEO Brad Wardell said, "We're very pleased with the support we've received from Wayne County and the state of Michigan. We think Michigan is well placed to become a hub for technology companies thanks to new programs from the state to make Michigan more competitive to do business in. We look forward to continuing our strong growth with additional development projects over the next couple of years."


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on Feb 04, 2009

ZOMG!

on Feb 04, 2009

I'd be happy to work there!!! Once, I graduate from College and get my Bachelor's in Digital Art!!!

on Feb 04, 2009

RPG?  Society?

on Feb 04, 2009

Cool. Mabye when I get out of collage mabye I can work for it or better yet open my own game studio owned by Stardock. Stardock New England anyone?

on Feb 04, 2009

Actually I found out they are NOT talking about Society, this is a new project.

 

That said, I had a thought.

 

Stardock doing a PC variation on Disgaea or even Culdcept Saga.  That would be mega awesome.

on Feb 04, 2009

Michigan is prime location for me (that perfect distance that is within driving range of family in IL, but far enough that they won't be in my hair) so if you need to find people to hire.   start your search at "landiscasner.com".  I would be perfect for an RPG team.

on Feb 04, 2009

Mmmm, more good games to beta test.

on Feb 04, 2009

@I-Dog - you missed my thread on this yes? ROFL!! 

on Feb 04, 2009

Great news. LOL KALAMAZOO! Please... Anywho can't wait to try it out and beta beta beta! 

on Feb 04, 2009

Has anyone noticed that Stardock is taking over the world?  I mean we have all the public discussions regarding DRM by Brad, a quickly growing list of must have PC utilities like Window Blinds, Fences, etc., an ever expanding list of games now touching almost every genre and even including US politics and campaign strategy, the gamers bill of rights, Impulse and now expanded studios!!!!  Is there no stopping them????

on Feb 04, 2009

Stardock is becoming a really big company if it keeps up.   I used to consider them a smaller company, but they are publishing titles from GPG and Ironclad, maybe more there too.   With two dev teams, at least 2 other reasonably sized development teams being published under stardock, they soon will be up along blizzard, eidos, and other big US company names.

on Feb 04, 2009

Which one is not like the others?

THQ to Cut 600
Mythic Layoffs
More EA layoffs
New Stardock Studio and Game Plans
Cuts at Disney Interactive Studios

(via Blue's News headlines from recent days)

Congrats, Stardock. It says something about SD's business acrumen if they're expanding during a recession and making more games for a dead platform ( )

I look forward to more great games from SD and its partners (GPG, Ironclad). I'm also glad that Impulse exists to give Steam some much-needed competition.

on Feb 04, 2009

Which one is not like the others?

ah, thats kinda mean

Supposedly there is expected to be a rebound from the games industry though.  last year there was a loss of profits and a bunch of companies started buckeling their belts.   It still expected that the games industry is going be for the most part hiring and growing reguardless of the economic downturn.

on Feb 04, 2009

If everything was free, the world would be easier.  You do what you like or are good at, don't get payed, but don't need money to buy things for they are free...

Lol....that would never work and hope no one takes me serious....

-Phalnax

on Feb 04, 2009

That's how all the headlines looked when I read Blue's earlier. When I saw Stardock listed, I thought they were laying off people, too. A second later I realized that's not the case.

EA posted record revenue but still had a net loss. How is that possible? The CEO should be the one out of a job, not the coders and designers.

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