DerekStardock Entertainment, developer and publisher of award-winning PC games, announced today that Derek Paxton has joined the studio as senior producer and will oversee Stardock's ongoing development and expansions of the recently released fantasy strategy game, Elemental: War of Magic. Paxton is the creator and lead designer of the Fall from Heaven series of fantasy strategy games. Prior to joining Stardock, he was an external consultant for Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword and contributed to several of Firaxis's games including the recent Civilization V.

"This is the opportunity to marry my professional project manager career with my passion for game design," said Paxton. "I'm especially excited to work with the talented people at Stardock who have always been focused on creating great PC strategy games. I'm currently immersing myself in the world of Elemental, and I think everyone will be excited to see what is coming from Stardock Entertainment."

Stardock CEO, Brad Wardell, will serve as the executive producer and lead AI developer on Elemental.

Wardell stated, "Stardock has experienced continued growth from its various gaming and enterprise products as well as our digital distribution platform, Impulse. As a result of our loyal fan base and successes, we have been fortunate to be able to attract some of the top talent from across the industry. Derek brings to Stardock a unique blend of strategy game design knowledge and a great deal of project management experience from his non-gaming career."

As with all Stardock releases, the company is dedicated to providing post-release support for Elemental: War of Magic with free updates to enhance game play and ensure that the game evolves over time to its potential.

www.elementalgame.com


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on Oct 12, 2010

This is incredibly awesome guys, very good choice.  I am super nerdtasicly excited.

on Oct 12, 2010

Very nice.

Congrats to both Kael and Stardock.

on Oct 12, 2010

Wow, this great news! You couldn't have picked a better guy for this  

on Oct 12, 2010

Ummm, quick question please. I bought Civ 5 mainly for the next FFH mod in that series. Does Derek's appointment mean that I shouldn't hold my breath for any development now in this direction? Or was part of the deal to allow Derek to also work these sort of products?

Not that I'm complaining. This is such awesome news I just hope that Derek will be allowed enough rope to get the changes made that need making within Elemental.

on Oct 12, 2010

Congratulations to both parties. This is SUPER!

on Oct 12, 2010

WICKED.  Now we are back on track.  Excellent choice Frogboy and Stardock!

on Oct 12, 2010

Good luck and congratulations Kael!

Look forward in seeing your work in here aswell!

on Oct 12, 2010

Great announcement.  Good call SD!  And welcome Derek!

on Oct 12, 2010

Congrats Derek!  This is great news for Stardock and for fans of Elemental! 

This news caused me to dance a quick jig.  I'm both amazed and relieved.   I'd hoped you'd join forces with Stardock to at least a modding degree. But it seemed too good to be true that you might be taking on a greater role here.  Wow!  I didn't think I could get more excited about the future of Elemental than I already was.  I was wrong. 

Elemental * (Stardock + Kael) = the win!

on Oct 12, 2010

So, Kael...post already:)  Excellant choice.

on Oct 12, 2010

Rune_74
So, Kael...post already:)  Excellant choice.

 LoL no doubt! 

"Speech! Speech!!    

on Oct 12, 2010

Seems like a pretty well known guy here... and did we need to buy Fall from heaven or is it free? Sorry, didn't have all the expention on Civ 4

on Oct 12, 2010

Fall from Heaven was free.  You had to have Beyond the Sword expansion.

on Oct 12, 2010

Sweet zombie Jesus, this is good news!

 

on Oct 12, 2010

Goldmos
Seems like a pretty well known guy here... and did we need to buy Fall from heaven or is it free? Sorry, didn't have all the expention on Civ 4
Here are some links for more info about the Fall From Heaven mod...

Fall From Heaven info site http://kael.civfanatics.net/About.shtml

A brief description at CivFanatics http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=171398

The Fall From Heaven forums http://forums.civfanatics.com/forumdisplay.php?f=190

 

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