IGN has published the 10 best PC Games of 2006, and Galactic Civilizations II has made that list! Galactic Civilizations II earned an impressive rating of 8.7 from IGN , and that also makes it it one of the highest rated PC games of 2006. The 2006 Year in Review article goes on to say: "The AI in particular is one of the high points of the game, providing an experience that's as unpredictable and challenging as just about any we've seen in games of this type." ...
The latest review of Gal Civ II: Twilight of the Arnor comes from GameZone.com. Anise Hollingshead gives ToA a great review and really focuses on some of the new improvements, specifically the tech tree. "Playercustomization is always a large part of Galactic Civilization, and now there areeven more ways for players to tweak the gameplay. New editors allow forcustomization of the technical trees, scenarios, improvements and more, for atotal of six editors. Players can access...
Have you been to Impulsedriven.com in awhile? Well if you have, you'll notice that we've done some redecoratin g to not only the website but the store itself. We've made the website much more informational with the homepage now adding a featured title section highlighting a major software or game, a latest news section showing off recent releases, and a recent articles section authored by people from the Impulse community. You'll also find the navigation to be a lot more friendly ...
Recently I posted the first part of the interview with Stardock CEO Brad Wardell by ShackNews. Part 2 of the interview goes into Stardock’s appearance at PAX ‘08, the upcoming game Demigod , and the upcoming turn-based fantasy strategy game that Stardock is currently working on. Another quick excerpt: “ Shack : How was your time at PAX? Brad Wardell : It was great. That was so fun. Because we were out there and we had the Gas Powered Games guys [Supreme...
ShackNews has a two-part interview with Stardock CEO, Brad Wardell. The first part talks about the plan to “revitalize” PC gaming. It also covers Stardock's stance on copy-protection. A quick excerpt: " Shack: A lot of people think the solution is making games that are so connected with the online experience that everything is validated online, patched online, controlled through the internet. But what you're talking about is an offline, almost traditional solution...
Stardock is excited to announce that “phase two” of its digital download platform, Impulse, has begun and all updates, new games and software applications will soon be live. Phase two of Impulse sees new games from 2k ( Civilizations III, Shattered Union, Sid Meier’s Pirates! and Sid Meier’s Railroads! ) and Tilted Mill’s Children of the Nile enhanced edition. New software applications include a host of Corel applications like WordPerfect Office X4, Cor...
Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor has taken the Best Expansion award in IGN’s 2008 Best of 2008 awards in the PC category! View the award here: http://bestof.ign.com/2008/pc/19.html Thanks to all our supporters for another great year!
Everyone likes a sale, right? Well from December 11th to December 14th we have a HUGE sale going on in the Impulse Store ! Project Aftermath - $9.99 Galactic Civilizations I: Ultimate - $3.99 Political Machine 2008 - $3.99 Space Rangers 2 Complete - $3.99 Supreme Commander - $9.99 Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords - $9.99 MyColors: Winter Wonderland - $9.99 World of Goo - $19.95 It’s a chance to pickup some great games and software at ...
We have a new contest we are launching next week, and your mission will be to find Stardock’s new mascot, Stardog. This contest is a scavenger hunt, and will be played as followed: The first clue will always be shown on the Stardog page . Clues are identified by an image of Stardog hidden somewhere on the page. To reveal the clue, click on the image of Stardog, and he will give you a hint for your next destination, where you will need to look for his new hiding spot.
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GameSpy.com has voting going on for the Gamers’ Choice Voting for PC game of the year. Both Sins of a Solar Empire , and Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Anor , are up for voting. Head over to GameSpy and cast your vote! Link: http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/936/936023p1.html
X-Play has announced the nominees of it’s “Best of 2008” awards which will appear on G4TV on December 9th. Both Sins of a Solar Empire , and Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor were nominated for Best Strategy Game! “X-Play is proud to present its Best of 2008 Awards on Tuesday, December 9th, at 8PM ET. This sixth annual awards program will highlight the best in gaming throughout the year. ' "It seems commonplace to expect ...
The v2.01 update for Galactic Civilizations II is now out. Frogboy listed some of the notable features, improvements, and more screenshots here . First, the AI is better. I made changes to how the AI decides which planets to colonize and improved how they pick their research projects. The overall "Feel" of 2.01 in terms of pacing and general fun is just much improved really in my opinion. Second, the team fixed some crashes that we had noticed. I'm not sure what c...
Stardock has released a major free update to its award-winning PC strategy game, Galactic Civilizations II. The update adds a host of new features to its latest expansion pack Twilight of the Arnor as well as expands on features found in the Dark Avatar expansion pack. Galactic Civilizations II was originally released in 2006 and won numerous PC game awards including “Turn-based Strategy Game of the Year from GameSpy”. In 2007 the first expansion pack, Dark Avatar ...
Like most companies, Stardock puts together an internal business plan for setting up goals and objectives for the company for the forthcoming year (Stardock's fiscal year begins its execution phase every October 1). As part of this business plan is an appendix that acts as a critical analysis of what Stardock customers can expect to see and what challenges the company faces to better satisfy customer expectations. For this year, it has been decided to make this appendix avai...
The crew here at Stardock cares a lot about our community and the games that we produce for you. That's why we're pleased to announce that version 2.20 for Galactic Civilizations II is available for you today! Even when a title is "finished" and put out to market, there are always little things we find that could use a tweak or a change here and there. We also know what it's like to enjoy an old game so much that you keep going back to it, even when there are ...