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AMD is having a livestream at GDC today. "On February 28, kick off your GDC with an exclusive glimpse into the Summer of Radeon and beyond! Our feature-packed show will be highlighted by the hottest new graphics and VR technologies propelling the game industry forward – with previews of the summer’s hottest PC games and VR experiences from the biggest names in the business." Check it out here... http://radeon.com/en-us/gdc-2017/  

PC Gamer has an article up about 4x games and takes a look at the "major players" in the genre. Great to see  Sins of a Solar Empire : Rebellion,  Elemental : Fallen Enchantress, and  Galactic Civilizations  III on that list! http://www.pcgamer.com/best-4x-games/  

We are going to have a lot more Twitch streams for Stardock games coming up. We are looking at having a stream each day for various games hosted by Stardock and from members of our community. I wanted to post our weekly schedule here, and make sure to check back for updates or additions. You can also follow our Twitch channel to be notified when a stream is live. https://www.twitch.tv/stardock Monday 2pm ET Offworld Trading Company  Tuesday 2pm...

Check out Stardock's CEO, Brad Wardell, on the latest eXplorminate podcast! "Join Nate and Troy as they speak with Brad Wardell, the man behind Stardock, about all things Galactic Civilizations 3, Sorcerer King, Ashes of the Singularity, Offworld Trading Company, Star Control and much much more!" Listen to the podcast here.... https://explorminate.net/2016/09/19/strategic-expanse-27-the-3rd-brad-wardell-interview/

Stardock will be doing Let's Plays on its latest games starting at 2pm with Brad Wardell (designer of Galactic Civilizations and Ashes of the Singularity) playing Sorcerer King: Rivals and Ashes of the Singularity in the afternoon. Subscribe to: https://www.twitch.tv/stardock 2pm: Sorcerer King: Rivals 4pm: Ashes of the Singularity Multiplayer Feel free to hop in and ask any questions. Brad is the CEO of Stardock.

Gameranx has a list of the Best Strategy Games of 2016 - so far, and they have included both Ashes of the Singularity and Offworld Trading Company! Check out the full list here.... http://gameranx.com/features/id/64694/article/the-best-strategy-games-of-2016-so-far/  

 It's that time of the year again...the Steam Summer Sale has begun Stardock's games and DLC are up to 75% off*, snag these deals while you can.   Offworld Trading Company $39.99 Now $19.99 Ashes of the Singularity $39.99 Now $19.99 Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion $39.99 Now $9.99 Galactic Civilizations III $39.99 Now $13.59   Additional titles on sale: ...

Great list that includes Ashes of the Singularity, Galactic Civilizations III, and Sorcerer King! http://gameranx.com/features/id/1037/article/top-30-best-strategy-games-for-pc/  

Stardock's CEO Brad Wardell talks about the past, present and future of the RTS genre on IGN. "New technology drives innovation in game design. So far, PC gamers have gone through roughly 3 major generations of game technology: DOS games Windows games with sprites Windows 32-bit games 3D graphics Over the past year, we’ve begun to transition to a 4th generation: 64-bit Multi-Core Multi-GPU What games will do with 4th generation game engines remain...

Since the last edition of The Political Machine 2016 weekly stats, we’ve had a lot of developments in the primaries. It will be interesting to see the effects it has had on the game. The big primary in South Carolina for the democrats happened recently and Hillary Clinton easily took that state. Super Tuesday saw wins for Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Ted Cruz. Subsequent primaries had Bernie Sanders picking up Michigan from Hillary, and various other states going t...

AnandTech sat down with Microsoft's DirectX 12 lead, Direct3D principle lead, and co-founder of Oxide Games, Dan Baker to discuss the state of DirectX 12. "Taking place next week is the  2016 Game Developers Conference  in San Francisco. GDC has been an important show for some time, but in recent years it has taken on an even bigger role as what happens and what is announced at GDC have greater implications for not just developers, but end-users as well. GDC has been the backd...

In week 1 of our look at The Political Machine 2016 data, we saw that Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders were tied for wins in the game. Anything changed since we’ve had a couple primaries and endorsements in the past week or so? Let’s take a look…. Since week 1 we’ve had a big primary in Nevada which Hillary Clinton closely defeated Bernie Sanders for the democrats, and Donald Trump took the republican win with Marco Rubio taking 2nd, and Ted Cruz just behind him...

PC Gamer is giving away free Galactic Civilizations III keys in celebration of the release of Galactic Civilizations III: Mercenaries this week. Enter now:  http://www.pcgamer.com/pc-gamer-galactic-civilizations-iii-giveaway/  

PCGamer has put up a list of the top strategy games available for the PC. Both Galactic Civilizations II and Sins of a Solar Empire made their list! Galactic Civilizations 2 Andy Kelly: If you’ve ever wanted to conquer space with an army of customisable doom-ships, this is the strategy game for you. It has smart, creative AI, and a full-size game can take weeks to complete.   Sins of a Solar Empire Chris Thursten : Sins ca...