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January 16, 2009 by Island Dog
Rockpapershotgun.com has an interview with Brad Wardell about Stardock’s upcoming title, Elemental: War of Magic.  The interview covers a few things, including a chat about user-generated content and more! “Brad Wardell: The in-game tools of Elemental are designed to let players create their own items, their own worlds, their own graphical elements to the world, their own creatures, their own races and pretty much anything else they might want to expand the game. They’re the same ...
January 2, 2009 by Island Dog
  The fine folks over at Gamers with Jobs has given Sins of a Solar Empire the award for Best PC Exclusive Game of the Year!  Not only that, Sins was also a runner up in the Game of the Year award.   Link: 2008 GWJ Community Game of the Year Awards “As a rule, we at Gamerswithjobs avoid putting together any kind of intenal Game of the Year awards, primarily because the debate over the value and standards of such a thing would result in bloodshed, assault c...
January 2, 2009 by Island Dog
To say that Sins of a Solar Empire had a great would be putting it mild, we had a FANTASTIC year!  The end of the year means gaming and tech sites/magazines publish their “best of” lists along with features like user picks, special spotlights, and all that good stuff. Over the last couple of weeks we have seen Sins of a Solar Empire just sweep through nominations and awards, and IronClad Games and Stardock just couldn’t be more pleased.  I thought today we would...
March 10, 2009 by Island Dog
Recently, Edge-Online had an article featured called “ The Age of Steam ”.  It takes a thorough look at the Steam platform, from beginning stages to its current form. “What started as a way of administering updates has become a delivery platform so powerful that it has threatened to render even the big publishers‭’ ‬alternatives obsolete,‭ ‬an online community so well-supported that it sets standards even for those found on consoles,‭ ‬and a no-fiddling environ...
March 4, 2009 by Island Dog
IGN.com, which gave Sins of a Solar Empire the PC game of the year award in 2008, has posted their review of Sins first micro-expansion, Entrenchment. “Last year's Sins of a Solar Empire was an undeniably amazing experience; so much so, in fact, that it won our game of the year award. But that doesn't mean that the teams at Ironclad or Stardock are resting on their laurels. They've recently released the first micro-expansion for the game, Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment ...
March 2, 2009 by Island Dog
I took some time this weekend to just sit down and play some Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment without interruption.  I will admit I still have a lot to learn, but the most important thing to me is I just have a blast playing. My PC is getting dated and it doesn’t run as many games as it used to, but it runs Sins just beautifully. Here are a few shots I grabbed from my game.
February 27, 2009 by Island Dog
GameShark.com has published a developers interview with IronClad Games Blair Fraser.  The interview is mostly Sins of a Solar Empire, and a bit about the PC gaming platform. It’s all a very good read. “ Getting off topic for a second --all we hear is that the PC is a dying platform and that if you shun console development you are doomed to fail. How are you guys making it work? If everyone is moving to the console or releasing substandard PC ports that leaves...
February 25, 2009 by Island Dog
The first micro-expansion to Ironclad's Strategy Game of the Year, Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment , is now ready for download on Stardock's digital download platform, Impulse. Fans that have the original Sins of a Solar Empire installed on their PCs can now purchase the title for $9.95 at www.impulsedriven.com . Entrenchment adds a host of new features including starbases, defense upgrades, a new defense technology tree, mine fields, and hundreds of enhancements to both the ga...
February 20, 2009 by Island Dog
Gamasutra.com posted the weekly sales charts for various gaming systems, and Galactic Civilizations II: Game of the Year Edition tops the U.S. sales chart!  PC North America: 1. Galactic Civilizations II: Game of the Year Edition (Stardock),
February 19, 2009 by Island Dog
IGN.com has an exclusive trailer of the upcoming expansion, Entrechment, for Sins of a Solar Empire. Check it out!
February 17, 2009 by Island Dog
The much-anticipated PC version of the hit Braid, is now available for preorder on Impulse!  “Braid is a puzzle-platformer, drawn in a painterly style, where the player manipulates the flow of time in strange and unusual ways. From a house in the city, journey to a series of worlds and solve puzzles to rescue an abducted princess. In each world, you have a different power to affect the way time behaves, and it is time's strangeness that creates the puzzles. The time behaviors inc...
February 9, 2009 by Island Dog
Stardock Corporation announced today that the first micro-expansion to Ironclad’s Strategy Game of the Year, Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment , is undergoing further incorporation of beta feedback to maximize quality and will now be available February 25 for download on Stardock’s digital download platform, Impulse ( www.impulsedriven.com ). “One of Stardock’s key strategies for success with past games has been the incorporation of player feedback from our ope...
February 4, 2009 by Island Dog
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 recrui...
January 27, 2009 by Island Dog
Wired.com has the latest info on Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment.  Along with that, they also have some new screenshots I’m sure you will enjoy! Link: Wired.com
January 27, 2009 by Island Dog
With the release coming up very soon, Steve Butts over at IGN put in some time with the Sins of a Solar Empire expansion, Entrenchment, and gives a great in-depth preview. “Next week Ironclad will be releasing the first ever micro-expansion for our 2008 Game of the Year, Sins of a Solar Empire. Titled Entrenchment, the new addition to the Sins franchise brings a host of defense-oriented improvements that should help players beat back the dreaded pirate surge and also put a stop to aggr...