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March 18, 2016 by Island Dog
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...
March 11, 2016 by Island Dog
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...
February 15, 2016 by Island Dog
Recently, Stardock released  The Political Machine 2016 , which lets you run your own political campaign and see if you have what it takes to win the Presidency of the United States. Besides being a fun game to play, it also has a cool Metaverse feature that takes some of the data from the games and lets us view various stats, such as the top winning candidates. See the 'Exit Polls' here . Last week during the New Hampshire primary, I made a quick post about the ...
February 1, 2016 by Island Dog
We wanted to give a big thanks to AMD and AMD Gaming for having a station setup for Ashes of the Singularity for attendeees to check out! Did anyone from the community happen to be there?
January 7, 2016 by Island Dog
We have a good post going about what games you played in 2015 , so lets continue and find out what games you are looking forward to in 2016. While it's still early in the year, I have just a few I'm looking to grab. Hitman - I've been a fan of the series for a while, and although I'm not sure about their release method, I have already pre-ordered. Ashes of the Singularity - I mentioned this in the other thread as I've enjoyed it even in Early Access, and I'm ex...
November 13, 2015 by Island Dog
I've been a fan of Anno games for quite a while. I was going to wait to pickup the latest, but saw a sale for about 45% off and grabbed it. Haven't had time to play yet, but looking forward to it. Anyone else grab this?  
September 24, 2015 by Island Dog
The Stardock Steam sale starts today and ends at 1pm ET on Monday, September 28th. This is a chance to grab Stardock games and DLC up to 75% off! You can see all the Stardock titles here on Steam . Some highlights from sale: Galactic Civilizations III - 50% off Sorcerer King - 50% off Offworld Trading Company - 50% off Stardock Pack 2016 - 50% off Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion - 75% off Servo - 25% off  
June 23, 2015 by Island Dog
I picked up just a few things. I have plenty of things to play, but picked up a few things to add some variety. Arma III Couple of Tropico 5 DLCs Stranded Deep Cook, Serve, Delicious Insurgency
June 16, 2015 by Island Dog
The PC Gaming Show at E3 is happening tonight at 9pm ET, and we're hosting the stream on the Stardock Twitch channel. http://www.twitch.tv/stardock  
June 11, 2015 by Island Dog
The Steam Summer Sale has started! This is always a fun time for gamers where you can grab some great deals on games. Stardock has its games and DLC up to 75% off during the Steam sale. You can see all Stardock games here: http://bit.ly/Stardock_on_Steam
May 7, 2015 by Island Dog
PC Gamer lists both Galactic Civilizations II and Sins of a Solar Empire in their list of the best strategy games on the PC!   Galactic Civilizations 2 "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 "Sins captures some of the scope of a 4X strategy game but makes it work within an RTS framework. This...
April 10, 2015 by Island Dog
GameSpot talked with Stardock, BonusXP, and Oxide Games at GDC about Ashes of the Singularity and Servo. " As we've learned over many years of strategy games, the real-time strategy genre is replete with creative possibilities. Last month during the Game Developer's Conference, I chatted with representatives from both Oxide Games and BonusXP Games about their current strategy projects, and the visits were pleasant reminders of how a single genre can provide a framework f...
April 10, 2015 by Island Dog
GTA V is coming to PC next week after a couple of delays. I have to say it's looking pretty good on the PC. http://store.steampowered.com/app/271590/  
March 18, 2015 by Island Dog
There's lot of people out there doing gaming videos on YouTube whether it's a Let's Play, a review, or just general gaming commentary. I wanted to know what channels you are watching and what you recommend.  
March 17, 2015 by Island Dog
At GDC this year, Stardock CEO Brad Wardell sat down with Niche Gamer and talked about a variety of topics from gaming to social media. " With Stardock’s current offerings, there seems to be a common theme with all of the games being strategy games. Do you think Stardock is mostly a strategy game developer and publisher, and are you guys looking to branch out into other genres? In the long run we are looking to branch out into other genres, certainly role playing is high up...