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November 8, 2016 by Island Dog
As the end of the election is upon us, I thought it would be fun to take a look and see how the current statistics of player data were going in The Political Machine 2016 . We have ‘Exit Polls,’ which consist of data that we collect from the game on things such as what candidates people are playing as, what party is winning in games, what issues are deciding the wins, and more. You can see all the data here . So lets take a look and see where we’re at with this dat...
November 3, 2016 by Island Dog
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October 13, 2016 by Island Dog
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/  
September 19, 2016 by Island Dog
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/
June 23, 2016 by Island Dog
 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: ...
May 20, 2016 by Island Dog
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/  
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