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June 30, 2010 by Island Dog
Voodoo Extreme has some new screenshots for Elemental: War of Magic, but you need to head over there to check them out! http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/55820/Elemental-War-Of-Magic-Screenshots
June 29, 2010 by Island Dog
IGN.com has an article up with their picks for the PC Games of Summer 10, and the upcoming Elemental: War of Magic is included! “ Stardock clearly knows how to make a strategy game, as anyone that played Galactic Civilizations can attest. For the studio's upcoming game, you'll select and customize a magic user and set down on sprawling world maps, conquering territory and growing your army.” Read more at IGN.com !
June 24, 2010 by Island Dog
Hi Elemental Army, or should I say “hoooah”!  Today we have picked a random Elemental Army participant and awarded them a $10 Impulse gift card!  We will have more giveaways outside of the general contest just because we appreciate all the ways you have been helping out with the Elemental Army! http://elementalgame.com/army We have also added a new Announcement System to the Elemental Army page.  This area will be a spot where we can post quick announcements for ...
June 21, 2010 by Island Dog
Neoseeker.com has put up an interview with Stardock’s Brad Wardell about Elemental, including discussions about Modding, Tactics, and more. “ The game is very community driven. Does this make it easier or harder to develop, or both? How? Obviously it makes it better. It makes it harder but better. The Community often overestimates the effort to do some things and underestimates the effort to do other things.  I’ve seen the same guy who would ask for us to have an “option...
June 16, 2010 by Island Dog
BigDownload got some time with Stardock’s Brad Wardell about the ongoing status of Elemental: War of Magic, and have published their interview this week. “ You have said you are taking some time off after Elemental is completed to do some mod making. Why did you make this decision? I really wanted to get back into what I enjoy the most which is pure game programming. I started the company back in college 15+ years ago because of my love of coding computer AI and mod...
June 10, 2010 by Island Dog
There have been quite a few videos coming out lately showing various aspects of Elemental: War of Magic, and I wanted to post some links so you can have an easier time finding them if needed. All the videos will most likely be posted to the Impulsedriven.net blogs first - http://www.impulsedriven.net/ YouTube will be the next place to find videos as well. Stardock Games - http://www.youtube.com/stardockgames Draginols page - http://www.youtube.com/draginol
June 7, 2010 by Island Dog
Impulse is giving PC fans an added bonus for their Diggs, Tweets and Forum participation starting today as Stardock announced the formation of a new fan-based society, the Elemental Army. Fans of the anticipated PC fantasy strategy title Elemental: War of Magic can win limited edition / custom Elemental packs, up to $100 in gift cards to Stardock’s digital distribution platform, Impulse and more by simply enlisting in the Elemental Army and participating in online discussions about the...
June 4, 2010 by Island Dog
Gamasutra has posted an interview today with Stardock’s Brad Wardell about the upcoming PC game, Elemental: War of Magic, and it’s partnership with Random House to create a novel written by Brad as well. “ What prompted that? They had just seen that the game was in development? BW: They were already aware of Galactic Civilizations, and they liked that we had a whole universe around it, so they asked, "What is your next game?" We told them about Elementa...
June 2, 2010 by Island Dog
The previews for Elemental: War of Magic are rolling in this week, and the latest to hit my inbox is from the fine folks over at GameSpot.  “Our brief tour with the game covered several other additions to the game, such as combat balancing, which is currently intended to fairly let players who focus on combat develop a small army of highly trained warriors equipped with pricey weapons, but to put them on even ground with players who pursued a different research path, such as civi...
September 24, 2009 by Island Dog
Shacknews.com has a fantastic, and very informative interview with Stardock CEO, Brad Wardell, on the upcoming PC game Elemental: War of Magic . “Shack: [laughs] We should cover Elemental before we get into that. Now, there aren't many companies that are still making these kinds of games anymore. Do you take a conservative approach in figuring out whether your audience can support a game like this, or do you just make what you think is fun and go from there? Brad Wardell: ...
April 21, 2011 by Island Dog
A big congrats goes out to xmorg who has won the Fallen Enchantress “Design a Trait” contest !  His trait, Outlaw Connections, took the top spot! “The Hero has spent some time with the lawless and knows a little about how to communicate with bandits. The Hero may recruit bandits he encounters in the wilds, at a small cost of gold and prestige. Bandits can be disbanded and add to the population. The hero cannot propose to marry them. Bandits ma...
April 12, 2011 by Island Dog
Stardock CEO Brad Wardell is on this weeks edition of the Jumping the Shark podcast.  A big topic of discussion is the GameStop sale, and what’s ahead for Stardock and PC gaming. http://gameshark.libsyn.com/jumping-the-shark-episode-64
April 4, 2011 by Island Dog
Today we open up community voting in the Design a Trait contest for Elemental: Fallen Enchantress.  The top 5 traits were chosen and now it is your turn to cast your vote for the winner, which their trait will be implemented into the upcoming Fallen Enchantress! Get to voting! http://elementalgame.com/contest
March 30, 2011 by Island Dog
Gametrailers.com  has a new video posted from GDC 2011 with an interview with Derek Paxton and Jon Shafer discussing Fallen Enchantress. http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gdc-11-elemental-fallen/712309  
March 25, 2011 by Island Dog
On Tuesday, March 29th the great folks at Strategy Informer will be holding a live interview with Stardock’s Derek Paxton.  The upcoming Elemental: Fallen Enchantress will be the main focus of the evening, and we encourage our community to head over and participate. The interview will be on Tuesday at 8pm EST.  http://www.strategyinformer.com/editorials/11622/live-chat-with-derek-paxton