Without a doubt one of the biggest hits for Stardock at this years Penny Arcade Expo was the upcoming Elemental: War of Magic.  Previews and impressions are starting to come out, and today we have one from Big Download. “Your character is basically a very powerful magic user who wants to rule the land. There are several ways he can do this. One is by keeping his power inside him and having that power grow so he can use more and more powerful spells. We got an example of that in ...

The fine folks at Shacknews.com grabbed some screenshots of Elemental: War of Magic and gave them a thorough look. “While the art style for Stardock's Elemental: War of Magic is pretty snazzy, screenshots are really only showing half of the story. During a live demonstration at PAX, the other half became immediately apparent: it's all about the zoom.” Read the full article at Shacknews.com .

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People who attended this years PAX have been posting pics and videos of their experiences, especially with the demo of Elemental: War of Magic. The videos below come courtesy of Multra .

Ghostbear from Colony of Gamers was in attendance at PAX, and got a walkthrough of Elemental: War of Magic from Stardock’s Paul Boyer. “Exploration is a large part of the game as well, you'll find dungeons, random encounters, treasure. What you really want to find are the elemental shards, once found you'll want to build an outpost and shrine, so that you'll be able to channel the magic it possesses. Once you have multiple elements you can cast spells that combine those ...

We have setup a fan page on Facebook for the upcoming PC game, Elemental: War of Magic .  The fan page on Facebook is another place fans can get together and post article, links, etc. about Elemental.  We will also have some giveaways in the future as well, so you definitely don’t want to miss out on that! If you are on Facebook, just head over to the page and hit the “become a fan” button.  See you there! Link  – Elemental Facebook page ...

GamaSutra’s Chris Remo has another interview with Brad Wardell, this time focusing on the modding engine in the upcoming game, Elemental: War of Magic .  “Elemental makes use of a level of detail system paired to its zoom feature that swaps out different models and textures as the player moves from examining individual workers at ground level up to viewing whole continents, at which point the perspective blends into a flat 2D "cloth map." That will be available to ...

Stardock , the world leader in desktop customization, today released the highly anticipated version 1.0 of its popular and free desktop organization application, Fences. Fences is a one-of-a-kind program designed to organize the desktop by allowing users to customize how icons and files reside on the desktop based on user-defined preferences. Fences is the ultimate tool for those users who want to keep their PC desktop clear of clutter. Fences works by allowing users to “dra...

GameSpot.com has a quick update Q&A with Brad Wardell about the current status of Elemental: War of Magic. "Brad Wardell: We're nearing the end of the first beta of the game. Our focus has been to work through the game mechanics to make sure what seems fun on paper will translate to fun in-game. Specifically, we have been working on the battle system, quests, and the player's dynasty. The dynasty system has proven to be far more interesting than we had realized" Read the full update ove...

Multiplaying.net is a great gaming and podcast site, and their latest podcast edition includes an interview with Stardock’s Brad Wardell.  The main topic of discussion is the upcoming PC game, Elemental: War of Magic . Head over to Multiplaying for links to listen to the podcast. http://www.multiplaying.net/2010/03/07/multiplaying-026-03-06-10-stardock/

The 2010 Game Developers Conference is in full swing in San Francisco this week, and a bunch of the Stardock crew is out there.  GameSpot.com has got an updated looked at the upcoming Elemental: War of Magic and have published their latest impressions. “Elemental has seemed more intriguing each time we've seen it, and now that we've taken a closer look at some of its newly-implemented strategic elements, we're more excited than ever to finally play it. The game is currently sche...

The Salt Lake City PC Games Examiner posted an interview today with Stardock CEO Brad Wardell where they discuss Impulse, Digital Distribution, and of course PC Gaming. “Adam: When you launched Component Manager in 1998, did you have an idea of how big digital distribution would eventually become? Brad: We believed that digital distribution would eventually take over. But we thought that every developer and publisher would have their own thing. We di...

With the announcement of Elemental: Fallen Enchantress we had some fans asking for some higher-resolution images that could be used for wallpapers.  You asked for them, so here they are! These first two releases are available as both a wallpaper and logon for Windows.  To use the logon files you will need LogonStudio which is a free application developed by Stardock. https://www.stardock.com/products/logonstudio/ Wallpapers ...

BigDownload has a new interview up with Stardock’s Brad Wardell where Elemental: War of Magic, Impulse , and other items of interest are talked about. In a forum post you said you have now approved a budget to continue development of Elemental for the next two years. What can you tell us about what players of the game can expect in both the near and far future? The main things to expect from Elemental will be two very large expansions. While many gamers have seen ...

Gamasutra.com has an interview with Stardock’s Jon Shafter, and this is another you definitely want to sit down and read. “ You mentioned some of the things that attracted you to Stardock, like the personality of the company and how Brad Wardell [Stardock CEO] approaches making games for the PC platform. What exactly do you mean by that? JS: The biggest thing is that Brad is the CEO and full owner of the company. So he has complete leeway to do whatever he wants. And Stardock...