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March 2, 2016 by Island Dog
Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog.   The Seventh Offworld Twitch Tournament has finished, and the best-of-5 finals was between Cubit and Gameslayer. The streams were broadcast by  Zultar , and the first game is linked below. The final bracket can be viewed here:  http://challonge.com/offworld7 .
March 2, 2016 by Island Dog
This is something I think is cool, but not everyone seems to know about. So here's a quick tip! Most players of Ashes are aware of the benchmark tool in the game, but I've seen people post their benchmark results from a screenshot. If you want to share your benchmark results, you can easily do it from the Metaverse.  You can view them here:  https://www.ashesofthesingularity.com/metaverse#/ladders/benchmark You can also login with your Steam account which will take ...
March 2, 2016 by Island Dog
Another great article from VentureBeat on Ashes of the Singularity is up. This is an interview with Stardock's VP of Business Development, Chris Kowal, about Ashes and some the technology behind it. "GamesBeat: It seemed like this got started as a game demo for DirectX 12, right? What’s the story of how it got to this point? Chris Kowal: Stardock has always built PC games, strategy games, RTS 4X. We have Galactic Civilizations and Sins of a Solar Empire. We’...
March 1, 2016 by Island Dog
VentureBeat has a great article up today about Ashes of the Singularity. "The game from Stardock and Oxide Games is perhaps the biggest beneficiary of Moore’s Law, the prediction made by Intel chairman emeritus Gordon Moore that computing power would continuously improve at a regular rate. The game allows you to command an army of sci-fi forces against a human or computer opponent in real-time action. I had a hands-on preview of the game that confirmed the title is an exercise ...
March 1, 2016 by Island Dog
Ashes of the Singularity supports DirectX 12's explicit multi-GPU feature to increase performance by taking advantage of two video cards of different model, or even manufacturer. Keep in mind, this is brand new tech and is expected to work primarily with cards of similar performance characteristics. Here are a few tech news benchmarks of the performance you can expect: anandtech techspot guru3D Overclock3d This is a brand-new feature that Ashes of the Singularity i...
February 26, 2016 by Island Dog
We just put out a hofix to address a few issues that players have been reporting. Thanks again for your feedback! Fix for 4k monitor display issues Fix for resolution being locked to "default" in full screen mode Fix for some match results not being reported properly as losses
February 26, 2016 by Island Dog
In week 1 of our look at The Political Machine 2016 data, we saw that Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders were tied for wins in the game. Anything changed since we’ve had a couple primaries and endorsements in the past week or so? Let’s take a look…. Since week 1 we’ve had a big primary in Nevada which Hillary Clinton closely defeated Bernie Sanders for the democrats, and Donald Trump took the republican win with Marco Rubio taking 2nd, and Ted Cruz just behind him...
February 25, 2016 by Island Dog
We are aware of the crashes that are happening with beta 2 when joining a multiplayer match. We are having a higher than expected load due to the amount of people playing, and that's causing some issues. We are working on the problem and hope to have it resolved as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience, and I'll update this post with any updates.
February 25, 2016 by Island Dog
Beta 2 is Now Available Exciting Explosions, New Maps, and Improved AI! Ashes of the Singularity Beta 2 has arrived and it just keeps getting better! Like explosions? So do we, that's why we've made them bigger. Looking for a variety of maps? No problem, we've added some new ones! Wishing for an improved AI? We've got you covered! With a new Multiplayer season beginning and a host of other improvements and stability fixes, get yourselves revved up for Ashes of the Si...
February 24, 2016 by Island Dog
Stardock's Founder and CEO Brad Wardell has started a series of developer diaries for Ashes of the Singularity which will be posted on The Escapist. The first one is up today and gives an introduction to Ashes of the Singularity. "When I was a kid, I thought the future of humanity was pretty straight forward. In college, I wrote a game called Galactic Civilizations  that took place in the year 2178. The premise was much the same as traditional Sci-Fi. Humans travel the galaxy in...
February 24, 2016 by Island Dog
The press got a look at the Ashes of the Singularity beta 2 benchmark, and lots of articles are coming out about it. I'll update this roundup thread with some of the articles coming out as there is lots of information about the benchmark.   PC Gamer http://www.pcgamer.com/ashes-of-the-singularity-benchmark-unites-amd-and-nvidia-under-dx12sort-of/   TweakTown http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/7568/dx12-benchmarked-ashes-singularity-amd-nvidia-gpus/index.html ...
February 24, 2016 by Island Dog
VentureBeat has an article today about Ashes of the Singularity and how it's taking advantage of DirectX 12.   "That’s why graphics chip maker  Advanced Micro Devices  is teaming up with game engine developer Oxide Games and publisher  Stardock . Essentially, RTS games have been good at depicting small-scale battles. The goal of Ashes of the Singularity is to depict real-time wars. Thousands or even tens of thousands of 3D objects could appear on screen ...
February 19, 2016 by Island Dog
PC Gamer is giving away free Galactic Civilizations III keys in celebration of the release of Galactic Civilizations III: Mercenaries this week. Enter now:  http://www.pcgamer.com/pc-gamer-galactic-civilizations-iii-giveaway/  
February 19, 2016 by Island Dog
PCGamer has put up a list of the top strategy games available for the PC. Both Galactic Civilizations II and Sins of a Solar Empire made their list! Galactic Civilizations 2 Andy Kelly: 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 Chris Thursten : Sins ca...
February 18, 2016 by Island Dog
We released a hotfix today for v.82 which addresses some stability issues that players have been reporting. Please update and let us know if you have any further issues. Thanks for all the feedback and bug reports you can have been posting.