Sorcerer King summons two new sovereigns with Beta 2
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Stardock's Sorcerer King is jumping into its second beta today with two new playable sovereigns and some new tricks for the evil King himself.
READ MORE >Galactic Civilization 3 Early Access Spotlight: The Art of Negotiation
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The interstallar 4X strategy game Galactic Civilizations 3 enters a new Early Access phase with the patch that introduces diplomacy. Additionally, a new race enters the competition to become the biggest empire in the galaxy. We speak to lead game designer Paul Boyer to get a...
READ MORE >Sorcerer King is a 4X game set in an already-conquered world
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Stardock is venturing into the 4X genre with the upcoming Sorcerer King, in which you've already lost and the world has already been conquered by an all-powerful AI.
READ MORE >Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes 'Adversaries' patch addresses buggy AI
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Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes doesn't have the smartest AI in the world, but developer Stardock is addressing that and a whole lot of other issues with the new 'Adversaries' patch.
READ MORE >"What about game, thrones, souls, champion, and countless others? I swear, browsing the app store ..."
see all 10 commentsOffworld Trading Company bringing the free market to Mars on PC
Mars is about to be invaded... by capitalism! Up to eight players will ruthlessly fight one another using the free market in Offworld Trading Company, the upcoming PC game from former Civilization IV developer Soren Johnson.
READ MORE >"Brad Wardell had to issue a work-hours ban on playing this game it seems."
see all 2 commentsStardock brings Dead Man's Draw from iOS to PC
Dead Man's Draw may have been Stardock's first mobile game, but gosh, the developer could hardly withhold its love from PC after all these nows. It's now launched the piratical card game for PC boxes, with all the freemium appendages rounded up and stitched on as standard, o...
READ MORE >"If you are referring to the iOS version, it went free a few months ago, so you can certainly ..."
see all 6 commentsCivilization IV designer Soren Johnson founds new studio
Eight months after joining Stardock, lead Civilization IV designer Soren Johnson has founded a new indie studio named after his haircut of choice, Mohawk Games. Announcing its first game, codenamed Mars, Johnson has said "The goal is to make games that will be played for yea...
READ MORE >"Soren is an awesome guy - I met him at a board games party, he really gets deep into the ..."
see all 4 commentsGalactic Civilizations 3 announced, pre-orders offering alpha and beta access
Stardock has announced Galactic Civilizations 3, and opened tiered pre-orders for alpha and beta access among other goodies.
READ MORE >"God damnit, I just bought Endless Space last week. Could have been a little sooner with this ..."
see all 21 commentsStardock unveils Mobile division and first games
Stardock has made its name as a hardcore PC developer and publisher, and now is branching out into things what go in your pocket. The Stardock Mobile division has sprung into the world, revealing a starting lineup of three games--the first of which arrives in October. True t...
READ MORE >Stardock lawsuits settled after employee apologizes
Stardock CEO Brad Wardell and a former employee have settled a pair of lawsuits, with the latter agreeing to write a formal letter of apology.
READ MORE >"Hyuk-yuk! Around here, we call it Starcock! Got a problem with that, missy?"
see all 14 commentsTotal Annihilation, Star Control, Master of Orion IPs sold off at Atari auction
Atari has auctioned off several of its prominent video game assets, and if everything is approved by a New York bankruptcy court on Wednesday, popular franchises such as Total Annihilation, Master of Orion, Star Control and Battlezone will have new homes.
READ MORE >"I vaguely remember the 98 version. Played a ton of the original. "
see all 36 commentsFallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes rides out May 22
Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes, the second standalone expansion for turn-based strategy Elemental, will launch for PC on May 22, developer Stardock has announced. As promised long ago, Legendary Heroes will be free for everyone who bought the original game before Hallo...
READ MORE >"This is actually an extremely well-timed release. Plenty of time to dig into this before Age of ..."
see all 14 commentsStardock enlists Civ 4 designer Soren Johnson
Stardock has added another big Civilization gun to its own strategy game arsenal, enlisting Civilization IV designer Soren Johnson to work on its future games. The studio hired prolific Civ IV modder Derek 'Kael' Paxton to oversee its fantasy strategy series Elemental, now o...
READ MORE >"Was this the one that we got for free if we ordered elemental? "
see all 7 commentsFallen Enchantress - Legendary Heroes expansion announced, drops Elemental name
The launch of the original Elemental: War of Magic was disastrous for developer Stardock, but a string of patches and the standalone expansion Elemental: Fallen Enchantress got the fantasy strategy series into pretty decent shape. Another expansion will arrive in April, Star...
READ MORE >"Yep, I am in the free club as well, having been suckered in to buying the original at launch. I ..."
see all 9 commentsElemental: Fallen Enchantress launches October 23
Elemental: War of Magic was disastrous for Stardock. At launch in August 2010 it was buggy, unbalance, and just, well, a bit bad. Poor sales led to layoffs and the whole affair severely harmed Stardock's hard-earned reputation. A lot clearly hangs upon expansion-turned-stand...
READ MORE >"Woohoo! Another poopy stardock game! I wonder which employee Brad Wardell will sexually ..."
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