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Free Of Impulse, Stardock Visits The Sins Of A Solar Empire On Steam

7:20AM November 17, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Now that they’ve offloaded that pesky digital distribution platform, Stardock is free to spread its catalogue to greener pastures, starting with today’s release of Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity on Steam. More »

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GameStop’s Online Store Becomes One With Impulse

5:00AM July 14, 2011 | Mike Fahey

GameStop’s purchase of Steam rival Impulse comes to a head today, as the video game retail giant fully integrates the PC game digital download service into its online store. Now, instead of purchasing a downloadable PC game through GameStop.com, you can go to Steam instead, like you were doing already anyway. More »

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Sins Of A Solar Empire Spurs A Rebellious Expansion

7:30AM March 2, 2011 | Mike Fahey

The intergalactic war of Ironclad Games’ real-time strategy game Sins of a Solar Empire has gone on too long, prompting the game’s third expansion, Rebellion, packed with new tech and ships capable of destroying entire fleets all by their lonesome. More »

Valve Is Killing The PC Market, Apparently

11:30PM November 11, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

According to a report on trade site MCV, two “big-name digital retailers” for the PC market are staring down the barrel of financial ruin, while two major British retailers are reportedly considering a ban on games that include Steam integration. More »

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Digital Distributors Dispute NPD Rankings

7:00AM July 25, 2010 | Owen Good

Impulse and GamersGate are two pretty well known digital download services, but they didn’t show up in an NPD assessment of digital versus brick-and-mortar sales. More »

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Stardock: Steam Has 70% Of PC Download Market

11:00PM November 20, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Just about everybody involved with digital distribution is coy when it comes to sales numbers. Nobody wants to give the game away. But that doesn’t stop some — like publishers/online retailers Stardock — from trying to guess! More »

Divinity II: Ego Draconis Impressions: Morality Is For Lesser Mortals

6:30PM October 14, 2009 | AJ Glasser

In Divinity II, you are a freaking dragon at least half the time. Why should you care about petty mortal concerns like good and evil? More »

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Stardock Updating Impulse, Rolling Out Ready-to-Play

10:30AM August 25, 2009 | AJ Glasser

Even if you’re a Steam loyalist, PC gamers, you’ve got to admit it’s nice to have options. But Stardock’s digital distribution service, Impulse, and its latest update aim to provide more than just competition. More »

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Stardock Sending Out Demigod Apology Coupons

1:40AM May 23, 2009 | Mike Fahey

Stardock has begun distributing the promised apology coupons, entitling players who’ve purchased the previously problem-riddled real-time strategy game Demigod to a second copy at 50% off. More »

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What Went Wrong With Demigod

6:20AM May 20, 2009 | Mike Fahey

Stardock CEO Brad Wardell exhaustively details the whys and hows behind Demigod’s crippling networking issues in a blog post aptly titled “Demigod: So what the hell happened?” More »