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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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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 »


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Developer Turns To Mod Maker To Fix Broken Game

8:30PM October 13, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

When a retail game from a noted PC developer launches and is then quickly found to be broken, who do you bring in to help fix things? In Stardock’s case, they hired a guy who made mods for Civilization. More »


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Poor Elemental Sales Causes Layoffs

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5:45PM September 7, 2010 | Junglist

It’s never good to hear about game studios laying off staff, and we’ve certainly had our share of that recently. But you especially don’t want to see it happen to a studio that single-handedly proved you don’t need invasive DRM to top sales charts. More »


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Digital Distribution Dos And Don’ts

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3:42PM July 2, 2010 | Junglist

Craig Simms’ Bitstream section of CNet Australia has just released a digital distribution code of conduct for publishers, which sets out a list of Dos and Don’ts, in which Ubisoft comes out as the “most consumer hostile publisher online”. More »


In Real Life

Sins Of A Solar Empire Studio Produces Free Vuvuzela-Buster

1:30PM June 20, 2010 | Owen Good

We’re two weeks into the World Cup and the obnoxious drone of the vuvuzela has not abated. Fear not, Stardock, the shop behind Sins of a Solar Empire, made a free app that strips the horn’s noise from streaming broadcasts. More »


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Random House Wants To Write Video Game Stories

5:20AM March 2, 2010 | Mike Fahey

The Random House Publishing Group is taking its storytelling expertise “one step further”, forming a group dedicated to crafting original story content for video games and collaborating with developers on existing IP. like Stardock’s Elemental: War of Magic. 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 »


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Stardock Boss Hauls Off On Games For Windows Live

12:20PM October 3, 2009 | Owen Good

A recent full-throated defence of Glenn Beck hasn’t left Stardock CEO Brad Wardell with a shortage of vehemence. He lashed out at Games for Windows Live, its certification process and the payments it requires to keep games patched and running. More »


Elemental: War Of Magic Impressions

11:30AM August 25, 2009 | AJ Glasser

Elemental: War of Magic is a PC turn-based strategy game with a sweet map and a marriage alliance system that sounds like something from George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. More »