PC

Is Windows 8 The Biggest Threat To The Future Of PC Gaming?

Stardock is now best known s the publisher of the Sins of a Solar Empire and Elemental franchises, after selling online distribution service Impulse last year. They have just released their annual customer report, talking not only about their experiences in 2011 but also looking into the crystal ball of PC gaming in 2012 and beyond. And the future, they find, may be hazy for Windows-based gaming.


November 17, 2011
PC

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

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.


March 2, 2011
PC

Sins Of A Solar Empire Spurs A Rebellious Expansion

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.


October 13, 2010
News

Developer Turns To Mod Maker To Fix Broken Game

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.


September 7, 2010
News

Poor Elemental Sales Causes Layoffs

Kotaku AU

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.


July 2, 2010
News

Digital Distribution Dos And Don’ts

Kotaku AU

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”.


June 20, 2010
In Real Life

Sins Of A Solar Empire Studio Produces Free Vuvuzela-Buster

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.


March 2, 2010
News

Random House Wants To Write Video Game Stories

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.


November 20, 2009
News

Stardock: Steam Has 70% Of PC Download Market

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!


October 3, 2009
News

Stardock Boss Hauls Off On Games For Windows Live

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.