When I broke the news that Jon Shafer had left Firaxis, I can honestly say that I had no idea where he would end up. I knew that a deal was in place for him to go somewhere, I knew that he was happy with the move and I knew nothing else. None of my [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Stardock'
Big Time Patch Week
December 20th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Firaxis, Patches, PCGamer, Stardock
Last week saw the unveiling of two huge patches for two huge turn based strategy games – in fact the two most disappointing games of the year in the eye of departing Fidgit blogger Tom Chick. I won’t go as far as Tom does regarding Civilization 5. It had a lot of AI problems, and [...]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 81: Elemental Post Mortem with Brad Wardell
September 8th, 2010 · 34 Comments · Podcast, Stardock, Three Moves Ahead
A terrible launch of a game I wanted to love turns what should have been a “WOW” show into another opportunity for Brad Wardell to explain how Stardock screwed up. Listen how imperfect QA practices, overconfidence, groupthink and not taking every beta crash report seriously turned one of the year’s most anticipated new IPs [...]
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Stardock’s Customer Report 2009
November 19th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Industry, Stardock
Brad Wardell has published the Stardock customer report and it’s got little bits of interesting information, especially if – like me – you are interested in, but not necessarily knowledgeable about, the business side of PC gaming and software development in general. For example, on Demigod: For Stardock, the more significant shock of Demigod has [...]
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Lots of Elemental Previews
August 26th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Preview, Stardock
Gamespot, Kotaku and IGN have all recently published previews of Stardock’s Elemental: War of Magic. Here are some highlights. 1) Families as Vassals: The parallels to both Paradox’s Crusader Kings and George RR Martin’s Song of Fire and Ice are obvious. Your sovereign will have children that will serve him/her and get married off to [...]
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Oculus Will Kick Your Butt
August 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Gas Powered Games, Stardock
This is one demigod I don’t want to face. He’s a general with ranged lightning attacks that is empowered by summoned minions and who can surrender health to heal nearby allies. This could get ugly.
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