For years, Brad Wardell of Stardock Studios has been talking about making a Master of Magic type game. We finally get a name and a website. We wanted to just call it Elemental but but trademark reasons we needed to come up with a sub-title. We wanted to give it a sub-title that was a […]
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Twilight of the Arnor Review
May 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Crispy Gamer, Review, Sci Fi, Stardock
My review of the latest Galactic Civilizations II expansion pack is up at Crispy Gamer. I’ve always “liked” GalCiv2, but I think I’m closer to “love” now. I’ve slammed expansion packs in the past for adding nothing, and you could make a case that Arnor adds very little that is new. But it adds so […]
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There’s luck and then there’s luck
May 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Me, Stardock
“Luck” is a very useful attribute in Galactic Civilizations II. You never know when you’ll stumble upon something useful in those anomalies or on a planet. I always take Luck for my race, because it’s cheap. I’m in the middle of a campaign in the new GalCiv 2 expansion, Twilight of the Arnor. I’m in […]
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Demigod Finds A Publisher
April 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Gas Powered Games, Stardock
With Sins of a Solar Empire being an even bigger hit than anyone imagined, it makes sense for Stardock to seek out and publish other games. They now have, after all, thousands and thousands of consumers who may have not even tried Galactic Civilizations. Today, Stardock and Gas Powered Games announced their publishing partnership for […]
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The Political Machine 2008
January 31st, 2008 · 8 Comments · Preview, Stardock
Gamespy’s Allen Rausch has the first extended preview of Stardock’s sequel to the 2004 election game Political Machine. The new edition takes so many more factors into account that the team felt confident enough to actually include a few historical scenarios such as the Lincoln/Douglas race of 1860 (Lincoln won) and some modern European politicians […]
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Sins of a Solar Empire Preview
January 18th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Gameshark, Ironclad, Preview, RTS, Sci Fi, Stardock
My preview of Sins of a Solar Empire is up at Gameshark. If you haven’t been following this game, do yourself a favor and check out everything you can. Still some work to be done, but I think Ironclad and Stardock have a real shot at something special here.
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