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Tim Brooks October 18th, 2006 07:56 AM
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Stardock Entertainment Unveils Sins of a Solar Empire
Wednesday, October 11, 2006

October 11, 2006 – Stardock Entertainment announced today that it has reached an agreement to publish Ironclad Games' genre-defining strategy game, Sins of a Solar Empire, bringing the title to TotalGaming.net and retail stores across North America in August 2007 for a suggested retail price of $39.95.

Sins of a Solar Empire represents the birth of the RT4X genre, seamlessly blending spectacular tactical combat with grand-scale space strategy. Players must conquer worlds, engage in diplomacy and trade with other civilizations, and use the resources at their disposal to enhance their economy, develop new technology and increase military power. They must then test their mettle on a 3D tactical battlefield, where their ships will fight it out in stunning visual glory.

"Sins of a Solar Empire is exactly the sort of game we've been looking for," said Brian Clair, Director of Games Publishing for Stardock Entertainment. "Ironclad is developing a beautiful and ambitious game that merges the best elements of 3D space-based real-time strategy and '4X' games like Galactic Civilizations II."

"Stardock is an exceptionally natural fit for Sins and Ironclad. They have a genuine passion for strategy games and an uncompromising commitment to quality," said Blair Fraser, Producer at Ironclad Games. Craig Fraser, Creative Director of Ironclad Games commented further, "We are very fortunate to work with the best — they know the genre, have a model that works and support our vision more than we could ask for. We are looking forward to a solid relationship that will push the bounds of strategy games as we know them."

More information can be found at http://www.sinsofasolarempire.com.

About Stardock
Stardock is the world's leading developer of utilities that enhance the Windows experience. Its software is used by over 10 million people worldwide and has been licensed by trendsetting companies like nVidia, ATI, Alienware and Microsoft, plus in movies and on TV. Stardock operates WinCustomize.com, the premier portal for Windows enhancement, drawing more than 3 million unique visitors each month, in addition to one of the world's largest blogging communities, JoeUser.com. Stardock is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner. The company's website is www.stardock.com.

About Ironclad Games
Ironclad Games is an independent development studio headquartered in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Team members' credits include the highly acclaimed Homeworld: Cataclysm for Sierra Studios, and Disney Interactive's Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon. Innovation, vision and excellence are the core values Ironclad stands by in their commitment to developing outstanding games. The company's website is www.ironcladgames.com.

About TotalGaming.net
TotalGaming.net is Stardock's revolutionary online game-distribution service, where gamers can purchase and download over 50 titles, including the company's own award-winning games like Galactic Civilizations, Galactic Civilizations II, and 2004's The Political Machine, as well as many other premium first- and third-party PC games. TotalGaming.net offers a wide range of games for purchase without the hassles of copy protection with the unique Secure Software Delivery system, players can download the games they purchase anytime, from anywhere. Visit http://www.totalgaming.net for more information or to sign up for a TotalGaming.net membership for even greater value.
I like Brad and the guys at Stardock. This sounds interesting.

Daynarr October 18th, 2006 08:22 AM
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Interesting, I just saw that on Gamespot few minutes before you guys posted it here.

Sounds very interesting and promising.

Randallw October 18th, 2006 08:29 AM
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I'd have more to say if the games link worked, still I seem to recall the name. I might have seen some of it awhile ago. I wasn't very impressed.

Edit: got around to it. Certainly wasn't the one I had in mind. The screenshots DO look impressive enough.

Annette October 18th, 2006 09:17 AM
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Links fixed. Thanks for the heads up, Randallw.

Caduceus October 18th, 2006 10:26 AM
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This game has been on the periphery of my radar for a few weeks. Some of the screenshots look pretty fun.

EDIT: But at a release of August 2007, that's quite a ways off.

phalzyr October 18th, 2006 10:29 AM
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The screenshots all look like Empires at war combat (which is a good thing, the only thing I liked about that game) but if it is real time per their statment it won't be for me. I'm too much of a slow thinker when it comes to what ships to build and such. I'd be playing the game feeling rushed not rushing to play the game. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif I'll have to see a demo to see how they pull off the RT part, simplify rest way too much?

Suicide Junkie October 18th, 2006 11:00 AM
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Indeed.
The sample game story on that main page includes a point about breaking away from a critical underdog battle to deal with an enemy invasion elsewhere before returning to it and hoping things went well in your absense http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

Solymr October 18th, 2006 01:28 PM
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I think it's a bit too much to say that it's the "birth" of the RT4X genre, considering that, while might it not be major, it has existed for sometime (IG1/2, Homeworld 1/2, etc).

President_Elect_Shang October 18th, 2006 02:23 PM
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The screen shots look ok but nothing “new”ish. I hope they plan for more than three generic races and give it some originality; like the Eee for example. The ship set examples look good but two sets are to dark for my tastes. At least that would fit the theme. I certainly wouldn’t call it genre-defining, or most any other high powered description for that matter. Nope; I think I’ll wait for the discounted version at my local PX.

Kana October 18th, 2006 07:42 PM
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Solymr said:
I think it's a bit too much to say that it's the "birth" of the RT4X genre, considering that, while might it not be major, it has existed for sometime (IG1/2, Homeworld 1/2, etc).
It is being made by former HW programmers....

Raapys October 18th, 2006 07:52 PM
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Uh, 2007 Aug? Seem to remember reading it was actually ready for release *now*, just lacking a publisher.

The combat is mainly what I think looks interesting too, but I've to admit it looks like they've put very much effort into the background/story etc., which is probably a good sign.

Solymr October 18th, 2006 09:34 PM
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Homeworld wasn't the birth of the RT4X genre, I remember playing Imperium Galactica 1 well before Homeworld's release, and as far as I'm aware, it's a real time 4X game.

narf poit chez BOOM October 18th, 2006 09:44 PM
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I vote Shrapnel 'Totally Cool' for posting someone elses' game on their own forums.

StarShadow October 19th, 2006 03:22 AM
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I second that.

Yimboli October 19th, 2006 10:12 AM
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one of the reasons I love this forum and keep coming back! even though malfador engrages me on occasion

Tim Brooks October 24th, 2006 07:53 PM
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I vote Shrapnel 'Totally Cool' for posting someone elses' game on their own forums.
Way cool and thanks!

We like the Stardock folks. They are a publisher of distinction in my book. I'm looking forward to seeing how this game turns out!

Astax October 28th, 2006 12:30 AM
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God this explains the ****ty review one of Brad's buddies gave to SOTS. SOTS is entirely identical game only it is already out :/

Moriarty October 28th, 2006 08:03 AM
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Anyone else notice the way the stardock representative slipped a mention of galciv2 in to the PR?

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God this explains the ****ty review one of Brad's buddies gave to SOTS. SOTS is entirely identical game only it is already out :/
Maybe. But SOTS really isn't that good of a game (IMHO).
Outside of the pretty combat there is very little to do. Where the Space Empires games are about as complex a game as I've ever found, SOTS is so simple I suspect my mum wouldn't take more than a week to learn it well (that's damn quick for her! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif ).


I'll be interested to see Sins of a solar empire and compare it with the other offerings in the 4x realm this year.



Come to think of it. - Four 4x games in one year (gc2, se5, SOTS, now this) is a LOT. I suspect the average is less than 1. Enjoy them while you can folks, the sequals won't be out for years yet. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Astax October 29th, 2006 09:38 AM
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It's simple because it's multiplayer friendly. I couldnt imagine playing SE in realtime multiplayer. But there is plenty of strategy to be learned.

Suicide Junkie October 29th, 2006 10:51 AM
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Realtime multiplayer?!?

Space Empires games are turn based strategy. Most definitely not an RTS, thank Xintis.

AstralWanderer October 30th, 2006 11:22 AM
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This looked interesting - but given that Stardock now require online activation for their software, I'll give it a miss. Having been "burnt" with GalCiv2 (bought it for the lack of CD-checks and now cannot run it with the 1.3 update - still waiting for an activation code from Stardock since applying on the 19th Oct) I'll be giving all their products a miss in future.

Their online activation may be more lenient than most (the key can be stored to allow future installs but is machine/software specific so a new machine needs re-activation) but it still has the ability to cause problems - especially if Stardock ever stop supplying keys at any point in the future.

Moriarty October 30th, 2006 02:45 PM
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It's simple because it's multiplayer friendly. I couldnt imagine playing SE in realtime multiplayer
I imagine that sucks for the people who brought SOTS solely for the single-player.

Atrocities November 2nd, 2006 04:18 AM
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Oh I am a bit angry about something.

Over three years ago I designed a set of ships for the tournament. I posted images of a few of the ships here and there and even one or two were chosen by David Gervais, Malfador, and SFI for use with some of their fine art work for their games.

Now I look through the game images for this game and I see something that just angers me to no end. (Screen shot from gamespot.com)

You compare and tell me what you think.

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...24-bandits.PNG
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...024-myship.PNG

Fyron November 2nd, 2006 02:56 PM
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I think there isn't really any similarity, other than both ships using a really generic style. Both of them are just as similar to human destroyers from Babylon 5 (at least, the ones with artificial gravity and no rotating bit) as they are to each other; just general shape.

President_Elect_Shang November 2nd, 2006 03:06 PM
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I have to agree with Fyron, B5 was my first thought too.

Mephisto November 2nd, 2006 06:16 PM
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They remind me of the destroyers used in "Homeworld". One of their early games IIRC...

Atrocities November 2nd, 2006 10:10 PM
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http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif I did model them after Earth ships from B5. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif


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