OT: Stardocks Fantasy TBS

[NTJedi]

Here's information on Stardocks upcoming Fantasy TBS game. Stardock is known for providing long-term improvements as well as providing good AI. I know Stardock likes Dominions_3 and plans to have touches of Master of Magic.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/920/920420p1.html

http://www.stardock.com/stardock/elemental.jpg

http://www.stardock.com/products/dre...age=comingsoon


EDIT Feb24th:
Added link to the developer diaries:

http://www.elementalgame.com/journals.asp


EDIT May29th:
Okay some bad news guys... any multiplayer gamers which have been interested in Elemental:WoM may want to voice their opinion to Stardock regarding a sudden change.

http://forums.elementalgame.com/352655

Here is the statement from the above link of Elemental journals which has struck fear in hearts of ALL multiplayer gamers of the Elemental community:

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BRAD:

That said, here are a few things that multiplayer in Elemental will have:

1. Multiplayer games will be hosted by us. Period. No peer to peer. Not even hosted on the user’s box. Our servers. No ports, no proxies, nothing. We’re hosting it.

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EDIT: June 2nd:

{Developer Frogboy reply="4" id="2237359"}
PigeonPigeon:And not to be a pain, but could you shed a little light on whether LAN/Hotseat/PBEM multiplayer will be available? You made a lot of people concerned in your getting back to Elemental post.

Frogboy:
LAN almost certainly. Hot seat maybe. PBEM, not sure yet.

[Epaminondas]

I've been anticipating this game breathlessly for aeons.

[Epaminondas]

By the way, is "Elemental" the name (however tentative or provisional) of the new game? Some of your links seem to indicate that, but other sites I've been to claim that the name is still wholly undecided.

[Epaminondas]

Originally Posted by Epaminondas

By the way, is "Elemental" the name (however tentative or provisional) of the new game? Some of your links seem to indicate that, but other sites I've been to claim that the name is still wholly undecided.

Looks like "Elemental" is indeed the tentative name of the game:

http://www.stardock.com/media/stardo...eport-2008.pdf

[JimMorrison]

Brad Wardell is pretty awesome. I'm really looking forward to what they're going to have to offer in the future, it seems like they've got a really good handle on what pleases people.

[calmon]

The game will be announced this week in 2 days (wednesday) :

http://forums.galciv2.com/328245

[Zeldor]

To be released in 2010? But they are making more games now, if your list is good. Also interesting ones.

[Gandalf Parker]

I watch Stardock closely because of Brads long standing in the AI field.

[JimMorrison]

I'm pretty sure that the Drengin.net link is several years old (it lists Galactic Civ as "in development") and not being updated. Likewise, the screenshot for Elemental looks VERY dated. Interesting investigative work, but I'd be very hesitant to agree that it means much.

But I will say, if their fantasy TBS involves the far far prehistory of Galactic Civ universe, that could be a very cool concept to work with.

[WraithLord]

Screenshot looks quite MOMish for a "NONE" MOM2 game.

Finally the (not) sequel to MOM2 is coming. And by the capable of hands of stardock. This can't get any better