Did anyone see this from Stardock?

[Annette]

Links fixed. Thanks for the heads up, Randallw.

[Caduceus]

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]

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. I'll have to see a demo to see how they pull off the RT part, simplify rest way too much?

[Suicide Junkie]

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

[Solymr]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

I vote Shrapnel 'Totally Cool' for posting someone elses' game on their own forums.