Sins: Diplomacy Beta 1 Set for Monday
11.20.2009 3:28:17 PM
Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are pleased to announce the planned start of Beta 1 for Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy on Monday, November 23rd.
All Diplomacy pre-orders will be charged on Monday with access to the beta (which will not be fun, per our usual disclaimer). Beta 1 will not be feature complete but will contain: New Envoy cruisers, Embassies, Diplomacy tech tree (much more to come here, only the backbone will be present), Mission Generator, the beginnings of the Pirate changes, "Faster" gameplay options and more.
To pre-order Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy, just visit the Store.
Sins of a Solar Empire and Entrenchment Hotfixes Released
10.7.2009 1:15:32 PM
Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment have released hotfixes for Sins of a Solar Empire and Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment today. These hotfixes resolve issues discovered by players after the release of the previous updates.
For more information, just click-through to: http://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/366182
Organize Your PC Desktop with Stardock's Fences 1.0
10.6.2009 3:25:57 PM
Stardock, the world leader in desktop customization, today released the highly anticipated version 1.0 of its popular and free desktop organization application, Fences. Fences is a one-of-a-kind program designed to organize the desktop by allowing users to customize how icons and files reside on the desktop based on user-defined preferences. Fences is the ultimate tool for those users who want to keep their PC desktop clear of clutter.
Fences works by allowing users to “draw” labeled shaded areas on the desktop, which become movable & resizable containers for any desktop icon. These groups can help bring organization and consistency to your computer's desktop, solving the "constant mess" problem that has plagued the desktop since its inception. Fences also helps users finally appreciate the wallpaper hiding behind a cluttered desktop.
In addition to its organizing features, Fences offers a quick-hide feature: Double click your desktop, and all your icons will fade out. Double click again, and they'll return.
Fences is free and can be downloaded here: http://www.stardock.com/products/fences/index.asp. Screenshots and demonstration videos are also provided.
System Requirements:
- Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7
- On Vista and Windows 7, both 32bit and 64bit versions are supported.
Sins of a Solar Empire v1.18 and Entrenchment v1.04 Available Now
9.30.2009 1:16:23 PM
Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are pleased to announce the release of Sins of a Solar Empire v1.18 and Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment v1.04 to all registered customers. Now available via the Impulse client (http://www.impulsedriven.com), these latest updates include a major rebalancing of the game across all three races based on player feedback.
For a complete list of changes, please visit: http://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/364878/
Sins of a Solar Empire v1.18 | Entrenchment v1.04 Change Logs
9.23.2009 5:36:05 PM
Coming soon for registered Sins and Entrenchment customers is a major balance update in the form of Sins of a Solar Empire v1.18 and Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment: v1.04. For a full list of the changes, just click-through below:
http://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/364878/
Sins: Diplomacy Pre-Orders Begin
9.15.2009 2:25:30 PM
Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are pleased to announce pre-orders for the upcoming Sins of a Solar Empire micro-expansion, Diplomacy. After 25 years of war, some elements of the TEC, Vasari and Advent have grown weary of conflict and desperately seek a respite. The decision is made to attempt peaceful negotiations to end the wars, but others view this new effort at diplomacy as the perfect means to destroy their enemies from within.
Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy will add a new Diplomacy tech tree, new envoy cruisers, the ability to issue missions to other players, trade pacts, an entirely new relationship system, deadlier pirates and more.
Pre-orders for Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy are available now for $9.95. This micro-expansion will require the full versions of Sins of a Solar Empire and Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment to play. To pre-order, just head over to the Store.
Ready to Play beta sign up now live
9.9.2009 3:51:57 PM
Stardock is pleased to announce that the Ready to Play beta is about to begin. Ready to Play is a revolutionary new program that enables gamers to create an on-line gaming profile of themselves after which Ready to Play will produce a “recommended friends” list. Then, when the player is ready to play a particular game, they can broadcast to any available friends or recommended friends that they are about to launch a particular game and join in.
“If you’ve ever had a bad experience playing a PC game online, Ready to Play is for you,” said Brad Wardell, President & CEO of Stardock. “As a 38 year old, father of 3 with very little free time, my gaming profile is quite a bit different from say a 15 year old whose primary concern on a given game is maxing out their win/loss ratio. Ready to Play lets me quickly find people online who have similar gaming preferences and get games going.”
Ready to Play supports more than just Stardock games. As part of the new Impulse update, Ready to Play supports third party games, even games not on Impulse.
“In our own testing, some of the best fun we’ve had is getting together with people to play older games,” said Wardell. “A lot of times, older games don’t have huge active online communities anymore or if they do, they’re dominated by hard core players who know intricate strategies that occasional players do not. With Ready to Play, you just get together with friends or recommended friends and can have a great gaming experience.”
To join the Ready to Play beta, visit http://www.stardock.com/products/readytoplay
PC World Takes a Look at Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy
8.26.2009 3:58:37 PM
PC World’s Game Blog, “Game On”, has a featured article about the upcoming micro-expansion Diplomacy, for the award winning PC game Sins of a Solar Empire.
“Reportedly the expansion adds a new diplomatic tech tree that'll let you bolster your deal-brokering skills, adds diplomatic envoy ships (presumably to help craft treaties or facilitate dialogue during hostilities), and allows you to craft trade treaties with other factions.
The beta kicks off this fall, and it'll be a lengthy beta--the general release isn't due until winter 2010 (winter on the frontside, that is). I guess we should be grateful it's only half a year in testing, considering how long real diplomacy can take.”
Head over to Game On and check out the rest of the article.
Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy Teasers
8.24.2009 9:19:52 PM
Gamespot gets a peak at Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy, Elemental, Impulse, and more.
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