It's that time of the year again...the Steam Summer Sale has begun Stardock's games and DLC are up to 75% off*, snag these deals while you can. Offworld Trading Company $39.99 Now $19.99 Ashes of the Singularity $39.99 Now $19.99 Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion $39.99 Now $9.99 Galactic Civilizations III $39.99 Now $13.59 Additional titles on sale: ...
Turtle Wars DLC Adds New Maps and Scenarios Bunker down and turtle up - it's time for war! This new DLC pack for Stardock’s massive RTS features new unique gameplay scenarios and new maps to keep your skirmishes fresh. Prepare your defenses for any punches your enemies throw at you and be ready to launch a devastating counterstrike to seal your victory in Turtle Wars. Scenarios Implosion - Race against three enemies to be...
A new PHC building, the Refinery, re-done SFX for in-game notifications, performance optimization for lower-end video cards, and more! Changelog Added the Refinery building to the PHC. The Refinery increases the resource production of the region it is built in by 20%, multiple refineries can be built in a region. Added 2 new maps for matched rank games. Redone sfx for nearly all the game's notifications. Neue Deutsch Benachrichtigungstöne. Perfo...
A new scenario and unique new maps ideal for interesting team match-ups! Gauntlet Scenario Two Substrate entities are fighting an ongoing war with tremendous armies you can't possibly hope to match. Can you somehow cross the battlefront to capture - and hold - the lone Turinium Generator in the far North? Included Maps Tanuk - Enjoy this medium sized and symmetrical map, great for free for all, a 3-team spli...
Gaming Nexus gives Ashes of the Singularity an 8 out of 10 in their review! "What I found was a rock-solid RTS that felt both familiar and new, and that left a big smile on my face. The game echoes many of the great RTS games that have come before it" Read the full review here.... http://gamingnexus.com/Article/5109/Ashes-of-the-Singularity/
Ashes of the Singularity v1.11 was released today. The update is a lot bigger than its 0.01 version change might indicate. Highlights: Lots of campaign balance updates Mini map region icons now scale based on their output Unit and weapon balance updates Lots of small usability improvements Change Log m04 (caletheon) unlock amplify, amplifier, power regulator, energy projector, weapons lab, carving turret, intensive care, scan projector OV...
Gaming Trend has their review of Ashes of the Singularity posted and gives it an 85! "Ashes of the Singularity may be a technical triumph, but it also delivers an experience we’ve not seen in this genre for at least a decade." Read the full review at Gaming Trend here.... http://gamingtrend.com/reviews/a-revolution-of-rts-ashes-of-the-singularity-review/
Starburst Magazine reviews Ashes of the Singularity and gives it a 9 out of 10! "Ashes of the Singularity mixes the best qualities of Supreme Commander and Sins of a Solar Empire, offering fast paced continual wars on an unprecedented scale. It takes the best qualities of recent RTS titans but sidesteps the easy pitfalls which could have made this all too derivative a release. If you have any investment in this genre at all, if the idea big Star Wars&n...
You spoke and we listened! Ashes v1.1 is here with new units, additional campaign options, new maps and more! Engaging with our community and hearing what you have to say is really important to us here at Stardock. Over the last couple of weeks since Ashes' release, we have been reading your reviews and applying your comments to updates for the game. v1.1 is ready to go, and so far, we've added: New Campaign Dif...
V1.01 for Ashes of the Singularity is here! We have been listening to your feedback over the last week and we want to thank you for all of your extremely valuable input. In order to address some of your balance concerns, we’ve looked at the following: Balance of units, buildings, and economy Difficulty balance for the AI levels Difficulty balance for the Campaign In addition to looking at overall balance, we’ve also removed the “Fringe” map fr...
Yesterday, we were excited to launch our biggest title of the year. Today, we are still excited, but for more reasons than just the release! Why are we so happy? You. Our fans are what make our success possible and the response to Ashes has been overwhelming. When you take the time to give us feedback, hop online during our “Fans vs Devs” event to play with us, or leave a review, it helps us continue to make games that you enjoy. To say thank you, we’ve develope...
To kick off the launch of Ashes of the Singularity, we'll have a live Twitch stream starting at 3pm ET on Thursday, March 31 with Stardock's Founder and CEO, Brad Wardell. Be sure to join us, and follow our Twitch channel for updates: https://www.twitch.tv/stardock
This is the second developer diary by Stardock's Founder and CEO, Brad Wardell, on Ashes of the Singularity. This developer diary talks more about the Post-humans beginning with their history. "The human race at the end of 2167 consisted of three primary groups: Natural humans are much the same as humans have been for thousands of years except with better technology. They represent 99% of the roughly 9 billion humans that live on Earth and to a lesser degree, Mars and the v...
Another great article from VentureBeat on Ashes of the Singularity is up. This is an interview with Stardock's VP of Business Development, Chris Kowal, about Ashes and some the technology behind it. "GamesBeat: It seemed like this got started as a game demo for DirectX 12, right? What’s the story of how it got to this point? Chris Kowal: Stardock has always built PC games, strategy games, RTS 4X. We have Galactic Civilizations and Sins of a Solar Empire. We’...
VentureBeat has a great article up today about Ashes of the Singularity. "The game from Stardock and Oxide Games is perhaps the biggest beneficiary of Moore’s Law, the prediction made by Intel chairman emeritus Gordon Moore that computing power would continuously improve at a regular rate. The game allows you to command an army of sci-fi forces against a human or computer opponent in real-time action. I had a hands-on preview of the game that confirmed the title is an exercise ...