Releases March 17, 2026
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Dev Journal
...don't allow this. edit: I just realized what I tease this would be for users hungry for more info on the game. I promise to put something of greater significance up in the next week. But seriously, that's a horrible starting location [read more]
Dev Journal
One of the things that has been driving Demigod beta testers crazy is that they aren't used to how Stardock does betas. A lot of them came from the Gas Powered Games community so they don't realize that Stardock betas tend to be very primitive. With Elemental, we may drive the point home by having the first beta of the game only use the cloth map instead of the actual game engine for game play. The idea is, if it's a good game, it should be reasonably fun even without fancy ... [read more]
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Elemental Interview at Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Rockpapershotgun.com has an interview with Brad Wardell about Stardock’s upcoming title, Elemental: War of Magic. The interview covers a few things, including a chat about user-generated content and more! “Brad Wardell: The in-game tools of Elemental are designed to let players create their own items, their own worlds, their own graphical elements to the world, their own creatures, their own races and pretty much anything else they might want to expand the game. They&... [read more]
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Looking for Elemental: War of Magic Avatars?
Well look no further. Community members Spartan, Luckmann, and landisaurus have taken some time and created some very cool looking avatars with resources from Elemental: War of Magic. You can use these as your forum avatar on the Elemental forums, or other forums as well. There are a bunch of choices, and we thank them for taking the time to put them together for the community. Check out their post which has all the avatars . [read more]
Dev Journal
Excerpt from "Guardians of the Telenanth" Appendix B: Draginol & The Morning Star Kona the Dread Lord had fashioned his empire on the premise that he was the supreme power of the world. Central to his power was the orb of dominion, a tool that he had conceived and helped wrought with the aid of his brothers. Of the nearly 100 Dread Lords in the beginning, only 20 remained – the 20 mightiest. They were aided by thousands of fledgling Arnor who had turned on their ow... [read more]
Dev Journal
Excerpt from "Guardians of the Telenanth" Appendix D: The Tragedy of Draginol & The Arnor Draginol the Mithrilar was not wholly ruined in the beginning. Unlike the other 4 Mithrilar, Draginol was not created in the beginning. He was once mortal and like all mortal men, he sensed the passage of time which, ultimately, would be his undoing. Where Draginol came from and who he was is covered elsewhere. What is relevant is that for a long while, he found himself alone. T... [read more]
Dev Journal
When looking at the graphics in Elemental as we show them, there are two things to remember: 1. We're over a year away from release so we're talking very preliminary artwork. 2. It's a strategy game not an RPG so the units aren't going to have the kinds of detail that an RPG has because we have to display thousands and thousands of these units on screen. So the other day we discussed how equipment being added to your units would work with the Intel Havok physics engine. The idea... [read more]