Releases March 17, 2026
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Dev Journal
Make a better game–limit the player
Stardock’s Jon Shafer has a great article on game design that has been spreading like wild-fire around the Internet. With regards to the strategy genre in particular, restrictions on unit movement is one of the best examples of how limitations can make a game better. The inability of land units to enter water is why ships are so valuable – and just plain cool. Gaining access to new units with unique ‘powers’ is a major motivation for many players. Just like in economics, scarcity is w... [read more]
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Elemental: FE BETA 3 Preview: Magnar vs. Gilden - To the Death
The setup Ladies…and gentlemen… I give you the battle of the afternoon… In this corner, we have the latest incarnation of the Quendar ruler, Mangar. This slave powered Empire seeks to bring the rest of the world under their domination. And… In this corner, we have Markin, leader of the Kingdom of Gilden. The blood of the Ironeers make them hardy and enduring. Their love of metal and resistance to magic make them the ideal counter to the dark sorcery of Magnar. Ma... [read more]
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G4TV: Fallen Enchantress Gameplay Walkthrough
G4TV has a gameplay walkthrough video with Brad Wardell! PC Games - E3 2012 - Elemental: Fallen Enchantress [read more]
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Game On Podcast Featuring Brad Wardell
The latest Game On Podcast from MMORPG.com is up which features and interview with Stardock’s Brad Wardell about Elemental: Fallen Enchantress and Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion! Listen here - http://www.mmorpg.com/gameon.cfm/cast/5 [read more]
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IGN: Righting a Wrong - Elemental: Fallen Enchantress
IGN has a great article up on the upcoming Elemental: Fallen Enchantress along with the history of Elemental and what has been done to “right the wrong” as they say. “Elemental: Fallen Enchantress is Stardock's mea culpa for War of Magic. The studio has spent two years attempting to right the most vivid stain on its legacy, and the hard work shows. Fallen Enchantress is already in a better state than its predecessor, and it still has many more months of development time. If you were an... [read more]
Dev Journal
So much fun stuff to talk about. Let me start by owning up to a mistake that I made. In my faction differentiation thread I talked about adding new traits and abilities for pre-designed units. When you asked if those were specific to various factions I said that they were open to anyone, because I wanted players designing their own units to have as many tools as possible. Many people cautioned me against that, and you were right. I have... [read more]
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Strategy Informer has an article regarding why Stardock is giving Fallen Enchantress away for free to early War of Magic adopters. Read the whole thing here: http://www.strategyinformer.com/news/17332/stardock-giving-away-new-game-for-free---we-feel-we-owe-our-audience [read more]