Releases March 17, 2026
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News
Stardock’s “really dumb” plan takes shape
This week we met with the press and one of the topics that kept coming up over and over was just how much better Elemental: Fallen Enchantress looked and played versus 2010’s first attempt at a fantasy strategy game, Elemental: War of Magic. This begged the question – why would Stardock tie Fallen Enchantress to Elemental: War of Magic which was a pretty mediocre game. This article on Gamasutra goes into some depth as to why we are pursuing this strategy. Gamasutra: ... [read more]
Dev Journal
Friday Poll: Outlines or No Outlines
By default, Fallen Enchantress draws a black outline around units, buildings, and mountains. However, if you go into options and click on the video tab, you can choose “disable outlines”. For those of you who are in the beta, let us know which you like better – with outlines or without outlines. https://www.elementalgame.com/journals [read more]
News
RTSguru Takes a Look at Sins: Rebellion and Fallen Enchantress
Brad and the Stardock crew are on a media tour this week, and RTSguru sat down with them and got a first-hand look at the upcoming Elemental: Fallen Enchantress and Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion . “The combat and economic systems in Fallen Enchantress have been completely redesigned to offer a more satisfying gameplay experience while streamlining unnecessary aspects from the first game. Combat is now based on the attributes of Initiative, Accuracy, Dodge, Crit Chance, Spe... [read more]
News
Fallen Enchantress Introduction Video
Introduction video for the upcoming Elemental: Fallen Enchantress. https://www.elementalgame.com [read more]
Dev Journal
Stardock Customer Report: 2011
We have completed our annual customer report for last year. Each year we send out a survey to our customer base asking them a host of questions so that we can better serve them. In exchange, we share the results of these surveys along with a report on what went right and wrong the previous year along with plans for the forthcoming year. We are pleased to present you the full report here: https://www.stardock.com/press/CustomerReports/Stardock2011.pdf [read more]
Dev Journal
I need a good hiding place…
You want the good news or the bad news? Oh, you want the good news right? Of course. You want that? You want that first anyway? I’m not brave enough to do it the other way. Well, the good news is that next week, I’ll be traveling to California to visit with the gaming media to talk about Elemental: Fallen Enchantress and Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion . So hopefully we’ll be able to get some coverage and I won’t lie to you, WE WILL NEED YOUR HELP. I say that because ... [read more]
Dev Journal
Fallen Enchantress - Faction Differentiation
The Beta 2 series of Fallen Enchantress is where we begin to introduce the bread and butter differences between the different factions. Beta 2-B, which, I’m sad to say, won’t be out until at least the 22nd, will reintroduce players to Magnar and Gilden. We’ll be talking a lot about the differences in an upcoming journal. Broadly speaking, each faction will receive unique equipment, weapons, armor, items, improvements and abilities. While most of our focus wi... [read more]