Releases March 17, 2026
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GameShark Q&A with Brad Wardell on Elemental
GameShark has published their interview with Brad Wardell with several pages of Q&A about Elemental: War of Magic! If you don’t know anything at all about Stardock’s upcoming 4X strategy game, Elemental: War of Magic, then this interview is not for you until you go get a primer from the game's official web site at www.elementalgame.com . Instead of rehashing what we already know about this game, we instead focus on some elements that we don't know much about. Hopefully, f... [read more]
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G4TV Interview - Elemental: War of Magic
Brad Wardell visited G4TV recently, and they have posted the interview with a bunch of details on Elemental: War of Magic! PC Games - E3 2011 - Elemental: War of Magic [read more]
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Elemental: Game Play Example – Part 1
Game Version: Digital v1.0 THE BREAKING OF THE WORLD, WHICH IS KNOWN NOW AS THE CATACLYSM AND ITS AFTHERMATH I am Ezmir, son of Athalyir, himself noble councilman of Valgona, long cherished in my memory, and the memory of all those who knew him. My mother was Daina of the free city of Eldric; my brothers Garran and Amir lived and died with her in that city. I am the eldest of those who came from the East now living in this world, scribe to Queen Procipinee of the reborn kingdom o... [read more]
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Elemental: From Beta 4 to Gold to Day 0
Our public beta of Elemental lasted until Beta 4. We’re going to be making the game available early to everyone who beta tested Elemental (planned day is either Sunday night or Monday morning) and anyone who pre-orders prior to Monday morning will get the game on Monday rather than having to wait until Tuesday. A quick beta recap for those who didn’t follow it: Beta 1: Began a year ago. Beta 1 focused on game concepts and took place purely on the cloth map. In this beta, w... [read more]
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FiringSquad Interview with Brad Wardell
FiringSquad has an in-depth interview with Brad Wardell posted on their site. Discussions involve details about Elemental gameplay, and some general Stardock questions. FiringSquad: Could you describe Elemental for those that may not know anything about it? What kind of game is it and how is it played? Brad Wardell: Sure! Elemental is a PC turn-based strategy game set in a magical, kind of medieval setting, in which the player takes on the role of a power... [read more]
Dev Journal
Elemental: No Copy Protection, Activation, LAN and more
There’s been a lot of discussion on these kinds of topics on recent games and I thought I’d give you our perspective on it. No Copy Protection Elemental, out of the box, like all of Stardock’s other games, has no copy protection whatsoever. However, you obviously need Internet access to get updates. But then, why should this be necessary? Because Elemental, unlike our previous games, has really been designed to be a game that people can play for decades, this is som... [read more]