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AUGUST 24th, 2010. This is a day that the team has been waiting for for three years! As some of you know, some retailers broke the street date and to make sure our beta testers and pre-order customers didn’t get the short end of the stick, we released an interim build of Elemental (internally called Gold Edition++). It turns out that this was a blessing in disguise because we have gotten a tremendous amount of useful feedback from those of you who got the game before rel... [read more]
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Elemental: Interim PRE-day 0 update
Tomorrow marks the official release of Elemental. We will have a “day 0” update available as well. But for those who are interested in trying out an interim version, we’re gearing up to release one tonight. Here is what was implemented in the past 12 hours: Lots of new seed maps (particularly for medium and large) Enemy Unit caching modified so that they are released from the game after death (this should address the “game gets slower over time” issue some have rep... [read more]
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Elemental is here! Want some tips from the Stardock gang? We’re putting together a video tutorial. Part 1: Setting up your first game http://www.screencast.com/t/ZWQyMTcwO Part 2: You’re in the world http://www.screencast.com/t/MmM3ODVlNDU Part 3: Building up http://www.screencast.com/t/MWQzYzI4M Part 4: Questing http://www.screencast.com/t/MTkwZGJkOWEt Part 5: Plotting http://ww... [read more]
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Elemental: Preparing for Release Day!
Greetings! We’re hoping those of you who got the early edition of the game are having a good time with it. We’re on the chat channel (you can get to it in game by hitting Shift-Tab). Some modders have already submitted some really cool maps which you can get to by hitting Shift-Tab and clicking on Mods. We have a pretty big list of new things for the day 0 version over what was in the “gold” version that some people got and the pre-day 0 that we put out last night for those ... [read more]
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Come hang out with us while you wait
Waiting to play Elemental? Come visit and hang out with us while they upload it to the servers around the world for you to download. [read more]
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Elemental: Updating to the Release Version!
The official release date of Elemental is August 24th. However, some retailers have broken the street date and to make sure that those who helped us in the beta as well as those who pre-ordered it don’t miss out, we are going to release a pre-day 0 version of Elemental tonight. This version is beyond the digital gold version that reviewers currently have but it is not quite the day 0 version either. There’s been a lot of polish, tweaks, and other improvements to the game in ... [read more]
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Elemental: Game Play Example – Part 6
Rise of the Paladins The Order of the Paladin was the result of the miracle at Hinern. The mighty Crusaders, armed with the best Capitar could offer, had fallen almost instantly in battle while the Channeler, Roland alone had brought low the mighty Emperor of Yithril. A whole sale movement towards equipping soldiers with magical equipment had thus grown to fruition with the Order of the Paladin being the result. The 23rd year of Roland’s reign.. ... [read more]