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Demigod Gets Publisher, Slips To 2009

Clever press release writers, knowing that the longer the release the less likely we are to read all the way to the end. I nearly missed out on the delay of Gas Powered Games' upcoming RTS RPG Demigod in this announcement concerning a publishing agreement reached with Stardock of Sins of a Solar Empire and Object Desktop fame. Stardock will be handling publishing duties and digital delivery of Demigod for the PC, originally slated for a late 2008 release. The reason for the delay?

To fully support a public beta that will launch this summer, the launch date for Demigod has been moved to February 2009. This will give the development team sufficient time to incorporate feedback from the beta players while polishing the game.
In order to play early, we must first learn to play late. Very zen. To further distract us from the delay, here's some screenshots.
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10:20 AM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By Mike Fahey
2,823 views, 25 comments

Latest by arstal: If you really want the game this summer, just pre-order it, you'll get all the betas. (Pretty much standard Stardock policy) Waiting for SD's not-MoM at the moment, will worry about other stuff later. As for system specs- usually Stardock games more »

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Postmortem On Galactic Civilizations II

Gamasutra has a postmortem report from Stardock's President & CEO, Brad Wardell, on the challenges and successes of creating a successful strategy game on a small budget with a lean team. This fascinating article touches on the highs and lows of game development and self-publishing, and is a must read for anyone who wants to know about the PC game industry. More »

6:38 PM on Sun Apr 9 2006
By Michael McWhertor
162 views, Comment

starforce

Starforce to Stardock: "Sorry for warezing your game, dudes"

Starforce is sleazy, no doubt. Their first transgression was programming and marketing a highly-invasive form of copy protection to begin with. Then they began threatening their critics with frivolous lawsuits. And as icing on the cake, they decided to post torrent links to Galactic Civilization 2 on their website in response to Stardock's criticism of copy-protection in general. It's enough to make a gamer want to break a Starforce-infected cd in half and jab the shards through the vitreous humor of Starforce CEO's eyeballs. More »

8:40 AM on Thu Mar 16 2006
By brownlee
290 views, 2 comments

Latest by Draconis: StarForce can still suck it. more »

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Ars Technica Looks At The Future Of Copy Protection



ArsTechnica has a column up with the intriguing title "Do copy protection firms encourage piracy?" Then, rather interestingly, they don't bother asking or answering that question at all. More »

8:40 AM on Wed Mar 15 2006
By brownlee
107 views, 8 comments

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Kotaku Letters: Starforce CSR Nightmare


We recently got this thoughtful email from Kotakuite David S. about a recent Customer Service exchange he had with computer gaming's own personal Beelzebub, Starforce. More »

11:20 AM on Tue Mar 14 2006
By brownlee
978 views, 5 comments