Ironclad news

12.12.06
Interview with Killer Betties

Blair Fraser describes to Killer Betties how each of the three races, the TEC, Advent, and Vasari, each have their own play styles with different, ships, weapon types, research topics, special abilities and planet structures. Read the full interview here.

06.12.06
First Impressions with GameSpy

"Everything in the game happens in real-time, but its scale is as massive as you'd expect from a turn-based empire builder. You can appreciate its scale in very practical terms, too -- you can focus, to levels of excruciating detail, on anything from the most miniscule feature on the wing of a fighter, to a broad view of the entire star sector." - Miguel Lopez, GameSpy. Read the full article here.

10.11.06
1UP Previews: Sins of a Solar Empire

1UP discovers the seamless transition as they describe controlling an individual fighter squad one moment and directing your defenses around another planet across the galaxy the next. Read the entire article at 1UP.

07.11.06
Pre-Order Taking now available!

Ever played a game where you knew...just knew that if you could have talked to the developers even a week or two before they went gold that they could have made the game so much better?

With Sins of a Solar Empire that is exactly what you'll be able to do! Users who pre-order the game will be given access to the beta. No non-disclosures. You don't like what we're doing, you're free to howl from the rooftops about it. Our job (at Ironclad and Stardock) is to make sure that the final game is as good as we can make it.

By pre-ordering and being in the beta, you can let us know what things you think needs to be tweaked. What game mechanics need refinement or even what additions you think the game makes.

That way, the final game is not just more reliable and stable but also has the balancing and tweaking that normally gamers have to wait to some post release "patch" (for those games that even do address balance after release).

The first beta is due out after the New Year.

We look forward to seeing you! Just click on the store link to pre-order. You can download it or you can have the final version sent to you in its retail box form (and still download it).

Pre order Sins of a Solar Empire now.

12.10.06
First Impressions at Gamespot

Game spot hails the return of the space strategy genre in its article: Sins of a Solar Empire First Impression.

11.10.06
Sins of a Solar Empire Preview at IGN

IGN posted its first Sins preview on the day of our official publishing announcement. Read it here.

11.10.06
Stardock Entertainment to Publish Sins of a Solar Empire

Ironclad Games is happy to announce that Stardock Entertainment, the creators of Galactic Civilizations, will publish Sins of a Solar Empire - expected release, February 2008. Stardock is an exceptionally natural fit for Sins and Ironclad. They have a genuine passion for strategy games and an uncompromising commitment to quality - We are very fortunate to work with the best!

Check out Stardock's official press release.

07.10.06
Press Release Sins of a Solar Empire Announced

IGN introduces Ironclad and Sins of a Solar Empire to the world. Read the IGN press release.

09.06.06
Official Sins Teaser Trailer!

For many years, the human race has expanded into the galaxy as a vast commercial empire of independents. Now, that long peace has come to an end as two threats converge together at once. The Sins of each civilization now demanding a reckoning in blood and carnage. Sins that will lead to the annihilation of all but a single solar empire.
Check out this teaser trailer for more.

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