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Random House publishing 'Elemental: Destiny's Embers,' assisting game publishers with IP dev
Software publisher Stardock and book publisher Random House announced today that Elemental: War of Magic will have a companion novel. Elemental: Destiny's Embers is expected to release in August 2010 and is written by Stardock CEO Brad Wardell, who is also the game's creator and executive producer -- he's also apparently not using a ghost writer. Elemental, the game, currently has a Q3 release. The book publishing deal is apparently part of Random House's new division to establish transmedia intellectual property. The group will handle collaboration and development across several mediums, offering "editorial services to media companies that will enhance the world-building and storylines of their already existing IP." So, it seems that Random House is offering to assist publishers in building words. "We create worlds." That's a good tagline -- wait, that may have been used.
Elemental: War of Magic casts release date toward Q3 2010
Stardock has confirmed that its PC turn-based strategy-RPG Elemental: War on Magic is strategically shifting its release to somewhere between July and September of 2010. Big Download reports, despite the continued presence of a February 15 release date on Impulse, that the game is escaping the jam-packed first quarter. What's a shame, really, is that the game will now miss the release date it's had since way back in November of 2008. It also means that Stardock may have to rethink its Q1 release strategy, which the company planned to stick with for a half-decade, and seemed completely logical, until 2010 changed the landscape of the once-barren land of Q1 video game releases. %Gallery-36057%
Stardock announces Elemental: War of Magic
Stardock, developers of the Galactic Civilization series, announced today that its next "major" PC title will be a fantasy 4X strategy game called Elemental: War of Magic. In classic Stardock bluntness, the company admits the subtitle is corny, but that it actually wanted something that was old-school and "generic." The title will essentially be a fantasy Civilization where magical shards provide power. The game will also include a single-player campaign and "persistent multiplayer."Elemental: WoM will begin its public beta in June of 2009, with a release in Feb. of 2010 for $50 (talk about ample notice). Like all Stardock titles, the game will have "no on-disk DRM" and will be updated through the company's Impulse digital distribution system. Early screenshots, giving an idea of Elemental's art style, can be viewed below. Stardock makes clear to point out that the images are still early and are likely to change over the next year and a half.[Via Big Download]%Gallery-36054%
