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Sins goes gold discussion

February 4 is the day

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After more than a couple of years of work, Sins of a Solar Empire has gone gold. What an incredible journey it's been.  For the past year, Stardock, the developers of Galactic Civilizations and Ironclad, a new company made up of developers who worked on Homeworld: Cataclysm have been working together to try to create a 4X RTS. 

Stardock and Ironclad pushed the release date back a few times to ensure that there was plenty of time to incorporate the features they wanted in as well as time to implement feedback from the public beta.  The final result, the team feels, speaks for itself.

Below are some pictures from the last data of testing...

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The boxes and hot key card

 

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Inside of the box with Ironclad's fantastic artwork

 

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Stardock's "wall of synergy" covered with concept art for next major 4X game...

 

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Start-up gadget

 

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Bombing a planet

 

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Zoomed in...

 

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Now zooming out a bit...

 

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Bit more...

 

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Still more...

 

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Zoomed out further

 

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And further...

 

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And further...

 

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Still further...

 

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And finally with multiple stars...feeling epic?

 

Sins of a Solar Empire will be available at retail next week.  Pre-orders will be activated Monday, February 4 in the evening EST. Regardless of where you purchase the game, you will be able to re-download the entire game via Stardock Central.

But Stardock Central is not long for this world. A new creation is coming...

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Visit: www.sinsofasolarempire.com

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Reply #26 from Sins Forums Top
If I buy now, can I download the full game, OR the beta and play tonight?
Reply #27 from Sins Forums Top
If you pre-order using totalgaming.net tokens, you can download the beta immediately, and will be able to download the full release on Feb 4th. But you won't get the box, tokens is download-only. You'll be able to upgrade from download only to a box on release for $5 + shipping.

You won't get the full release until Feb 4th though.
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Reply #28 from Sins Forums Top
Don't torture yourselves with beta 4. It's primitive relatively speaking.
Reply #29 from Sins Forums Top
I want to cry as being in Australia I will have to wait till April to get the retail version.
Reply #30 from Sins Forums Top
I MUST HAVE THE PINK SPACE PONY CONCEPT ON THE WALL OF SYNERGY!!!
Reply #31 from Sins Forums Top

Don't torture yourselves with beta 4. It's primitive relatively speaking.
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Torture for you is beta 4. Torture for us is reminding us of this fact. There's a difference.
Reply #32 from Sins Forums Top
Loving the Box and Launcher. I can't wait to get my copy in the mail. Thanks Ironclad and stardock, i won't be able to sleep for weeks after playing this. :CONGRAT:
Reply #33 from Sins Forums Top

I want to cry as being in Australia I will have to wait till April to get the retail version.
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You don't have to if you don't want to. If you order directly from Stardock, they'll ship it to you when it's released in the US. You'll have to pay a bit for shipping of course, but no waiting as you'll be able to download the game while it's being shipped to you.
Reply #34 from Sins Forums Top
I didn't realize you guys worked on Cataclysm. So you guys used to work with the people who ended up making Sword of the Stars?
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Both Kerberos (Sword of the Stars) & Ironclad are in Vancouver, BC and if I recall correctly, they both have folks who worked on HW and Cataclysm (though being 50+ my memory sux).

Reply #35 from Sins Forums Top

I didn't realize you guys worked on Cataclysm. So you guys used to work with the people who ended up making Sword of the Stars?


Both Kerberos (Sword of the Stars) & Ironclad are in Vancouver, BC and if I recall correctly, they both have folks who worked on HW and Cataclysm (though being 50+ my memory sux).


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Speaking of which, SotS was just put on TGN. For those of you that dont own it yet - get it. Then get Born of Blood, the x-pack for SotS. You can't go wrong supporting these companies.
Reply #36 from Sins Forums Top
So I want to clarify. I can order Sins for 5 tokens on TG and then I can pay $5 to get the Collectors Edition shipped once released?
Reply #37 from Sins Forums Top
Don't forget shipping!
Reply #38 from Sins Forums Top
Or you can just click the store link on top and order that way (without tokens) for the same thing without the hassle of having to e-mail Stardock sales. Basically, if you use currency to order, you get automatic CE box plus the ability to download while the box ships. If you use tokens to order, you have to go through the hassle of emailing Stardock sales to upgrade later.

Just make sure if you're ordering with currency you select Digital Download + CD (well, DVD :P) and not Digital Download Only.
Reply #39 from Sins Forums Top

So I want to clarify. I can order Sins for 5 tokens on TG and then I can pay $5 to get the Collectors Edition shipped once released?
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Don't forget shipping!
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Yep. $5 + shipping. It cant get any easier then that. :HOT:
Reply #40 from Sins Forums Top
Finally, it has gone gold. Yay!!!
Reply #41 from Sins Forums Top

LIKE OH MY GOD

I SEE A PINK SPACE PONY!!!



its there! do you see it? third from the left, third from the bottom!
A FRICKING PINK SPACE PONY!
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OMG YES!!! *cries* SPACE PONIES!
Reply #42 from Sins Forums Top
Is the Pink Pony a special uber unit ? :P
Reply #43 from Sins Forums Top
it's reserved for those who don't need to ask
Reply #44 from Sins Forums Top
Nothing to say but "congrats" to IC and SD. Can't wait to get my grubby paws on this.

...I'll blame you if I fall behind on my thesis work, for the record.
Reply #45 from Sins Forums Top
Quick question. Anyone know where that thread listing what countries Sins ships on Feb 04? Canada specifically. Normally we get the same release dates for just about everything as the USA gets, but i noted some issues with release dates in Europe and Australia.
Reply #46 from Sins Forums Top
OMG SOTS IS ON TGN? DAMN ffs i got the stupid d2d copies which hardly work with all their shitty copyprotection D:
Reply #47 from Sins Forums Top
Don't torture yourselves with beta 4. It's primitive relatively speaking.
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*meh* I have been modding Mechwarrior 4 for about 4-5 years, I'm planning on modding your game also. I figure I can get the beta, play it a bit, then start modeling stuff for the full game in a while, need to familiarize myself with your shader system, model system, etc.
I actually prefer modding to playing in the long term. Though I'll be playing this for a good length of time I think.
Reply #48 from Sins Forums Top
I would like to know if pink space pony is the most powerful unit in the space?
Reply #50 from Sins Forums Top

OMG SOTS IS ON TGN? DAMN ffs i got the stupid d2d copies which hardly work with all their shitty copyprotection D:
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No doubt. I already sent them an email asking if I can transfer my registration to TGN.