They've already said that they've started working on a new IP (also a strategy game), but that Sins probably isn't over after the expansions. So Sins 2 may not be their next game, but perhaps the one after

As for hiring, they likely will want to keep it very small. They've only hired two people since they started on Sins, went from 9 to 11 and I believe both were concept artists. You'd also need to be in Canada, they had a disclaimer last time I looked

Yeah, they had a news blurt or something the one time I saw them looking for a concept artist.

Hey, you two should help me with my models for my mod! Just need to touch them up (ie. add some texturing, lower some polys and add weapon points)..

Also, the Fraser boys have already announced they are going into early retirement. They're buying a place in San Pancho, Mexico and sipping martinis. No more sins  

PSYCHE

IC's future after sins? take the profit and buy blizzard . world of sincraft.

lol

err, yeah. right. like the world needs more of those.

ok, better idea: sins: total war.

heh, and I though about posting something on diversifying business by going into that kind of match-up business. what's next? erotic materiel? sins: the movie?

well, it's not like it hasn't been done before. sword of the stars operates this way iirc. and imperium galactica had a separate combat screen, though the overview was also real time.

it might even be an option for a possible sins 2, though of course one of the big things that makes sins special is that everything runs in parallel. if you split the 4x portion and the combat portion you effectively cut the possibility of reinforcements and more dynamic battle development. on the other hand it would allow for more depth as players would only have to concentrate on one aspect. I guess it has pros and cons like so many other things.

That's kinda already done with Sword of the Stars though!  That being said I think Sins' combat is great, I'd just like more strategy elements, maybe EU3 style.

SOTS combat is.... not all that great. The strategic map is similar with the phase lanes though, that's true

Don't confuse Ironclad with Stardock.  Ironclad developed Sins, whereas Stardock published it.  Demigod is something that Stardock is publishing and working on, and doesn't involve Ironclad.

I for one would like to see a SoaSE:Ground  Combat. Not an expansion to the space game, just a RTS ground/air battle system a la Supreme Commander. Could be a mixed rts/turn based like the Total War games too, which kick serious ass.

Well... just my two cents, but if IC did something NEW, like they did here in Sins, mixing RTS and 4X then we might expect something along the lines of...

RPG/RTS?

It would be cool to have cutscenes of your crew rushing about the ship preparing for battle, or running as a bulkhead blows in! 

A sandbox, with battle cutscenes doesnt have to be a campaign, and could keep the game open ended. One of the things i have come to really like about Sins, is no matter how often i play, when i come back its a new game, new setup, new buildup...etc...

Keeps it interesting instead of reaching the end of the campaign and ending there.

Longer game life it seems to me. 

Just my opinion,

-Teal

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