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IGN.com has an exclusive trailer of the upcoming expansion, Entrechment, for Sins of a Solar Empire. Check it out! <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="433" height="360" src="http://videomedia.ign.com/ev/ev.swf" flashvars="isStandAlone=true&highRes_ID=2757357&lowRes_ID=2757358&object_ID=14277483&downloadURL=http://pcmovies.ign.com/pc/video/article/955/955187/SinsEntrenchmentTrailer_021809_flvlow.flv&allownetworking="all%&qu

With the release coming up very soon, Steve Butts over at IGN put in some time with the Sins of a Solar Empire expansion, Entrenchment, and gives a great in-depth preview. “Next month Stardock and Ironclad will be releasing the first ever micro-expansion for our 2008 Game of the Year, Sins of a Solar Empire. Titled Entrenchment, the new addition to the Sins franchise brings a host of defense-oriented improvements that should help players beat back the dreaded p

The Academy of Interactive Arts and Science has released the nominees for the annual Interactive Achievement Awards. Sins of a Solar has been nominated for the Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year! "The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences® (AIAS) today announced the nominees for the 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards®. The nominations for the peer-based awards have been dominated by blockbuster game, LittleBigPlanet (Sony Computer Ent

We are well into 2009, but the PC game awards for 2008 have not stopped yet, but we aren’t complaining! The latest news comes from Maximum PC which has published their top PC game awards for 2008, and Sins of a Solar Empire made the list. “Sure, it’s a 4X (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate) space-exploration RTS and plays a lot like a real-time version of the board game Risk, but it’s one of the most fun and engrossing multiplay

There is no doubt that Sins of a Solar Empire had a spectular 2008, and I'm quite confident that will also be the case in 2009 as well. Over the last couple weeks we have posted about all the different awards that Sins has been honored to receive, along with notable mentions from various websites and even TV programs. I have compiled a list of some of hte most notable awards and mentions that Sins of a Solar Empire received last year, and I wanted to share that with everyone her

Neoseeker.com is running a contest where they are giving away five prize packs that consist of: 1 Collector's Edition of Sins of a Solar Empire, signed by the developers. 1 Ironclad t-shirt - winners get to specify the size. 1 free download key for Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment (when it's released) This contest will run until January 12th, so you still have plenty of time to enter. Head over to Neoseeker.com for more inform

The fine folks over at Gamers with Jobs has given Sins of a Solar Empire the award for Best PC Exclusive Game of the Year! Not only that, Sins was also a runner up in the Game of the Year award. Link: 2008 GWJ Community Game of the Year Awards “As a rule, we at Gamerswithjobs avoid putting together any kind of intenal Game of the Year awards, primarily because the

The Best of 2008 lists keep rolling in, and Sins of a Solar Empire makes it into the Top 5 PC Games list from Gamasutra. “One of the year's great success stories was this space strategy title from Vancouver-based Ironclad Games, which put the small developer on the map and scored another hit for its increasingly influential publisher Stardock. Ostensibly a member of the "4X" genre of domination-oriented titles, Sins of a Solar Empire, with its explicit foc

Have you tried installing with the full installer? http://www.impulsedriven.com/impulse_setup_full.exe If you still have issues, please send an e-mail to [email protected].

Please send an e-mail to [email protected] with all your relevant information. In the meantime, make sure you have a Stardock.net account setup for Impulse. https://www.stardock.com/sdnet_account.asp

Update (December 26th): Downloads have been fixed, but as everything else is getting worked on there still might be intermidiate issues. Please check this thread for updates.

The server issues are still happening, but they are being worked on as we speak. Although there is no specific ETA for a final fix, we are trying to resolve this as quick as possible.

[quote who="Maktaka" reply="8" id="1992918"] quoting post The server hardware died today. "THE" server hardware? As in, you guys don't have any automatic or remotely activated emergency backup in place to handle these sort of occurances? Wow. That's just stupid. Stardock is touting this is the future of digital distribution and Ironclad is using this as your one and only means of selling expansions and distributing updates, and the whole thing hinges on a single set of

The Stardock root database server had a hardware crash on Christmas eve. The DB admins are working on restoring it but some services will be affected including customer database updating, software updating and downloading and other services. We do not currently have an ETA to solve due to limited personnel being available on Christmas eve / Christmas day but it should be rectified within the next 48 hours. Note: All users who purchase anythin

[quote]Time to rethink Impulse. I am unimpressed. I bought Sins of a Solar Empire on Dec. 23rd and would like it patched before I play so I have no save game issues. I did a custom install and removed it and reinstalled before I found this message. I have spent way too much time getting this game patched. I would think this post should be stickyed. I should not have had to go digging for this post. This is my first Stardock game and so far, I might have to stick to steam. [/quote]

The Stardock root database server had a hardware crash on Christmas eve. The DB admins are working on restoring it but some services will be affected including customer database updating, software updating and downloading and other services. We do not currently have an ETA to solve due to limited personnel being available on Christmas eve / Christmas day but it should be rectified within the next 48 hours. Note: All users who purchase anythin

[quote]The Stardock root database server had a hardware crash on Christmas eve. The DB admins are working on restoring it but some services will be affected including customer database updating, software updating and downloading and other services. We do not currently have an ETA to solve due to limited personnel being available on Christmas eve / Christmas day but it should be rectified within the next 48 hours.[/quote] You can get updates here: http://forums.impulsedri

http://forums.impulsedriven.com/334268

Please see: http://forums.impulsedriven.com/334268

The server hardware died today. We are moving it to a new server (along with other functions). The following will be down for a few hours: 1) Serial Generation 2) Serial activation 3) News 4) GC Metaverse Thank you for your patience. Update (December 26th):

https://forums.wincustomize.com/334253

The beta for Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrechment started yesterday, and now that many should have it downloaded and ready to play, we wanted to put up some 'Tips and Tricks' to get the most out of the experience. Now please note that Entrenchment is still in beta, and you might still run into some issues. This article will give you a good overview on what some of the features are in Entrenchment, and what some of them hold for future updates. Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment is

GameSpy.com has started publishing their 2008 Game of the Year Awards, and Sins of a Solar Empire is in the top 10 PC gam

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