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People who attended this years PAX have been posting pics and videos of their experiences, especially with the demo of Elemental: War of Magic. The videos below come courtesy of Multra . <div id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:ccc757b4-28d3-4709-a4a2-e359ffc294d5" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top:

The fine folks at Shacknews.com grabbed some screenshots of Elemental: War of Magic and gave them a thorough look. “While the art style for Stardock's Elemental: War of Magic is pretty snazzy, screenshots are really only showing half of the story. During a live demonstration at PAX, the other half became immediately apparent: it's all about the zoom.” Read the full article at <a href="http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/6

Ghostbear from Colony of Gamers was in attendance at PAX, and got a walkthrough of Elemental: War of Magic from Stardock’s Paul Boyer. “Exploration is a large part of the game as well, you'll find dungeons, random encounters, treasure. What you really want to find are the elemental shards, once found you'll want to build an outpost and shrine, so that you'll be able to channel the magic it possesses. Once

Without a doubt one of the biggest hits for Stardock at this years Penny Arcade Expo was the upcoming Elemental: War of Magic. Previews and impressions are starting to come out, and today we have one from Big Download. “Your character is basically a very powerful magic user who wants to rule the land. There are several ways he can do this. One is by keeping his power inside him and having that power grow so he can use more a

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GamaSutra’s Chris Remo has another interview with Brad Wardell, this time focusing on the modding engine in the upcoming game, Elemental: War of Magic . “Elemental makes use of a level of detail system paired to its zoom feature that swaps out different models and textures as the player moves from examining individual workers at ground level up to viewing whole continents, at which point the perspectiv

IGN.com has an interview with Elemental’s Producer, Scott Tykoski about the art style of Elemental: War of Magic . I'd like to say that Elemental's visual style was chosen purely for the love of art. That the style was risky but required to properly lay fourth our grand vision of dead world refueled by magic. That the style would finally establish video games as works of art and we can all celebrate our inc

[quote]oh man, I'm very pleased to see it pinned. I was pretty happy when it was added to the 'news' but this is great. I'm thinking we'll have to make other things such as banners and such now.[/quote] I would personally love to see banners. I'm using several of the avatars on various forums too. :)

I thought this post was stickied so people could find it easy. Oh well, it's done now.

We have setup a fan page on Facebook for the upcoming PC game, Elemental: War of Magic . The fan page on Facebook is another place fans can get together and post article, links, etc. about Elemental. We will also have some giveaways in the future as well, so you definitely don’t want to miss out on that! If you are on Facebook, just head over to the page and hit the “become a fan” button. See you there

It seems everyone is still trying to catch up from all the news from this years GDC, and GameSpot has posted an interview with Brad Wardell with the topic being Elemental: War of Magic. “To begin with, Wardell reiterated his commitment to getting the game into a testable, playable state earlier than usual. Stardock plans to run a "beta zero" phase, where a working prototype of the game, using extremely simple art assets, will be made available to a small

The Stardock crew are at the Game Developers Conference this week, and one of the highlights is Brad Wardell showing off a new video of the upcoming, Elemental: War of Magic. <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344" src="http

Rockpapershotgun.com has an interview with Brad Wardell about Stardock’s upcoming title, Elemental: War of Magic. The interview covers a few things, including a chat about user-generated content and more! “Brad Wardell: The in-game tools of Elemental are designed to let players create their own items, their own worlds, their own graphical elements to the world, their own creatures, their own races and pretty much anything else they might want t

Well look no further. Community members Spartan, Luckmann, and landisaurus have taken some time and created some very cool looking avatars with resources from Elemental: War of Magic. You can use these as your forum avatar on the Elemental forums, or other forums as well. There are a bunch of choices, and we thank them for taking the time to put them together for the community. Check out their post which has all the avatars . <p align="cen

Examiner.com’s “Game Examiner” takes a look at Stardock’s Elemental: War of Magic, and gives his take on Elemental. A quick excerpt: “Stardock has already conquered the world of space with their strategy hit Galactic Civilizations, and now it looks like they are setting their sights on the realm of magic. Elemental: War of Magic is a turn-based strategy game set within a magical realm where players can duke it out with both a

Game-addicts.com posted the Elemental: War of Magic announcement news, and also gave their impressions of it. “Since no man is an island, Elemental: War of Magic also does feature multiplayer modes which comprise of traditional skirmish modes and a persistent universe mode (I wonder what that means). The flexibility of submitting your own maps, items, creat

Neoseeker.com gives their take and initial reaction on the announcement of Elemental: War of Magic. “The story is contained within an "immersive" single player campaign where you are the only person in your kingdom with the ability to channel magic, which you do through mysterious shards scattered throughout the world. The shards are the result of a tremendous cataclysm which occured a century before when "powerful beings waged war across the world" (futur

WorthPlaying has a great article up with the announcement of Elemental: War of Magic. “The story of Elemental: War of Magic begins with an immersive single player campaign with you being the only person in your kingdom with the ability to channel magic through mysterious shards of magic that are scattered across the world. These shards, a result of a tremendous cataclysm that occurred a century prior when powerful beings waged war across the world, are the

Voodoo Extreme 3D reports on the announcement of Elemental: War of Magic. Elemental: War of Magic is set in a world filled with magic and ancient lore. As the ruler of your kingdom, you must expand your empire through a combination of magical power, military might, diplomatic skill, technological advancement and bold adventuring. Your worlds will be of your choosing, or play

If you on Facebook, come join our official Elemental: War of Magic fan page. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Elemental-War-of-Magic/94159425564?ref=s :)

GameStop sits down with Brad Wardell, lead designer of Elemental and president and CEO of Stardock, to get some more details about Elemental: War of Magic. A quick excerpt: “ GameSpot: Elemental looks to be an ambitious project, to say the least, with elements drawn from Master of Magic, Civilization, and Total War. How would you describe Elemental? What is it closest to? Brad Wardell: It real

GameSpot has an exclusive video of the first teaser trailer for Elemental: War of Magic , the recently announced upcoming PC game from Stardock. This is definitely a "teaser", and will have fans eagerly awaiting more. <embed id="mymovie" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="432" height="362" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/cne_flash/production/media_player/proteus/one/proteus2.swf" flashvars="playerM

IGN also got a preview of Elemental recently, and they give initial thoughts and impressions on what they saw. “Why the excitement? Well, there's the fact that 15 years after its release there still hasn't been a fantasy strategy game that matches of Master of Magic, or MOM as it is affectionately called. Some franchises, such as Age of Wonders, have come close, but they didn't quite capture the gameplay, random maps, and replayability of MOM. If you never

The folks over at GameSpot take a “first look” at Elemental: War of Magic, the recently announced fantasy strategy game from Stardock. The time they did spend with Elemental seemed to leave quite an impression. “Elemental: War of Magic is one part Master of Magic, one part Civilization, and one part Total War, with a dash of The Lord of the Rings fiction sprinkled in for good measure. And from our brief first look at the game, Elemental i

I'm in! :P