Stardock Unleashes the Complete Sins of a Solar Empire

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Stardock Unleashes the Complete Sins of a Solar Empire Experience – Trinity Available Now

- Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy also available today for fans who have already purchased the original game and its first micro-expansion pack, Entrenchment -

Plymouth, MI – February 9, 2010 – Stardock (www.stardock.com) has unleashed the complete Sins of a Solar Empire experience today with Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity. Trinity bundles the original award-winning real-time strategy PC title from Ironclad Games with the two game-changing micro-expansions, Entrenchment and Diplomacy. Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity is available in retail stores across North America and via the digital download platform, Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com) for $39.95.

In the year of its release, Sins of a Solar Empire was awarded dozens of Real-Time Strategy Game of the Year accolades as well as the overall PC Game of the Year award from IGN.com. The game provides a seamless transition between epic strategy and tactical combat modes, a galaxy of intriguing aliens, powerful starships, and colossal planets that come to life with stunning 3D graphics, unparalleled sense of scale, and a cinematic musical score. Explore and conquer nearby planets as one of three factions: the Vasari, the TEC or the Advent and play for domination of the galaxy. Players will explore distant solar systems by applying brute force, cunning strategy, elegant diplomacy, economic mastery, and researched technology.

“What is most unique about the micro-expansions is that they don’t just add content like other expansion packs, they actually change the fundamental core gameplay,” said Brad Wardell, CEO and president of Stardock. “Most expansion packs just add content like new maps or new weapons. With Diplomacy and Entrenchment you get those things too, but these micro-expansions go a lot further and actually change how the game is played. Trinity is the complete Sins of a Solar Empire experience and we’re proud of what we have been able to accomplish since its initial launch. For fans of this genre or fans looking for a great PC strategy game, it doesn’t get better than this.”

Launching alongside Trinity and completing the Sins of a Solar Empire experience is Diplomacy. Diplomacy is the second and final micro-expansion for fans that already have the original game. In addition to adding 30+ new technologies to research and a faction “status” that allows parties to see what other factions think of them, Diplomacy also adds a new envoy cruiser that can transport peace-seeking parties to negotiate a truce, trade pacts or treaties which can change the entire balance of any given game.

A complete breakdown of Trinity is as follows:

* Sins of a Solar Empire -
o Choose from three unique races
o Conquer and colonize vast worlds
o Explore the epic scale of a dynamic galaxy
o Customize and improve powerful units
o Extensive diplomatic and economic strategies
o Fully adaptive artificial intelligence with advanced tactics
o Spectacular 3D graphics with an unparalleled sense of scale
o Cinematic musical experience
o Up to 10 player multiplayer action over LAN or Ironclad Online

* Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment -
o Build & customize massive star bases
o Fortify your empire with new defenses and mine fields
o Take on the challenging new AI
o Rain destruction with new defense-busting capabilities
o Lose yourself in striking new visuals
o Make it your own with extensive new modding capabilities
o Get right to it with faster play options
o Reap the rewards of extensive player feedback

* Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy -
o Faction Status: New relations status screen lets the player see what each faction thinks of one another and why
o New Pacts: Factions can establish various technology and resource pacts with one another, giving a substantial boost to themselves and an ally
o Issue Missions: Players can now create and issue missions to other factions and even the Pirates, adding a whole new dimension to competitive play
o Envoy Cruisers: New envoy cruisers give factions unique abilities that can lead to better relations with other empires
o New Technologies: 30+ technologies to research on the new Diplomacy tree
o Deadlier Pirates: Pirates are more fearsome than ever as they collect bounty awards on their targets
o New Victory Options: Win through new Diplomatic or Allied victory conditions
o New Maps: Explore and conquer several new maps

Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity can play on most recent PCs and requires Impulse for downloads and updates. With Impulse, users purchase their game and can then immediately download and install the game through the Impulse client which seamlessly manages updates, community features and more. Games become part of that user’s account such that when a user purchase a new machine, a user can simply re-download the Impulse client, logon to their account and re-download all their purchases, even years into the future. Download Impulse at www.impulsedriven.com.