Ironclad Games and Stardock are pleased to announce the release of Sins of a Solar Empire v1.17 and Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment v1.03 today.  The updates for both games are now available via Impulse for all registered customers.

The updates include:

+ Rebalanced all races' carrier cruisers to help prevent "kiting" around the gravity well.

+ Improved pathfinding in regards to travelling between gravity wells.

+ Updated Marza Dreadnought's Missile Barrage ability to last longer while doing less damage; also updated particle fx.

+ Improved ICO support for non-English character sets.

+ Fixed issues related to the zoom-to-cursor functionality when attempting to zoom into a small target.

+ Entrenchment - Rebalanced Advent Transcencia Starbase's Final Judgement ability.

+ Entrenchement - Reduced the Advent Transcencia Starbases' Meteor Storm area of effect.

+ Entrenchment - Added the ability to queue starbase upgrades for starbases that are under construction.

The complete patch details can be found here:

Sins 1.17: http://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/354826

Entrenchment 1.03: http://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/354827

The v1.17 update for Sins of a Solar Empire, and the v1.03 update for Entrenchment are now available!  These updates can be obtained via Stardock’s Impulse.

Highlights of these updates include:

• Rebalanced all races' carrier cruisers to help prevent "kiting" around the gravity well.
• Improved pathfinding in regards to travelling between gravity wells.
• Updated Marza Dreadnought's Missile Barrage ability to last longer while doing less damage; also updated particle fx.
• Improved ICO support for non-English character sets.
• Fixed issues related to the zoom-to-cursor functionality when attempting to zoom into a small target.

Highlights for the Entrenchment update are:

• Rebalanced Advent Transcencia Starbase's Final Judgement ability.
• Reduced the Advent Transcencia Starbases' Meteor Storm area of effect.
• Added the ability to queue starbase upgrades for starbases that are under construction.

If you don’t have Sins of a Solar Empire or it’s first expansion Entrenchment yet, no worries, it’s never too late to grab a copy of IronClad Games’ award winning PC game.

Sins of a Solar Empire v1.17 and Sins: Entrenchment v1.03 are currently in testing, with a planned release sometime late next week if no showstoppers are found. We've posted the change logs for both games at the links below; check out the very latest.

Sins Change Log:

http://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/354826

Entrenchment Change Log:

http://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/354827

Just a quick note that we have sold out of the Collectors' Edition boxes for Sins of a Solar Empire. Those who order the game's boxed edition direct will recieve the standard version instead.

Stay tuned for more updates!

Ironclad has defeated Sony and advanced to round two! Thanks for all your support! But now the Escapist's Developer Showdown between Ironclad Games and Konami has begun and we need all the troops rallied! Help Ironclad win this contest of wills by heading over to the Escapist and casting your vote for them in the Western bracket.

You will need to create and validate (via email) an account with the Escapist in order to vote and have it count. Visit the URL below to create your account - registration is free:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/global/registration/register.php

Once your account's been created and validated, head over to the Round 1 Western bracket to cast your vote. Just click the radio button next to Ironclad Games and click Submit.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tournament/region/west

Voting is only open between March 23th and March 24th, so don't wait.

Ironclad Games and Stardock are pleased to announce the release of Sins of a Solar Empire v1.16 and Entrenchment v1.02 today.  These latest updates make more gameplay balance changes, bug fixes and more.  Registered customers can update their games immediately via Impulse (http://www.impulsedriven.com).

For the latest changes to Sins of a Solar Empire, please see: http://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/343750

For the latest changes to Entrenchment, please see: http://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/?aid=343535

The Escapist's Developer Showdown between Ironclad Games and Sony Online Entertainment has begun! Help Ironclad win this contest of wills by heading over to the Escapist and casting your vote for them in the Western bracket.

You will need to create and validate (via email) an account with the Escapist in order to vote and have it count. Vist the URL below to create your account - registration is free:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/global/registration/register.php

Once your account's been created and validated, head over to the Round 1 Western bracket to cast your vote. Just click the radio button next to Ironclad Games and click Submit.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tournament/region/west

Voting is only open between March 19th and March 20th, so don't wait.

The Escapist has announced the 2009 March Mayhem: Developer’s Showdown and Ironclad Games is in it!

Ironclad Games is one of the 64 top game developers that will be going head-to-head in a bracketed tournament to see who gamers believe the best developer is! The Escapist and game developer fan communities vote on The Escapist to see who will move to the next round until there is only one developer left standing. Last year many gamers who played Lord of the Rings Online believed that Turbine, Inc. was the best developer, allowing them to take down Rock Band developer Harmonix in the final round.

This year, Ironclad Games is ranked as the number 12 seed in the West Division and will be going up against 5th seeded SOE in the first round. March Mayhem: Developer’s Showdown brackets and forums will be available starting Monday, March 16th and the voting starts on March 19th. Below is the schedule of the rounds:

Round 1: March 19-20

Round 2: March 23-24

Round 3: March 26-27

Round 4: March 30-31

Semi-Final Round: April 2-3

Final Round: April 6-8

Help Ironclad win this Showdown by registering on The Escapist website and voting on March 19th!

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/global/registration/register.php

Gamers with Jobs has recently posted an interview with Ironclad's Blair Fraser to discuss all things Sins of a Solar Empire. This is a phone interview, so strap on your headphones or power-up your speakers and head over to the URL below:

http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/43967

Crispy Gamer has published an interview with Ironclad Games' Blair Fraser discussing Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment. In the interview, author Tom Chick questions Blair on why the decision was made to focus on turtling and much more.

Read the entire interview at:

http://www.crispygamer.com/columns/2009-03-10/rush-boom-turtle-sins-of-a-sins-developer.aspx