Published on February 9, 2009 By Yarlen In Sins News

Stardock Corporation announced today that the first micro-expansion to Ironclad’s Strategy Game of the Year, Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment, is undergoing further incorporation of beta feedback to maximize quality and will now be available February 25 for download on Stardock’s digital download platform, Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com).

 

"One of Stardock’s key strategies for success with past games has been the incorporation of player feedback from our open betas," said Stardock President and CEO Brad Wardell. "We want fans to get the most of this expansion and are making sure we’re delivering the best content possible."

 

The additional time will allow for Ironclad’s development team to incorporate feedback to date and allow for another round of beta testing.

 

Ironclad’s Blair Fraser stated, "It’s of paramount importance to everyone that what we’re releasing is the best and most robust content we can."

 

Sins of a Solar Empire was IGN.com’s “PC Game of the Year” and achieved numerous “Strategy Game of the Year” awards and “Best of 2008” mentions from distinguished media outlets including G4TV, Gamespy.com, Wired, Gamasutra.com, Gametrailers.com and Gamespot.com.


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on Feb 25, 2009

after all the bugs in the beta i cant see it coming out today, i hope it does tho.

on Feb 25, 2009

Don't stress it will be here

on Feb 25, 2009

im kinda new to this impulse thing so if anyone can help me with it.

i pre ordered entrenchment, and it asked me just now if i wanted to download and install it.

But is it the final version, or still the beta??

Since i dont see anyone here on the forums saying its finally there or anything.

just curious....

on Feb 25, 2009

m kinda new to this impulse thing so if anyone can help me with it.

i pre ordered entrenchment, and it asked me just now if i wanted to download and install it.

But is it the final version, or still the beta??

Since i dont see anyone here on the forums saying its finally there or anything.

just curious....

Huh, good question.

Did you take part in the beta (meaning: did you enable "show prerelease versions" in impulse)?. Switch it off if you have enabled prerelease versions and check if it is still there.

On "Impulse driven" it is still in the "coming soon" section. I suspect you don't see the final version, yet. A couple of more hours, then it should be there...

on Feb 25, 2009

As of this time, it is still beta. What I have done is install the original Sins and its updates, but not Entrenchment beta, since it would be a waste of time installing the beta version when the final retail product would be released today (hopefully). Impulse automatically updates the original Sins that you installed with Entrenchment if you wish to do so. But I suggest that you wait for the final retail version before doing so.

on Feb 25, 2009

[...]since it would be a waste of time installing the beta version [...]

Not necessarily. That's the nice thing with impulse. You just have to download the files missing for the complete version. Thus, if you have the beta version already installed you won't need to install everything again.

It was a different issue with the beta3 update because some files had to be changed dramatically. That's why you had to uninstall both Sins and Entrenchment and reinstall it. I assume, this won't be necessary a second time...

 

Edit: just some typos...

on Feb 25, 2009

...Can I start complaining now?

on Feb 25, 2009

As I said that...Update.

on Feb 25, 2009

You need to uninstall the beta version of Entrenchment before installing the full version, if you didn't have Beta 3.

 

on Feb 25, 2009

Kitkun
According to Nakor on IRC, you need to uninstall the beta version of Entrenchment before installing the full version.

 


I confirm this- I got a prompt saying to uninstall Entrenchment uninstall which results in SINS showing removing files!  Better still have that good 'ol copy of 1.13 lieing around and simply restore said archive

on Feb 25, 2009

just checked impulse VERSION 1.00.025 entrenchment and sins 1.15.047 ARE AVALIABLE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

harpo

on Feb 25, 2009

Kitkun
You need to uninstall the beta version of Entrenchment before installing the full version, if you didn't have Beta 3.

 


I bet your tail in another thread, so it's mine now.

on Feb 25, 2009

Annatar11
I bet your tail in another thread, so it's mine now.
Over my dead body. Wait a minute...

 

on Feb 25, 2009

How would you prefer it? Rusty hatchet, chainsaw, or a good old acid bath?

on Feb 25, 2009

Only if you test it on yourself first. Safety first!

 

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