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Stardock has revealed the stand-alone expansion for its fantasy 4X strategy game, Sorcerer King. Sorcerer King: Rivals flips the original game's premise on its head by giving the player the ability to become a god with your rivals trying to stop you through any means necessary.

Rivals has two new playable races complete with new sovereigns, spells, units, and abilities. Three new lieutenants join the Sorcerer King's army, each with new and unique abilities to challenge you. A new quest editor and Steam Workshop support allows you to write your own epic quest lines and share them with other players around the world.



New Ascension Victory
Learn the Ascension spell and consume the shards before the Sorcerer King gets to them first. Amass ascension points to become a god before the Sorcerer King casts his spell, and win the game.

New Factions
Turn the land into frozen mountainsides and enhance your warriors as Bazzal the Dwarven King, Sovereign of the Frozen Realm faction or collect bone fragments from vanquished foes and raise armies of the undead with Valemor the Archmage, Sovereign of the Necromancer faction.

New Lieutenants
Three new lieutenants of the Sorcerer King wait to challenge you! Two lieutenants out of the list of five will appear randomly every game to oppose you. Face down against the Shadow Dragon Nabunihr, test your might against the Crystal Serpent Abeix, or train your bows on the great bird, Corvos, Bringer of Storms.

New Quests
Experience brand new adventure by embarking on never-before-seen quest lines! Enjoy the witty writing and light humor in the face of the world's destruction as you gather unique ingredients and recipes to craft better weapons and armor for your army.

New Quest Editor
Become the author of your own adventures with this user-friendly quest editor! Write the quest text, craft your decisions, and decide on the rewards. Your quest will automatically become part of the game when saved.

New Steam Workshop Support
Tightly integrated workshop support lets you easily share your creations with the rest of the world! Download maps and quests created by others and explore all of the new possibilities for adventure.

Will you save the world - or will you aid in its destruction?
Sorcerer King: Rivals will be available for pre-order on August 25th.

For more information, check out www.sorcererking.com/rivals

v1.5 Brings Improvement Razing, Scouting Report Feature, AI and Balance Updates, and More

In addition to adjusting the AI of the Minor Races so that they no longer block your roads, v1.5 adds a couple of new features to enhance and improve gameplay.

The new scouting report feature will allow you to get a head start on your adventures by scoping out places on the map that are harder to get a scout unit to quickly at the beginning of the game. The fog of war will be absent from some points of interest, allowing you to gain some information on the surrounding region.

Until now, there were no "take-backsies" in war - now, with the new improvement razing feature, you can choose to destroy an improvement you've built in order to make room for something else. With this feature, you are no longer locked into your early game decisions and can instead adjust in order to be more prepared to face the endgame.

v1.5 also brings updates to the game's overall balance and AI. For more details, check out the full change log here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/241990/discussions/0/351659808480640650/

Sorcerer King is available through Stardock[sorcererking.com] or on Steam. For more information, please visit www.sorcererking.com

Armed and Ready for War: v1.4 makes the "little" guys feel "tall" with cool new abilities and allowing them to equip weapons and armor!

Version 1.4 is here and we think it was something worth waiting for! The Dev Team has made some changes to game play that affects starting units, resource management, and interactions with your allies (and your enemies). Many of these changes are "under the blanket," so to speak, but you should certainly notice them during play. If you want to take a peek at the complete change log, check the bottom of the post!

1. Starting units can now equip weapons and armor! We have included an "auto equip" button to remove some of the tedium of equipping units. We have also added some cool new abilities to these soldiers to make them a bit more formidable in battle. You will also find that your trained units have these benefits as well. In addition, starting units no longer cost any logistics.
2. Resources now accumulate! There are some units in the game that require resources other than simple logistics to be trained. We have altered the system a bit so that now when you claim a metal mine, pasture, or crystal mine, the resources accumulate and grow by 1 each turn. When you train a unit, you consume the required amount of resources and must accumulate more.
3. Remnant Factions are stronger and smarter! The remnant factions that you meet throughout the game have been given a buff to their AI so that they provide more challenge (or assistance, if you decided to become allies) to you. They will attack enemies more aggressively and charge you more for units they provide. 
4. The Sorcerer King now has a greater variance of units that he will spawn every round! The Doomsday counter also raises after every 8 turns instead of every 10.

We hope you enjoy v1.4 and always appreciate your feedback! For more insight into the changes, you can check out CEO and President Brad Wardell's dev journal here[forums.sorcererking.com]. You can also view the full change log below.


CHANGE LOG:

Overview

Resource system overhaul: Resources are now a more important part of the game play.  Resources collected from nodes are now stored and accumulate over time. Many units now require these extra resources in order to be trained.  You will find yourself changing strategies based on the resources available.  

Gameplay / Balance

• Metal mines now produce +1 metal per turn
• Pastures now produce +1 horses per turn
• Crystal mines now produce +1 crystal per turn
• Friendly races don't give units to you as cheaply.
• Crystal is now a stored resource
• Metal is now a stored resource
• Horses are now a stored resource
• Harvest mountain will now provide 5 metal
• Starting units no longer use logistics
• Starting soldier unit now can equip swords, is a veteran, has endurance 2, has regen 1, is a bard, and gets a defense bonus as it levels up.
• Archers now have armor piercing ability
• Soldiers now have defender 1 ability and are swordsmen
• Sentinels are now executioners
• Sentinels require 10 metal
• Clockwork soldiers now require 15 metal
• Man at Arms requires 20 metal
• Pikeman consumes 2 logistics instead of 1
• Archers consume 2 logistics
• Spearmen consume 2 logistics
• Riders require 8 metal and 8 horses to train
• Knights require 10 metal and 10 horses
• Crusaders require 12 metal and 12 horses
• Clerics require 8 crystal
• Battle Mages require 12 crystal
• Archons require 16 crystal
• Other units require similar levels of resources
• Varda now uses starting soldiers
• Hunter's Sword requires level 3 to use.
• Doomsday counter goes up every 8 turns instead of 10 turns
• Slight variance now in what kinds of creatures the SK will spawn from round to round
• Remnant factions substantially more powerful
• Allied remnants now become much more powerful (or deadly if you're their enemy)
• Remnants substantially more aggressive at attacking enemies
• You can now equip weapons and shields on trained units

Bugs

• Rewrote remnant pioneer code to be better at settling new areas
• Fixed the continent code so the AI won't get stuck
• Fixed lots of various bugs
• Fixed lots of various text bugs

You asked - we answered!

Sorcerer King v1.3 brings the highly requested build queue, along with a few other features and bug fixes.

You can see the full list of updates here: http://forums.sorcererking.com/471755/

Sorcerer King is available from Stardock and Steam for $29.99. For more information visit: Link[www.sorcererking.com].

Keep an eye on our Twitch schedule for our developer livestreams! You can find the Stardock Twitch channel[www.twitch.tv] here. To stay updated with other news and happenings with Sorcerer King, be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook[www.facebook.com].

Formidable challenges await you with the version 1.2 update to Sorcerer King, available now! With improved shard mechanics, new single-use enchantment pages, bug fixes, and increased levels of difficulty, this update promises to bring you battles worthy of the bards’ songs.

You can see the full list of changes here: Link[forums.sorcererking.com]

Sorcerer King is available from Stardock and Steam for $39.99. For more information visit: Link.

Keep an eye on our Twitch schedule for our developer livestreams! You can find the Stardock Twitch channel[www.twitch.tv] here. To stay updated with other news and happenings with Sorcerer King, be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook[www.facebook.com].