Stardock is investing heavily in the development of the Nitrous engine and publishing and co-designing Ashes of the Singularity with the talent at Oxide Games. Stardock has a rich 20+ year history as a software innovator and developer of the successful Galactic Civilizations III and Sins of a Solar Empire franchises.

Oxide Games’ founders have an impressive array of accomplishments, including:

• Played key roles in developing Direct3D 9 and 10
• Built more than four custom 3D procedural engines
• Developed the technology that led Civilization V to be the first threaded Direct3D 11 engine
• Designed and developed the award-winning Civilization V interface
• Won a BAFTA award for work as lead programmer of Civilization V
• Has over 40 years cumulative experience designing gameplay AI