News: Elemental failure forces layoffs

Stardock laments “disastrous” launch. The “disastrous” launch of turn-based fantasy game Elemental: War of Magic forced layoffs at publisher Stardock. “Technical issues” at launch led to poor reviews and sales, Stardock CEO Brad Wardell told Joystiq. “Elemental’s revenue was anticipated to provide the revenue both for our main games team’s next project as well as a second team,” Wardell wrote in …