We really liked Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion.  And it looks like we weren't alone.  Stardock have announced that the game has sold over 100,000 copies via digital distribution channels.  The publisher was previously worried that Steam might have cannabalized their direct sales of the game, but instead, saw it only supplement them.  Obviously with direct sales Stardock is getting a larger piece of the financial pie, so they wouldn't want to cut into that.  Thankfully this looks like an everybody wins situation.

Giant videogame retailer GameStop has got its foot firmly in the door of digital distribution on the PC side.  Today they've announced that they purchased Impulse from Stardock Entertainment.  Along with that acquisition, the company purchased startup company Spawn Labs which had technology for videogame streaming.

In one of the most brutal and honest interviews I've seen in a long time, Stardock CEO Brad Wardell lays out the state of PC gaming on the table.  You can tell the man has a chip on his shoulder, and he's not afraid to tell the world about digital distribution, Microsoft's shortcomings, and the fact that company's flat out lie about their sales.

Elemental: War of Magic is an upcoming Stardock project based on and set in a world of a book by CEO Brad Wardell.  The basic premise of the game is a turn based strategy RPG that's both easily accessible and runs on a large range of system configurations.  In fact, the current goal is to get the game running on a Netbook.  We got some hands on time with the game at PAX and came back with some impressions.

Stardock has announced the official launch of their Impulse Client Phase IV.  The update brings a completely redesigned interface which closely resembles features from Windows 7.  The entire store has been redesigned, and there's now a rating system for games purchased which appear on the store as well.   

Stardock and NVIDIA have announced a brand new version of Impulse today.  Dubbed the "NVIDIA Edition," it will provide NVIDIA graphics card owners seamless driver updates and other optimizations for their PC.  

Stardock's Impulse looks to trump Steam's PC gaming portal and digital content delivery system by adding matchmaking into its newest update. The new update will bring like-minded gamers together by detecting each game that you play, constructing a profile based on how you prefer to play games, and suggesting other those other players.