Plymouth, MI -- September 9, 2013 – Derek Paxton has been promoted to the vice president of Stardock Entertainment and will oversee all future games development and production at the Michigan-based independent studio.
A modder-turned-studio-leader, Paxton was most recognized for his work on the Fall from Heaven mod for the popular Civilizations IV strategy game prior to joining Stardock as lead designer in 2010. Derek joined Stardock after a decade-long career working with Fortune 500 company Novell in the technology sector. Since joining Stardock in 2010, Paxton successfully brought to market the last two titles in the Elemental franchise – both of which earned positive critical receptions from top international games media and fans.
"Derek has really transformed the game studio," said Brad Wardell, President & CEO of Stardock. "His experience at managing multiple projects combined with his amazing design skills has resulted in not just better games but a better working environment for our teams."
As part of the company’s 20th anniversary this October, Paxton and Stardock Entertainment will announce a series of new projects from the studio which will include new titles and more.
"I'm looking forward to the incredible opportunity to lead a studio with a legacy of creating award-winning strategy games," said Paxton. "Games are a passion for everyone who works at Stardock Entertainment and it's an honor to be able to work with such talented developers, artists and designers. I look forward to continuing the tradition of creating incredible games with the amazing team at Stardock."
For more information about Stardock please visit www.stardock.com.
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About StardockStardock is a leading developer and publisher of PC games and desktop software. Its PC games include Sins of a Solar Empire® and the critically acclaimed Galactic Civilizations™ series. Its desktop software includes the best-selling Start8™, Fences®, WindowBlinds™, ModernMix™, and more.
Congrats to both Derek and Stardock!
Congrats Derek. All the best in the games to come.
Congrats! Looking forward to hearing about the new games in October.
Well-deserved and congrats.
Congratulations to you Derek. Hope to see more success.
Congratulations!!! Do hope to see more 4X games coming
Good old (young) Kael, living the dream. See what happens when you make your own luck and follow your dreams?
Congrats, and great choice!!!
I can't believe Derek beat me out for this promotion! I was clearly the best candidate! This means I slept with Brad for nothing!
p.s. Congrats Derek, well deserved
You slept with brad? lol I just had to beat him in railroad tycoon for my interview.....i guess we know what the couch in the office is for.
Congrats to derek. Now can yo put the ygdrissil tree in the game?
Congrats!
nice.
kael, you brought many gamers from ffh to stardock, myself included, we trust you continue what you're doing.
I wonder what BoogieBac said about this If I had the skills, I would have made this animated gif video I have in my head of BoogieBac thinking he was THE candidate for head of studio but got beaten to it. Aaahh would have been hilarious
This is another confirmation that to work in gamedevelopment, you don't need grades from some fancy school. You need SKILLS, passion and to have created something.
Pretty sure Paxton has grades. You don't typically make management at a place like Novell without having a degree, large companies don't like hiring people without them, even if they are often started by drop outs.
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