The Political Machine, is the turn-based strategy game that puts the player in the role of a presidential candidate. Players can play as real-world candidates such as Barak Obama or John McCain, choose amongst historical candidates, or design their own from scratch.
The Political Machine 2008 version 1.04 is now available to all registered owners of the game. This update includes various tweaks, as well as new elements to help you create your own bobble-head. Also, a new enhanced chat feature that allows players to smack-talk opponents in multiplayer during the final votes. Version 1.04 also adds several new ‘Dark Horse’ candidates, such as the wise-cracking Minister Mike Huckabee, the rock skipping Mike Gravel, and media stud Dennis Kuchinich.
To obtain the new patch, just click on the Download Updates button from the main menu, or use our new state-of-the-art digital distribution client, Impulse. If you don’t have The Political Machine, you can pick up a digital copy for $19.95 at http://www.politicalmachine.com or through Impulse. For a boxed copy, visit your local retailer including Target and Best Buy .
With candidates now finalized on the major party’s tickets, Stardock also throws its hat in the ring in time for the start of election season. Today Stardock Entertainment announced The Political Machine 2008 has gone gold and will be available via download on Stardock’s revolutionary new digital distribution platform, Impulse, as well as in major retail outlets across the U.S. on June 17 for $19.95. Preorders are available on www.politicalmachine.com.
The Political Machine 2008 is getting closer and closer to release. Last night, more screenshots were released of the current beta showing off many aspects of the game. IGN also put up a preview that is a great read as well.
To help count down the days until the release of the upcoming PC game, The Political Machine 2008, I created these gadgets for your desktop. One gadget will run on any XP or Vista desktop, and the other is for the Windows Vista Sidebar.
I was finally able to play a build of the upcoming The Political Machine 2008 last night. As a matter of fact, night actually turned into morning. I can’t say too much about the game, other than it’s a blast to play and is very addictive.
This weeks GFW podcast features Stardock CEO Brad Wardell as a guest, where among many things, they discuss the state of PC gaming. It’s a great episode to be sure to download it and check it out.
If you are on Facebook, and really….who isn’t these days, then head on over and join our Political Machine Facebook group. This group is another great way of connecting fans of the game, political junkies, and anybody else for that matter.
When you are logged into Facebook just click “Join group” at the link below.
Since the political season is heating up even more, and politics is a hot topic on Twitter, we have created our own account for The Political Machine. It will be regularly updated with links and comments about both the upcoming game, and articles on the PoliticalMachine.com website.
There are also some great Twitter clients for both Windows and Mac.
Today Stardock has announced plans for The Political Machine 2008!
Today Stardock Entertainment announced The Political Machine 2008, a new PC game that puts players in control of the 2008 presidential campaign. Play as the campaign manager for a host of candidates including Barack Obama, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, historical candidates or design one from scratch. Players then choose their campaign battlegrounds and are off on the campaign trail to face a host of challenges including fundraising, talk show appearances, hiring spin doctors and winning endorsements. The game is won on Election Day by the player who gets the necessary electoral votes to become President.
The Political Machine 2008 is developed and published by Stardock Entertainment. The game uses a brand-new 3D engine designed to give the candidates a unique look (all candidates are presented as "bobble heads").
The Political Machine is both a single and a multiplayer game - players can either compete against the computer or against others online on www.politicalmachine.com. The website also provides an ideologically neutral location for users to discuss the current election.
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