Stardock has sold Impulse to Gamestop (NOT an April Fools joke)

Stardock Community FAQ




Statement to the Stardock community:

We at Stardock have always operated with the goal of transparency to our loyal (and awesome) fan base. As such, we understand that many of you will have questions regarding the recent news that Impulse, Inc. has been acquired by GameStop.

Below is an FAQ designed to address what we hope is the majority of your questions. Please understand that during the acquisition phase there will be questions we cannot address due to confidentiality agreements.

Above all else, we want to ensure you that service to Impulse will not be affected by this transition and that your accounts are still as valid today as the day you created them.

We cannot express with words the amount of appreciation we have to you, our loyal fans and customers and the support you have shown Stardock and Impulse over the past decade: from Stardock Central to TotalGaming.net to Impulse, Stardock has been on the bleeding edge of digital media innovation since its inception and has a rich history of bringing successful concepts to market first.

We at Stardock look forward to what the future brings for PC gaming, digital distribution and of course, continued innovation at Stardock, Inc.


FAQ
Was Stardock acquired or just Impulse?

GameStop has acquired Impulse, Inc.
How does this affect my account?

There will be no disruption in service to existing or newly created accounts. Impulse will continue to function as normal for existing and new customers. Your current purchases will continue to be available through Impulse, Inc.
Who will handle customer support during the acquisition phase?

For the foreseeable future, nothing will change for customers. Impulse, Inc. will continue to handle customer support.
What happens to the staff?

The staff will be staying with Impulse, Inc.

Will there be layoffs?

We do not anticipate any. All key employees that worked for Impulse, Inc. are continuing with Impulse. Shared resources will be reabsorbed into one of Stardock's other business units.
Is Stardock hiring?

Yes!
What kinds of positions are you hiring for?

Stardock is actively hiring software engineers of all types, project managers, senior developers and artists.
Does this affect the development of the Elemental franchise or the Sins expansion?

It doesn't. Impulse is a separate business unit from Stardock Entertainment.

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Clement said:

I suppose for me it's ok as i only have one game from there, but for anyone with more games on it i can understand the disappointment, i'm not a big fan of DRM platforms, i only found out recently that if i don't log into steam for 2 weeks then i lose the ability to play my single player games offline, i was pretty surprised, i wish they could just go back to the days of serial numbers on the back of manuals.

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PrinceScamp said:

You don't meed to run the Impulse client to play your games from there after you have installed them (unlike Steam). I've also had Steam offline for nearly a month (without having used it for two months prior) and it didn't stop me from playing anything despite not being able to connect it to the internet. Two weeks sounds like BS to me.

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Clement said:

I've read at least twice on forums that there is a 2-3 week cut off point if you don't connect to steam and that the games don't work offline anymore till you do, however it's entirely possible those people were mistaken, i haven't tried it myself so i honestly don't know, if you say you played for a month then they must have been wrong.

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Clement said:

I've read at least twice on forums that there is a 2-3 week cut off point if you don't connect to steam and that the games don't work offline anymore till you do, however it's entirely possible those people were mistaken, i haven't tried it myself so i honestly don't know, if you say you played for a month then they must have been wrong.

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Quintillus said:

Haha, that's a good April Fool's joke. And it since the announcement was made March 31st and the CEO is playing along with it, it looks just credible enough that it might actually be true. Alas, I've been around CFC long enough to know that you take any announcement made the few days before April 1st with a ton of caution.

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I don't think that's true, but I've never intentionally tried it either. But for the sake of science, I'll download one of my Steam games in a virtual machine and then not log on to Steam there for a few weeks, and see if Offline still works. I might need a reminder to go back and check, but it should be easy enough to not accidently log on since I have Steam in my host OS, too.

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Akka said:

What a blow...
Impulse was the only decent opposition to Steam, an online platform where you could buy, patch and install with just a click, without idiotic DRM, without idiotic restriction and without having your computer filled with spyware.

Now it has been sold ? What the...
A shame :-/

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