As always, the development process and features of Stardock's Elemental is being laid bare. In a personal blog post, CEO Brad Wardell discussed more about the game, including some elements (pun unintended) that are of great interest to those looking forward to the fantasy 4X game. The February 15th, 2010 release date simply can't come fast enough for us!

Some of the things discussed include what channelers are and how custom-made content is being integrated into the game. Channelers are very interesting, as they act as a mix between hardcore wizard and a settler from other games. Able to imbue both units and the landscape with magic, they are a vital resource to your growing empire. As well as this discussion on channelers (which takes up almost half the blog post!), there's the issue of mod creation, which appears to be using a system similar to GalCiv 2. Finally, The old economy discussion was briefly revisited, with the answer boiling down to "we'll see how testers like it."