Stardock is closing down due to a copyright infringement in GalCiv2. Apparently they did not give credit to several of the songs in the game. Due to the mass sale of Galciv2, the lawsuit is asking for an outrageous sum of money ($5 million I think, might be lower). Their parent company has decided to cut star dock off, since they would have to pay for any of their future game developments.
Ironically Stardocks parent company is creating a new sub-company, using many of the same workers from Stardock. However they will not have proper license for support of Sins Of A Solar empire and any other game they have made.
License is pending for GalCiv2 and any of their games.
EDIT: Wrong link to news topic, still searching for the right one.