Don your tights, mask and cape and save the world from aliens, super villains and more in Champions Online , the super-hero MMO from Cryptic Studios and Atari. Now available for purchase on Impulse! Earth's first and best line of defense is its heroes. For generations, brave men and women have answered the call to protect the world from the villains who threaten its safety and security. Today, organizations such as VIPER,
After a holiday hiatus, the Impulse weekly Top 10 returns! Sale items were the big hits last week, but interest in Sins of a Solar Empire's expansions is rising as well. Here's the best-selling games for the week of January 3rd to January 9th: Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment Supreme Commander Gold <a href="http://impulsedr
With the decade over, or almost over depending on who you ask, it's time to reflect back on the last 10 years. Stardock's very own Brad Wardell has published his list of the Top 10 Games of the Decade! It's an interesting and informative read, check it out. Brad's 10 best games of the decade
Blood Bowl , the Warhammer fantasy set football game from Focus Home Interactive and Cyanide Studio is now available for purchase on Impulse! Blood Bowl is the video game adaptation of Games Workshop's famous board game of the same name. A brutal team sport unfolding in a parallel fantasy world based on Warhammer and American football, Blood Bowl invites gamers to form a team of players from such races as Orcs, Wood Elves, Human
Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 2: Digital Deluxe Edition , the next installment in the critically acclaimed sci-fi RPG series from BioWare and Electronic Arts, are now available for pre-order on Impulse! Pre-Order now and get the Inferno Armor bonus in-game item. Boost your negotiation skills, damage and speed with this slick looking suit of armor. Continue the adventure
Stardock is excited to announce the release of IconPackager 5. IconPackager lets users change nearly every icon in Windows including the use of "icon packs" to change all at once. It has gained nearly 4 million downloads on Download.com, and is the easiest way to change your system icons. You can view a full visual walkthrough of IconPackager here . The IconPackager 5 update includes:
EVE Online , the massively multiplayer space sim from developer CCP is now for sale on Impulse at an introductory price of just $9.95 until December 23rd! EVE is a world far away from mankind's original habitat, planet Earth. How far away, and where, no one knows. Humans got there through a natural wormhole, and gazing upon a sky never before seen, were completely unable to determine the whereabouts of this new world. From the system of N
Stardock has released SkinStudio 7 today. SkinStudio is an application that allows users to create and modify visual styles, also known as skins, for Windows 7, Vista, and XP. These skins can then be applied using WindowBlinds . WindowBlinds 7 was also recently released, and SkinStudio 7 now supports the new features that were included in WB7. Some of these include: Support for new WindowBlinds 7 f
The upcoming Sins of a Solar Empire - Diplomacy and Impulse Now specials lead the charge last week on our Top 10. Here's the best-selling games for the week - December 6th to December 12th: Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy (Pre-Order) Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment <a href="http://im
Plymouth, MI - December 15, 2009 - Software developer Stardock released Fences Pro today. Fences Pro is a program that helps you organize your desktop and can hide your icons when they are not in use with the simple click of your mouse. Fences Pro is the follow-up to Stardock's popular freeware program fences which has become the most popular desktop enhancement on CNET's Download.com since its release earlier this Fall. Fences Pro adds a number of compelling new
Europa Universalis III – Heir to the Throne , the latest expansion to Paradox Interactive’s epic real-time strategy game Europa Universalis III, is now available. Heir to the Throne is the expansion pack fans of the series have been begging for. Based on feedback from the Paradox community, Heir promises to deliver the ultimate globe conquering strategy experience. Europa Universalis III – Heir to the Throne is available for $19
Stalin Subway and Stalin Subway: Red Veil from Buka and Meridian4 are now available on Impulse. The year is 1952, the place Moscow. A plot is brewing to kill Josef Stalin and you are thrust into the middle of events beyond your control. Now you must uncover who is behind it all. Stalin Subway is available for $14.99. For more information, visit <a hr
Block by block construct the city of your dreams in Puzzle City , a game from TechFront and eGames. Under the watchful eye of Mz. Towers, assemble buildings from color-coded construction blocks before the conveyor belt backs up in this unique combination of block-dropping puzzle inlay action and city-building simulations. Revitalize 48 different cityscapes as you build homes, factories, shopping malls, schools, fire stations, and more!</
Travel to the town of Old Port in Great Journey, an adventure title from Meridian4 and Rebelmind. Now available on Impulse. Take on the role of Annie or Tony as you work to solve puzzles and play mini-games to help out your friend Penguin, who has asked you to find Professor Glass and stop some sinister villain from polluting Antarctica! Great Journey is available for $9.95. For more information, visit http://www.imp
Ironclad Games and Stardock have released Beta 2 for the upcoming Sins of a Solar Empire micro-expansion, Diplomacy. Available now via Impulse for pre-order customers, Beta 2 contains major changes to the gameplay mechanics of the expansion, updated tech trees and more. For a listing of the changes, please visit the Sins of a Solar Empire forums . Pre-orders for Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy are available now for $9.95. Thi
Impulse today expands its MMO selection with the addition of Quest Online’s recently launched fantasty MMORPG Alganon ! Alganon is a fantasy-based MMORPG that allows thousands of people to play together in a virtual world that features a rich history dominated by commanding deities, powerful weapons and armor, deadly magic, epic quests, ancient places to discover, the utilization of detailed tradeskills, and more. Designed from scratch and ba
Cyber Monday sales dominated the Impulse Top 10 last week. Here's the best-selling products from between November 29th to December 5th: Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy (Pre-Order) Sins of a Solar Empire <a href="http://impulsedriven.com/troprel
Plymouth, MI - December 2, 2009 - Software developer Stardock ( www.stardock.com ) released Object Desktop 2010 today. Object Desktop is a suite of desktop enhancement programs designed to allow users to personalize the Windows experience to their liking. The programs of Object Desktop include features that enable users to completely change the look, feel, and function of Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. Object Desktop 2010 represents the l
Black Friday sales, plus the beta release of Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy resulted in lots of great deals for Impulse customers last week. Here's the best-selling products from between November 22nd to November 28th: Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy (Pre-Order) Sins of a Solar Empire Sins of
In anticipation of the upcoming science fiction film, Ubisoft presents James Cameron’s Avatar™: The Game . Step into the role of an RDA signals specialist on their way to the beautiful yet dangerous planet Pandora. Now available on Impulse! Gamers will encounter the Na’vi, Pandora’s indigenous people and discover other life forms the likes of which have never been seen in the world of video games before. When conflict erupts bet
The long holiday weekend is over, and whether you missed the Black Friday sales or not no worries, this is one Monday which you don’t want to miss! Today we have the Impulse Cyber Monday sale with many PC games and applications on sale starting at just $1.99! Time is winding down, but there is still time left to grab plenty of these great deals! Warlords Battlec
A sale on Galactic Civilizations I and the new release of Stardock's WindowBlinds 7 took the Top 10 by storm last week. Here's the best-selling products from between November 15th to November 21st: Galactic Civilizations I: Ultimate Edition Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment Demigod <
Stardock and Gas Powered Games are pleased to announce that Demigod v1.2 is now available for download. The new version includes months worth of improvements based on player feedback and adds a new Demigod to the mix - the Demon Assassin. Demigod is a real-time strategy game that combines action and role playing elements. In the game, the player takes on the role of a demigod, a single powerful being whose goal is to ascend into the pantheon of the gods. The demigod does this by ea
Each year, like most companies, Stardock puts together an internal business plan that sets up goals, objectives, and challenges that the company must address. Part of our internal business plan includes analysis of t
PLYMOUTH, MICHIGAN - November 17, 2009 - Stardock released WindowBlinds 7 today. WindowBlinds is a program that allows users to customize the user interface of Microsoft Windows. By applying "skins," WindowBlinds can easily change nearly every element of the Windows experience including the task bar, Start menu, window borders, scrollbars, push buttons, and much more. WindowBlinds 7 includes a host of new features and adds native support for Windows 7. Amongst its new feature
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