After a bit of a hiatus, the Impulse Weekly Top 10 returns! Here's the best-selling products from the ImpulseDriven.com store based on customer sales between September 6th to September 12th: Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment Demigod Sins of
Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are pleased to announce pre-orders for the upcoming Sins of a Solar Empire micro-expansion, Diplomacy. After 25 years of war, some elements of the TEC, Vasari and Advent have grown weary of conflict and desperately seek a respite. The decision is made to attempt peaceful negotiations to end the wars, but others view this new effort at diplomacy as the perfect means to destroy their enemies from within. Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy will ad
Stardock is pleased to announce that the Ready to Play beta is about to begin. Ready to Play is a revolutionary new program that enables gamers to create an on-line gaming profile of themselves after which Ready to Play will produce a "recommended friends" list. Then, when the player is ready to play a particular game, they can broadcast to any available friends or recommended friends that they are about to launch a particular game and join in. "If you've ever had a bad experience
PLYMOUTH, MI -- (Sept 9, 2009) - Software developer Stardock ( www.stardock.com ) revealed the fourth phase of its popular digital download platform, Impulse, today ( www.impulsedriven.com ). Impulse enables users to quickly purchase, download, install and update any of thousands of available games, applications, and utilities to their machine. Once purchased, the program becomes associated with th
The Penny Arcade Expo 2009 , also known as PAX, is about to get underway in Seattle, WA. The Stardock crew arrived this morning and are getting ready for the event which runs until Sept. 6. PAX is a three day "festival" where gamers come to see the latest and greatest that game companies have to offer. If you are attending PAX, be sure to stop by the Stardock booth #1142 . We will
PLYMOUTH, MI - ( September 2, 2009 ) - Stardock ( www.stardock.com ) and NVIDIA Corporation announced today the Impulse 'NVIDIA Edition' which features Stardock's digital download platform, Impulse, specially branded for NVIDIA users. With the new NVIDIA Edition, gamers will be able to buy the latest games, be informed of updated NVIDIA drivers and get the latest gaming news all through a single desktop application. The companies expect
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Continue the fight to win World War II in Hearts of Iron 2 Doomsday and the Armageddon Booster pack from Paradox Interactive. Hearts of Iron 2 Doomsday - As the German war machine falls, two great nations rise to claim power. In the West, there is the United States, leader of the allied nations, and in the East lies the Soviet Union under communist rule. As both nations attempt to claim superiority, a new war is waiting around the corner; this time, the conflict
Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun and its expansion pack, Victoria Revolutions, are now available on Impulse! Take command of an aspiring empire in Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun as you work to secure your dominance over the entire world through military, diplomatic and economic means. Begin your conquest in the early 19th century and shepherd it to greatness through the dawn of the 20th century! Strategy gamers can continue their quest for dominance with Victoria: Revol
The weekend gets closer and closer, and it's that time of the week where you can grab some delicious deals from Impulse to satisfy your gaming needs! You can get more information about Impulse, and your free download at www.impulsedriven.com . Now for this weeks deals! <a href="http://www.impulsedriven.
Starting today, Impulse is taking pre-orders for two hot upcoming titles from Ubisoft. Tackle a tough murder with the CSI team in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation™: Deadly Intent and take to the skies to fight the major European aerial battles of World War II in Heroes over Europe . CSI: Crime Scene Investigation™: Deadly Intent - F
Stardock Design launched the MyColors Gloss Packs today. In total, five Gloss Packs were released each containing 3 MyColors themes in a pack. MyColors is an "all-in-one" solution for customizing your desktop, as no extra software is required to use these themes. Each MyColors theme includes a custom visual style which changes your Windows taskbars, start button, and more. They also including matching icon sets a
Another weeks speeds by and before you know it, it's time for the next Impulse Weekend Sale! Grab some games to add to your current collections, and know that you can always download them from Impulse and not worry about losing the box. Check out this weekends sale! <img src="http://www.impulsed
We are happy to offer the latest free MyColors theme to Object Desktop subscribers! This one is an entire pack of free themes from the Gloss series. Object Desktop subscribers can download them via Impulse in the "My Software" area. If you don't have Impulse, get it from www.impulsedriven.com . <img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" src="https://www.stard
Dell made a really cool announcement yesterday . "If you've got young kids at home like I do, you know the answer to that question is the one and only SpongeBob SquarePants . I'm betting you can probably sing the rest of the theme song as well. Why am I talking about this? Be
Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor has received an update bringing it to version 2.03. This also applies to the Ultimate Edition and Endless Universe as well. Updates can be downloaded now via Impulse . Change log: Minor adjustments to tech tree costs Arceans more aggressive at colonizing Terrans build up military sooner Fleet window crash bug fix Misc other updates and
Kalypso Media's upcoming action-RPG, Time of Shadows (Dawn of Magic 2), is now available for pre-order via Impulse. As a special incentive, all those pre-ordering the game will get 10% off until it's released. In Time of Shadows, 10 years have passed since the undead lord, Modo, has been destroyed. His minions have returned to avenge his death, shattering the short-lived fragile peace of the world. Using your magical skills and over 100 freely combinable spells, you must once again
Stardock is excited to announce the release of Beta 2 for WindowBlinds 7. WindowBlinds is an application that lets users change the look and feel of Windows XP, Vista, and now Windows 7 by applying themes (also known as skins). This latest beta release introduces a wide range of improvements and features over earlier betas. This beta 2 update includes: Live previews. See the changes you make in settings in real-time Completely new user
Plymouth, MI- (July 28, 2009) - Stardock ( www.stardock.com ) announced today that the demo for Gas Powered Games' RTS game, Demigod ( www.demigodthegame.com ), is now available for download. The demo features online Internet multiplayer games, the Cataract map and four playable Demigods (Regulus, Rook, Sedna and Lord Erebus.) All of the gameplay modes (Conquest, Dominate, Fortress and Slaughter) in Demigod are ava
Where has this week gone? I can't believe we are already at the end of the week! That's OK though, because that means our Impulse Weekend Buys are live and ready to go. Check out this weekends deals! <img src="http://www.impulsedriven.com/ads/default/images/weekendbuys/ImpulseBuys_Cr
Plymouth, MI- (July 28, 2009) – Stardock ( www.stardock.com ) announced today that its Impulse ( www.impulsedriven.com ) digital download platform and the popular MyColors desktop theme software application for Windows® have been certified by Microsoft as having successfully passed the "Compatible for Windows 7" certification program. With Impulse, users purchase their game and can then immediately
The end of the week is rapidly approaching, and two good things always come. The weekend, and Impulse Weekend Buys! We have some big sales, including bundles and sales on complete catalog titles in the Impulse store. Check what's on sale this weekend! <img src="http://www.impulsedriven.c
Paradox Interactive is celebrating its 10 year anniversary this week. With that they are having a 50% off sale on all catalog titles in the Impulse Store. Now is a great chance to pickup some fantastic games for a low price. Link - http://www.impulsedriven.com/paradox_sale.aspx <img s
Stardock is excited to announce the beta of a new application, Tweak 7, which is designed to allow users the opportunity to optimize the performance and behavior of Microsoft Windows 7. Tweak7 was created with both casual users and power users in mind. Tweak7's key features include performance optimizing, start-up program management, program identification, benchmarking, security tweaking, Cost of Use reports, Carbon Footprint analysis and user profiles. Features include:</
This weekend's sale on Impulse is still going, and you still have a chance to pickup some great games at a great price! You really don't want to miss out on the Red Faction Guerrilla Special Pre-order, which also includes Red Faction 1 & 2 for free! Check out this weeks deals. <img src="http://www
Why is this in Stardock News? That is a question you might be asking, and in case you didn't know Stardock is based out of the beautiful Plymouth, Michigan. One of the reasons Plymouth made this list, is because of the upcoming job market here. Oh by the way, did we mention Stardock is hiring as well? Relocation to Plymouth is required, but after reading how it's number 28 on the list, I'm sure you won't be hesitant anymore. If you are interested, be sure to send your resume to jobs@st