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Meridian4 Anniversary Sale Extended to July 19th! in Press Room Stardock Forums

Last week we told you about the HUGE sale Impulse is having to commemorate Meridian4's 5 year anniversary. That sale included a bundle of over 30 games for just $79.99, plus 50% every Meridian4 game in the Impulse Store. The great news today is that the sale has been extended to July 19th, so it's not too late to grab the bundle or one of these fantastic games for a great price! As a reminder, the Meridian4 bundle pack includes: The Meridian4 Complete Pack i

Crusader Kings & Crusader Kings: Deus Vult Now Available in Press Room Stardock Forums

Conquer medieval Europe in Crusader Kings and its expansion, Crusader Kings Deus Vult from Paradox Interactive, now available on Impulse. Based on the Europa Universalis engine, Crusader Kings & Deus Vult lets you take control of one of the Great Christian Dynasties of Europe as you struggle to conquer the known world. Crusader Kings is available for $9.99, for more information visit <a title="http://impulsedriven.com/crusaderkings" href="http://impulsedriven.com/crusaderking

Meridian4 Mega Sale is On! in Press Room Stardock Forums

If you are looking for a bundle of great games to play, we have what you are looking for with the Meridian4 Complete Pack . This bundle includes over 30 games from Meridian4, and you get all this for just $79.99! You will be saving over $360 when purchasing this bundle instead of purchasing each game on its own. The Meridian4 Complete Pack includes: Al Emmo and th

Big Impulse Weekend Sale Begins in Press Room Stardock Forums

The holiday weekend is approaching, and we are starting our weekend Impulse sale early, and making it even bigger than usual! I believe this is the biggest sale we have had so far, and we have a huge list of both games and applications on sale through the weekend. See all the details about this sale, and grab your free download of the Impulse client at www.impulsedriven.com .

IconPackager 5 - Beta 1 in Press Room Stardock Forums

Stardock is excited to announce the availability of IconPackager 5 – Beta 1 today! IconPackager is an application that allows Windows users to change the icons in Windows Vista, XP, and now, Windows 7. This is the first release of IconPackager for Windows 7, and the goal of this release is to get IconPackager working on Windows 7, and then add the “pretty stuff” later in development. All but one of the new Windows 7 icons should be skinnable though.

Demigod Version 1.1 Now Available in Press Room Stardock Forums

PLYMOUTH, MI (June 24, 2009) - Stardock ( www.stardock.com ) announced today today that the first major update to Gas Powered Games' Demigod ( www.demigodthegame.com ) is now available for download. Users will have the option to automatically install the updates via Stardock's digital distribution platform, Impulse ( www.impulsedriven.com ). Demigod is th

Auran’s Trains Series Comes to Impulse in Press Room Stardock Forums

Ride the rails in Trainz Classics 1 & 2, Trainz Classics 3 and Trainz Simulator 2009 World Builder Edition from Auran & N3VRF41L Publishing. Combined, these three titles represent some of the most detailed and complete train simulations available. For more information on each game… Trainz Classics 1 & 2 - $19.99 http://www.impulsedriven.com/trainzclassics12 <p

Sins of a Solar Empire v1.17 and Entrenchment v1.03 Released in Press Room Stardock Forums

The v1.17 update for Sins of a Solar Empire , and the v1.03 update for Entrenchment are now available! These updates can be obtained via Stardock's Impulse . Highlights of these updates include: Rebalanced all races' carrier cruisers to help prevent "kiting" ar

HP's MTV Artist Edition PC Harness's Stardock's MyColors Technology in Press Room Stardock Forums

PLYMOUTH, MI (June 9, 2009) - Stardock ( www.stardock.com ) announced today that Hewlett-Packard's (HP) MTV Artist Edition, the first of a series of special edition PCs that will feature custom user interfaces, utilizes Stardock's MyColors technology. MyColors provides a quick and easy way to transform the entire user interface of Windows PCs with a few simple clicks. HP is the first to leverage MyColors to bring a more immersive customization exper

Demigod v1.01 Released in Press Room Stardock Forums

Stardock has released an updated version of Gas Powered Games popular PC action/strategy game Demigod today.In Demigod, players take on the role of a powerful demigod whose objective is to defeat similarly powerful opponents in a quest to ascend into the pantheon of the gods. The game features single player tournaments and skirmish as well as a persistent on-line tournament where players can compete in ranked or unranked games in a variety of ways. The new version of Demigo

World of Warcraft Desktop Updated! in Press Room Stardock Forums

Stardock has released an update to the official World of Warcraft Desktop. The suite, created by Stardock Design with both original artwork and in-game interface graphics from Blizzard's popular massively multiplayer game. The World of Warcraft Desktop uses the MyColors theme manager to apply the WoW suite, without the installation of any other applications. The WoW MyColors suite includes an updated visual style, with sup

LogonStudio 1.5 Released in Press Room Stardock Forums

Stardock is excited to release LogonStudio 1.5. LogonStudio is an application that allows you to easily change the Windows logon screen in Windows Vista. There are thousands of logons available for download from WinCustomize.com , and creating your own logon is as easy as dragging and dropping an image into LogonStudio. This update includes: Right-click context menu on logons Easily use current wallpaper as a

Demigod released! in Press Room Stardock Forums

PLYMOUTH, MI (APRIL 14, 2009) - Stardock ( www.stardock.com ) announced today that its much anticipated PC real-time action strategy game, Demigod is now available for purchase at most retail outlets in North America as well as available worldwide digitally via Impulse at the same price ($39.95) no matter where the person is located. Developed by renowned gaming studio Gas Powered Games, Demigod lets players take control of an immensely p

Stardock's Impulse Phase 3 Complete: New User Interface, Features and Impulse Reactor Developer Tools Now Available in Press Room Stardock Forums

PLYMOUTH , MI (APRIL 7, 2009) - Stardock ( www.stardock.com ) announced the third major update to its digital distribution platform, Impulse today. Known as Impulse: Phase 3, the update includes a host of new features. Impulse Phase 3 includes five major new features that developer Stardock believes will be compelling to both PC users and software publishers. These new features are: The Impulse client

Rising to the Pantheon: Demigod Goes Gold in Press Room Stardock Forums

PLYMOUTH, MI (APRIL 6, 2009) - Stardock ( www.stardock.com ) announced today that the highly anticipated real-time action strategy PC game, Demigod, has gone gold. Demigod is set to hit store shelves in North America on April 14 and will also be available for download on Stardock's digital distribution platform Impulse ( www.impulsedriven.com ). Pre-orders are now available on Impulse for both the standard ed

Stardock's Impulse Exceeds One Million Customers in Press Room Stardock Forums

PLYMOUTH, MI - MARCH 31, 2009 - Stardock announced that its digital download platform, Impulse has exceeded one million customers since its launch last summer. Impulse ( www.impulsedriven.com ) enables users to purchase and download PC software including games, utilities and applications. The nine-month-old Impulse platform now boasts games from THQ, 2KGames, Atari, Capcom, Dreamcatcher, Epic, Paradox as well as numerous new applications, utili

Stardock throws GOO on DRM in Press Room Stardock Forums

PLYMOUTH, MI, March 25, 2009 - Stardock announced today that the forthcoming update to its digital distribution platform, Impulse, will include a new technology aimed to pave the way to solving some of the common complaints of digital distribution. The new technology, known as Game Object Obfuscation (Goo), is a tool that allows developers to encapsulate their game executable into a container that includes the original executable plus Impulse Reactor, Stardock's virtual platf

WindowBlinds 6.4 Update Released in Press Room Stardock Forums

An update to WindowBlinds is available today bringing it to version 6.4.110. WindowBlinds is an application that allows you to completely change the look and feel of Windows XP and Vista by applying visual styles, also known as skins, that change the Graphical User Interface of Windows. Thousands of skins are available for download on WinCustomize.com, and WindowBlinds is safe to use as it does not alter or patch any system files. This update brings: Updates for Safari,

Grand Ages: Rome Now Available Worldwide! in Press Room Stardock Forums

Grand Ages: Rome, the newest city building strategy game from Haemimont Games is now available to all customers world-wide on Impulse. Raise massive armies and embark on epic campaigns to expand the Empire and take control of the known world! Engage in grand-scale city building and create magnificent cities with creativity and control like never before. Intuitive controls make it easy to launch bone-crushing combat missions and manage every aspect of your thriving civilization. <

Stardocks Impulse Nears Millionth User in Press Room Stardock Forums

PLYMOUTH, MI - MARCH 17, 2009 - Stardock Corporation announced that its digital download platform, Impulse has grown to close to a million users since its launch last summer. Impulse ( www.impulsedriven.com ) enables users to purchase and download PC software including games, utilities and applications. The nine-month-old Impulse platform now boasts games from THQ, 2KGames, Atari, Capcom, Dreamcatcher, Epic, Paradox as well as numerous new appli

IconDeveloper 2.11 Released in Press Room Stardock Forums

Today, Stardock has released IconDeveloper 2.11. IconDeveloper is an application that lets you create your own Windows icons. IconDeveloper creates these icons from images imported from your favorite graphics editor, and can quickly create icons of various sizes for Windows XP and Vista. IconDeveloper not only creates new icons, but it can also edit existing icons with features such as recoloring, batch conversions, add new sizes, and more. It also integrates into the Windows shell

BootSkin 1.02 Now Available in Press Room Stardock Forums

Stardock is excited to announce the release of BootSkin 1.02. BootSkin is an application that allows users to change and create custom boot screens for Windows Vista. Unlike Windows XP boot screens, Vista boot screens are high-resolution and high-color to give you a much higher quality image. BootSkin is now available as a free stand-alone download, which will allow users to change their boot screen to one of many available for download on <a href="https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.a

DeskScapes 2.5 now available! in Press Room Stardock Forums

DeskScapes 2.5 has been released today by Stardock. DeskScapes is an application which lets you run animated wallpapers, also called .dreams, on your Windows desktop. It used to be that only Windows Vista Ultimate users could take advantage of a feature like this, but DeskScapes opens this up to users of all versions of Windows Vista, and Windows XP! DeskScapes also goes beyond just playing videos as wallpapers, as it can also display dynamically generated content, .dreams activated

Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment Ready for Action in Press Room Stardock Forums

PLYMOUTH, MI (FEBRUARY 25, 2009) - Stardock Entertainment ( www.stardock.com ) announced today that the micro-expansion to Ironclad's Strategy Game of the Year, Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment , is now ready for download on Stardock's digital download platform, Impulse. Fans that have the original Sins of a Solar Empire installed on their PCs can now purchase the title for $9.95 at <a href="http://www.impul

IconPackager 4.2 is Released in Press Room Stardock Forums

Stardock is excited to announce the release of IconPackager 4.2 today. IconPackager is an application that lets Windows users change the default icons to the thousands available for download. IconPackager does this by applying "sets" of icon packs that can contain up to hundreds of icons. IP also integrates into the Windows shell letting a user change specific icons by selecting the option through the right-click menu. IconPackager on Windows Vista also takes advantage of the Live F