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TopWare Interactive Delivers Games via TotalGaming.net in Press Room Stardock Forums

Plymouth, MI- (January 26, 2006) – Stardock Entertainment and TopWare Interactive today announced the companies have reached an agreement to bring many of TopWare’s best-selling games to the TotalGaming.net online distribution service. Under the agreement, acclaimed titles like Xpand Rally will be sold via TotalGaming.net at a significant savings over the shrink-wrapped boxed games. Products will become available via TotalGaming.net at regular intervals in the coming weeks, with Earth 215

Galactic Civilizations II: Human Drengin Wars in Press Room Stardock Forums

We're in the final stages of Galactic Civilizations II's development cycle. If you want to see some of the fine tuning, check out the Developer Journals. Tonight we log how we fine tune the computer AI in various ways. Galactic Civilizations II will be available at most retailers at the end of February.

GalCiv II: Drengin / Human Wars in Press Room Stardock Forums

We're in the final stages of Galactic Civilizations II's development cycle. If you want to see some of the fine tuning, check out the Developer Journals. Tonight we log how we fine tune the computer AI in various ways.

Woize International Chooses DirectSkin From Stardock in Press Room Stardock Forums

Woize Ltd. is the latest company to choose DirectSkin from Stardock to develop skinnable applications. “Being able to customize the look and feel of our solution is core to our business model,” said Anders Halldin, co-founder and CEO of Woize International Ltd. “We selected DirectSkin from Stardock because it is clearly the premier product for creating skinnable applications. DirectSkin is used by such prestigious companies as ATI, Reuters, Autodesk and others. By choosing DirectSki

PowerUser.TV meets Microsoft in Press Room Stardock Forums

PowerUser.TV has a new episode and it's a big one! This week we travel to Las Vegas for the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show. We recorded at the Microsoft booth and got to interview Jenny Lam and Chuck Cummins about what’s new with the User Interface in Vista. If you are into customizing your computer, you can’t miss this! Plus we talk with Marcel (Redmak) Klu

ETROM: The Astral Essence Coming to TotalGaming.net in Press Room Stardock Forums

Plymouth, MI- (December 22, 2005) – Stardock Corporation announced today that it had reached an agreement to bring ETROM: The Astral Essence, the fast-paced action-RPG from P.M. Studios, to the company’s progressive TotalGaming.net game-distribution service. ETROM: The Astral Essence takes players on a thrilling open-ended adventure to a bleak, futuristic world, where survival is earned, rather than expected. Scheduled for release in February 2006, ETROM will be available at TotalGa

Betanews Holiday Gift Guide! in Press Room Stardock Forums

Betanews has put up their annual Holiday Gift Guide. The Betanews Holiday Gift Guide is amongst the best gift guides on the net with recommendations to satisfy nearly any power user. With recommendations ranging from the BeyondTV to Nokia's Internet Tablet, it's got i

Desktop Pet released! in Press Room Stardock Forums

Just in time for Christmas, Stardock has released the Desktop Pet. The Desktop Pet lives on your Windows XP desktop. He will interact with various included desktop objects. A sophisticated artificial intelligence

Free Christmas games! in Press Room Stardock Forums

Stardock has released a set of free Christmas games. Fun for the entire family, the games include Northpole Shodown where you play as a couple of elves who must save Santa, Elves Inc. and Stack n Sack. Available for play over at TotalGaming.net Try them for yourself.

WindowBlinds 5 now available! in Press Room Stardock Forums

Stardock has released WindowBlinds 5 to the public today. WindowBlinds allows users to completely alter the look and feel of the Windows interface by applying visual styles (skins) to title bars, buttons, the Start bar, borders and more. Consumers customize nearly everything else in their environments: their cars, homes, clothing and cell phones are based on their personal prefe

WindowBlinds 5 released in Press Room Stardock Forums

Stardock has released WindowBlinds 5 to the public today. WindowBlinds allows users to completely alter the look and feel of the Windows interface by applying visual styles (skins) to title bars, buttons, the Start bar, borders and more. Consumers customize nearly everything else in their environments: their cars, homes, clothing and cell phones are based on their personal preferences

The State of Stardock 2005 in Press Room Stardock Forums

In a couple of weeks Stardock will be celebrating the 6th anniversary of the official release of Object Desktop for Windows. And between now and the end of January, there will be a lot of updates and changes we hope. - Brad Here's a summary: <TABLE id=table1 width="100%" borde

The Skinning Primer in Press Room Stardock Forums

Stardock's Brad Wardell has gone through nearly every major Windows customization program to put together a comprehensive guide to how to customize your Windows PC. Outside computers, people customize nearly everything about their lives to match their own needs and tastes. Yet computers, particularly Windows desktops, are amazingly uniform despite the fact people spend long hours in front of them. Microsoft has traditionally limited the amount of customization options that come with

TotalGaming.net Expanded with BS Hacker Replay in Press Room Stardock Forums

Plymouth, MI- (November 18, 2005) – Stardock Entertainment today released the unique hacking simulation game BS Hacker Replay - Unlimited at TotalGaming.net. The latest in a string of innovative titles released via Stardock’s online game-distribution system, BS Hacker thrusts players into the underground realm of the hacker, where they must use cunning and skill to progress through various thrilling adventures. Developed by ExoSyphen Studios, BS Hacker Replay – Unlimited fe

GameHouse / Real Games Now on TotalGaming.net in Press Room Stardock Forums

Plymouth, MI- (November 16, 2005) – Stardock Entertainment has partnered with GameHouse/Real Arcade to make several of their best-selling hits available through Stardock’s TotalGaming.net service. Games covered by the agreement include such popular titles as Luxor, Mad Caps, Feeding Frenzy, Pizza Frenzy and Turtle Bay, all of which are now available at TotalGaming.net. Luxor : One of the most popular action-puzzle

Space Hack Lands on TotalGaming.net in Press Room Stardock Forums

Plymouth, MI- (November 10, 2005) – Stardock Entertainment has expanded its TotalGaming.net game-distribution service with Meridian 4’s hit sci-fi action-RPG, Space Hack. The game fuses Diablo-inspired gameplay and stellar 3D graphics to create a science fiction epic that puts players in the role of Space Hack, a tough ex-military man struggling to reach safety after his ship is boarded by a horde of alien creatures. Developed by Rebelmind, Space Hack features 80-100 hours

WindowBlinds 5: Beta 2 released in Press Room Stardock Forums

Stardock has released WindowBlinds 5 beta 2 this week. WindowBlinds 5 is designed to customize the look & feel of the Windows GUI. The new version has been completely re-architected to be significantly faster, have more features, and provide new effects for skinners. Bet

Tribal Trouble Invades TotalGaming.net in Press Room Stardock Forums

Plymouth, MI- (October 26, 2005) – Stardock Entertainment has added the real-time strategy game Tribal Trouble to its online game-distribution system, TotalGaming.net. In Tribal Trouble, a gang of Viking raiders is lost on the high sea following their latest successful pillaging trip, soon finding themselves stranded on a small group of tropical islands. The Vikings’ decision to remain on the island draws the ire of the island natives and a raucous battle ensues. Tribal T

GEOM Connects to TotalGaming.net in Press Room Stardock Forums

Plymouth, MI- (October 14, 2005) – Stardock Entertainment has announced the addition of the puzzle game GEOM to its online game distribution system, TotalGaming.net. Developed by UK-based IndiePath, GEOM takes the classic style matching game to another dimension for players of all ages. Rotate the geometric shapes to match colored connectors and complete the GEOMs. Featuring 202 levels constructed of intricate geometric tessellations, four modes of gameplay and crisp-clean im

WordWars Now on TotalGaming.net in Press Room Stardock Forums

Plymouth, MI- (October 6, 2005) – Stardock Entertainment has announced the addition of the puzzle game WordWars to its online game distribution system, TotalGaming.net. WordWars is the world’s most violent word game. Imagine the old favorite board and tile-based word game with the full alphabet and blank tiles that act as wildcards. Now add two more "blank" tiles: the bomb tile, and the poison tile. When an opponent plays off of a bomb tile, it explodes...and takes any ad

WindowBlinds 5 Beta released in Press Room Stardock Forums

Stardock has released the first BETA of WindowBlinds 5. WindowBlinds is a program that can completely alter the look and feel of the Windows GUI. It does so by applying visual styles (skins) to your title bars, push buttons, Start bar, borders, etc. The most anticipat

Trash Makes Its Mark on TotalGaming.net in Press Room Stardock Forums

Plymouth, MI- (September 29, 2005) – Game publisher Stardock Entertainment today announced the addition of the new real-time strategy game Trash to its online game distribution system, TotalGaming.net. In the distant future, war has wiped out most of the human race and mutated some of those who survived. With civilization on the brink of destruction, humans and mutants battle one another for their very existence over the only resource left to them: trash. Develop

Official ASUS Desktop Theme Available in Press Room Stardock Forums

Plymouth, MI- (September 23 rd , 2005) – Stardock, ASUSTek Computer and NVIDIA have partnered together to offer PC users around the world a free ASUS desktop theme. ASUS plans to include the theme, along with all the software needed to transform a Windows XP PC desktop, in the retail box versions of ASUS award-winning line of graphics cards. ASUS is looking at expanding the offering to their line of motherboards and other products. NVIDIA is a s

Xeno Assault II Promises New Action for TotalGaming.net in Press Room Stardock Forums

Plymouth, MI- (September 22, 2005) – Game publisher Stardock Entertainment announces the addition of the popular action/shooter, Xeno Assault II, to its electronic distribution system TotalGaming.net. Xeno Assault II picks up from where its high-praised predecessor left off, with action-filled gameplay and non-stop excitement. Based on the popular galaga-genre, Xeno Assault II features 15 powerful weapons, 10 huge alien bosses, 38 unique alien ships, and 100 levels in each

Astral Masters 1.2 Released in Press Room Stardock Forums

Plymouth, MI- (September 20, 2005) – Stardock Entertainment has released a new version of the popular fantasy card game, Astral Masters, available on the electronic distribution system TotalGaming.net. Developed by Apus Software, Astral Masters is the spiritual successor to Astral Tournament, which was released in September 2002. The version 1.2 update includes: Multiplayer over the Internet via Apus Software’s Astral Masters game server Eight