Neowin has posted an interview with Stardock CEO Brad Wardell on the coming Windows 8 and the latest app from Stardock - Start8 . First, you have been vocal on your own personal blog site that while you think Windows 8 is great, the Metro interface is not. What is it specifically about the Metro UI that
You have heard us talking about it over the past few days, and we are excited to finally let you get your hands on it! The Windows 8 Consumer Preview is available and has taken the Windows interface to a whole new level. Unfortunately, the preview did not come with a desktop feature that the world makes use of billions times a day, the "Start" menu. Luckily, we have a solution! Start8 from Stardock brings the "Start" menu back to Windows 8. This product is free and
We are excited to announce the release of the first beta for WindowFX 5. WindowFX 5 lets Windows users add animated effects and advanced window controls to your Windows desktop! Features include: Over 30 animated effects for Windows actions Over 20 Start menu animations Customized window sizing options on drag Advanced window controls for visibility, sizing, and process information and more!
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JANUARY 25 - PLYMOUTH, MI. - Stardock ( www.stardock.com ) introduced a new navigation utility for Windows today, altering the way users interact with their PC desktop. The new Tiles 1.0 is designed to assist today's increasingly savvy PC owners looking to more effectively organize their active programs, applications and documents. Tiles is available as a free download with additional features available for purchase, as well as a full vers
Pre-orders for the upcoming PC game, Elemental: Fallen Enchantress , are now available. A few things to note: Customers who are receiving FE for free or at the discounted rate will be able to upgrade to the retail box if desired. People who are eligible for the discounted price of Fallen Enchantress will also have the option to pre-order digital or boxed copies. Gifting option for Fallen
PLYMOUTH, MI. - DEC 14, 2011 - The All Father has vanished, creating an opening in the Pantheon. To fill the void, Demigods from across from the mortal world must wage war against one another in a bid to ascend to true godhood. Demigod ( www.demigodthegame.com ), the 2008 Action RTS title developed by Gas Powered Games and published by Stardock ( www.stardock.com ) is now available on Steam for $6.69 (33 per
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PLYMOUTH, MI., -- DEC 2, 2011 - Stardock ( www.stardock.com ) announced today that the award-winning 4X turn-based strategy title Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition has made its way to Steam. Stardock announced that after years of exclusivity to the Impulse digital distribution platform (now owned by GameStop) its titles would be making their way to a broader PC gaming audience. Fans can now purchase Galactic Civilizatio
PLYMOUTH, MI., - NOVEMBER 29, 2011 - Today Stardock sets out to save the holidays with Elfsquad7 , a festive retro co-op adventure side-scroller ( www.elfsquad7.com ). Available now on Xbox Live Indie Channel for only 80 Microsoft Points, Elfsquad7 is holiday family fun at its finest as you battle to save Santa from Kevin, the evil toy-building robot of the North. Stardock, a world-renowned developer and publisher of PC-exclu
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NOVEMBER 17, 2011 - PLYMOUTH, MI. - Stardock ( www.stardock.com ), the world's leading developer of Windows customization applications, has made the beta of its much-anticipated new desktop navigation utility, Tiles, available to the public. Stardock's last major new utility, Fences, has been an unqualified hit for its ability to enable users to organize their desktop icons; Tiles is designed to do the same for Windows programs and tasks. Tiles is a
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PLYMOUTH, MI., -- NOVEMBER 16, 2011 - Stardock ( www.stardock.com ) announced today that its PC strategy titles are hitting Steam starting with the real-time strategy hit Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity ($19.95, http://store.steampowered.com/app/201290 ) The Sins of a Solar Empire series has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide and swept many of the top gaming media awards, including
If you need to change your bland or boring Windows cursor theme, come check out CursorFX from Stardock. There are literally thousands of skins to download that can be applied with CursorFX. CursorFX Plus adds effects, trails, resizing, color changing, and much more. New in this update: Fix for cursor disappearing over taskbar thumbnail previews Fix for sometimes requiring a double-apply to enable a new cursor CursorFX Plus is available
Today we release DeskScapes 3.5 which is an application that lets users have animated wallpapers on their Windows desktop. These animated wallpapers (also called .dreams) can be video-based or dynamically generated for a wide variety of content. DeskScapes can also apply effects to .dreams and static wallpapers as well. New in DeskScapes 3.5: Added four new wallpaper effects (blue colors only, green colors only, red colors only, and desaturate) Added opt
WindowBlinds is a program that allows users of Windows 7, Vista, and XP to totally change the look and feel of the Windows GUI to anything they'd like by applying any of the thousands of free skins available. WindowBlinds 7.3 adds a Windows 8 skin along with a Metro skin (for registered users) as well as enhancing skinning support for Office 2010, bug fixes, and a number of other updates. The enhanced version, which allows on-the-fly recoloring of skins and access to more enhanced
Stardock is excited to announced the v1.4 update for Elemental: War of Magic! Current users can update to v1.4 via Impulse, and includes a variety of updated features and fixes. Full changelog can be found here , and here is the highlights: Max army size reduced from 12 to 6 units AI more generous about imbuing their champions Increased # of turns on many improvements from 1 turn to 3 turns</
Summer is almost over and what a summer it was! The summer started with Stardock selling its Impulse digital distribution platform to GameStop. This was the first time in Stardock's history that it has ever sold one of its business units. The reason Stardock sold Impulse was because Impulse’s success was starting to come at the expense of the other two parts of Stardock - the software and games groups which had seen resources being taken from them to put onto Impulse to
Microsoft is working on Windows 8 which will have a new experience called "Metro" that will serve as an alternative to the traditional Windows desktop. It's been optimized for tablet computing and looks phenomenal. Meanwhile, Stardock has been working for the past year on having a Metro experience on the Windows desktop. <img style="background-image: none; padding-left:
Decades of non-stop war have taken their toll on all three races vying for supremacy in our region of space. The Trader Emergency Coalition (TEC) has seen several core worlds break off and form their own independent faction. Similar movements have taken place within the Advent and even the Vasari are seeing the formation of a new faction. The rebellions have caused a frightening escalation in the arms race. Now, super battleships, called Titans have begun to be constructed. These imme
The world of Elemental is a dangerous place. The landscape wasn't just ruined by the Cataclysm. The vast magic unleashed in the epic final battle of the Titans a century ago let loose all manner of cunning and powerful creatures across the land. There is only one hope for the world - you must find the last of the first Channelers, the Oracle Ceresa. Only this powerful Enchantress can heal the hurts of the world. But it won't be easy. <a href="https://draginol.stardock.net/imag
Stardock Entertainment and Ironclad Games are pleased to announce the release of Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity/Diplomacy v1.32. The update is now available for all registered customers via the Impulse client (http://www.impulsedriven.com). Special thanks to all the gamers who provided feedback for this patch! For more Sins of a Solar Empire, please visit www.sinsofasolarempire.com . The changelog for v1.32:
Stardock is excited to announce the release of the v1.3 update for Elemental: War of Magic . Current customers can update to the latest version via Impulse, and this update includes a variety of updated features and fixes. Full changelog is available here , but here are some highlights: Economy tweaked and fix for out of control population AI
The life of poor Alice hasn’t gone well since her time in the asylum. Now, a decade later she’s beginning her climb out of insanity when she’s suddenly thrust back into a demented wonderland in Alice: Madness Returns , the sequel to American McGee’s Alice. Available now on Impulse. Eleven years ago a horrific fire took Alice’s family from her and left her mind horrifically scarred. Afterwards she was confined to Rutledge Asylum, where
The end of the world came, and went. Now, the remnants of humanity live in underground communities and are about to face a threat like none they’ve ever known in Metro 2033 . Available now worldwide on Impulse. In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the earth’s surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow undergroun
Enter a new world in Dreamscape , a new RPG from Aldorlea Games, available now world-wide on Impulse. Just a normal day. Erin was quite happy how things were, studying biology and off to see her boyfriend. He, however, was about to change everything. Dreamscape is available now for $19.99. For more information, visit http://impulsedriven.com/dreamscape
Conquer the colonial 19th Century world in Pride of Nations , the newest epic strategy title from Paradox Interactive. Pride of Nations is a turn-based historical strategy game set in the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country and guides it through industrialization, military conquest, and colonization. Pride of Nations is available now for $19.99 / 19.99 EUR / 14.99 GBP. For more in
Fifty years have passed since your grandfather, Alec Mason, liberated Mars, but unrest continues. Take up the role of Darius Mason in Red Faction: Armageddon , the latest installment in the world-destroying Red Faction series from THQ and Volition. When the massive Terraformer that supplies Mars with its Earth-like air and weather is destroyed, the atmosphere turns to chaos, super-tornados and lightning storms engulf the planet. To s