Yes, it does! 

is it working under STARTMETRO i barely see my desktop anymore  would be cool

Windows 8 DOES need Deskscapes 4.  It's already past the middle of January 2013 and NO word yet?

Windows 8 DOES need Deskscapes 4.

cmon, all that work done by amitsaran and the others

dont let it go to waste

windows is the coolest OS, and stardock and deskcapes is the icing on the cake

we dont need it for Windows RT, but for regular Windows , WE NEED IT!

THANKS

What?  You guys aren't unning a private, internal-only beta?

I don't know how people manage without those.

Where's mine?....

Something like this:

Now, you guys are just showing off.

Nice pic Brad.  But don't you find some of the colors in the included wallpaper hard to match your mood?  I used to on Win8 . . but not as much anymore.

....still can't see mine....

Just for clarification for members/customers:

Will Deskscapes 8 (which looks absolutely brilliant  ) work on Windows 7?

Will new/additional drivers/codecs be needed?

Yes it will work on Windows 7 though it is now called DeskScapes 8 not 4.

On Windows 8 if you want to play MPEG2 based dreams you would need a codec (Part of the Windows 8 Pro Media pack - free right now for Win8 Pro owners, $9.99 from Friday on, but again only for Win8 Pro not non Pro), but for the other dreams everything works as before.  Windows 7 has a MPEG2 codec so those will work too. 

No new drivers should be needed.

a little off-topic trivia for those interested in "skinning history":

this Windows 8 default wallpaper was done by Marius Bauer aka Imrik from customize.org. you can see how the sun looks pretty much like the sun he did for the GAIA 10 Rainmeter weather skin.

a little more info on his blog: http://mariusbauer.com/behance/5735155

Will the open beta be released today