Fallen Enchantress Beta 2 is now available, and any customers who have previously pre-ordered FE will have access to the beta.  Also, any one who pre-orders going forward will also get access to the beta. Beta downloads can be found at download.stardock.com . You can pre-order Fallen Enchantress here - http://elementalgame.com/fallen-enchantress/purchase

Demigod is now available for purchase on GameFly, formerly known as Direct2Drive. http://www.gamefly.com/Download-Demigod/5003430/

Galactic Civilizations II Ultimate is now available for purchase on GameFly, also recently known as Direct2Drive. http://www.gamefly.com/Download-Galactic-Civilizations-II-Ultimate-Edition/5003432/  

Just about every month we send out a newsletter called WinCustomize Magazine which highlights some of the most important and popular news on WinCustomize.  This also includes top skins, tutorials, and anything else we think you might find interesting. You can signup and manage your subscriptions here. https://www.stardock.com/subscriptions.asp

The folks at GameSpy were able to give Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion for a quick spin, and they have posted their preview with their initial impressions. “The model for the space combat in Sins of a Solar Empire was the Battle of Endor in Return of the Jedi, says Ironclad co-founder Blair Fraser. "We really wanted to have that feeling of the Star Destroyer flying overhead, where you can see all the little details." Sins got pretty close, and thanks to an engine overhaul, ...

Irconclad Games, the creators of the ever popular Sins of a Solar Empire have unveiled their new project – Sins of a Dark Age! “Years ago Ironclad began with 5 people and the ambitious goal of creating a unique mix of real-time and 4x strategy. After years of sweating it out in a basement and being constantly rejected by publishers, we finally struck a deal, got an office, expanded to 10 people and released the highly acclaimed Sins of a Solar Empire. Fans and critics loved it so we ke...

I know some of you are students, so I wanted to pass along a sale that was in my inbox.  Adobe is offering 80% off software including the Creative Suites for students/teachers. Link Promo code SAVE80EDU . Ends March 3, 2012. With this you can get full Creative Suites for under $100.  

Hey, remember the controversy about ANWR.  Remember how enviro-wackos and the liberals told us it would take 10 years to feel the effects of drilling at the pumps? Yeah?  Well it was 10 years ago that they said that. Thanks again!  

Good morning folks!  Lets take a peek at some of the skins that made their way into the WinCustomize gallery this weekend.  

This is one of my favorite features of WindowFX , although there are many cool features which are equally as cool. Many people think WindowFX is only about animating windows and the start menu on your Windows PC desktop. Sure, that’s a big part of it but there’s other things that are especially useful as well. Let's look at what you can do using your middle mouse button. You can set WindowFX to enable a flip feature where when you press the middle mouse button the window will &ld...

Lets take a few moments and look at some of the desktop wallpapers that have recently come into WinCustomize.  There’s all types of styles and shouldn’t be too hard to find one to match your desktop look. ...

Tiles is one of the newest apps from Stardock that lets you take control of windows and running applications on your Windows desktop.  Tiles places a customizable sidebar on the edge of your screen where you can view and interact with applications running.  There are a bunch of options and configurations for Tiles that lets it work the way you want it to, making organization easy to do. One of the ways I personally use Tiles is to use it a “virtual” desktop.&nbs...

We have excited to present the first trailer for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion!  Via GameSpy : More Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Videos

The latest edition of This Week in Skinning is up!  A new Master WindowBlinds skin, animated wallpaper, CursorFX themes, and more! https://forums.wincustomize.com/417597  

Happy Friday everyone!  This was a great week as we saw the first beta release of the very cool WindowFX 5, which you can get more info about here . I have been having a great time with it on my PC’s and I really like the start menu animations.  Otherwise we had another good week of skins including a new Master skin from Xiandi . Now for this weeks picks!   Nitro tech by Libardo You are missing out if you are not using CursorFX and downl...