The first thing I noticed today when checking out WinCustomize was the several new wallpapers that are in the galleries.  Lets take just a moment and highlight some of the latest! Birth – Blues and Greens by DEVIT   The Beach by inthebloodofeden   Wildflowers by ernie leo   Thousand Lakes by Whalecore

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 more reactive about updating strategy when a target city has been conquered / destroyed Janusk has been removed. Goodbye old friend. See ...

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 more reactive about updating strategy when a target city has been conquered / destroyed Janusk has been removed. Goodbye old friend. See ...

I hope you had a great weekend, and to get things started lets take a look at new skins available on WinCustomize!

A new beta for Tiles is also available today.  This update brings some improvements to the UI, and updates to the help files.  Current users can update Tiles via Impulse. For more information about Tiles, please visit the Tiles website. https://www.stardock.com/products/tiles/  

A beta update is available for WindowBlinds 7.  This update fixes an issue with the latest Thunderbird update that some users may be experiencing.  Users who wish to update to this beta release can do so via Impulse. If you are looking for the easiest and best way to customize the appearance of your Windows desktop, then be sure to check out all the information about WindowBlinds here. https://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/

RTSguru.com has published a list of the best space-based 4x strategy games, and has included Galactic Civilizations II and Sins of a Solar Empire in their list! What do you think about the choices? http://www.rtsguru.com/features/160/The-List-Best-Space-Based-4X-Strategy-Games.html 2) Sins of a Solar Empire – I’m including this one even if the developers didn’t/don’t really consider it strictly a 4X game, they prefer the tag of RT4X. Which, I guess I kinda get t...

Maybe that’s not the greatest title, but as you may already know I like when a bunch of skins come out based on a WB skin, or just an idea from the community.  Jingo is a skin made for WindowBlinds by Master skinner essorant, and I have seen some fantastic looking skins that are perfect with the WB skin, or on their own. I wanted to give a roundup of these skins so you can easily find and download them. Jingo: WindowBlinds skin Wallpaper DesktopX Theme Widg...

If you are looking for a new wallpaper for your computer desktop then stop by the wallpaper gallery on WinCustomize and grab one of the latest!

The latest Jumping the Shark Podcast features Stardock’s Derek Paxton and Jon Shafer talking about what’s going on with Fallen Enchantress.  Check out the link below and take a listen! http://gameshark.libsyn.com/jumping-the-shark-episode-80

The latest Jumping the Shark Podcast features Stardock’s Derek Paxton and Jon Shafer talking about what’s going on with Fallen Enchantress.  Check out the link below and take a listen! http://gameshark.libsyn.com/jumping-the-shark-episode-80

We want to give a big congrats to the winners and entrants to the Summer CursorFX contest! 1st Place Net Surfer by Libardo 2nd Place Avalon by Vampothika Honorable mention goes to Clown Fish by the lordset 1 who gets a 1 year subscription to WinCustomize! I will contact the winners about their prizes in the next few days.

As usual on Mondays we try to play catch up with the skins that were submitted over the weekend to make sure they get a little coverage in case they were missed when they came in.  Have a great Monday and enjoy these new skins! ...

DeskScapes not only lets you display animated wallpapers on your Windows desktop.  It is also a great wallpaper management tool and includes the ability to randomize static and animated wallpapers. Learn how to do that here. https://www.wincustomize.com/article/410386/

Among the many capabilities of Stardock’s DeskScapes , one of them is the ability to manage wallpapers on your PC.  One feature in particular is DeskScapes applying random backgrounds at set intervals.  There’s so many great wallpapers out there, there’s no reason to keep just one on there all day! Select Random Background from the wallpaper library. Selecting this gives you a new tab to select wallpapers both animated and static.  You also have a new configura...