You might not have noticed, but here on WinCustomize we have a variety of galleries, one of which is for screensavers.  Screensavers don’t get as much attention anymore since CRT monitors are no longer the norm, but doesn’t mean you can’t display a cool looking screensaver on your desktop during your coffee break. The screensavers on WinCustomize are tested, so you don’t have to worry about ad-ware being installed or used.  Take a browse over to the galle...

Gamasutra has posted an interview with Brad Wardell about Impulse: Phase 3 and what it means to the PC gaming market. "We're lowering the risk of purchasing a game," he said. "Right now, if I pay $50 for a PC game and play it for a few weeks, I'm out $50. As a result of that, people don't tend to buy as many PC games, because they have to be really, really sure they're going to like it. On a console, you don't have nearly that issue because you can trade games back and ...

Impulse Phase 3 includes five major new features that developer Stardock believes will be compelling to both PC users and software publishers. These new features are: The Impulse client has had its user interface significantly improved and updated with features such as player rankings, achievements, intelligent match-making, and more. It also includes a new tray application that lets users track friends, receive update notifications, and much more. The beta of Impulse Anywhere ,...

Stardock announced the third major update to its digital distribution platform, Impulse today. Known as Impulse: Phase 3, the update includes a host of new features. Impulse Phase 3 includes five major new features that developer Stardock believes will be compelling to both PC users and software publishers. These new features are: The Impulse client has had its user interface significantly improved and updated with features such as player rankings, achievements, intelligent m...

I’m happy to post about a new Master skin Icon Pack from artist, skinner, and all around great guy Paul Boyer aka mormegil .  However, this is much more than an icon set as this is also a fundraiser to help raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, which Paul and his wife are part of the “Team in Training” program. Stardock has joined the effort by donating all profits from this Master Skin sales to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to help save lives.  Paul has also...

The last video that Demigod’s lead designer, Mike Marr, put up was all about basics.  This time he guides us through some more “complex” features of Demigod. “Since Generals don't have the same powerful abilities of Assassins, they have to be played a bit differently and Mike discusses how to balance and manage the Generals' additional responsibilities. You may use your minions as scouts to seek out the enemy's weak points, or as a diversionary unit to keep the pressure off of y...

If you are a sports fan you might just be following the NCAA championships going on.  Tonight we have Michigan State and North Carolina going head to head for the championship going on in Detroit! No matter which side you are on, you can show some team spirit with an officially licensed  collegiate MyColors desktop showing off your favorite team. Michigan State   North Carolina  

Stardock announced today that the highly anticipated real-time action strategy PC game, Demigod, has gone gold. Demigod is set to hit store shelves in North America on April 14 and will also be available for download on Stardock’s digital distribution platform Impulse ( www.impulsedriven.com ). Pre-orders are now available on Impulse for both the standard edition ($39.95) and the collector’s edition ($49.95.) Developed by renowned gaming studio Gas Powered Games, Demigod delivers ...

Go Monday!  I mean go, real fast, get over with.  Well anyways, if you were out all weekend doing that “outdoors” thing they call it, you probably didn’t see the cool skins that came in to WinCustomize.  I’m not sure what’s so exciting about this “outside” thing, but I will give you a quick re-cap of some featured skins from the weekend. Check’em out!

Brad Wardell gives an interview talking about Demigod, Impulse, and more!

Take a look at the latest gameplay video.  This time we have Rook opening fire on the castle!

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As you might have heard, social networks have really taken off, and only continue to grow.  We recently talked about our presence on Twitter, and today I wanted to share some links to our pages on Facebook. Facebook has “fan” pages where companies, products, or services can create a page similar to what an individual can do.  We have several pages, and our Sins of a Solar Empire page has over 1200 fans! If you have a Facebook account, all you have to do is click “become ...

I’m just going to stop and say……wow!  Must….have… “AMD (NYSE: AMD) today introduced the ATI Radeon™ HD 4890 graphics card, driven by the world’s most powerful graphics processor 1 . The newest addition to the award-winning ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 series boasts a whopping 1.36 TeraFLOPs of compute power, superior GDDR5 memory, and super-high engine clock speeds capable of nearly 1GHz. The advanced design of the ATI Radeon HD 4890 delivers the best game experience in its class, includ...

Is it Friday already?  Yes it is!  The latest edition of This Week is Skinning is up, and we have some great picks as usual this week.  It’s a great roundup of skins, and be sure to look through all the galleries in case you missed some skin submissions this week.