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December 15, 2015 by Island Dog
The first beta for WindowBlinds 10 is now available for active Object Desktop owners! This beta includes support for Windows 10 and a new UI. Active Object Desktop owners can now get the WindowBlinds 10 beta from your Stardock account  here .  In future updates, we'll be including new skins and features. WB v10.0.1 update : Added skin rebuild list button Fixed config screen resolution If you're not an Object Desktop mem...
December 10, 2015 by Island Dog
  v.70 adds Ice Maps,  Orbitals, New "Cruiser Factory" building, and more!       Progress for Ashes of the Singularity is moving along nicely and the Dev Team is pleased to present you with their latest update, v.70! This update includes a lot of exciting new features and bug fixes. For a full and detailed change log, check the bottom of the post.   Orbitals The new Orbital Command and the Orbital Fabricator buildings now offer you new way...
December 8, 2015 by Island Dog
Brad has an AAR from a game with Ashes of the Singularity, and talks about some of the tech behind it in an article on Wayward Strategist. "By the time I finally wiped out the AI opponent, I had over 8,000 units.  I mainly wanted to see how far we’d come on performance. We’re doing pretty well with memory. We might be able to bring down the memory requirement to 6 GB.  Video memory is still 2GB minimum. You need a 2013 or later video card.  I’m playing this ...
December 8, 2015 by Island Dog
The Start10 v1.07 update is now available and current customers can download from their  Stardock account . Start10 brings a more familiar look and feel to the Windows 10 start menu. Included in this  update : Fixes an issue where the "This PC" link opens MS Edge on the November Windows 10 update. For more information about Start10, please visit  www.start10.com .     Object Desktop owners get Start10 for free! Get Start10 along with other...
December 7, 2015 by Island Dog
Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog.   We are announcing the Sixth Offworld Twitch Tournament! Here are the rules: All tournament matches are free-for-alls, with a medium map and default settings, with the exception of Masquerade and Reveal Map, which must be turned on. All games must be played on the next_version branch (password is “MohicanSun2015)”). The format for winning is that games continue until one player has won&n...
December 2, 2015 by Island Dog
Tom's Hardware has an interview with Dan Baker on the Nitrous Engine, DirectX 12, and multi-GPU support. "Baker suspects that Oxide Games and the Nitrous Engine are just the pioneers of an industry-wide change in how graphics are rendered in the future. He was reluctant to elaborate, but when I asked if he thought this will be used in VR, he allowed, "I would say yes."   It’s fine to get excited about a new game -- Ashes of the Singularity may well be a terrifi...
November 24, 2015 by Island Dog
The Start10 1.06 update is now available and current customers can download from their  Stardock account . Start10 brings a more familiar look and feel to the Windows 10 start menu. Included in this update : Fixes for the Windows 10 November update, that affected the jumplists and taskbar. For more information about Start10, please visit  www.start10.com .   Object Desktop owners get Start10 for free! Get Start10 along with other popular Stardock ap...
November 20, 2015 by Island Dog
Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog.   We’ve never been super happy with the original stock system – in which after all of a player’s stock is purchased, another player can buyout that player by paying double for all stock owned by other players. Although the initial period of stock buying is exciting, there is also a long period of time while players are just stockpiling cash for the final buyout, which can be a little boring and also has gam...
November 19, 2015 by Island Dog
Update v.64 for  Ashes of the Singularity  is here! We are making our way out of Alpha and toward Beta, but we're not quite there yet.  The Dev Team has been working on refining game play details, bug fixes, and other game improvements like new maps, some improved destruction graphics (who doesn't love a good explosion?), and a new Power Amplifier building.   The addition of the Power Amplifier  allows players to   double their re...
November 18, 2015 by Island Dog
Ashes of the Singularity has been nominated as Best Innovators in the Game-Debate.com Global Game Awards 2015. Vote now! http://www.game-debate.com/awards/2015/nominee/ashes-of-the-singularity        
November 18, 2015 by Island Dog
Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog.   The Fifth Offworld Twitch Tournament (the first one with teams) has finished, and the best-of-5 finals was between PBHead/Roler and Blues/Zuzani. The streams were broadcast by  Zultar , and the first game is linked below. The final bracket can be viewed here:  http://challonge.com/offworld5 .
November 13, 2015 by Island Dog
You Survived the Cataclysm - Now You Must Survive the War in Fallen Enchantress: Ultimate Edition  Rise from the ashes and journey into a dark fantasy world . This set includes Fallen Enchantress , Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes , and all DLC for both games. In these 4X fantasy strategy games, the world of Elemental is at war and it’s up to you to either conquer it or destroy it. Lead your empire as one of 21 sovereigns, such as the traitor Emperor Ka...
November 13, 2015 by Island Dog
You Survived the Cataclysm - Now You Must Survive the War in Fallen Enchantress: Ultimate Edition  Rise from the ashes and journey into a dark fantasy world . This set includes Fallen Enchantress , Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes , and all DLC for both games. In these 4X fantasy strategy games, the world of Elemental is at war and it’s up to you to either conquer it or destroy it. Lead your empire as one of 21 sovereigns, such as the traitor Emperor Ka...
November 13, 2015 by Island Dog
I've been a fan of Anno games for quite a while. I was going to wait to pickup the latest, but saw a sale for about 45% off and grabbed it. Haven't had time to play yet, but looking forward to it. Anyone else grab this?  
November 11, 2015 by Island Dog
v.63 update is now live. Thanks for all the feedback! A number of these changes are in direct response to feedback and bug reports from the forums, so keep it coming.  Full change log: Gameplay Game option to play with Victory Points off New large desert map: Anthys Turinium Generator control also gives a 10% economy boost Host migration (works in human-only games for now) Logistics notification for when player is using 90% of their capacity Game options default to...