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September 24, 2015 by Island Dog
The Stardock Steam sale starts today and ends at 1pm ET on Monday, September 28th. This is a chance to grab Stardock games and DLC up to 75% off! You can see all the Stardock titles here on Steam . Some highlights from sale: Galactic Civilizations III - 50% off Sorcerer King - 50% off Offworld Trading Company - 50% off Stardock Pack 2016 - 50% off Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion - 75% off Servo - 25% off  
September 23, 2015 by Island Dog
Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog.   The Third Offworld Twitch Tournament has finished, with the finals being a rematch of the previous finals, between PBHead and Cubit.  Zultar  and Soren commentated the finals, and they are available, in non-spoiler form, on this YouTube playlist  (along with most of the rest of the tournament). However, if you are going to watch only one game from this tournament, please consider watching the second&...
September 22, 2015 by Island Dog
The DeskScapes 8.49 beta is now available for current DeskScapes customers and Object Desktop subscribers.  DeskScapes gives you the ability to animate and customize the wallpaper on your Windows desktop and is now compatible with Windows 10. The v8.49 update includes: Windows 10 compatibility General bug fixes You can download the DeskScapes beta from your  Stardock account page . Get DeskScapes here .
September 16, 2015 by Island Dog
Gameplay 6-player support in Singleplayer and Multiplayer Initial (quick and dirty) implementation of Strategic Map view on space bar + and - buttons control game speed in Single Player Artemis and Centaur will now fire on targets only visible as radar contacts Killing a Seed kills engineers and economy buildings, but other units/buildings remain Temporarily removed tech tree in preparation for Tech Resource & Tree revamp Allow the AI to use a few of t...
September 9, 2015 by Island Dog
Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog. We are announcing the Third Offworld Twitch Tournament! Here are the rules: The tournament uses a single-elimination bracket of 16 players. All tournament matches are 1v1, with a small map and default settings, with the exception of Reveal Map and Majority Buyout which must be turned on. The format for winning is best-of-3, except for the finals, which will be best-of-5. If a player is not respo...
August 21, 2015 by Island Dog
The Start10 1.01 beta 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: Bug Fixes New feature to control the start menu transparency For more information about Start10, please visit  www.start10.com .   Object Desktop owners get Start10 for free! Get Start10 along with other popular Stardock apps like Fences and DeskScapes by becomi...
August 18, 2015 by Island Dog
Stardock is excited to announce that Tiles and ShadowFX are now supported on Windows 10! Tiles works by creating a side-bar on a user’s display. At the top of the side-bar are labels for each page such as ‘My Tiles’ or ‘Documents’ or ‘Apps’. Users can then drag and drop programs, documents, or website URLs onto Tiles. When the program is inactive, it appears as an icon. When it is active, it appears as a live preview tile.  Learn more abou...
August 12, 2015 by Island Dog
Make your Windows 10 Experience Better with Start10 Stardock is excited to announce the release of Start10 which brings a more familiar look and feel to the Windows 10 start menu. The new start menu in Windows 10 has a very app-focused layout, and Start10 helps users with a familiar Windows 7 style layout, and also offers additional customization with just a few mouse clicks. Get Start10 for just $4.99! New in Start10 1.0: New options to change your taskbar including color, alpha...
July 31, 2015 by Island Dog
Paul Thurrott shows Windows 10 users how to get the Windows 7 start menu with Starock's Start10 . “When I think about the experience of upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10, there is only one major area of concern from a user experience standpoint: the new Start menu. Yes, Microsoft should be applauded for listening to customers and bringing it back. And yes, I do feel that the new menu is both usable and better than the version in Windows 7. But for many users, and businesses nervo...
July 29, 2015 by Island Dog
Start10 .99 beta is now available for download. Start10 adds the familiar Windows 7 start menu experience to Windows 10. To learn more visit  https://www.stardock.com/products/start10 Update includes: Added OS blur for the default and modern themes when transparent. Now picks up the Windows 10 color scheme. Updated UI that brings the modern theme onto the main page and adds a more visual way to choose start buttons. New advanced style options. Current customers can downlo...
July 29, 2015 by Island Dog
Windows 10 is here today  and we’ve seen lots of questions about compatibility with  Stardock software . I wanted to take the time to post a chart with compatibility so you can know what to expect when you update to Windows 10. Now is a great time to be an Object Desktop subscriber. Learn more about Object Desktop here . Note : Please note that even though we say it’s working on Windows 10 doesn’t mean full compatibility or supported and there is a...
July 29, 2015 by Island Dog
Stardock's CEO Brad Wardell talks to TIME about why gamers will love Windows 10. "In DirectX 12, every single one of your cores can talk to your graphics card simultaneously,” says Wardell. “So in our benchmarks, going from DirectX 11-optimized games, we’re seeing between 85% and 300% performance boosts.” Those kinds of leaps, any way you want to slice them, are huge. Mind you, the game has to be written for DirectX 12, something you won’t se...
July 16, 2015 by Island Dog
PLYMOUTH, MI — July 16, 2015 — Stardock today announced that Sorcerer King is available now and ready to challenge strategy gamers across the globe. In the game players must build a kingdom and raise a force powerful enough to challenge the Sorcerer King who’s all but destroyed their world. Gamers are able to purchase Sorcerer King now for $39.99 at www.sorcererking.com. You are the leader of the city state of Athica. Dark times have fallen on your realm as the powerful ...
July 16, 2015 by Island Dog
PLYMOUTH, MI — July 16, 2015 — Stardock today announced that Sorcerer King is available now and ready to challenge strategy gamers across the globe. In the game players must build a kingdom and raise a force powerful enough to challenge the Sorcerer King who’s all but destroyed their world. Gamers are able to purchase Sorcerer King now for $39.99 at www.sorcererking.com. You are the leader of the city state of Athica. Dark times have fallen on your realm as the powerful ...
June 26, 2015 by Island Dog
Stardock will be closed for the week starting on Monday, June 29th and we will be returning on Monday, July 6th. We will be monitoring support tickets and forums during this time, but expect delays in responses during this time. If you'd like to see some of the things Stardockians are doing on their time off, then be sure to follow us on our various social media channels and look for the #StardockWeekOff hashtag. We'll be sharing images of some of our adventures over the week.  ...