Stardock's Brad Wardell spoke with GamingBolt about Ashes of the Singularity, DirectX 12, and more. " Kurtis Simpson: At GDC, you guys announced Ashes of the Singularity, which plans to redefine what people think about large strategy games. Can you please share more details about it?  Brad Wardell:  The idea behind Ashes of the Singularity is to do a real time strategy game that takes place across the world. So if you think of eve...

Stardock's Derek Paxton wrote an opinion piece for Polygon on paid mods, which has become a hot subject with the recent introduction and subsequent retraction of paid mods on Steam. "I began as a modder by creating the "Fall from Heaven" mod for Civilization 4. That led me to working with Firaxis on developing two scenarios for their Beyond the Swordexpansion, one of which got included in the base game, as well as creating the Modder’s Guide for Civilizati...

ShadowFX 1.1 is now available for download.  ShadowFX enables users to add distinctive drop shadows to the windows of Microsoft's Windows 8 user interface.  Learn more at  https://www.stardock.com/products/shadowfx New in this update: Customize shadows with the included shadow builder tool. ShadowFX customers and Object Desktop subscribers can download this update from their Stardock account .  

Start10 .56 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 Fixed an issue for using start button on secondary taskbar. Removed extra Modern UI applications from the lists. Improved how colors are handled and enabled the a setting for the OS to not apply colors to the start menu. Removed the disable corner hotspot setting from the UI.  Curren...

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The newest Master skin for WindowBlinds this week is from starone and is called Popeye. This is compatible with both Windows 7 and Windows 8, and has a classy design that’s suitable for daily use. If you are a WinCustomize Subscriber grab this today with your 20% discount. Popeye by starone

ModernMix 1.21 has been released today with a fix for a user reported issue. The full changelog can be  viewed here . This update includes: Fixed user reported issue where Windows would not come to the foreground upon click. Visit your  Stardock account  to download the update.  If you don’t already own ModernMix now is a great time to check it out. To learn more visit:  http://bit.ly/1iwT09U

WindowBlinds 8.12 is now available for download. This update includes fixes and enhancements for Chrome and Firefox, and other improvements. View the full  changelog . This update includes: Improved save dialog responsiveness in Chrome Various Firefox performance enhancements Improved user experience for owners of GTA V Visit your Stardock account to download the update.  If you don’t already own WindowBlinds now is a great time to check it out. To learn more visit:  ...

From Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog . *****   1.0 Introduction The campaign is a special, single-player mode of  Offworld Trading Company  which provides an overarching goal to be achieved over multiple Missions – to be the last Corporation standing on Mars. The player controls one of eight Corporations, which over the course of multiple Missions will increase their income by investing in Martian Colonies, will hire more labor to improve productivity, ...

It’s finally Friday and as we end the week it’s a good time to look back and take a look at some of the skins that have been submitted to the WinCustomize gallery recently. There’s been some great WindowBlinds skins added recently with a nice variety of styles, so members should have no problem finding a great one to use. You can see all the recent skins on WinCustomize here: https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/all ...

Quibble is the latest Master WindowBlinds skin from LightStar to make its way into the gallery. It has a great mix of colors and an overall fun design and includes a set of matching wallpapers. Get it today, and if you are a WinCustomize Subscriber don’t forget your 20% discount. Quibble by LightStar

If you missed the Steam daily sale where Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion was 75% off,  Stardock has you covered. We are continuing the sale in the Stardock store, and even when you purchase with us you get a Steam key. Get Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion today: https://www.sinsofasolarempire.com/store

GameSpot talked with Stardock, BonusXP, and Oxide Games at GDC about Ashes of the Singularity and Servo. " As we've learned over many years of strategy games, the real-time strategy genre is replete with creative possibilities. Last month during the Game Developer's Conference, I chatted with representatives from both Oxide Games and BonusXP Games about their current strategy projects, and the visits were pleasant reminders of how a single genre can provide a framework f...

With a new store page, I wanted to refresh the guide for purchasing gifts through the Stardock Store.  Whether you want to purchase a game or desktop application, you can easily purchase it and send it digitally to a friend or family member to enjoy.  It’s easy to do, and here’s how! You might end up at the Stardock store from our various sites, but you can access the store directly from https://store.stardock.com/ .   Once you place the order the reci...

GTA V is coming to PC next week after a couple of delays. I have to say it's looking pretty good on the PC. http://store.steampowered.com/app/271590/