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April 9, 2015 by Island Dog
GamingBolt spoke with Stardock's Brad Wardell about Ashes of the Singularity and has a new post up about it. "Stardock Studios’ upcoming real time strategy game Ashes of the Singularity was the star of this year’s GDC. It’s one of the first games that will support DirectX 12 and it goes without saying that it looks gorgeous. With literally thousands of war units at once, all doing their thing is a sight to behold. GamingBolt recently got in touch with Stard...
April 9, 2015 by Island Dog
There’s been several new Master WindowBlinds skin made available on WinCustomize this week. Don’t forget that if you are a WinCustomize Subscriber you get a 20% discount on Master skins. All these skins work on Windows 7 and 8, and check their descriptions for further information.   Gyrogol by starone   Gax by LightStar   Alloy Theme by adni18
April 8, 2015 by Island Dog
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is 75% off today on Steam! Get it now! http://store.steampowered.com/app/204880/
April 8, 2015 by Island Dog
April 7, 2015 by Island Dog
The Object Desktop collection just keeps getting better! The latest update includes two new apps Multiplicity 3 KM and SpaceMonger 3.0. Multiplicity enables you to control two PCs with only one keyboard and mouse while SpaceMonger will quickly free up storage space on your PCs. These apps are available now for current Object Desktop™ users. If you don’t have Object Desktop now is a great time to get it for as low as $3.99* per month. Learn more about Object Desktop at: htt...
April 2, 2015 by Island Dog
Velodrome is the newest Master WindowBlinds skin from neone6. An automotive theme that includes several matching skins including a CursorFX theme, icons, wallpapers, and more. Be sure to take advantage of your 20% discount as a WinCustomize Subscriber. Velodrome by neone6
April 2, 2015 by Island Dog
Catching up on some recent Master skin additions to the site, we have Toxic Rainbow from Vampothika. This includes a WindowBlinds skin, CursorFX theme, Sysmetrix skin, icons, and wallpapers.  If you are a WinCustomize Subscriber grab it with your 20% discount. Toxic Rainbow by Vampothika
April 1, 2015 by Island Dog
Lifehacker has a great article up about the story behind Stardock Fences, which has become one of our most popular apps. “You might not realize you need Fences until you use it. It’s such a simple app that helps you organize your desktop icons into separate spaces—yes, fencing off different categories to organize your clutter. Fences was developed by Jeff Bargmann, a life long app developer who needed a way to organize his desktop back in high school. The idea stuck, ...
March 25, 2015 by Island Dog
Nuclear is the newest Master WindowBlinds skin to hit the WinCustomize galleries. LightStar has created another fantastic skin with a great use of color and design. This skin is designed for Windows 7 and 8, and also includes a few wallpapers. WinCustomize Subscriber don’t forget your 20% discount on Master skins. Nuclear by LightStar
March 24, 2015 by Island Dog
Today we released the WindowBlinds 8.1 update that includes fixes for skinning issues with Thunderbird, Firefox, Skype and Directory Opus. We also improved support for high DPI displays. View the full changelog . 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 http://bit.ly/1FBxBH2
March 19, 2015 by Island Dog
Lots of Windows 10 news has been coming out lately, and a new technical preview build was also released yesterday. http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/03/18/windows-10-technical-preview-build-10041-now-available/ Some of what's new: Improving the Start experience Improvements to Virtual Desktops Cortana is expanding into new markets on the desktop New network fly-out from the taskbar Enhancements to the Photos app New Text Input Canvas Experimenting with the Lock s...
March 19, 2015 by Island Dog
Many thought it would be later in the year for the holiday season, but apparently Microsoft is confident that Windows 10 will be ready for a summer release. "We continue to make great development progress and shared today that Windows 10 will be available this summer in 190 countries and 111 languages. Windows has always been global with more than 1.5 billion users around the world and here in China hundreds of millions of PCs operate Windows today. That’s why it was particularly fun ...
March 18, 2015 by Island Dog
There's lot of people out there doing gaming videos on YouTube whether it's a Let's Play, a review, or just general gaming commentary. I wanted to know what channels you are watching and what you recommend.  
March 18, 2015 by Island Dog
Neil updated the Stars Master .dream today and I wanted to write about it as it’s one of the few dynamic .dreams we have available on WinCustomize. This animated wallpaper displays a field of moving stars that you can configure the number, size, color, and speed of the stars. You can also use your own wallpaper below the stars for a custom look. It was updated with 21:9 (super wide) screen support and better multiple monitor handling. Stars by Neil Banfield
March 17, 2015 by Island Dog
At GDC this year, Stardock CEO Brad Wardell sat down with Niche Gamer and talked about a variety of topics from gaming to social media. " With Stardock’s current offerings, there seems to be a common theme with all of the games being strategy games. Do you think Stardock is mostly a strategy game developer and publisher, and are you guys looking to branch out into other genres? In the long run we are looking to branch out into other genres, certainly role playing is high up...