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November 15, 2012 by Island Dog
Stardock is pleased to announce that the v1.02 for Elemental: Fallen Enchantress is now available.  This update includes various fix, AI and Balance improvements, and more. Fallen Enchantress launched recently and has received some great reviews from sites like Game Informer , GamingOgre , the Escapist , and more! Highlights: Added edge scrolling in tactical Reduced memory consumption Player created sovereigns get random traits based on their race when played by the AI Custom ...
November 15, 2012 by Island Dog
Stardock is pleased to announce that the v1.02 for Elemental: Fallen Enchantress is now available.  This update includes various fix, AI and Balance improvements, and more. Fallen Enchantress launched recently and has received some great reviews from sites like Game Informer , GamingOgre , the Escapist , and more! Highlights: Added edge scrolling in tactical Reduced memory consumption Player created sovereigns get random traits based on their race when played by the AI Custom ...
November 14, 2012 by Island Dog
  We are excited to announce the winners in the Wallpapers category for Most Creative and Most Usable in the 2012 GUI Champs !  We had over 70 wallpaper entries and it took our judges a while to decide on the finalists, which were then open to public voting. Now for the winners! Most Creative First Place: The Cyper Club by neone6   Second Place: Water Towers by RomanDA   Third Place: Eyecon by TheMasterBaron ...
November 14, 2012 by Island Dog
WindowFX allows you to customize your windows and start menus with cool animations and effects. With options to control the visual emphasis of your background windows and desktop icons, WindowFX helps you focus on what is important. Features: NEW! Windows 8 support. Wobbly window animations. Animated effects for: open, close, minimize and restore window actions. Start menu animations. Desktop icon display controls. And more! Purchase WindowFX no...
November 14, 2012 by Island Dog
LightStar has shared with us another fantastic Master WindowBlinds skin called Tanger.  Highlights of orange with a contrast of darker grays really made this an enjoyable skin to use, and I highly recommend it.  WinCustomize Subscribers get a 20% discount! Tanger by LightStar
November 14, 2012 by Island Dog
USA Today has an article about the departure of Microsoft Executive, Steven Sinofsky, the Windows 8 start menu, and how Stardock’s Start8 has brought back the start menu to users. “Software company Stardock has sold tens of thousands of copies of Start8, a $5 application that restores a fully functioning Windows 7 Start Menu interface to new Windows 8 PCs. Stardock has distributed tens of thousands more free trial versions, says Kris Kwilas, Stardock's vice president of technology. ...
November 14, 2012 by Island Dog
Kokugamer.com has put up their review of Fallen Enchantress and gave it a score of 9 out of 10! " Overall, the experience of Fallen Enchantress never dulls and layers will always feel a sense of accomplishment while playing. At first the game is a bit confusing, but over time the game gets better and better and becomes a huge addiction. The uniqueness of the game complimented by great yet simple gameplay and the fact that it’s easy to pick up makes the game fun and rewarding." Re...
November 14, 2012 by Island Dog
Kokugamer.com has put up their review of Fallen Enchantress and gave it a score of 9 out of 10! " Overall, the experience of Fallen Enchantress never dulls and layers will always feel a sense of accomplishment while playing. At first the game is a bit confusing, but over time the game gets better and better and becomes a huge addiction. The uniqueness of the game complimented by great yet simple gameplay and the fact that it’s easy to pick up makes the game fun and rewarding." Re...
November 13, 2012 by Island Dog
Forbes.com today has a piece up about Windows 8 and the Start Menu, and has a great post about Start8. “I’ve played with a number of utilities that allow you to add the Start menu back to Windows 8,and the best by far is Stardock’s Start8 .” Link : Put The Start Menu Back Into Windows 8
November 13, 2012 by Island Dog
December is just around the corner, and I wanted to start highlighting some Christmas and holiday wallpapers.  We have so many holiday skins on WinCustomize such as wallpapers, WindowBlinds skin, Cursor themes, and much more.  These are 5 Christmas desktop wallpapers I’d like to recommend. You can find more Christmas wallpapers in the WinCustomize galleries .   1. I’ll be home for Christmas by vStyler   2. Christmas Joyous by Frankief ...
November 12, 2012 by Island Dog
I hope everyone had a great weekend, and we’ll start this week off with some featured picks from the past few days.  If you haven’t already, be sure to head over to the GUI Champs site and vote for the wallpapers that are up for a vote. http://www.guichamps.com ...
November 9, 2012 by Island Dog
RTSguru has posted their review of Fallen Enchantress and has given it an 8 out of 10! “The biggest test of a game for me is if I want to play it more after I’ve played it enough for my review. In this case I did, and still do. I see myself firing it up here and there and playing a couple dozen turns here and there as a break from whatever game I’m currently reviewing or previewing.” Read the full review here. http://www.rtsguru.com/game/460/article/4508/Fallen-Enchantres...
November 9, 2012 by Island Dog
RTSguru has posted their review of Fallen Enchantress and has given it an 8 out of 10! “The biggest test of a game for me is if I want to play it more after I’ve played it enough for my review. In this case I did, and still do. I see myself firing it up here and there and playing a couple dozen turns here and there as a break from whatever game I’m currently reviewing or previewing.” Read the full review here. http://www.rtsguru.com/game/460/article/4508/Fallen-Enchantres...
November 9, 2012 by Island Dog
We have extended the closing date for DeskScapes (animated wallpapers) for the 2012 GUI Champs.  We have changed the closing date to Tuesday, November 13th so you have a few more days to get any last minute entries in. http://www.guichamps.com/
November 8, 2012 by Island Dog
Windows 8 limits your start screen customization options to only 10 provided background images and a few pre-defined color schemes. Decor8 removes these limitations and provides the freedom to personalize your start screen with your own images and colors. FEATURES Personalize the Windows 8 Start screen with background images and colors Dozens of additional backgrounds included Use your own personal photos and images Randomize the background images at timed intervals for a unique loo...