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October 9, 2012 by Island Dog
Stardock’s much anticipated PC fantasy strategy game, Elemental: Fallen Enchantress is about to go “gold” and its official release date has been set as Tuesday, October 23rd. The development team at Stardock, led by Derek Paxton (Fall from Heaven) with a campaign designed by Jon Shafer (Civ V), unveil Fallen Enchantress , a strategy game that brings the kind of detail and richness normally only seen in RPGs. The world of Elemental was once filled with magic. All peoples made use of this ...
October 9, 2012 by Island Dog
Gamasutra has a postmortem article up on Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion.  This was written by Stardock’s Chris Bray and Blair Fraser from Ironclad.  “Even after two expansions, the teams felt the definitive version of the game had not yet been realized. With Ironclad Games working on the forthcoming Sins of a Dark Age, Stardock took a greater role in the development of the stand-alone expansion Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion to do just that. Sins: Rebellion wa...
October 9, 2012 by Island Dog
Fences is a program that helps you organize your desktop. It can hide icons when they are not in use as well as make it easy to place icons into moveable groups called fences. NEW IN VERSION 2.0 Make Your Desktop a Portal to Your Files Expose folders containing documents or pictures onto your desktop in fenced areas making them easy to access. Multiple Desktop Pages You can now have multiple pages of fences on your desktop. To flip a page, just take your mouse cursor to t...
October 9, 2012 by Island Dog
Snagit is without a doubt the best app for capturing your screen, editing it, and then sharing through a variety of ways.  TechSmith released the Snagit 11.1 update today with support for Windows 8. Updated in Snagit 11.1: Support for Windows 8: Experience the latest version of Windows with seamless compatibility. System Audio Recording: Capture the sound coming from your computer speakers  and  from your microphone. Useful for capturing things like a YouTube video or Fla...
October 8, 2012 by Island Dog
This video demo shows how to easily drag, drop, and transfer files using Multiplicity 2.0. https://www.stardock.com/products/multiplicity/index.asp  
October 8, 2012 by Island Dog
This video demo shows how easy it is to setup Multiplicity to control one or more PCs. https://www.stardock.com/products/multiplicity/index.asp  
October 8, 2012 by Island Dog
We had several new entries over the weekend.  A new .dream, and a few wallpapers are the latest additions. See more at www.guichamps.com .
October 5, 2012 by Island Dog
A new means a new thread for showing off your desktop screenshot and sharing what skins you used to make it look like that.  The October thread is already up, so head over and post your desktop screenshot there and be sure to name the skins you are using. October Desktop Screenshots
October 5, 2012 by Island Dog
Wow, it’s October already!  I always like this month because we usually get some really cool Halloween skins in a variety of formats.  I hope some of you are working on some, and let me know if you are. Otherwise, lets take a few minutes and check out some featured skins from this week! Mac OS X Ultimate by josh36 Voodoo by k10w3 ...
October 3, 2012 by Island Dog
Stardock heard the cries from Windows® 8 users when they found out the start menu had been removed from Windows 8. We accurately recreated the most used desktop feature billions of users depend on every day, packed it with additional functionality, and named it Start8™. FEATURES Adds a Windows 7-style Start menu with Windows 8 enhancements Search for Windows 8-style (Modern UI) apps Pin desktop and Modern UI apps Boot directly to the Windows 8 desktop Fast access to shut ...
October 3, 2012 by Island Dog
We’ve had a few more skins entered into the 2012 GUI Champs.  For full previews and downloads, be sure hit the galleries over at the GUIC site. http://www.guichamps.com/gallery
September 28, 2012 by Island Dog
If you have friends or know people who are graphic artists, then be sure to tell them about the GUI Champs 2012.  The more participation there is, the more enjoyment of these great skins we all get to enjoy. http://www.guichamps.com/
September 28, 2012 by Island Dog
Want to show someone how cool & useful Fences is?  Show them this video!
September 27, 2012 by Island Dog
Stardock has released Beta 5C of the upcoming Fallen Enchantress game today.  This update contains: Lots of new early game common items Various fixes AI improvements Balance tweaks and more Full list of changes can be found here - https://forums.elementalgame.com/432123 Fallen Enchantress pre-orders with beta access are available on Steam, GameStop PC downloads, GamersGate, GameFly, and direct from Stardock.  For more information about Fa...
September 27, 2012 by Island Dog
Stardock has released Beta 5C of the upcoming Fallen Enchantress game today.  This update contains: Lots of new early game common items Various fixes AI improvements Balance tweaks and more Full list of changes can be found here - https://forums.elementalgame.com/432123 Fallen Enchantress pre-orders with beta access are available on Steam, GameStop PC downloads, GamersGate, GameFly, and direct from Stardock.  For more information about Fa...