Stardock is excited to release the v1.1 update to Elemental: Fallen Enchantress! Fallen Enchantress offers players an immersive new world to build or destroy as they try to conquer the land and its inhabitants, and has received some great reviews from sites like Game Informer , <a href="http://www.gamingogre.com/review/elemental-fallen-enchantress-revie
Play on maps designed by Stardock. They introduce new challenges, dangerous threats and worlds to explore. In addition to a new hand crafted map for every map size along with new stamps to spice up random map generation, it also includes the full Anthys map. A gigantic map that contains the entire known world of Elemental (at least, as of ~150 AC). Clash- Play against a single opponent on a balanced map, or discover a ship and explore the nearby islands. Cruci
This year we released several software products, among those were Start8 and Multiplicity. Both have been listed in "The 100 Best Products of 2012" by NetworkWorld.com. Check out what they had to say, along with more information on each below. Start8 - #23 "Many early Windows 8 adopters complain about the lack of a Start Menu. Stardock, known for desktop customization software Fences and ObjectDock, responded with Start8, an inexpensive utility that adds a
PLYMOUTH, MI -- November 27, 2012 - Stardock announced the availability of Decor8™, a solution to the limited start screen customization options in Windows 8. Decor8 expands the start screen customization possibilities from the few images included with Windows® 8 to a limitless variety of user photos and background images. With Decor8 users also have the capabilities that allow them to create their own background image slide shows and color scheme combinations. Stardock CE
The v1.03 update for Start8 has been released today with many improvements and fixes such as drag and drop support for start menu items, control which taskbar the start button appears on, expanded search options, new themes, and more! Start8 is the "best solution" for the missing Start Menu on Windows8 by USA Today, Forbes, CBS News and Lifehacker! Highlights of the v1.03 update: New Desktop page in config UI New options to control which taskbar th
Stardock is pleased to announce that the v1.02 for Elemental: Fallen Enchantress is now available. This update includes various fixes, AI and Balance improvements, and more. Fallen Enchantress launched recently and has received some great reviews from sites like Game Informer , <a href="http://www.gamingogre.com/review/elemental-fallen-enchantress-revie
USA Today talks about how the changes of the Windows 8 UI has affected sales and mentions Start8 as being the solution to bringing back to Windows Start Menu. Check out the full article here . Forbes quotes Start8 as being "..the best by far.." Check out the full article <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/adriankingsleyhughes/2012/11/13/put-the-start-menu-back-into
Stardock Entertainment and Ironclad Games are happy to announce the release of version 1.1 for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion today. Available via the Steam client, this latest update adds dozens of new maps, balance adjustments, bug fixes and more. For full details visit: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/436120
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 <li
PLYMOUTH, MI., -- October 23, 2012 - Stardock announced today that the long-awaited fantasy strategy PC game, Elemental: Fallen Enchantress, is now available. Fallen Enchantress offers players an immersive new world to build or destroy as they try to conquer the land and its inhabitants. Enter the world of Elemental and create a sovereign with unique talents and abilities along with a faction to align yourself with in an effort to bring the world under your control. The land
PLYMOUTH, MI -- October 18, 2012 - Stardock announced the availability of Start8, its much anticipated software solution that returns the start menu and its functionality to Windows 8. Start8 eases the transition to Windows 8 by bringing the familiarity of the Windows 7-style start menu along with additional enhancements to Microsoft's new Windows 8 release. Stardock's CEO Brad Wardell said; "If we can let users stay in one environment with one consistent usage paradigm then
Stardock has released an update today for the popular The Political Machine 2012 . The Political Machine 2012 allows players to hit the virtual campaign trail by creating your own custom candidate or choosing from a variety of candidates, such as Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Hillary Clinton or Ron Paul. This update brings new issues into the game based upon recent political events. NEW ISSUES: Firing Big Bird Arming Syri
Plymouth, MI. - October 9, 2012 -- 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 Element
Plymouth, Michigan - OCTOBER 9, 2012 - Stardock announced the availability of Fences 2.0 today ( https://www.stardock.com/products/fences ), the most popular PC organization software in the world. Fences 2.0 eliminates desktop clutter with adjustable fenced areas that organizes desktop objects into logical groups for quick access. Stardock's VP of Business Development Jamie McGuffie stated, "With this new release more than
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
Stardock has released Beta 5 of its upcoming PC game, Fallen Enchantress! Along with numerous AI, Balance, and bug fixes, Beta 5 also introduces several new features. Highlights of Beta 5: Many new spells including the Despair spell, Delin's Breath spell, and many more. New Choose World and Choose Opponents screens with new options Added 12 new achievements New random events like "Return of the Titans", "The
Multiplicity 2.0 enables up to nine PCs to be controlled with only one keyboard and mouse. With capabilities far beyond what is possible with a physical KVM switch, Multiplicity's features include the ability to seamlessly drag and drop of large files between PCs, copy and paste formatted content across multiple PCs, and the ability to send the audio from all PCs to one PC and a set of speakers. The new Multiplicity 2.0 security features enable sensitive information to be entered and securely
Fences is a program that helps you organize your desktop. Place icons into moveable groups called "fences" and hide icons when they are not in use. FEATURES YOU ALREADY LOVE Fence off Your Desktop Create shaded areas called "fences" on your desktop in which you can place and organize icons. Automatically Arrange Your Desktop Define rules for where your icons are placed and how they
Stardock has released the Start8 v0.90 Beta today. Created for Windows 8, Start8 gives users the ability to bring back the Start menu missing in Windows 8, along with many other useful features to take the Win8 desktop experience up another notch. New in v0.90 beta: Adds a classic styled "Start" menu to the Windows 8 taskbar. Including support for: View and launch installed applications (including Metro/Modern), All Programs menu, quick links to commonly ac
PLYMOUTH, MI., -- AUG 28, 2012 - Stardock announced today that Fallen Enchantress is now available on Steam, GameStop PC Downloads and GamersGate. Customers will gain immediate access to download the latest beta version. Fallen Enchantress offers PC gamers a chance to experience a unique fantasy world for players to build or destroy as they conquer the land. Players create a sovereign with unique talents and abilities along with a faction to align themselves wit
Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are very pleased to announce the release of v1.04 for their hit real-time strategy game, Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion today. Now available via the Steam client (note: you may need to restart the Steam client if it doesn't see the update initially), this new update includes five new maps, additional balance adjustments, crash fixes, bug fixes, and more expansive modding options. For a full change log, see: <a href="https://for
Stardock is excited to announce the latest update for the recently released The Political Machine 2012 . The Political Machine 2012 allows players to hit the virtual campaign trail by creating your own custom candidate or choosing from a variety of candidates, such as Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum or Ron Paul. Player's can now choose from 8 new historical candidates, from founding fathers to modern icons. Various fixes for issues reported have also been i
Elemental: Fallen Enchantress Beta 4 is now available for download! Beta 4 is about your cities. The economic system has been redone and players will find a host of new options in creating and tweaking their empire. Decide which of your settlements you turn into military focused fortresses, research and magic focused conclaves or towns which support your empire by providing food and gold. Choose your city enchantments carefully, you can't have more than your cities essen
PLYMOUTH, MI., -- AUG 14, 2012 - Stardock ( www.stardock.com ) announced today that the award-winning 4X turn-based strategy title Galactic Civilizations I: Ultimate Edition has made its way to Steam ( http://store.steampowered.com/app/214150/ ) for just $9.99. In Galactic Civilizations, the year is 2178 and the Terran Alliance has invented a new technology - Hyperdrive.
Galactic Civilizations is a strategy game that stands the test of time.Even in 2012, it is graphically impressive and its rich, deep game mechanics resonate as much now as they did when it was released. Because the game was the first computer game to make use of Intel "Hyperthreading", the sophisticated computer AI actually performs vastly better now than it did then thanks to its native use of multi-core processors -- not bad for a game that was made before there were multi-core PC