Neowin News Feed for: Stardock

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion gets first DLC pack June 5th

John Callaham — Sat, 11 May 2013 00:40:39 +0100

Ironclad Games and Stardock have announced that the space based RTS game Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion will get a new DLC pack, Forbidden Worlds, that will be available June 5th for $4.99. Read more...

Two Windows 8 Start menu apps bring in 8 million total downloads

John Callaham — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:11:03 +0100

A new review of two Windows 8 Start menu programs, Stardock's Start8 and Pokki, states that the programs have now generated a combined total of eight million downloads. Read more...

ObjectDock 2.1 adds Windows 8 support; removes XP and Vista support

John Callaham — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:37:58 +0100

Stardock has released the new 2.1 beta version of its ObjectDock animated desktop dock, which adds support for Windows 8 while also removing support for Windows XP and Vista. Read more...

Start8 1.16 available for download

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:54:09 +0100

Stardock Start8 lets you return the Start Button to Windows 8. Microsoft Windows 8 is shipped without the “Start” menu. Start8 brings back Windows 7-style Start menu with Windows 8 enhancements. Read more...

ModernMix for Windows 8 gets updated

John Callaham — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:24:08 +0100

Stardock has released a new version of its ModernMix software for Windows 8, adding in a number of features as well as bug fixes for the program that allows Modern apps to run on the desktop. Read more...

Start8 1.15 Final available for download

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:55:27 +0100

Fences 2.1 available for download

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:24:32 +0100

Fences helps you organize your desktop. Fences 2.1 eliminates desktop clutter with adjustable fenced areas that organizes desktop objects into logical groups for quick access. Read more...

Start8 1.14 Beta available for download

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:48:45 +0000

ModernMix for Windows 8 exits beta stage

John Callaham — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:26:27 +0000

Stardock has now released version 1.0 of ModernMix, the first non-beta build of its most recent Windows 8 app that allows Modern apps to run on the desktop in a window. Read more...

Start8 1.12 Final available for download

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:59:46 +0000

Start8 1.12 Beta

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 11:16:35 +0000

Interview: Stardock's CEO talks about ModernMix for Windows 8

John Callaham — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:30:33 +0000

Stardock CEO Brad Wardell talks more about ModernMix, the newly launched software for Windows 8 that lets users resize the operating system's Modern apps and run them on the desktop. Read more...

Stardock reveals ModernMix: Run and resize Modern Windows 8 apps on the desktop

John Callaham — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:00:33 +0000

Stardock has officially announced ModernMix, a new $4.99 program for Windows 8 users that lets you run Modern Windows 8 apps on the desktop, AND resize the apps in a window. Yes. In a window. Read more...

Stardock hires Civilization IV designer Soren Johnson

John Callaham — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:35:00 +0000

Stardock has announced it has hired Soren Johnson, who was the lead designer of Civilization IV, to work on designing a number of upcoming games from the developer. Read more...

Stardock teases upcoming Windows 8-based product

John Callaham — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:25:24 +0000

Stardock CEO Brad Wardell has posted word that the company behind the popular Start8 Start menu program for Windows 8 has yet another all new Windows 8 software product that will be revealed next week Read more...

Stardock Decor8 1.01 is available for download

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:18:09 +0000

Stardock Decor8 expands the Windows 8 start screen customization possibilities from the few images to a limitless variety of user photos and background images. Read more...

Start8 v1.11 available for download

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:15:00 +0000

Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes expansion announced

John Callaham — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:15:00 +0000

Developer and publisher Stardock has announced plans to release Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes, a stand alone expansion pack to its recent turn-based strategy game that will be released in April Read more...

Stardock launches beta DeskScapes 8 for Windows 8

John Callaham — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:44:14 +0000

Stardock has released the first beta version of DeskScapes 8, a new version of its Windows DeskScapes desktop wallpaper program that's been made to support Windows 8 for the first time. Read more...

Stardock: 3 million Start8 downloads; version 1.1 launched

John Callaham — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:01:57 +0000

Stardock has released version 1.1 of its Start8 Start menu program for Windows 8, adding a number of new features and bug fixes to the program. Stardock has now had 3 million downloads of the program. Read more...