Neowin News Feed for: Stardock

Stardock Start11 2.7.2

Razvan Serea — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 03:46:01 +0000

Stardock Start11 is a powerful Windows 11 customization tool that brings back the classic Start menu while allowing users to personalize and enhance their desktop experience. Read more...

Stardock releases DeskScapes 2026 adding live wallpaper support in Windows 11

Steven Parker — Wed, 20 May 2026 15:00:01 +0000

DeskScapes focuses on the user friendliness of the app above all, with popular Dream authors easily searchable from within the main menu, and you can get it right now. Read more...

Stardock Start11 2.7.1

Razvan Serea — Wed, 13 May 2026 07:54:02 +0000

Stardock Start11 is a powerful Windows 11 customization tool that brings back the classic Start menu while allowing users to personalize and enhance their desktop experience. Read more...

Stardock Start11 2.7.0.3

Razvan Serea — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:18:01 +0000

Stardock Start11 is a powerful Windows 11 customization tool that brings back the classic Start menu while allowing users to personalize and enhance their desktop experience. Read more...

Stardock releases Connection Explorer 1.0, see what's connecting to your PC

Steven Parker — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:00:01 +0000

If you ever wondered exactly what your PC connects to online, or who connects to you, there's an app for that. Read more...

Stardock announces Elemental: Reforged launches out of early access next month

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:46:01 +0000

Stardock's Reforged remaster of the classic 4X strategy series Elemental finally has a release date. Read more...

Stardock Start11 2.6.0.2

Razvan Serea — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:20:01 +0000

Stardock Start11 is a powerful Windows 11 customization tool that brings back the classic Start menu while allowing users to personalize and enhance their desktop experience. Read more...

Elemental: Reforged early access update brings Dynasty system, modding tools, and more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:00:01 +0000

The massive remaster project that Stardock brought to early access earlier this year, Elemental: Reforged, has received its first major update, and it's touting a Dynasty system and more. Read more...

Sins of a Solar Empire II's Diplomatic Repercussions update delivers major reworks and more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:00:02 +0000

Stardock has a massive Sins of a Solar Empire II update incoming that aims to overhaul the diplomacy system, improve AI opponents, and more. Read more...

Stardock unveils Connection Explorer Beta, see what's connecting to your PC

Steven Parker — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:00:01 +0000

If you ever wondered exactly what your PC connects to online, or who connects to you, there's an app for that. Read more...

Stardock Start11 2.5.6.3

Razvan Serea — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:58:02 +0000

Stardock Start11 is a powerful Windows 11 customization tool that brings back the classic Start menu while allowing users to personalize and enhance their desktop experience. Read more...

Elemental: Reforged is now out in early access, remastering the Stardock strategy series

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 11:06:03 +0000

Stardock has launched its Elemental remaster into Steam early access. The 4X strategy game combines key aspects from the original series into a single entity while also upgrading visuals and more. Read more...

Stardock is launching Elemental: Reforged remaster into Steam early access next week

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 14:00:01 +0000

Stardock has attached a release date to Elemental: Reforged, and it's just a week away. The remastered classic 4X is entering early access initially to get feedback from fans. Read more...

Start11, a great Windows 11 Start menu alternative gets big update with useful new features

Taras Buria — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 21:04:01 +0000

Start11 is a great alternative to the stock Windows 11 Start menu, and its latest update makes the experience even better by adding a bunch of useful improvements. Read more...

Stardock Start11 2.5.5.4

Razvan Serea — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 17:14:01 +0000

Stardock Start11 is a powerful Windows 11 customization tool that brings back the classic Start menu while allowing users to personalize and enhance their desktop experience. Read more...

Sins of a Solar Empire II Reinforcements DLC lands with new Command Ships and win conditions

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:00:01 +0000

Stardock has released its second DLC pack for Sins of a Solar Empire II, bringing in six brand-new ships as well as faction-specific win conditions for the strategy game. Read more...

Ara: History Untold v2.0 Revolutions update out now with new Culture and Agitator systems

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:00:01 +0000

Oxide Games has released the Revolutions update to Ara: History Untold, bringing in new features like Culture, Influence, Agitators, and more to the 4X strategy game. Read more...

Ara: History Untold v2.0 update will introduce culture and influence systems to the 4X game

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:42:01 +0000

The 4X strategy game Ara: History Untold's next update is being called Version 2.0 because of how much it will affect the experience. Read more...

Sins of a Solar Empire II's Reinforcements DLC launches later this month

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:00:01 +0000

Sins of a Solar Empire II's next DLC pack now finally has a release date. The Reinforcements add-on brings bigger and better ships as well as fresh win conditions for factions to chase. Read more...

Interview with Brad Wardell: Bringing back Elemental, Stardock's troubled strategy classic

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 16:00:01 +0000

Stardock is bringing back 2010's Elemental to have another go at completing its original fantasy strategy vision. Here, we ask company CEO Brad Wardell questions about this upcoming experience. Read more...

Ashes of the Singularity II announced promising even larger battles, new faction, and more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 23:10:02 +0000

A decade after the original Ashes of the Singularity, Stardock and Oxide Games have announced a sequel touting "strategic battles of unprecedented scale." Read more...

Stardock unveils Elemental: Reforged, a reimagining of its strategy games upgraded to 64-bit

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 14:04:01 +0000

The Elemental 4X strategy series of Stardock is making a comeback. Elemental: Reforged is combining all the elements of the originals while also improving on them for a brand-new experience. Read more...

Stardock Start11 v2.5.3.1

Razvan Serea — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 19:54:02 +0000

Stardock Start11 is a powerful Windows 11 customization tool that brings back the classic Start menu while allowing users to personalize and enhance their desktop experience. Read more...

Ara: History Untold 1.4 update delivers overhauls to AI, map generation, combat, and more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 19:00:01 +0000

The 4X strategy experience Ara: History Untold has received another game-changing update, this time focused on delivering better AI, player camera, combat, and map generation alongside a DLC. Read more...

Stardock releases Fences 6 with tab support, dynamic coloring and more

Steven Parker — Wed, 28 May 2025 15:00:01 +0000

Now with tabs, custom icon tint, and new enterprise functionality, it's the most advanced desktop utility for Windows. Read more...

WindowBlinds 11.0.6

Razvan Serea — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 04:22:02 +0000

Customize the look and feel of your Windows 10 and Windows 11 Start menu, taskbar, window frames, and more. Read more...

Stardock announces Fences 6, beta now available to download

Steven Parker — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 15:00:01 +0000

Beta 1 of Fences 6, a big new update for the popular Windows desktop organization software, is now available with Tabs, Icon Tint, and new enterprise functionality. Read more...

Stardock Fences 5.88

Razvan Serea — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:01 +0000

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

Stardock Start11 v2.51

Razvan Serea — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 04:38:02 +0000

Stardock Start11 is a powerful Windows 11 customization tool that brings back the classic Start menu while allowing users to personalize and enhance their desktop experience. Read more...

Start11 v2.5

Razvan Serea — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:48:02 +0000

Stardock Start11 is a powerful Windows 11 customization tool that brings back the classic Start menu while allowing users to personalize and enhance their desktop experience. Read more...

Want a vertical taskbar in Windows 11? New Start11 update lets you have that

Taras Buria — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 16:00:01 +0000

The latest Start11 2.5 beta update is now available for those who crave a vertical taskbar in Windows 11. Read more...

Stardock releases Multiplicity 4 v1.0 with Seamless Display, ARM support, and more

Steven Parker — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:00:01 +0000

Multiplicity 4 v1.0 is out with enhanced ARM support and many enhancements based on feedback received during the beta period. Read more...

DesktopGPT 1.0 exits beta, a new app by Stardock that brings AI to the desktop

Steven Parker — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:00:01 +0000

DesktopGPT is an innovative new application that brings AI to the desktop with a focus on quick interactions and powerful templates that help everyone get the most out of AI. Read more...

Stardock updates DesktopGPT with Template Editor, better UI, and other improvements

Taras Buria — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 20:20:01 +0000

DesktopGPT, a Windows app that brings OpenAI's latest models to your desktop, has received a new version with some big updates. Read more...

Stardock announces Multiplicity 4 with multiscreen streaming, Seamless display, and more

Steven Parker — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 15:00:01 +0000

New with Multiplicity 4 is Seamless Display, a feature that makes it simple to use a laptop or other Windows PC as a secondary native display with Windows. Read more...

Stardock says you can already customize Windows 11 24H2 with Start11 v2, Fences 5

Sayan Sen — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 05:46:02 +0000

Following the release of Windows 11 24H2 by Microsoft, Stardock has said that its popular customization apps like Start11 v2 and Fences 5, are already compatible with the new OS version. Read more...

Stardock Fences 5.84

Razvan Serea — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 18:28:01 +0000

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

Start11 v2.11

Razvan Serea — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 07:00:01 +0000

Stardock Start11 is a powerful Windows 11 customization tool that brings back the classic Start menu while allowing users to personalize and enhance their desktop experience. Read more...

Stardock updates DesktopGPT with OpenAI's GPT-4o and 4o-mini support and more

Taras Buria — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 10:22:02 +0000

If you want to have access to OpenAI's latest GPT-4o and 4o-mini on your desktop without using the browser, check out the just-updated DesktopGPT app from Stardock. Read more...

Start11 v2 2.21 brings a better Start menu to ARM-powered Windows PCs

Taras Buria — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 21:56:01 +0000

Today, Stardock released a significant update for Start11 v2, its critically acclaimed Start menu alternative for Windows 10 and 11. The highlight of the release is native support for Windows on ARM. Read more...