Congratulations to PixelPirate! After much deliberation the Admins of PlanetAMD64 have selected PixelPirate's AMDience as the winning skin. The contest featured submissions from Morphium, PixelMarker, Themerboy and DanilloOC, as well as PixelPirate. Congratultions to all who participated and special thanks to Jason Hambly (PhatSOB) and Jason Gray (SkOrPn) for all their hard work.
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Gamespot has a pretty thorough hands-on preview of Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords. The game is the sequel to the award-winning Galactic Civilizations released in 2003. In the game, players take on the role of leader of an inter-stellar civilization. Through diplomacy, economic power and military might the player must come to dominate the galaxy. With the most sophisticated visual ship design features ever seen in a computer game along with a new 3D engine, unique planets, and more
Plymouth, MI- (September 1, 2005) – Game publisher Stardock Entertainment has added the game Cellblock Squadrons to its electronic distribution system, TotalGaming.net. Cellblock Squadrons is an action/space sim developed by Western Australia based Super Furious Software. Delve into a future world where every criminal has a debt to society, and the darkness of space is where it will be repaid. Join in missions with up to 99 other criminals and earn your freedom, so that on
Plymouth, MI- (September 1, 2005) – Game publisher Stardock Entertainment has added the game Cellblock Squadrons to its electronic distribution system, TotalGaming.net. Cellblock Squadrons is an action/space sim developed by Western Australia based Super Furious Software. Delve into a future world where every criminal has a debt to society, and the darkness of space is where it will be repaid. Join in missions with up to 99 other criminals and earn your freedom, so that on
Plymouth, MI- (August 25, 2005) – Game publisher Stardock Entertainment has announced the addition of the game BreakQuest to its electronic distribution store TotalGaming.net. Developed by Nurium Games in Barcelona, Spain, BreakQuest offers 100 levels of fun, accessible gameplay. BreakQuest is a fresh take on the original BreakOut which first appeared in the 1980’s. However, unlike other incarnations of the classic breakout game, BreakQuest features a full-fledged physics eng
Plymouth, MI- (August 25, 2005) – Game publisher Stardock Entertainment has announced the addition of the game BreakQuest to its electronic distribution store TotalGaming.net. Developed by Nurium Games in Barcelona, Spain, BreakQuest offers 100 levels of fun, accessible gameplay. BreakQuest is a fresh take on the original BreakOut which first appeared in the 1980’s. However, unlike other incarnations of the classic breakout game, BreakQuest features a full-fledged physics eng
Plymouth, MI- (August 23, 2005) – Game publisher Stardock Entertainment has added the game Astral Masters to its electronic distribution system, TotalGaming.net. Astral Masters is the spiritual successor to Apus Software’s Astral Tournament, which was released in September 2002. In Astral Masters, two players compete in a turn-based fantasy card game, similar to Magic: the Gathering. There are three modes of gameplay in Astral Masters: Single Duel, League and Multiplayer.
Plymouth, MI- (August 23, 2005) -- Game publisher Stardock Entertainment has added the game Astral Masters to its electronic distribution system, TotalGaming.net. Astral Masters is the spiritual successor to Apus Software’s Astral Tournament, which was released in September 2002. In Astral Masters, two players compete in a turn-based fantasy card game, similar to Magic: the Gathering. There are three modes of gameplay in Astral Masters: Single Duel, League and Multiplayer. In
SkinStudio 4.6 has been released.  SkinStudio is an application that allows artists of all levels to create skins for programs such as WindowBlinds and Windows Media Player.  WindowBlinds allows users to change the "skin" (the graphics that makes up the title bar, push buttons, scrollbar
Plymouth, MI- (August 17, 2005) – Game publisher Stardock Entertainment has added Reaktor to its electronic distribution system, TotalGaming.net. Reaktor was developed by MoCLIX, an independent game team based in Bratislava, Slovakia. Reaktor is a color-matching game that pits you against the clock. Fifteen planets are in danger of being irreversibly contaminated by radiation due to broken nuclear reactors. It’s the player’s job to prevent the meltdowns and save the worlds from to
Plymouth, MI- (August 17, 2005) – Game publisher Stardock Entertainment has added Reaktor to its electronic distribution system, TotalGaming.net. Reaktor was developed by MoCLIX, an independent game team based in Bratislava, Slovakia. Reaktor is a color-matching game that pits you against the clock. Fifteen planets are in danger of being irreversibly contaminated by radiation due to broken nuclear reactors. It’s the player’s job to prevent the meltdowns and save the worlds from to
Stardock has released WindowBlinds 4.6.  WindowBlinds is a program that enables users to "skin" their entire Windows GUI to give it a totally different look & feel.  When installed, users apply "visual styles" that change title bars, push buttons, radio buttons, the Start bar, etc.  WindowBlinds also includes a number of usability enhancements such as supporting roll-up
Plymouth, MI- (August 12, 2005) – Software developer Stardock Entertainment has added the side scrolling action game Jets'n'Guns to TotalGaming.net. Originally developed by the Czech Republic game company Rake in Grass, Jets'n'Guns is the most recent title to be added to TotalGaming.net, Stardock Entertainment's game distribution system on the Internet. TotalGaming.net members are able to purchase titles at discounted rates by using a unique Token-based payment system. <B
Plymouth, MI- (August 12, 2005) – Software developer Stardock Entertainment has added the side scrolling action game Jets'n'Guns to TotalGaming.net. Originally developed by the Czech Republic game company Rake in Grass, Jets'n'Guns is the most recent title to be added to TotalGaming.net, Stardock Entertainment's game distribution system on the Internet. TotalGaming.net members are able to purchase titles at discounted rates by using a unique Token-based payment system. <BR
Stardock has released IconX 1.1.  IconX is a program that enhances your existing Windows desktop icons. When run, your desktop icons instantly look better. IconX can add shadows to your icons, graphical backgro
Contact: Kristin Hatcher ([email protected]) Phone: 734-927-0677 x 105 Plymouth, MI- (August 3, 2005) – Game publisher Stardock Entertainment has announced the addition of the flight simulation game Flatspace to its electronic distribution system TotalGaming.net. Originally developed by UK based Cornutopia, Flatspace is the most recent title to be added to the TotalGaming store. In the distant future, space has expanded to such
Contact: Kristin Hatcher ([email protected]) Phone: 734-927-0677 x 105 Plymouth, MI- (August 3, 2005) – Game publisher Stardock Entertainment has announced the addition of the flight simulation game Flatspace to its electronic distribution system TotalGaming.net. Originally developed by UK based Cornutopia, Flatspace is the most recent title to be added to the TotalGaming store. In the distant future, space has expanded to such
Stardock has released Natural Desktop 2006 v1.5 today.  Natural Desktop is a desktop enhancement program that looks at your current local weather, the time of day, the time of year and then applies a wallpaper, sound track, and animations based on that data. If you're stuck inside working on a summer day, Natural Desktop is just the cure for that.  Listen to morning doves
There's a new Podcast channel coming -- PowerUser.TV. If you want a sneak preview of what's coming up, you can listen to the first segment of its first pod-cast that covers Beta 1 of Windows Vista. It's an interview with Stardock's Brad Wardell over his impressions on Microsoft's new OS.
Stardock RightClick lets you design your own right-click desktop menu. Add program short-cuts, folders, disk space monitors, RSS readers, and virtually anything you can imagine to it.  Get it on its own or as part of Object Desktop . Your desktop is usually covered with windows. No problem, RightClick enables you to assign a hot-key to bring it up any time, any where.  It's also fully skinnable and supports adding DesktopX
Plymouth, MI (July 19, 2005) - Stardock, the world's leading developer of Windows enhancement software, announced DesktopX 3.1 and DesktopX Pro 3.1 today. DesktopX is the revolutionary program that gives power users and novice users alike the ability to design their own custom Windows desktops. DesktopX works by giving Windows its own native desktop object sy
TotalGaming.net delivers PC games electronically Popular no-DRM gaming service enters new phase For Immediate Release: Contact: Brian Clair ([email protected]) Phone: 734-927-0677 X 129 Livonia MI – July 19, 2005. Stardock Entertainment, best known for its award-winning PC strategy games such as The Political Machine and
TotalGaming.net delivers PC games electronically Popular no-DRM gaming service enters new phase For Immediate Release: Contact: Brian Clair ([email protected]) Phone: 734-927-0677 X 129 Livonia MI – July 19, 2005. Stardock Entertainment, best known for its award-winning PC strategy games such as The Political Machine and <A href="http://totalgaming.stardock.com/games
IconDeveloper 1.2 has been released.  IconDeveloper is a program designed to make it easy for users and artists to create their own Windows XP icons.  Once installed, it can take nearly any image and convert it into an icon very quickly. It auto
eVGA is holding it's annual on-line scavenger hunt and this year the prizes are valued at $20,000! The prizes this year are extraordinary. Stardock is one of the sponsors. We are providing one-year subscriptions to TotalGaming.Net and to Object Desktop. There is no purchase needed to enter or to win. The contest is, however, open only to residents of the US and Canada. The complete rules can be found at http://www.evga.com/scavenger/default.asp?switch=3 &nbs