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Adding Widgets to the Start Menu with Start11 v3

Last week, we released the first beta of Start11 v3, and it is packed with features like taskbar islands, toolbars, and a lot more. With today's update, we are adding new color scheme options to easily theme your taskbar and Start menu, but more importantly, we are adding more widgets too. With Star

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Save the Date: Release Livestream for Ashes of the Singularity II

Join us on November 10 for a release day livestream for Ashes of the Singularity II Tune in to see the team play through the single-player campaign, multiplayer matches, and more at your favorite streaming location. Mark your Calendars | Wishlist Ashes II ๐Ÿ“… Tuesday, Nov 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM EST ๐Ÿ“Lo

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v2.1 "Harbinger Reinforcements" Update Now Available

v2.1 "Harbinger Reinforcements" Update Now Available ARES AI goes live, allies can trade resources and planets, and Harbinger owners can turn a star dark. View Changelog Below ARES AI Is Live The AI has been rebuilt on the ARES decision model, and it's now on for every AI player by default. ARES opp

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v1.6 Update for Elemental: Reforged Now Available

v1.6 Update for Elemental: Reforged Now Available View Changelog Below The v1.6 update for Elemental: Reforged is now available. This release shortens the minimum distance between outposts and cities, keeps AI pioneers from wandering off to random tiles, adds Recall scrolls to the Scroll Scribe's sh

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Dev Journal #1: Crimson Freedom - 15 Years in the Making

Dev Journal #1: Crimson Freedom - 15 Years in the Making How an ambitious sci-fi concept from 2010 evolved into a real-time strategy game about humanity's future.' Wishlist Now The story of Crimson Freedom began long before we started developing the game itself. In fact, its foundations were laid ne

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Stardock to Publish Colonus, a Medieval City Builder

Stardock to Publish Colonus, a Medieval City Builder Badhenke Studios' upcoming city builder combines deep production chains, exploration and villagers' lives. Wishlist Now Colonus is a cozy city-building game with a strong emphasis on exploration, production chains, and the lives of individual vill

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v4.2 Update for Galactic Civilizations IV Now Available

v4.2 Update for Galactic Civilizations IV Now Available Get GalCiv IV | View Changelog Below The v4.2 update for Galactic Civilizations IV is available now on Steam, Epic, and galciv4.com. The big change is a round of multiplayer fixes that address several desyncs, an end-of-turn crash, and automate

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Ashes of the Singularity II Release Date Announcement

Ashes of the Singularity II Launches November 10, 2026 The United Earth Forces take on the Post-Human Coalition and the AI Substrate in Stardock's massive-scale real-time strategy sequel Wishlist Now Stardock is excited to announce that Ashes of the Singularity II will officially release November 10

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v1.5 Update for Elemental: Reforged Now Available

v1.5 Update Now Available View Changelog Below The v1.5 update for Elemental: Reforged is now available. Enemy factions now build proper armies, send their leaders out to deal with threats, and pick fights they can actually win. Loot has been reworked so you'll find more crafting ingredients and les

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Qualcomm, Stardock, partner on local AI with Clairvoyance

Clairvoyance AI, a Stardock company, has worked with the Snapdragon team at Qualcomm Technologies to build GenieX, Qualcomm's on-device AI runtime, into Clairvoyance. On a Snapdragon X Series PC, Clairvoyance runs AI models on the Qualcomm Hexagon NPU out of the box. Install the app and it's ready.

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November 2026

Adding Widgets to the Start Menu with Start11 v3 Humanity Fights Back: Ashes of the Singularity II Is Available Now Save the Date: Release Livestream for Ashes of the Singularity II

October 2026

v2.1 "Harbinger Reinforcements" Update Now Available v1.6 Update for Elemental: Reforged Now Available Dev Journal #1: Crimson Freedom - 15 Years in the Making Stardock to Publish Colonus, a Medieval City Builder v4.2 Update for Galactic Civilizations IV Now Available Ashes of the Singularity II Release Date Announcement

September 2026

v1.5 Update for Elemental: Reforged Now Available Qualcomm, Stardock, partner on local AI with Clairvoyance Introducing Snipboard, a better clipboard manager Stardock to Publish Empire in Decay, a Tactical Roguelike Deckbuilder set in a Dark Fantasy World Ashes of the Singularity II Multiplayer Playtest Available Now on Steam Elemental: Reforged v1.4 Update Now Available Galactic Civilizations IV v4.1 Now Available Sins of a Solar Empire II: Harbinger is Available Now AltTabby .80 Brings New Features, Improved Hotkeys, and More Ashes of the Singularity II Multiplayer Playtest Runs September 8-14 on Steam

August 2026

Sins II Release Livestream: Harbinger Expansion Sins II Reddit AMA on the Fourth Faction Expansion, Harbinger Connection Explorer 1.2 Arrives with Multi-Device Monitoring, Network Visualizations, and More Sins of a Solar Empire II: Harbinger Arrives September 3rd, 2026 Introducing AltTabby, a modern window switcher for Windows 11