Now available - The sequel to The Book of Unwritten Tales from Nordic Games and the first map pack for Stardock's excellent Fallen Enchantress! It'd be nice if everyone could get some time to finish their games wouldn't it? Read on for more!
The final big release of 2012 has finally landed. FarCry3 is here! DLC for the other great games of the year are also here - Darksiders II, Max Payne 3, XCOM and Assassin's Creed III all have their stories or multiplayer experience enhanced with this week's releases! Read on for more!
Now available is the complete collection of Alice! Including the original American McGee and Madness Returns! Eleven years ago a horrific fire took Alice’s family from her and left her mind horrifically scarred. Afterwards she was confined to Rutledge Asylum, where she struggled to confront her demons by slipping further into her fantasy world of Wonderland. Read on for more!
We've had a very busy week so far and some of the games arriving this week have been waiting in the wings for far too long! Miner Wars, LEGO Lord of the Rings and more are here at last and ready to engage your mind, your fingers and sometimes, your funny-bone. Read on for more!
It's Cyber Monday! No, we're not fond of the cheesy name either, but that doesn't means we're not fond of the deals it brings! Dragon Age, more Transformers, Crysis, Max Payne 3 and more all up to 75% off! If you've got some games you want to get under your belt or simply build your backlog before you hibernate for winter, this is the way to do it! Read on for more!
It's Black Friday! Our best 1-day deals of the year are here for the taking! From Call of Duty's lowest price of the year to savings on brand new games like Borderlands 2 and XCOM: Enemy Unknown! Plus many of our great Thanksgiving weekend sales are still going! Assassin's Creed Complete, Transformers, Sonic and more for one day only! If you've been waiting on these great games, now's the time! Read on for more!
It's that time of year again! When all of our sales make our regular great sales look like they should be eating at the kiddie table! Up to 75% off your favorites, including brand new titles like Dishonored, Sims 3 Seasons and Medal of Honor Warfighter! Whether classic titles like the Kohan franchise or new games like Skyrim are tickling your fancy, we've got it for you, all weekend! Read on for more!
Become immersed in an interactive sci-fi universe in EVE Online, available for PC download. Team up with or compete against more than 350,000 other players in a vast and dynamic virtual galaxy. Engage in epic starship battles and wage economic warfare on the player-controlled galactic market. Read on for more!
It's a good time to be an assassin. Today sees the release of Assassin's Creed III and Hitman: Absolution. Whether you prefer the blade and the tomahawk or the rifle and the garrote, one of these titles will appeal to the noble assassin in you. Get your week locked down, get your contracts, your mission and get gaming! Read on for more!
In the fight between heroes and villains, will you choose to save the world or conquer it? The hunt for the Chaos Emeralds is on and battle lines have been drawn between Hero and Dark. Experience two unique adventures featuring both long-time heroes and new and returning villains as they battle for the fate of the world! Read on for more!
Some excellent story-based DLC and the best racing game in a long time grace our download tubes today. There's also the excellent Cognition Season pass for a new jump into investigation and mystery. It's going to be an interesting week to be sure. There's still some great releases coming this week and Halloween is tomorrow! ALl these great releases mean one thing: It's fall. Read on for more!
Ready for the weekend before Halloween? We've got all your treats right here. Great discounts on Dead Island GOTY, Dark Souls, The Darkness, The Walking Dead, Dead Space, Ghostbusters, Amnesia, Alice and more. It's always bittersweet when Halloween doesn't fall on a weekend. On the one hand, no trick-or-treaters interrupting your weekend gaming. On the other hand, the kids are up late on a school night. Give yourself something to do this weekend with our great Halloween deals! Read on for more!
We’re excited to announce that some big changes to GameStop PC Downloads took place today! These changes make it easier for you to access GameStop PC Downloads, GameStop.com, and PowerUp Rewards with a single secure login. Read on for more details!
A big day. A very big day. From the heights of Tier 1 Operations to the depths of a creepy mystery, today's new releases will eat your free time up like nothing else. Medal of Honor Warfighter, FIFA Manager 13, Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2013, Cabela's Hunting Expeditions, XCOM Unknown's Elite Soldier Pack DLC and Nancy Drew: The Deadly Device are all now available for your enjoyment! Read on for more!
GameStop PC Downloads (www.impulsedriven.com) will be offline for maintenance from approximately 2:00AM Wednesday, October 24 through 8:00AM Wednesday, October 24. Customers will be unable to access the website or purchase games during this time. Read on for more details and questions regarding this outage.
It's space week. We love space. You love space. Why not give everyone some discounts on some of our best games set in that cold hard frontier out there beyond Felix Baumgartner's record-setting jump. Considering he was sponsored by Red Bull, the direction of his trajectory did not seem to jive with him being given wings... Anyway - Enjoy all these great deals - Ending Monday! Read on for more!
So many games! Today sees DLC galore, some great remakes and expansions. There's more content here than we were really prepared for, including Serious Sam, Borderlands 2, Crusader Kings and more expansions! Plus you can finally get a flashlight for your romp through the demon-infested base in DOOM 3 BFG Edition, so that's always a pick-me-up for the week. Read on for more!
There's a lot of games on sale this weekend. In total you could probably end up spending the rest of your life with the Elder Scrolls and Might & Magic titles alone, but we've also got Civilization V GOTY for half off and Sleeping Dogs continues to impress us. PC gaming is the gift that keeps on giving and keeps taking away your free time. Read on for more!
You should be buying both of today's new releases. You really should. Both are outstanding games that bring something new to their genre while maintaining tight core gameplay and engaging stories. XCOM will take you back to a genre we haven't see much from lately, but is getting an outstanding shakeup at this very moment. Dishonored shows Arkane Studios chops to a much wider audience and places their talents front and center. If you can't afford both, ask Santa for the other. They both deserve your attention. Read on for more!
In celebration of Codemasters joining GameStop PC Downloads we've made sure all of their titles are at their most affordable! Our promotion on the always excellent Sleeping Dogs also continues. If you need a breath of fresh air in the open-world genre, this is it. We love the Anno series and Anno 2070 tops the lot, and you can get it for half off Friday only! It's a great weekend to pick and play! Read on for more!
Our biggest release this week is War of the Roses, which is just plain awesome. Command & Conquer Ultimate Collection arrives to jeopardize your free time from now until eternity. Anno 2070's newest expansion sends you to bathyspheric depths, Hell Yeah! makes us consider if our reactions are still fast enough and Dogfight 1942 indulges the aeronautics romantic in all of us before blowing it to smithereens with machine guns. It's been a good week. Read on for more!
If the ARMA franchise is your thing, Bohemia's newest title is certainly worth a look! Carrier Command: Gaea Mission is now available! This excellent strategy titles reimagines the classic '80s franchise in a fresh and modern manner! Some of you will be tickled by nostalgia, some will wonder why you weren't cool enough to remember the '80s at all. Read on for more!
This weekend we have the best deal on Battlefield 3 you'll find anywhere. Just $10 for the pinnacle of the modern military shooter. Sleeping Dogs returns this weekend with a deal too good to pass up and our bundles... oh our bundles are cool. We took our favorite franchises from across the board, wrapped them up, put a bow on them, spanked them on the bottom and sent them on to you with as much as 75% off! Read on for more!
Score some goals and take some heads in FIFA 13 or Darksiders II's first batch of game-widening DLC. Today's releases will change the way you think about the beautiful game in electronic form and the way you... well take heads. It doesn't get much better than great DLC and the new release of the best-selling sports franchise worldwide does it? Read on for more!
Whew! Ready for your booster shot? What booster shot? Your booster shot of AWESOME! Resident Evil 5 is at its lowest price around, letting you shoot zombies and get ready for RE6 right now! Tribes Ascend's killer starter pack is obscenely cheap in Flash Sale Friday, giving you the leg up for far less than an arm and a ... well leg. ARMA II, Sleeping Dogs and Haegemonia all round out one of the most varied set of deals in weeks! Get some and get gaming! Read on for more!
It's here! Borderlands 2 is here and waiting for you to enter its awesome, brilliant open world of mayhem and fun. Gameplay that will make your heart beat a little faster, and unique graphics that will have your eyes popping at every corner. The mayhem has begun - bring some friends and get in on the party! Season Pass and Original Soundtrack also available! Read on for more!
Did you know our every-day sales are the best around? We scour the web every day to find out the best deals and then meet or beat them as soon as we can. Why wait though? We figured we'd spoil you for choice this week and put together 100 of our favorite games and priced them all under $10. Some of these deals are 80% off and are at their lowest prices ever, from anywhere. Plus you can experience the entire Assassin's Creed story for less than the price of a "greatest hits" game this weekend in Flash Sale Friday. Good weekend? We think so. Read on for more!
Codemasters makes a triumphant debut on GameStop PC Downloads with all kinds of awesome games! Whether you prefer minion control from Overlord or racing in Grid, Codemasters' excellent back catalog and upcoming titles are sure to pique your interest. Great IP's and great games make for a great amount of fun! There's even amazing military sim Operation Flashpoint in the mix! Read on for more!
Score goals, sling some swords and sorcery around, command armies as far as the eye can see and fight for the Emperor this weekend. Might & Magic weekend, THQ week and the Wastelands Interactive Sale all combine in a brilliant set of deals and savings you just can't beat. Football Manager 2012 will take the manager in all of us and make him a winner. Make your collection as unbeatable as this weekend's deals! Read on for more!
Rift. The MMO that people adore and love. It's getting bigger. A lot bigger. The Storm Legion is approaching and we've got a special pre-purchase exclusive to make sure you're ready when the evil armies invade and the planes themselves are opened. Things are getting exciting and just a little bit scary - will you be ready? Read on for more!
It's like The Sims and your favorite not-to-be-named-teenage-romance-about-vampires-novel collide! Witches, wizards, werewolves, vampires and more come out to play in The Sims 3: Supernatural, available now! Inspiration everywhere from The Munsters to Peter Pan comes together to let your Sims really let loose as creatures of the night or those that seek to control them! Read on for more!
It's Labor Day! A three day weekend means more time to game, more time to save. Whether you want a hardcore RPG or a deep dive into a shooter, you can bet there's something to take care of your weekend here. Great savings on great games. We've got a thing going on that don't we? Tell your friends about the amazing sales we have going down! Read on for more!
It's here. It's finally here. After beta weekends, stress tests, an early access period for pre-purchases and one of the coolest art styles out there, Guild Wars 2 is finally available. Buy it once and you're done! No subscription fees, a persistent world and raid bosses that come to you! Like nothing you've ever played before! Why is this list late? Because we've been playing it and we're starved of sleep. Join us! Read on for more!
What. A. Weekend. The Walking Dead for 40% off from the masters of adventure games is an amazing deal. The Secret World is half off. The Batman: Arkham City bundle returns to give everyone a second chance since it sold out so quickly last time! Inversion, Saints Row and Supreme Commander as well... There's so many great deals on an amazing variety of titles weekend we really don't know where to start. Read on for more!
What makes up your childhood? Your adolescence? Did you play with robots? Spend your nights at LAN parties? Did you watch the testosterone-pumped action movies of the '80s? This week's new releases have some of the best flash-back releases. Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and The Expendables 2 are all landing right now and fighting for your attention. Whichever one pulls at your nostalgia-strings strongest... Or all of them. Read on for more!
Space combat? Killing dragons? How about a game that has so many fantasy cliches it's almost breaking the mold, yet remains totally awesome at the same time? It's all here this weekend. Focus Home Week has deals up to 75% off some of the best under-the-radar titles out there (and some very on-the-radar ones too!) and Flash Sale Friday does a Flashback to our very first with Sword of the Stars Complete! Read on for more!
Death rides again! Experience the true price of crime! Darksiders II and Sleeping Dogs are now available! Whether you're an action-adventure or a straight up action fan, this week's new AAA releases will take care of your desire to bring the apocalypse or just run your underground empire in the crazy little world that is Hong Kong... If neither of those tickle your fancy, there's always insane new Saints Row The Third DLC... Prepare to sacrifice all your free time! Read on for more!
If you don't feel like sleeping this weekend, we have some amazing deals for you! From Assassin's Creed Complete to FarCry and beyond, the Ubisoft Sale is sure to give you enough gaming fodder to make sleep seem like an after though. Amnesia: The Dark Descent however will keep you awake for all the wrong reasons in Flash Sale Friday. Truly scary and disturbing, this one's not for the kids, but for 75% off, you can't go wrong. Read on for more!
Your music is under attack, you must liberate it! A mysterious entity is absorbing and corrupting your music before your very eyes. You must battle through your own song collection, discover items, customize your ship and fight boss enemies to liberate the Symphony of Souls and reclaim your music! Symphony will change how you think about music games forever! Read on for more!
The last time there was a Tom Clancy double-bill this good was when "The Hunt for Red October" and "Clear and Present Danger" were back to back on SPIKETV! Ghost Recon Future Soldier nets you Splinter Cell Conviction FREE this weekend only! If you haven't played Orcs Must Die! your life in incomplete, part action game, part puzzler, part tower defense, it will take away ALL of your time this weekend for 75% off the Game of the Year Edition with all the DLC! Plus it's your last chance to pre-purchase the ground-break Symphony for 20% off! Read on for more!
Sometimes we get to play games well before they're released and Arkane Studios' Dishonored is one of those games. A steampunk Victorian feel permeates this whole amazingly detailed world that combines the best parts of RPG, shooter and exploration games. Players familiar with Arkane's other games are in for a treat with this awesome game, published by a Bethesda. Now available for pre-purchase! Read on for more!
To celebrate the upcoming release of Darksiders II (Releasing 8/14/12), GameStop PC Downloads, THQ and Game Informer are giving away some great stuff! 10 people will win the PC Collector's Edition 15 second-prize winners receive a Darksiders II Prize Pack with Prima Strategy Guide, a Statue of Death, limited edition t-shirts and more! 10,000 people will receive a free downloadable copy of the original Darksiders for PC. Read on for more!
Music games. Just saying the word around most gamers will inspire noveau-nostalgia, frustration, joy and disappointment. All but the most hardcore will call the genre dead, flogged to death with nigh-monthly releases from multiple companies and closets full of useless plastic instruments. Empty Clip Studios’ Symphony is about to bring it back in a way that will change the way you think about music games forever. Read on for more!
Whether you want to rule the world or just shoot people with personal-sized rocket launchers, this weekend brings release. QuakeCon is coming up and that means deals on id and Bethesda titles to help you prepare for all the great news about Elder Scrolls, Doom and Quake as it comes out! Grab all the classics for half off, or pick up two of the greatest Total War games ever for one low price in Flash Sale Friday! Read on for more!
Indie Game Challenge 2012 Technical Achievement and GameStop PC Downloads Choice Award winning game 'Symphony' from Empty Clip Studios is now available for pre-purchase from the digital retailer. ‘Symphony will change the way you think about music games. By analyzing your own music collection with a revolutionary algorithm, the game creates enemies and levels based on the pace, tone and type of music in your library. Read on for more!
Kill Alex Mercer. Learn kung fu. Destroy your enemies with the power of music. It's all in the cards with this week's new releases! Prototype 2 makes its way to PC with included DLC in-tow and some excellent DLC to some of our favorite games lands this week as well! Take and look and see what's available, you'll find something you'll like, we're sure! Read on for more!
This weekend has brilliant and amazing deals on the adventures of the Caped Crusader. From the game that started it all, Arkham Asylum, to the latest and greatest in LEGO Batman 2, there's adventures for kids and adults. On top of that, the final journey of Commander Shepard, Earth's greatest hero (or Earth's biggest jerk) is half off and you can take the tale of the Dragonborn for 33% off! Whether you're waiting in line for movies or playing video games (or both!) this weekend is sure to be one full of awesome times! Read on for more!
Good news travels fast. Scant hours after the existence of Battlefield 4 was revealed, we now have a way for you to play it before anyone else! Customers who pre-purchase EA's Medal of Honor Warfighter before October 22nd will receive GUARANTEED access to the Battlefield 4 beta, as soon as it goes live! Bet you never thought you'd see reinforcements like this! Read on for more details!
Whether you enjoy the ultimate map-mode strategy or getting down in the nitty-gritty of a role-playing strategy game, Paradox has you taken care of and our Paradox Party has excellent savings all weekend long, plus extra savings on certain days! If you're a fan of RTS or Total War, Total War Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai is just $10 (66% off) in Flash Sale Friday! Grab it for the best price around! Read on for more!
The Discover Tab Beta is here!
Gamers who access GameStop’s PC app and click on the newly added discover tab will find an all new way to explore game information bringing together articles, video, reviews, and related information based on that user’s interests. Discover Tab beta already encompasses over 1,700 games available for PC Download, over 59,000 browser based games from Kongregate.com and the latest content from Game Informer. Read on for more!
It's hard getting respect in an online shooter, especially when everyone has a head start. Skip the line, avoid the grief and get the headshots you really deserve with the Battlefield 3 Ultimate Shortcut. If you're more into hanging out and being super cool, with your denim shorts and jacket, the Diesel Stuff expansion for The Sims 3 might be more your speed. Read on for more!
It's the weekend after the 4th of July. We're sunburnt and sore from a hard week with a short break in the middle and we're celebrating by putting a few games on sale. Whether you want some tactical lateral thinking in our Ghost Recon Flash Sale, RPG greatness with The Witcher or command armies across the world in Total War, your weekend shall not be wasted! Take some time to recuperate and enjoy this plethora of great games for great prices! Read on for more!
Gaming lets you step foot into many character's shoes with relative ease. This weekend there are all sorts of shoes for you to fill, dragonslayer, dictator, world's greatest detective, prize fighter and savior of the universe. Which role will you choose? Why pick just one? At deals up to 75% off, there's no reason to not make sure you entire summer if filled with the biggest and best games! Read on for more!
ArenaNet and NCSoft today announced that Guild Wars 2 will officially launch on Tuesday, August 28th!
Guild Wars 2 will be a living breathing online world that challenges convention, that's designed for fun instead of grind, and that brings social interaction to a new level in an online world. Customers who pre-purchase will also receive 3-days early access, getting in on August 25th!
Sometimes an extra-special deal comes along that just blows us away. Pre-purchasing Spec Ops: The Line and getting Mafia II free is one of those deals. Who doesn't want to play a video-game adaptation of "Heart of Darkness" set in the desert? You're crazy if you don't. L.A. Noire Complete Edition is 75% off in Flash Sale Friday, so put on your gumshoes, gumshoes! Our SEGA sale continues with deals on Shogun 2 and Binary Domain and all the rest! Read on for more!
A wonderfully varied set of releases arrives on GameStop PC Downloads today, with games for patient adults and the kid in everyone! What happens when you mix the greatest world-building game of recent years with the volatile world fo religion? Find out in Civilization V: Gods & Kings! LEGO Batman gets help from the other DC super heroes, from Superman to Wonderwoman and beyond! Even Robin gets to put his tights back on in a game for kids and adults alike! Ship Simulator Extreme will take care of your need to sail away as far as possible! Check out our new releases here! Read on for more!
What a weekend! Just a couple to go until your next three-day weekend! Bide your time with some of the best PC games on sale this weekend! One of our most popular sales EVER has been continuing through the weekend. With up to 66% off Valve's greatest games, we're celebrating PC gaming's premiere developer. Step into the silent shoes of Gordon Freeman, anti-terrorist operatives and more! Dead Island is also 60% off (Just $11.99!) in Flash Sale Friday, too! Whether you prefer Headcrabs or old-school zombies and machetes, we have something for you this weekend! Read on for more!
Ready to take things up close and personal? Battlefield 3: Close Quarters is available TODAY for Battlefield Premium members on PC. That's two weeks of knife-on-bayonette beat-down action. If you haven't already signed up for service, you can still grab Battlefield 3 today and get in on the action early! Read on for more!
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion has finally arrived! The war has gone on too long, factions have split and revolts surge across known space! Do you have what it takes to dominate this fractious new galaxy? The controlling powers that be have depleted arsenals and seemed to have exhausted all efforts of diplomacy. Trapped in a stalemate, sub–factions have rebelled and broken off the main alignments. Rebellion is upon us. Read on for more!
All that E3 news has got us pretty excited. All the Assassin's Creed III news got us so worked up we took up to 75% off most of the franchise! To help supplement your Battlefield Premium experience, the base game is $20 off and Syndicate, one of the best reboots we've seen in years is 50% off in Flash Sale Friday! The fan-favorite Haegemonia series is also 50% off - amounting to an awesome series for the price of a single game! If you need some awesome games to take your mind off the cool stuff you won't see until next year, we've got just what you need! Read on for more!
The biggest game show of the year is almost here and some companies are jumping the gun, but for now we've got the pre-purchases and games to make sure your sights are set firmly on the immediate future. Get ready for an outstanding space-strategy indie, the heir to the True Crime look-and-feel, the next expansion in the greatest Strategy Game of the Decade AND the new game from the mind behind the original Portal! Not to mention there's some nice pre-purchase discounts to be had! Read on for more!
After a short hiatus, the Dungeons & Dragons games are back! Challenge your role-playing skills with the games that reinvented and defined the genre. This weekend also has our lowest price yet for Space marine, Titan Quest Gold and even the awesome recently released Stellar Impact, including all the great DLC! To top that off, Alan Wake Collector's Edition is 66% off in Flash Sale Friday! Summer is definitely here, at least if you're in the Northern Hemisphere... Time to crack up the AC, avoid the blistering heat and get your game on! Read on for more!
It's that time again... Guild Wars 2's next beta weekend is coming fast and being ready is more important than ever! Be prepared for the action and head into Tyria with your wits about you by pre-purchasing Guild Wars 2 now and being ready when June 8th arrives! We had a blast last beta weekend and we hope you did too! They've been hard at work taking feedback from the last beta weekend and incorporating it into this new build - Read on for more details on how you can change the future of the MMO!
For the long weekend we have quite the treat - you can experience the battles that shaped the world, the ones that makes the headlines and those that might happen in the future in our outstanding Memorial Day Weekend Sale. Even our Flash Sale lets you experience sweeping wars through the eyes of the men on the ground, with 75% off the Men of War Bundle. Battlefield, Command and Conquer and all your favorite war franchises are up for grabs. Read on for more!
GameStop is lifting the curtain on our annual conference that, until now, has been open only to GameStop employees. GameStop® PowerUp Rewards™ members are now invited to experience more than 200,000 square feet of video gaming at the first-ever GameStop EXPO 2012 in San Antonio, Texas. Read on for more details on how to attend this awesome event!
Available now is the second pack of DLC for Defenders of Ardania! Defenders of Ardania: The Conjurer’s Tricks provides a new collection of units, towers and spells that can be used to conquer your opponents. Use new tactics and strategies to outwit the enemies. This collection comes with one new unit, tower and spell for each race. Check out this excellent addition to one of the most interesting games this year so far here.
You can tell it's getting warmer, since our deals are getting hotter and hotter. Error 37 won't stop you from enjoying our great weekend deals! The biggest game of 2011 is at its best price yet, one of our favorite RTS franchises has the absolute best deal on a "Gold" Edition we can think of. Crusader Kings II is a whopping 75% off in our Flash Sale Friday, an outstanding medieval RTS and sequel to one of our best-selling Paradox franchises. Erors 3007, 3005 and 37 might crimp your plans for this weekend, so unwind with some of our great deals! Read on for more!
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GameStop, in partnership with Valve, creators of Steam, a leading platform for the delivery and management of PC and Mac games with over 40 million accounts, today announced the nationwide availability of the Steam Wallet at all U.S. GameStop locations. Read on for more information!
GameStop, in partnership with Valve, creators of Steam, a leading platform for the delivery and management of PC and Mac games with over 40 million accounts, today announced the nationwide availability of the Steam Wallet at all U.S. GameStop locations. Read on for more!
The best things can only last so long, and so it is with our amazing Spring Sale. If you've been holding out on a game for the right price, now's the time. Our massive sale on our most popular games ends Monday. Want to start Arkham City for just $15 this weekend? Now's the time. Familiarize yourself with Black Ops for less than $30? Now's the time. Want to go outside and do yardwork? Of course you don't, here's your excuse!
The best things can only last so long, and so it is with our amazing Spring Sale. If you've been holding out on a game for the right price, now's the time. Our massive sale on our most popular games ends Monday. Want to start Arkham City for just $15 this weekend? Now's the time. Familiarize yourself with Black Ops for less than $30? Now's the time. Want to go outside and do yardwork? Of course you don't, here's your excuse!
Do you prefer fighting with guns or your fists? Whichever you prefer, one of our new releases today will tickle your fancy. The world of Street Fighter and Tekken collide for the first time ever in Street Fighter X Tekken, bloody arena combat makes a return in a reboot of Nexuiz and Red Orchestra 2 makes sure you can save the motherland from encroaching hordes. It's a great weekend for gaming, no matter what you like! Read on for more!
In January we thought 2012 could never measure up to the awesome releases we saw week after week, month after month in 2011. It looks like we were wrong! Developer and publishers are letting us pre-purchase sooner than ever and the days are ticking by before your favorite franchises get a brand new installment and new games appear to steal your affections! Check out available pre-purchases now, there are bonuses to be had! Read on for more!
The weekend begins and the final days of our Spring Sale loom nigh. To celebrate the tenth anniversary of The Elder Scrolls III - Morrowind and the announcement of The Elder Scrolls Online, we've put together the ultimate deal in all Tamriel, the three most recent games in the series, 200-plus hours of gameplay, for just the price of Skyrim. To make sure your weekend has enough dragons, Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga is 75% off in Flash Sale Friday! This excellent RPG collection will slake your thirst for a good while to come! Read on for more!
When starting the GameStop PC Downloads App today, users will receive a pleasant surprise! Once updated, our new App clearly shows the direction we're heading! With smoother and easier navigation, a more streamlined and modern interface, and much, much faster loading times, the experience has never been better! We've also made the installation and management of your games easier than ever, making the App more accessible than ever before! Read on for more!
Whether the Force didn't grab you, or if Azeroth is a little too stale after a few years on the servers, there's hope! TERA Online is now available! TERA Online emphasizes skill combat, rather than just button mashing. Choose from six races and eight different classes in your quest to protect the the Exiled Realm of Arborea from enemies far and wide. Read on for more!
What a weekend! Eight of our favorite Indie games on sale for 90% off Friday, Risen 2: Dark Waters and Binary Domain ready for you to sink your teeth into and to top that all off, our Spring Sale is continuing with sales up to 75% off! An absolutely insane weekend this is! Dig in to some of our favorite games for huge savings, from Gray Matter and Really Big Sky, to Modern Warfare 3 and Mass Effect 3! it's a great time to be a PC Gamer!
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GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), the world's largest multichannel video game retailer, today announced the launch of a massively expanded selection of PC games in-store. More than 1,500 downloadable PC games are now available at 4,400 U.S. stores and at www.GameStop.com, representing one of the most extensive collections of PC games accessible at retail. Read on for more details.
From the shores and rooftops of Istanbul to the haunting forests of the Pacific Northwest, our deals this week take you around the world and back again! Kicking things off on Friday is 66% off Assassin's Creed Revelations in Flash Sale Friday, and Oil Rush for half price. Rounding out some of the most enticing we've had in some time are Alan Wake, European Escalation and Dawn of Fantasy. This weekend is a great warm up to a special event next week... Stay tuned and prepare with this weekend's deals! Read on for more!
When 2012 began, it looked like after the whirlwind of great new releases that was 2011, 2012 would be kind of a dry year. Fortunately developers the world over, from indies to AAA giants have stepped up and made 2012 and beyond an exciting time to be a PC Gamer. This week we've placed two of the most exciting upcoming FPS titles from EA up for pre-purchase! Prepare for another wave of excellent titles today and don't worry that we've officially run out of titles for modern military shooters! Read on for more!
From the galaxy of the Ancients to the future of Earth, this weekend has great discounts on some of our favorite games from Square Enix and the Might & Magic franchise. If your weekend isn't consumed with yardwork as Spring gets underway, you could do a lot worse than playing Dungeon Siege or Final Fantasy until your heart's content. Enjoy all of our great weekend deals, including 75% off Might & Magic Heroes VI Digital Deluxe in our Friday Flash sale! Flash sales may be short, but the weekend is long! Read on for more!
Indie games come in all shapes and sizes, from simple puzzle games to ambitious pieces of classic storytelling.
Indie developer Cryptstone Games was founded by Mark McGrevy in 2005 and recently released Star Prospector, a sprawling galactic exploration RTS/RPG hybrid. With the culmination of seven years of work out in the wild, we decided to see what it really takes to make a game quite unlike any we’ve ever seen. Read on for the full story.
2012 is already shaping up to be just as awesome a year in gaming as last year, though it might be a little better paced! Two of the most exciting games of late spring/early summer are now available for pre-purchase! Max Payne's third outing in Brazil and an adventure to a world of brilliant MMO moments are both available for pre-purchase. Our hands-on with both games left wholly impressed us. If you've got any free time, kiss it goodbye. Read on for more!
Whether your week needs some 2D-3D side-scrolling from the mind of an Australian illustrator in the inventive world of giant octopi and interesting people or just sitting back and letting your mind wander while it focuses on gestating and formulating new ideas, our releases today have you covered. One of the best puzzle games we've seen in a long time is here and puts you in the shoes of an idea. That's right... an idea. Easy to learn, difficult to master. Read on for more!
This weekend we have some of our best discounts ever on recent EA titles and the deepest digital discount around on Anno 2070 Digital Deluxe! 66% Off in Flash Sale Friday! We're also very excited to bring you Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion now available for pre-purchase! Inside you'll find details of the new sci-fi space combat RTS from Ironclad and Stardock! Our favorite RTS series continues with this exciting expansion. Read on for more!
Games developer Stardock Entertainment’s slate of up-coming PC game titles, including Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, Elemental: Fallen Enchantress and The Political Machine 2012 will only be available as digital downloads. The titles will be available for purchase through digital resellers, including the GameStop PC application, and consumers will also be able to buy the titles from GameStop’s more than 4000 retail stores in the United States. When purchasing a title at a GameStop store, the consumer will receive a redemption code that will allow them to download, install, play and update the game through the GameStop PC application.
By popular request our Sales and New Releases RSS feeds have now been implemented! You can pop these links into the RSS reader of your choice and be kept constantly up to date with our latests sales and releases. If we add a beta or put on a last-minute sale, you'll be the first to know! The news RSS feed stays as-is too, so you can stay up to date on our available pre-purchases and Flash Sales too. Click 'Read More' for the RSS URLs.
Do you enjoy challenges or top-down shoot-em-ups? Harkening back to the good old days, the eXceed saga brings back much of the challenge and insane charm of shoot-em-up title. Set in a strange world where vampires and demons are taken down by flying girls with magical powers, challenge and mind-bending story have never gone so hand in hand! Read on for more!
This weekend is our farewell to Ezio Auditore and a celebration of the return of HBO's Game of Thrones with huge discounts off the Assassin's Creed games and Game of Thrones. You can also take the fight to the heretic, the alien and the daemon in Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine for half off, and explore the world above the subway with a sweet deal in Metro 2033. The weekend's looking up, we know what we'll be doing! Read on for more!
Today’s esoteric and lively launches run the gamut from strategy and DLC to crazy slot casino games! Whatever your choices or gaming tastes, something in today’s releases will tickle your fancy and hook you in. DLC for one of last year’s best strategy simulations, some of the best slot games we’ve used to manage our addiction, and a Might & Magic classic! What are you waiting for? Read on for more!
When Total War releases a new game, everyone knows. The Total War Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai stand-alone expansion is now available and to celebrate, we’re letting you have the original Shogun 2 for free! Sengoku is 75% off, the Haegeonia franchise is half off and a host of other great RTS titles are on sale this weekend! Read on for more!
Adventure games abound in today’s releases! Six of Nordic Games’ excellent adventure games land in your lap today, along with the hotly anticipated, pirate-themed DLC, Legend of Dead Kel for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning! Whether you prefer your adventure on the high seas or in spooky old manor-houses, there’s a game here for you! Read on for more!
Today’s releases make sure you’re able to kick it old school with titles that reference the ‘80s and ‘90s in a big, big way. From the photorealistic vistas of Miramar Flight School in Top Gun - Hard Lock to the colorful puzzles of SpaceChem, it’s a feast for the eyes. We dare you to look at those Top Gun screen shots without thinking of Kenny Loggins. Read on for more!
It's that mad time of year when people totally lose their cool and lose control of their responses to things they might find trivial any other time of year...To celebrate this turn of the seasons, March Mayhem will make sure all of our most off-the-wall games like The Darkness II, Saints Row The Third and Batman: Arkham Asylum and more are up to 75% Off! Read on for more!
It’s an old-school style release day today! Orbitron: Revolution channels the side-scrolling space shooters of yore and Defenders of Ardania takes Tower Defense back to its fun roots in an expansive Fantasy universe! If you need a good way to kill some time, we’ve got your number. Read on for more!
Today in new releases, 2011’s face-capture magnum opus L.A. Noire is now available in the standard edition, as well as a DLC Bundle if the PC Collector’s Edition isn’t for you. The ever-popular Mount & Blade franchise gets a Collection! Also released today is one of those brilliant casual puzzle/action games from EA - Warp is available too! Read on for more!
Would You Like to Play a Game? Of course! Everyone wants to play games! We fought long and hard to secure the sorts of deal you can use in the time of war. Wargames Week puts all of our favorite war-themed games on sale up to 75% off and Call of Duty sees its deepest discount anywhere! The prophecies are true, even Skyrim is 33% off! A great weekend will be had by all! More excellent deals inside! Read on for more!
2012 continues to set a high bar for new releases. Assassin’s Creed III, Tera Online, Darksiders II, Total War Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai, and Rayman Origins all continue that trend. With pre-purchase bonuses like extra content and even free beta access, these titles are an outstanding way to continue 2012. All are now available for pre-purchase! Read on for more!
If you remember Rayman before his entire franchise was taken hostage by Raving Rabbids, Rayman Origins will take your memories of 1995 and yank them forward to 2012. Combining the original game’s brilliant side-scrolling gameplay with today’s beautiful graphics, Rayman Origins is the update you’ve been hoping for. Grab the free demo now!
The Reapers are here... and so are Katy Perry and A-Rod! Whether you prefer Commander Shepard or the pop-singer, your desire to role play will be met with today's New Releases! Mass Effect 3 and The Sims 3 Showtime are now available! If role-playing or playing god isn't your thing, there's the great American pastime of baseball. MLB 2K12 from 2K Sports swings its way onto the field. Your spoilt for choice this Tuesday!
Pre-Load now and be ready at 12am US Pacific time! Earth is overrun by the enemy that simply doesn't stop and won't stop until it has eradicated humanity down to the DNA strand. Humanity's most durable hero, Commander Shepard is the only hope we have in this hour of need. Having proven the value of mankind to aliens and allies, it's up to you to finish the story begun in the original Mass Effect. Read on for more!
You can’t do much better than 66% off one of last year’s Game of the Year Contenders, and 33% off another. With huge deals on our favorite AAA titles and some great new franchises (Oil Rush is definitely worth a look!) your weekend is going to be spoken for. Read on for more!
If you’re short of things to do this weekend, how about checking out one of the brilliant games we just loaded into our ever expanding catalog? Whether RTS, action, simulation or exploration takes your fancy there’s a great game in our release list this weekend. Read on for more!
Whether you like building cities, killing orcs or continuing the battle of Hell in a first-person old-school shooter, these releases will slake your need for both destruction and creation! Read on for more!
We’re expanding our catalog today with our favorites from Square Enix’s history and a great starter pack to one of the most fun MMO games out there. Whether you prefer role playing, action shooters, adventure or strategy, there’s something in our releases today for you! Read on for more!
What better way to start your Monday than by stepping into the shoes of the world’s greatest doctor/detective, or embark on a quest to save your people in an intense and wonderfully animated adventure? House, M.D. and Guardian Dragons from Legacy Interactive are now available! Read on for more!
Buy an EA game and get one in the same franchise free this weekend! If that doesn’t get your blood pumping, you can grab Might and Magic Heroes VI for 66% in our Flash Sale, or Back to the Future at just a third of the original price! Brilliant games and stories at brilliant prices! More Deals Inside - Click to read more!
We are pleased to announce that GameStop PC Downloads and EA have crossed the pond! Our UK customers can now purchase great games like the FIFA, The Sims and Mass Effect franchises, the exciting new Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning or the upcoming reboot of classic Syndicate! We’ll be adding more territories and regions soon. Read on for more!
It’s the weekend before Valentine’s Day. If you’re stuck for what to get your special someone, why not try one of our specially selected pairings of Buy 1 Get 1 Free Sims 3 titles? Perhaps a special adventure to a fabulous island of Isla Nublar for 25% off? The wildlife is positively prehistoric! Read on for more gifts for yourself or that special someone, plus our BEST EVER deal on Bastion!
Instead of sitting around waiting for the big game to come on this weekend, why not fill it with some of your favorite games? From World War III to the dawn of civilization and even to a brutal fictitious fantasy sport, our weekend deals showcase the most fun you can have without leaving home! Order some pizza and wings, crack open a cold drink and enjoy - It’s time for a game or two!
King Arthur II is now available to begin your fantasy season and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is on the horizon with pre-loads starting Friday, February 3rd! Unsheathe your sword and don your helmet, your kingdom needs you. From the Isle of Albion and Camelot to the new, exciting realm of Amalur, 2012 is gearing up to be the year of brilliant fantasy titles. Whether you prefer a traditional RPG or a brilliant amalgam of wargame and RPG, you're now spoilt for choice! Read on for more!
Some of the greatest, most creative games of the past decade (and the one before that) are now available! Legendary developer/publisher Valve is now available! Whether you enjoy hitting things with crowbars, the power of gravity, making holes in walls or making large holes in the undead, Valve’s games will suck you in and won’t let you go! There’s more quality gameplay here than you can shake a crowbar at! Read on for more!
Legendary pop-culture icons Doctor Who and Sonic the Hedgehog are getting a huge boost this week! Five Doctor Who Adventure Games and three adventures of the world’s fastest Hedgehog are now available! Whether you prefer your Sonics in Hedgehog or Screwdriver form, there’s something for you! Read on for more!
Gotham City Impostors is zooming in on a zip wire to blow up your perception of what a DC Game can be! Co-op, online Joker-groupie vs. Bat-poser crime battles! Pre-Purchase now and get in on the action as soon as it lands this Spring! Read on for more!
Pre-Purchase bonuses galore! King Arthur II: The Roleplaying Wargame and Mass Effect 3 both now have brilliant extras if you get in early! RTS fans with a penchant for RPGs can get a free prologue campaign for King Arthur II and fans of Commander Shepard and Sci-Fi epics can pick up exclusive N7 Armor and guns when they pre-purchase Mass Effect 3! Read on for more!
This weekend, take some time to slip into the shoes of the World’s Greatest Detective, fight for the survival of your people, survive the anarchy of the world around you or just plain save the day! Haegemonia, Splinter Cell, Borderlands, Crysis, Metro 2033 and Batman: Arkham City are all on sale this weekend! It's a collection of great games we love and we know you will too! Read on for more!
Pre-Purchase bonuses galore! King Arthur II: The Roleplaying Wargame and Mass Effect 3 both now have brilliant extras if you get in early! RTS fans with a penchant for RPGs can get a free prologue campaign for King Arthur II and fans of Commander Shepard and Sci-Fi epics can pick up exclusive N7 Armor and guns when they pre-purchase Mass Effect 3! Read on for more!
Come on Marty! Let's go! Back to the Future: The Game from Telltale Games just hit 88mph and is finally here on GameStop PC Downloads! Amazing voice acting and a fun art style make this piece of pop-culture heritage a must buy. Whether you’re a fan of adventure games, Back to the Future or both, it really is the future with digital downloads! Read on for more!
Sam and Max is here! One of the most original and fun protagonists in video games gumshoeing their way onto GameStop PC Downloads! Both seasons of Telltale's brilliant detective show satire are available now! Read on for more!
It’s the first weekend of 2012. Settle in to the present by enjoying the future! You can start things off by racing for our first ever flash sale and all weekend you can save 40% on The Witcher 2. We’ve also got Ubisoft hit Anno 2070 for 25% off and more games for your enjoyment. The world is changing. Escape it! Read on for more details on this weekend's awesome deals!
Tales of Monkey Island is now available! An original tale from the curators of pop-culture at Telltale Games, this wonderful adventure game will let you experience a totally new story based on the classic LucasArts adventure franchise. Strap a sword to your hip and set sail for adventure! There’s plenty to be had within! Read on for more!
The adventure 65 million years in the making is now available! Jurassic Park: The Game roars to life. Created by the curators of pop-culture at Telltale Games, this cinematic game will let you experience a totally new story based on the beloved movie. Be careful though - the fences are off and the former exhibits are now the residents! Read on for more!
Save big on some of your favorite games as 2011 draws to a close! This weekend we've taken our great New Year's Sale and added some great Daily Deals to top off the New Year's weekend just right! Whether you'll be sleeping in, or neglecting to sleep at all, you can fill the rest of your spare time with one of our great titles! Happy New Year everyone! Read on for more.
It's a huge sale to mark the end of 2011! It was a busy year and we know it's hard to stay completely up on recent games, as well as revisit some old classics. So now's your chance! It was a huge year for us at GameStop PC Downloads and 2012 looks like it will be even bigger. We're celebrating the future and you can join in! Enjoy the games, roll in the savings and have a Happy New Year! Read on for more!
We can't expect everyone to read our minds or understand the giant variety of games we love every year. Whether you need to grab much-wanted game someone didn't get you, or pick up an EXTREMELY last minute present, you’ve got no excuse now! Great games like Dead Island, Space Pirates and Zombies, Dead Rising 2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and more are all on sale! Read on for more!
During the Holidays, sometimes it's hard to find time to sit down and play a game for hours on hours. You have gifts to buy, family to see and travelling to do. So instead, save 50% on all our PopCap Titles and stock up on casual gaming titles galore! Quick to start but hard to put down these casual titles will keep you gaming well into the New Year and put some spirit in your Holidays! Read on for more!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The time when we put tons of your favorite games on sale so you can treat yourself and others to all those games you missed this year! Now you’ve got no excuse to not experience great games like Dead Island, Space Pirates and Zombies, Dead Rising 2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and more! Read on for more!
It's time to save the world again. Final Fantasy XIV Online has been relaunched in all its eye-popping greatness. An MMORPG you can play in whatever style suits you best, from daily team player to lone weekend warrior. Following on from the frequent, ongoing success of Final Fantasy XI and a significant overhaul from its initial debut last year, Final Fantasy XIV 2.0 is definitely here and definitely worth another look! Read on for more!
This weekend is a great chance to catch up on one of the best original franchises of the past few years in Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2, and capitalize on a great publisher-wide sale from Ubisoft and price drops from Bethesda. It’s a little over a week from Christmas so if you’ve not treated yourself yet, now’s the time! Read on for more!
This week's new releases make sure to reel you back in to the games you couldn't tear yourself away from if you wanted! Battlefield 3, Duke Nukem Forever and Everquest all benefit from the kind of content addition we could only dream of ten year ago! There's some intense DLC is incoming folks! Pick it up, reload and get gaming! Read on for more!
It’s been an exciting week for Sega and GameStop PC Downloads with a massive wave of releases this week and even more coming next week, bringing the total to almost 100 titles! We’re celebrating this great moment with a continuing weekend sale on many of the new titles! Read on for more!
War Inc Battle Zone from Online Warmongers has landed on our shores. With exclusive in-game premium content, including credit, armor and weapons the game is making some serious inroads into the online FPS market! Now's your chance to get in on the action, score a sweet deal on the exclusive content and get stuck in! In the world of War Inc, remember what you're fighting for! - Money! Read on for more!
No matter what kind of gamer you are, you’ve no doubt heard reverent mentions of the Sega classics - Sonic, Shining Force, Streets of Rage... The list goes on! Now you can grab these and tons of other classic Genesis and Dreamcast games on GameStop PC Downloads! All this week we’re adding many of the classic Sega games and franchises you grew up with. Special Daily Deals on new titles through Sunday! Read on for more!
Ezio’s story may have come to an end, but yours is just beginning! Save up to 30 percent on Assassin’s Creed Revelations DLC by grabbing the Season Pass! New Maps, characters, achievements and more! Just $19.99 through the first DLC release on December 13! Regularly $29.99. Read on for more!
Did you miss out on the 18th and 19th centuries? Live in the age of conquest, colonialism and war with today’s releases from Sega’s Total War franchise! Empire, Napoleon and more DLC than you can shake a musket at! All this week we’re adding many of the classic Sega games and franchises you grew up with. Special Daily Deals on new titles all this week! Read on for more!
Starting today, you can join the intrepid Belgian reporter Tintin, his best friend Snowy and the irrepressible Captain Haddock in The Adventures of Tintin: The Game from Ubisoft! Now available from GameStop PC Downloads! Read on for more!
Today’s Sega Catalog releases vary wildly, from Total War RTS titles to Sci-Fi Action RPGs. They all have one thing in common though - They’re all fantastic games! All this week we’re adding many of the classic Sega games and franchises you grew up with. Special Daily Deals on new titles all this week! Read on for more!
Starting this week, many of the classic games and franchises you grew up with will be landing on GameStop PC Downloads. From Sonic to Total War, from Virtua Tennis to the entire Genesis and Dreamcast Collections, they’re coming. Special Daily Deals on new titles all this week! Read on for more!
This weekend we have huge deals on current FIFA games, The Sims 3 titles and award-winning RTS and simulation games like Galactic Civilizations II and more! Make sure December is off to a good start and treat yourself first! Read on for more!
Coming next year, you can join Commander Shepard, an anti-Syndicate fighter or create your own character in world from the mind of R.A. Salvatore and Todd McFarlane. Mass Effect 3, The Syndicate and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning from EA Now Available for pre-purchase from GameStop Downloads! There are worlds to save and pre-purchase bonuses to score! Read on for more!
RAGE, BRINK and Hunted: The Demon's Forge are featured as part of a Holiday Sale on GameStop Downloads! All three games published by Bethesda and released this year showcase Bethesda's ability to attract great developer talent - id Software, Splash Damage and inXile Entertainment. Now you can get them all on sale in time for the holidays! Read on for more!
We're having a sale on many of our Sci-Fi titles this week! Whether you like the idea of no one hearing your enemies scream or blasting alien scum, we've got something for you in here! Read on for more details!
It's that time of year again. The leaves are turning (either brown or green, depending on which hemisphere you live in) the winds are picking up and the Holiday shopping season is almost upon us. To celebrate the American tradition of consumerism Thanksgiving we've got a massive hunk of games for sale, giving savings to our customers, no matter where you live! From classic titles like Quake and Kohan to new blockbuster titles Battlefield 3 and RAGE, we're giving you a chance to spoil yourself or someone close to you. Read on for more.
There's a lot to the Thankful for this week! Don the cowl of the World's Greatest Detective and enter the bowel of Gotham City's underworld. Batman: Arkham City is now available! The sprawling mega-prison in the heart of the world's most crime-ridden city is ripe for exploration! Serious Sam 3 BFE is also shooting its way to/through your hearts! Read on for more!
It's time for the weekend and Thanksgiving is coming. As schools close and the leaves turn (in the northern hemisphere at least) it's time for some of the more interesting games to make themselves known. This weekend's features include The World's Greatest Detective, a classic Bioware RPG, one of the most artistically interesting games in years and many more! Read on for more!
Do you like LEGO? Of course you do! Do you like Harry Potter? You should! How about Batman? Everyone loves the Dark Knight. It's a good thing because we've got all of these things combined in some great games from Warner Brothers Games! LEGO Batman, LEGO Harry Potter Years 1-4 and LEGO Harry Potter Years 5-7 are all now available for you to down the cowl and/or sling spells on GameStop Downloads now! Read on for more!
The Third Street Saints are getting pushed by the Syndicate and it's time to fight back. What began as an urban sandbox game with an interesting slant on things has mushroomed into a colossus of fun and bizarre visuals, with tight controls, an absurd, off-the-wall universe and sense of humor. If you need a break from all that world-saving-seriousness of late, Saints Row The Third is the way to go. Read on for more.
Ready the troops and break out the strategy map, it's strategy week! All week long we're giving you the best deals on many strategy titles from Ubisoft, Paradox, Reverie, Kalypso and more! While your strategy decisions must be calculated and carefully considered, you won't have to pick and choose your games that carefully with prices like these! Whether you want to command your knights in battle or direct fleets of space ships in cosmic duels, we've got something for you. Read on for more!
Take a break from reality and visit a new one this weekend, with deals on escapist fantasies from RTS to Action-RPG to MMORPG, you'll have no problems kicking back, relaxing and engrossing yourself in alternate realities where you hold the fate of worlds in your hands and your mightiest weapons are a keyboard and mouse. It's the weekend! Read on for more!
The sequel to the best Batman (best superhero?) game of all time, Batman: Arkham Asylum, is coming and to celebrate we have an exclusive wallpaper for you showcasing the spectacular art style for the game. Now you can see Batman stare across grim cityscape that awaits him in this Game of the Year Contender! Click the read link for access to the wallpaper.
Prepare for the coming of infinite dragons (and infinite quests!) Customers who have already pre-purchased The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim can now begin pre-loading the game via the GameStop Downloads client. Skyrim will be released Friday, November 11, 2011. For further details, read on.
From Moscow to New York, World War III is in full swing and the world stands on the brink. Stand up and be counted. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is here and the fight for freedom needs you! For those who missed out on all the pre-purchase goodies, we have the best deal in town. Buy Modern Warfare 3 today and receive a $10 GameStop PC Downloads Credit! Read on for more details!
We know it's a big week, with Modern Warfare 3 and Skyrim looking to make your head hurt with their pretty graphics, but it's also time to sit back, relax and reeducate (or just educate) yourself on where all these big games game from. It's Classic Games Week! Half off deals from Atari, Interplay and more! Read on for more!
Saturday and Sunday will see previous iterations of the Elder Scrolls story, Oblivion and Morrowind, on sale for half off! Get to know how one of the finest studios out there does their games and prepare to continue the story on November 11th with Skyrim. Read on for more details.
Batman: Arkham City is now available for pre-purchase! The sequel to the best Batman (best superhero?) game of all time, Batman: Arkham Asylum, B:AC takes players into a walled-off mega-prison in the heart of Gotham to uncover just what's behind the plot to place Gotham's greatest enemies in the center of the city. Pre-purchase Batman: Arkham City with GameStop and receive a code to unlock the exclusive Joker's Carnival Challenge Map
Scary Good Deals on Frightfully Good Games! The Halloween Sale Continues! With deep discounts off a great selection of scary and supernaturally-themed gamesm now's a great time to stay up late and dive into a good game! Just don't forget to answer the door when the kids come knocking! Read on for more!
DLC for two of our most popular games hits today! Dungeon Siege III - Treasures of the Sun and Orcs Must Die! Artifacts of Power are here! Whether you're in the mood for scouting for lost treasure in an ancient kingdom or looking to beef up your weapons and traps to keep those pesky orcs at bay, we've got them for you! Read on for more!
The follow-up to Paradox's space-borne RTS Sword of the Stars is just around the corner. To celebrate, we've got an exclusive Sword of the Stars II wallpaper! Click the "Read More" link to download!
Battlefield 3 is now available for pre-load on GameStop Downloads. Users who have already pre-purchased or who purchase before October 25th will have their game ready to play upon release! Pre-Orders still net the Hardened Warfare bonus and US customers can still receive a $10 GameStop Gift Card! Get ready, the battle begins soon!
Paradox Interactive's next foray to the stars is almost upon us! Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter is now available for Pre-Purchase! Combining the best in strategy and space combat in a rich sci-fi setting, this should keep you occupied well into the Holidays. Pre-Purchase from GameStop Downloads today and receive the Liir and Morrigi Race Pack DLC free!
BRINK and Hunted: The Demon's Forge published by Bethesda Softworks, have both been dropped to $19.99! Both games are available now and ready to play!
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is now available for pre-purchase through GameStop Impulse. Bethesda has started with a new engine, new mechanics and aims to top their previous Elder Scrolls efforts - III: Morrowwind and IV: Oblivion, both earning numerous Game of the Year awards as well as other accolades. Make sure your axe is sharp come 11/11/11.
Might and Magic Heroes VI from Ubisoft is now available! Set 400 years before events in Heroes V players enter a fast-paced epic story where Angels plot to end -- once and for all -- an unfinished war with their ancient rivals, the Faceless. GameStop PC Downloads has both the standard and Digital Deluxe edition for sale! Read on for more details!
JoWood Studios has been acquired by Nordic games, bringing a number of great RPG's under the same roof! To recognize this combination of business know-how and game design talent, we'll be putting big sales on several Nordic Games over the next couple of weeks, leading up to a Painkiller Day on Monday, October 24th.
Are you sick and tired of gunning down evil individuals attempting to start World War III? Tired of shooting zombies in situations they should not be in? Us neither! That's why we've got a huge selection of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare titles on sale from now until October 18th. Check them out inside!
Weekend Deals this week include a miffed cop, giant space ships and magical lore. October is in full swing and we're giving you some fantastic games to while away the weekend before another big release, or to bide your time until that must-have game comes along. Max Payne, Prototype and more... For some insane details, read on!
After five-plus years in development, the company that created the first-person-shooter genre has unleashed its brand-new game on the unwitting public. RAGE is a game with a pedigree so deep and a team so dedicated, it deserves and demands your attention. We are pleased to present RAGE on GameStop Impulse, with a free upgrade to the Anarchy Edition until October 10th.
Stardock Software's biggest hits are available for half off this entire week! Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity and Elemental: War of Magic are ready and waiting for you to join the forces of light against the forces of evil, or vice versa! Giant space battles and magic scrolls in one week? What more can you ask for?
Capcom Games Week continues!
This week we have some amazing deals on Capcom games, with each day's Daily Deal highlighting one of the great Capcom titles. Capcom is known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. This weeks sales include some of their great classics as well as some hidden gems and new, fresh titles.
FIFA 12 is now available!
EA started the FIFA series 1993 and since then the series has been localized into 18 languages and has sold in 51 countries. There's more than 100 million copies worldwide, floating around, holding the world record for "fastest selling sports game ever."
Coming this week!
This week sees the release of strategy games that bring forth some innovative gameplay options as well as the biggest-selling sports franchise in the world and a twist on the classic "Driver" franchise. Read on for more!
FIFA 12 is now available for Pre-Purchase!
EA started the FIFA series 1993 and since then the series has been localized into 18 languages and has sold in 51 countries. There's more than 100 million copies worldwide, floating around, hold the world record for "fastest selling sports game ever."
An important announcement from the Impulse team about the changes to the site and the future. Read on for more details on what's going on and what's to come.
In addition to the beautiful new site, we have a couple of great games released today. Activision give you more places and ways to kill even more zombies in the "Call of Duty Black Ops: Rezurrection" expansion and Ubisoft brings RPG fans some beautifully animated old-school RPG action in Might & Magic Clash of Heroes!
Fight robots! Bring down evil corporations! Fly jetbikes! Save the city! "Atomic City Adventures - Case of the Black Dragon" from Windstorm Studios is today's DAILY DEAL! Normally $14.99 now only $7.49! Half price today only!
Positech Games' newest game expansion continues its penchant for apt titles! "Gratuitous Space Battles - The Parasites," expands on the previous game's use of huge space battles in a great strategy package. They're continuing the brilliant pace and quality set across their games to make the battles even more gratuitous. Add-on and enjoy!
N3V Games' Million-selling, award-winning train simulator, TRAINZ has a number of titles for sale today! The 2010 Engineer's Edition has a discount today only, with My First Trainz set, Simulator 12 and Simulator 2009 on sale until Monday 9/26!
If you've ever been fascinated by railroads, the Trainz Simulators will let the kid inside of you out, whether it's as Surveyor, Driver, running a Railyard or in some games, dealing with one-of-kind scenarios.
In addition to today's normal Daily Deal, 2K Games and Impulse have joined forces to bring you an amazing deal on 4 big-name titles today only.
Mafia II, Sid Meier's Civilization V, Duke Nukem Forever and Borderlands are all 50 percent off today. All of these are excellent games, some of them DECADES in development and definitely worth a whirl.
Impulse has a new, revamped and comprehensive FAQ available in the Impulse Forums.
Bully: Scholarship Edition takes place at the fictional New England boarding school, Bullworth Academy and tells the story of mischievous 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he goes through the hilarity and awkwardness of adolescence. Beat the jocks at dodge ball, play pranks on the preppies, save the nerds, kiss the girl and ultimately navigate the social hierarchy in the worst school around.
Midnight Club 2 returns to once again redefine street racing on the PC. Drive anywhere in the city. Master evasive tactics to duck authorities. Find the fastest route to win. And earn your place at the top.
Shoot your way through a slow-motion, Film Noir nightmare in Max Payne and Max Payne 2, available now on Impulse.
Four different Grand theft Auto games available on Impulse today: GTA Episodes from Liberty City, GTA IV, GTA San Andreas, and GTA Vice City. Pick your car, your radio station, and your next mission!
Lift off into the latest Zombies epic with “Rezurrection,” the new downloadable content pack for “Call of Duty: Black Ops,” and the first to launch players into space for a new dimension of undead action! Available September 22nd, pre-purchase now to save 10%.
Experience the greatest battles of Westeros in A Game of Thrones: Genesis, the upcoming real-time strategy game based on the acclaimed series by George R. R. Martin, developed by Cyanide Studios on September 28th. Pre-purchase now and save 10%!
Play as a Feudal Japanese lord in Sengoku, the newest grand strategy title from Paradox Interactive, available now worldwide on Impulse!
A drug war breaks out in the city of Juarez, Mexico and it’s up to you and your team of DEA agents to put a stop to it in Call of Juarez: The Cartel.
Rule feudal Japan with an iron fist in Sengoku, the upcoming grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive. Available 9/13. Pre-purchase now and get a FREE copy of Hearts of Iron III
Totem Destroyer continues its addictive franchise with a brand new game! Welcome to a beautiful and whimsical land where the idols have once again found themselves in some very unusual situations! Use your puzzle-solving skills to cleverly remove totems from under the idols and get them to safety. Don't let the idols touch the ground or they'll be destroyed!
World of Tanks is a team-based massively multiplayer online action game dedicated to armored warfare. Throw yourself into the epic tank battles of World War II with other steel cowboys all over the world. Your arsenal includes more than 150 armored vehicles from America, Germany, and the Soviet Union, carefully detailed with historical accuracy.
Men of War: Vietnam is a new game for the critically acclaimed series. The new, story-driven campaign lets you taste the explosive mix of the jungle, Hueys and rock-n-roll in 1968. The Special Edition of MoW: Vietnam additionally includes 3 multiplayer maps and 5 singleplayer scenarios also playable in coop (up to 4 players) mode.
In Civilization® V, players strive to become Ruler of the World by establishing and leading a civilization from the dawn of man into the space age, waging war, conducting diplomacy, discovering new technologies, going head-to-head with some of history’s greatest leaders and building the most powerful empire the world has ever known.
Post Apocalyptic Mayhem lets you race and battle heavily-modified vehicles through numerous breathtaking tracks and lay waste to other racers in over-the-top vehicular mayhem. You can use special vehicle abilities to cause spectacular destruction to enemy cars as you fight and speed to victory. You’ll experience remarkable speeds, hilarious and violent weapons, reinforced vehicles and various exhilarating tracks.
Gladiators DLC for Starpoint Gemini is available now via the Impulse client to all registered customers, and it’s FREE! This update contains new ship designs, new special ship systems, and more.
Now available for RailWorks 2, the Northeast Corridor Expansion Pack puts you in the cab of the classic EMD AEM-7 locomotive along the 90-mile core section between Philadelphia and New York City.
Outfitted with a heavily armored car, unlimited firepower and a thirst for vengeance, our Heroine – the Wasteland Angel roams the radioactive wastes, travelling from one God-forsaken town to the next, protecting survivors from being enslaved. She’s on a mission, to defend those that can’t defend themselves.
Return to your favorite Island paradise to reprise your role of El Presidente in Tropico 4, the latest installment in the dictator simulator from Kalypso. Available now worldwide on Impulse!
Pull the trigger to let the heavy ordinance fly in Serious Sam Double D, a hand drawn, side-scrolling shooter featuring all the over-the-top gameplay and chaotic action of the Serious Sam series.
Gatling Gears is a twin-stick top-down shooter. The game is developed by Amsterdam-based Vanguard Games. Set in the same Mistbound universe introduced in Greed Corp., Gatling Gears takes you deeper into the lore of the world and its inhabitants with an all-new action-focused style of gameplay.
Go back to an earlier time, a simpler time, a time before cover. A time when shooters were for the hardcore and perhaps more… Serious. From that bygone era comes Serious Sam 3: BFE. Available now for pre-purchase on Impulse at a 10% discount!
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Regular Edition & Augmented Edition) is available now in N. America on Impulse!
You’ve heard stories of The Vault since childhood, now it’s time to try your hand at finding it as Pandora’s newest Vault Hunter in Borderlands, the action-packed shooter from 2K and Gearbox Software, is now available on Impulse.
Enter a world of magic and adventure in FINAL FANTASY XI Ultimate Collection Abyssea Edition, available now on Impulse.
The task is easy in Kona’s Crate: transfer crates with unknown contents to Chief Kona before he becomes angry. Using a jet-powered platform as your vehicle, deliver the crate before they are destroyed. Much harder to control than your average box, use your thumbs and stellar maneuvering skill set to thrust the crate through a maze of destructive elements.
Scourge of War: Gettysburg is the next generation of Civil War combat command simulations. Taking lessons learned from their last ground breaking Civil War engine, the Team at NSD has gone beyond themselves to make this the premier 19th Century Combat Simulation.
Modern Warfare is back! This November 8th, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the latest entry in the blockbuster Call of Duty series will be unleashed upon the world. Pre-purchase your copy now to be sure you’re in on the action day one!
Guide your tribe to its destiny in From Dust, a new god-game from Ubisoft, available now on Impulse.
At long last, MinMax’ acclaimed hit Space Pirates and Zombies 1.0 is available for purchase and download on Impulse!
Call of Duty: Black Ops will take you behind enemy lines as a member of an elite special forces unit engaging in covert warfare, classified operations, and explosive conflicts across the globe. With access to exclusive weaponry and equipment, your actions will tip the balance during the most dangerous time period mankind has ever known.
The most-anticipated game of 2009 and the sequel to the best-selling first-person action game of all time, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 continues the gripping and heart-racing action as players face off against a new threat dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse.
Vampire: The Masquerade-Bloodlines™ delivers a new type of RPG experience-one that blends all the core elements of a traditional RPG with the graphical richness, immediacy and brutal combat of a first-person action game. The game plunges players into the dark and gritty vampire underworld of modern-day L.A. as a creature of the night.
Revolution has come to Albion! The once idyllic land now trembles under the authoritarian rule of your brother, and it’s up to you to save the land from both your brother and a much more dangerous enemy in Fable III, the action RPG from Lionhead & Microsoft Game Studios. Available now world-wide on Impulse!
To celebrate the anniversary of its launch, Black Chicken Studios is making Academagia – The Making of Mages available all weekend at 75% off the regular price! Learn to be a wizard in this popular fantasy life sim/RPG.
Air Conflicts - Secret Wars is an arcade flight simulation set in a World War I+II scenario. During the 7 campaigns the player has to fly and fight through 49 missions. Beside the campaign the game also features several multiplayer modes, local and via internet for up to four players.
Good news for customers who pre-order Battlefield 3 Limited Edition from GameStop Impulse! Digital customers will now also get the Physical Warfare Pack bonus content that was previously only available to GameStop retail customers!
The Physical Warfare Pack gives you the edge on the modern battlefield with:
This offer will be extended to all customers who pre-ordered previously so no one will miss out on the bonus pack. The Physical Warfare Pack is only available to pre-order customers so order your copy today!
Join up with the VSF, jump onto your hoverbike and fight crime in Atomic City Adventures: Case of the Black Dragon, a 3rd person sci-fi action game from Windstorm Studios. Available for pre-order now on Impulse!
As a bonus, pre-order the game before the August 15th release date and save $5 AND get a bonus hoverbike: The ‘56 Odaka S-110 “Wraith”
Magical Mysteries: Path of the Sorceress with its unique Match 3 gameplay, offers great balance between fast-paced battles and brain-teasing puzzles. Enjoy the Adventure Mode, test your skills in the Hourglass and Survival minigames or try the Very Hard difficulty level!
Set sail for adventure and live the life of a Pirate King in Pirates of Black Cove, the newest game from Nitro Games and Paradox Interactive. Now available worldwide on Impulse.
Add more venues and household goodies to spruce up your Sims’ life in The Sims 3 Town Life Stuff, the latest content pack for The Sims 3 from Electronic Arts.
Times are changing on your own island nation, and now a new set of challenges await El Presidente in Tropico 4 from Haemimont Games and Kalypso Media. Tropico 4 is available for pre-order worldwide.
Pre-order now and get a free copy of Tropico Reloaded!
A multitude of RailWorks 2 DLC is available today on Impulse. Including: Union Pacific Big Boy Add-On, Doncaster Works Expansion Pack, Edinburgh-Glasgow Expansion, Isle of Wight Expansion Pack, and many more!
RailWorks 2 has locomotives from the age of steam to the present day, recreated in incredible detail. Fabulous realism along 5 real-world and 3 fictitious routes with stunning scenery and exciting action. Simple to get going, but a challenge from the very start, with hundreds of hours of gameplay. Learn to drive quickly and easily with RS Cab Control ®. Compete with other drivers from around the world with the RS Career System ®.
Drive a Steam Train is the perfect introduction the world of train simulation. Take control of a Steam locomotive running through beautiful English countryside. Your hands are at the controls, the steam is swirling and the whistle blowing…
Experience the story of Adam Jensen, a man cybernetically augmented against his choice who finds himself in the middle of a global conspiracy to which he holds the key,Deus Ex: Human Revolution is set in a near–future world where humanity is at a turning point.
Deus Ex Human Revolution is available now for Pre-Order on Impulse! Order now and get these EXCLUSIVE bonus items:
Deus Ex Human Revolution is available in two versions:
Step into a dark, dystopian future of global conspiracies and rival factions in Deus Ex Game of the Year Edition and Deus Ex Invisible War, available now worldwide on Impulse!
Discover a new breed of Action-RPG powered by an enhanced version of Valve’s Source engine in Dark Messiah Might and Magic™. Set in the Might & Magic® universe, players will experience ferocious combat in a dark and immersive fantasy environment. Swords, Stealth, Sorcery. Choose your way to kill.
Developed by Outerlight, Bloody Good Time™ takes a new and irreverent approach to multiplayer shooters. You’re going to have to scratch, claw and strike to slash your way to the top. This job’s going to be murder!
Be an assassin, rule a fantasy empire, play god or take down a crime lord; the choice is yours with the current summer/fall line-up of titles coming from Ubisoft, available now for pre-order on Impulse!
The Chimera Pack and The Pack of The Rising Sun are now available on Impulse. They bring new operations, multiplayer maps, units, and factories to the war of perception.
R.U.S.E.™ is a one-of-a-kind real-time strategy game that allows players to bluff their enemies to lead their nation to victory, controlling the action using views that range seamlessly from the heart of the battlefield to the full theatre of war. In R.U.S.E, your brain is your ultimate weapon as you fight a war of perception, where your ability to deceive and mislead your enemy determines success. A first in a strategy game, R.U.S.E reinvigorates the genre by using deception to give newfound depth to the gameplay.
Zeit²™ is a traditional side-scrolling, 2-D, shoot-’em-up game that brings unprecedented elements to the game experience. Zeit²’s unique time travel feature has yet to be seen in this genre even after decades of great games.
Spelunx is an educational title for elementary and middle school kids, but the learning is so cleverly hidden in the enchanting gameplay that even adults will find something to enjoy in this early gem from the creators of Myst. Professor Spelunx and Mr. Seudo are studying Planet X, a place full of mystery and adventure. There's a surprise around every turn, a huge world to explore and dozens of mini-games to enjoy.
You're an Osmo, a strange creature indeed. You explore the galaxy in your spaceship, and the planets you encounter are almost as bizarre as the Osmos themselves. There are seven worlds presented for your consideration, each more goofy and peculiar than the last. Cosmic Osmo is a game about exploration and discovery, not winning or challenges.
Prepare for a grand adventure in the world of the Manhole Masterpiece Edition. A world of epic wonder and whimsical magic. A fantastic world where every character comes alive and every new hallway leads to another wild dream. Just point and click.
Enter a world where nothing is as it seems... and adventure knows no bounds! Four Myst game are available on Impulse today: Myst Masterpiece Edition, realMYST, Riven: The Sequel to MYST, Uru: Complete Chronicles.
Fly into the pivotal aerial battle for the skies of Britain. As a member of the British RAF, face off against the deadly German Luftwaffe and the Italian Air Force. IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover is the next exciting World War II combat flight simulator from 1C: Maddox Games, creators of the critically acclaimed IL-2 Sturmovik series.
The West and The East clash once again in Supreme Ruler Cold War, the latest historical grand strategy title from Paradox Interactive and BattleGoat Studios. Available now world-wide on Impulse.
Cubetastic is probably the hardest and most challenging puzzle game you will ever play. The game brings you in a world of cubes made up of different cells and colors. On top of each cube sits a light which you are asked to guide to the goal. Find a path to the goal by turning and recombining the cells of the cube.
Battle Slots is a roleplaying game with a twist. A map-driven adventure, you will travel across over 100 unique locations, battling monsters and completing nearly 200 daring quests. Taking the place of traditional RPG dice or number generators is a customizable, magical slot machine.
Step up and play the parts of your heroes in the epic finale of the entertainment event of the decade. Playing as Harry and other key characters in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, you are on a dangerous and urgent quest to locate and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, and with them, Voldemort.
NCAA Football 12 eGuide from Prima Games is now available now on Impulse.
Looking for the best deals on some of the hottest games? Then get ready for the GameStop Impulse Download Days Sale! Every day through 7/25, a new set of games will be on sale at a deep discount.
We’re kicking off the sale today with these great game deals:
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
Medal of Honor
Mount & Blade Warband
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Retribution
Disciples III Renaissance
Meridian 4 Hack & Slash Bundle
James Cameron’s Avatar The Game
Plus, for the entire sale period, get RIFT or RIFT Collector’s Edition $15 off!
The future is lost. The only hope for Telara lies in the past and it’s up to you to go back and save the world from destruction at the hands of Regulos in RIFT, the critically acclaimed MMORPG from Trion Worlds. Both RIFT Standard Edition and RIFT Digital Collectors Edition are available worldwide on Impulse!
Return to the animus and delve deeper into the past of Desmond Miles, direct descendant of a long line of legendary assassins in Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. Available now for pre-order on Impulse!
Return to your arcade fighting roots with Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition from Capcom, available now on Impulse!
Two Worlds II is a perfect blend of classic and innovated RPG features, atmosphere, and technology. A complex quest system and an exciting main story draw you into the world of Antaloor, made richer by secondary quest scenarios. Rich gameplay and engaging atmosphere propel the story and captures attention, promising danger and exploration throughout the many quests and video sequences.
Din's Curse: Demon War is the first expansion for the unique action RPG Din's Curse. Din's Curse is a single player and co-op multiplayer action RPG with 141 class combinations (196 with the expansion), infinite number of dynamically generated towns, real consequences, and a dynamic, evolving world.
Experience an exceptional season at the head of one of the official teams in Pro Cycling Manager 2011. This game puts you at the heart of the greatest cycling challenges such as the Tour de France or La Vuelta. Intervene during races by guiding your leader and his teammates in the middle of intense and suspenseful stages.
Since the beginning of time, RPGs have taken themselves far too seriously. They're plagued by recycled stories, stock characters and a clichéd pseudo-medieval fantasy setting. It's time for someone to make fun of these games. BIG TIME. That's where Mark Leung: Revenge of the Bitch comes in: it's a fully playable parody RPG. Think of it as an RPG gone wrong.
Hearts of Iron III: For the Motherland, the latest Hearts of Iron III expansion is now available world-wide on Impulse!
Grab your gear and get ready to return to the modern battlefield in Battlefield 3: Limited Edition. Available now for pre-order on Impulse! Purchase the Limited Edition and you’ll get a copy of Battlefield 3: Return to Karkand, a digital expansion pack adding four legendary Battlefield maps, FREE!
Wield the power to reverse gravity as you fight your way through the robot mothership in Antipole from Saturnine Games. Manipulate gravity to overcome lethal obstacles, change falls into jumps, and defeat your enemies.
Assemble your party and prepare for adventure in Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale, the new hack-and-slash D&D adventure from Atari, available now worldwide on Impulse. Plus, buy the game before July 1st, 2011 and get Baldurs Gate & Tales of the Sword Coast FREE!
Two new sprite packs are available today for Europa Universalis III:
Both are available now for $1.99 / 1.99 EUR / 1.79 GBP
Take part in an amazing adventure of exploration in Hamilton’s Great Adventure, a casual puzzle game from Fatshark. Available now worldwide on Impulse.
Use your wits and tactics to conquer the obstacles of a challenging and fun storyline that spans three episodes in Mini-Robot Wars. Collect energy and metal parts to build your army while shooting, slashing, zapping and bombing the enemies.
The Kingdom of Ehb is fractured and at war, with the remnants of the royal family in the west, and the religious zealots under the command of Jeyne Kassynder fighting a desperate battle for victory. You are a descendent of the fabled 10th Legion, a once great military force, now hunted to near extinction for killing the old King. You must rebuild the Legion and restore order to Ehb in Dungeon Siege III, available now on Impulse.
Go head to head with your friends in magical mayhem with four new PVP DLC packs for Magicka!<
Now available:
To get everyone in the wizard-y mood, Magicka is 50% Off for one week!
Step into ancient Roman myth and become a mighty hero in Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising, the new MMORPG from Heatwave Interactive, available now on Impulse.
The Official eGuides for Dungeon Siege III, Shadows of the Damned, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D are now available on Impulse.
Critical Mass is an action puzzle game that takes traditional match 3 and brings it into the world of 3D. It combines fast addictive gameplay with strategy to create a new and innovative gameplay experience.
Direct Hit: Missile War v1.5 is now available for download on Impulse. This update includes bug fixes, performance improvement, and balance changes. Download the update by launching Impulse, selecting Direct Hit: Missile War and clicking the Update button. Click the title above to see the full changelog for this update.
Space Pirates and Zombies Beta v0.9007 is now available for download on Impulse. This update includes multiple bug fixes and balance changes. Download the update by launching Impulse, selecting Space Pirates and Zombies and clicking the Update button. Click the title above to see the full changelog for this update.
The life of poor Alice hasn’t gone well since her time in the asylum. Now, a decade later she’s beginning her climb out of insanity when she’s suddenly thrust back into a demented wonderland in Alice: Madness Returns, the sequel to American McGee’s Alice. Available now on Impulse.
The end of the world came, and went. Now, the remnants of humanity live in underground communities and are about to face a threat like none they’ve ever known in Metro 2033. Available now worldwide on Impulse.
Enter a new world in Dreamscape, a new RPG from Aldorlea Games, available now world-wide on Impulse.
Conquer the colonial 19th Century world in Pride of Nations, the newest epic strategy title from Paradox Interactive.
Fifty years have passed since your grandfather, Alec Mason, liberated Mars, but unrest continues. Take up the role of Darius Mason in Red Faction: Armageddon, the latest installment in the world-destroying Red Faction series from THQ and Volition.
The next generation of Masons has taken up the sledgehammer and is waging war against a whole new foe. With the official Prima Games Red Faction: Armageddon eGuide you’ll be able to acquire all weapons, Audio Logs, and unlockables.
Think fast and hang on to your ride as you take independent control of the rider and take the ultimate test of mettle in MX vs ATV Reflex from THQ. Dual controls let you tear it up with death-defying tricks and high-flying freestyle action. Fight for traction and dig up the track to leave your mark. Hone in your skills through havoc-laden environments that come alive, creating ever-changing conditions.
In Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising you will take command of the Blood Ravens and defend the sector against the Chaos Space Marines of the Black Legion. Purge the chaos filth and hold the chapter together as traitorous forces work from within to try bring down the Blood Ravens.
With a focus on fast-action RTS gameplay, Dawn of War II brings to life the science fiction universe of Warhammer 40,000 like never before. Experience the intimate brutality of battle as you play through the epic campaign. Clash with enemies on battlefields ablaze with visceral hand-to-hand and ranged combat. Lead and develop your squads into the most battle hardened elite strike force in the Galaxy.
Earthrise is a post-apocalyptic science fiction MMORPG from Iceberg Interactive and Masthead Studios. Featuring a unique skill-based advancement system and player-driven economy, as well as extensive, meaningful player-vs-player combat, Earthrise gives you innumerable choices to forge your destiny.
With the start of June comes a pile of markdowns on some of the most popular games on Impulse. Grab one of these games now at their reduced price:
Electronic Arts:
Bulletstorm – 50% off to $29.99
Dragon Age Origins: Ultimate Edition – 40% off to $29.99
Dead Space 2 – 25% off to $29.99
Ubisoft:
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Deluxe Edition – $10 off to $49.99
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood – $10 off to $39.99
Prima eGuides:
Bulletstorm eGuide – 50% off to $9.99
Dead Space 2 eGuide – 25% off to $14.99
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood eGuide 16.7% Off to $16.65
Evochron Mercenary v1.428 is now available for download on Impulse. This update includes multiple improvements to visual effects, textures and system performance. Download the update by launching Impulse, selecting Evochron Mercenary and click the Update button. Click the title above to see the full changelog for this update.
Set in a dark fantasy world, Hunted: The Demon's Forge is an unforgettable cooperative action game, pitting you and your partner against waves of vicious enemies. Discover secrets and complete co-op-based puzzles whilst exploring the sinister world to discover answers to the game's deep, dark mysteries
With new celebrations, dramatic life events, and all-new ways for your Sims to express their creativity, The Sims 3 Generations lets your Sims live life to the fullest!
In order to aid the Japanese relief effort, Paradox, Arrowhead and their partners have teamed up to offer the Magicka Nippon DLC. When purchased, 50% of the net proceeds goes to Japanese relief organizations.
Cities in Motion: Tokyo adds an all new city to the mass transportation simulator Cities in Motion. Start in the 1970’s and experience four decades of all new vehicles and challenges.
Space Pirates and Zombies gets it’s first Beta update! Available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this update includes balance changes, bug fixes, and more!
Command any of the six unique factions in the next stand alone expansion of the critically acclaimed Dawn of War real-time strategy franchise: Retribution. Choose to build a massive army or lead your small squad of elite heroes into battle and experience a single player campaign customized to your faction. On sale for 33% off this weekend!
Join the Resistance, stand united and fight for freedom against an overwhelming military force in Homefront’s gripping single player campaign penned by John Milius (Apocalypse Now, Red Dawn). Stand alongside a cast of memorable characters as an emotional plot unfolds in this terrifyingly plausible near-future world. On sale for 33% off this weekend!
Frozen Synapse from Mode 7 Games brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad. Classic gameplay with a modern interface! Each match immediately places you in an intense tactical situation: there's no waiting around for the fun part.
In the 41st Millennium, there is only War. The Ork hordes spread across the galaxy and it is up to the stalwart forces of the God Emperor to stem the tide of xeno aggression and safeguard humanity. You are Captain Titus, Space Marine of the Ultramarines, and you must save an Imperial Forge World from the greenskin threat in Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, available now for pre-order on Impulse.
All pre-orders come with a FREE copy of Darksiders. Prepare for War by fighting AS War in the acclaimed action title from THQ and Vigil.
The end has come, the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride! Or do they? You are the Horseman War, and you have been duped into starting the apocalypse early in Darksiders, a third-person action title from THQ and Vigil. Available now world-wide on Impulse.
Answer the call of the goddess, Isis, in Luxor HD from Mumbo Jumbo. Chains of colored spheres are working their way through ancient Egypt, and it’s up to you to stop them before they reach the pyramids.
Unravel the Medical Mysteries in this Dramatic Puzzle Adventure from ValuSoft! Follow Elizabeth through an engaging storyline with her fellow doctors, staff and some interesting sales reps.! Search for clues to diagnose and solve medical problems for a variety of patients in this enjoyable seek & find game.
Welcome to the lost age of chivalry in King Arthur Collection from Paradox and Neocore Games, a time of magic and myth where you must rule the land as one of the era’s living legends: Arthur, the son of Uther Pendragon, and the Once and Future King spoken of in prophecy.
The Impulse Daily Deal for today is Eco Tycoon-Project Green for just $5!
In The Secret Legacy – A Kate Brooks Adventure you must find and collect the clues to seek out a great treasure buried deep in Egypt all the while staying one step ahead of the people who want the treasure for themselves.
Death and the Fly from Interplay provides unique 2D puzzle/platform action. Players will control two very different characters each with special skills that must be used to navigate the many traps and puzzles contained in each level. With many interesting ways to die and numerous opponents to face, the player will be challenged and entertained for hours.
Add five brand new transit option to your city with Cities in Motion: Design Marvels, the latest DLC pack for the transit simulator Cities in Motion from Paradox Interactive.
The Tiny Bang Story from Colibri Games is set on the fictitious world of the Tiny Planet. When an asteroid hit the planet, its fragile world broke into pieces. Players will now have to recover its lost beauty and help the population of the Tiny Planet.
Greed – Black Border is the Impulse Daily Deal at 75% off today. Get it for just $6.24 available worldwide!
Anomaly - Warzone Earth from 11 Bit Studios S.A. is an extraordinary mixture of action and strategy in a reversed tower defense formula. The game tasks you with saving a near-future Earth from an alien onslaught.
Six years have passed since the rebellion in the north was put down, and Geralt has become a central political figure in the Kingdom of Temeria. But the peace that has been fought for is about to crumble, and Geralt will once more find himself fighting save the lives of innocents, and rediscover lost pieces of his past in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Digital Premium Edition. Available worldwide on Impulse.
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Digital Premium Edition (International) – $49.99 / 49.99 EUR / 39.99 GBP
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Digital Premium Edition (Australia) – $62.99 AUD
For the week of 5/8 – 5/14, Space Pirates and Zombies was far and away the single biggest seller on Impulse. If you’re into subspace-style, top-down space shooters with an absolutely insane number of options, then you definitely want to give the beta for SPAZ a spin. It’s available now at 25% off the regular price!
Here’s the full list:
1. Space Pirates and Zombies Pre-Order BETA
2. Sins of a Solar Empire Trinity
3. Elemental
4. Galactic Civilizations II Ultimate Edition
5. Sins of a Solar Empire Expansion Bundle
6. World War One Gold
7. Supreme Commander Gold
8. Grotesque Tactics
9. Trapped Dead
10. Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: The Complete Edition
The wacky antics of your party of wizards is far from over! Get new gear, experience new adventures in three Magicka DLC packs!
Magicka: Wizard Survival Kit – $0.99 / 0.99 EUR / 0.59 GBP
Magicka: Vietnam – $4.99 / 4.99 EUR / 3.49 GBP
Magicka: Marshlands – $1.99 / 1.99 EUR / 1.59 GBP
And to celebrate the release of the DLC packs on Impulse, Magicka is on sale for 50% off for one week only. Now’s the perfect time to try your hand at some magical mayhem!
In Creavures from Muse Games, players will take control of five distinct mythical creatures of miniature proportions. Each of them has an innate ability to be used alone or in tandem to help them solve mysterious platforming puzzles.
Mactabilis is our Impulse Daily Deal for Monday. Get this now for just $7.49 which is 25% off regular price available worldwide.
Grotesque Tactics from Meridian4 is on sale today for just $4.499! This Impulse Daily deal is available worldwide, so grab it now!
Drakensang - Phileasson's Secret adds an epic new chapter to The River of Time. Phileasson is one of the most important characters in the world of "The Dark Eye" and his story is very popular among pen & paper fans, fitting perfectly within the Drakensang series.
ValuSoft's Action/RPG Drakensang is now available on Impulse. In a world where darkness lurks, evil forces are at work in the city of Ferdok. Aventuria is waiting for you to uncover the ancient mysteries!
Luxor 5th Passage from Mumbo Jumbo is now available on Impulse. Unlock all 20 achievements as you collect falling treasures and eliminate the oncoming chains of spheres in the #1 action-puzzle game.
The First Templar from Kalypso Media is a co-operative action adventure game, set in a dark and gritty portrayal of the late 13th Century during the Crusades where old friends become enemies, corruption spreads throughout the Church and once noble knights oppress the weak and renounce their oaths.
Hammerware’s Family Farm is an innovative tycoon game in the setting of 19th century farmsteads. It's a simulation of a farmstead experienced in stories which span a generation.
Trapped Dead from Meridian4 is our Impulse Daily Deal for this Wednesday. Trapped Dead is 50% off available worldwide!
BRINK is an immersive shooter from Bethesda Softworks that blends single-player, co-op, and multiplayer gameplay into one seamless experience, allowing you to develop your character across all modes of play.
BRINK eGuide and Lego Pirates of the Caribbean eGuide from Prima Games are both available now on Impulse.
Hearts of Iron III: Dies Irae Gotterdammerung, the latest DLC pack for the acclaimed WWII strategy game from Paradox Interactive is now available worldwide on Impulse.
To celebrate the launch, all Hearts of Iron III titles* are on sale 70% off until May 16th!
Space Pirates and Zombies from MinMax Ltd is a mix of the deep old school space adventure genre with modern physics, action and graphics technology. Pre-Order now at 25% off to get instant access to the beta release!
Freight Tycoon Inc. is our Impulse Daily Deal for today at 75% off. This PC game is just $3.74 available worldwide.
Last week was dominated by Sins of a Solar Empire and Paradox Interactive titles, taking up 5 of the top 10 spots for the week of 5/1/11 – 5/7/11.
In Airport Control Simulator from Iceberg Interactive you will experience the stress, the hectic pace and the satisfaction of landing all of your planes as safely and as quickly as possible.
Faery - Legends of Avalon from Focus Home Interactive is a big role-playing game packed with a very distinctive ambience and graphic style. Create your character, embark in a great adventure and discover the fantastic world of Avalon!
Harness your arcane powers to defeat hordes of enemies in Magicka, the action RPG hit from Paradox Interactive. Available now worldwide on Impulse!
In the distant future, humanity will call on its most fearless defenders to confront an emerging threat determined to eradicate all human life as we know it. Section 8®: Prejudice™ from TimeGate Studios is a sci-fi first-person shooter with dynamic combat, where every decision – from customizing equipment to activating team based objectives – drastically impacts the battlefield.
Dead Meets Lead from Keldyn Interactive is every bit and piece of what a challenging zombie-slaying action game should be. Enter the role of the 18th century commander who’s on a mission to obliterate evil, by fighting your way through the island of El Mirando.
Stardock released the anticipated 1.2 update to its fantasy strategy title, Elemental: War of Magic today. Fans are now able to download it at the game's web site, www.elementalgame.com.
Return to the deep and complex world of Mount & Blade in Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword, the sequel to the acclaimed Mount & Blade Warband. Available now on Impulse!
Sins of a Solar Empire – Trinity is back on top this week with a strong showing from EA’s Darkspore in second place. Below are the top ten selling games on Impulse 4/24 – 4/30.
Lost Empire – Immortals is our Impulse Daily Deal for this Monday. At 80% off regular price, you can download this game for just $1.99 available worldwide!
Black Chicken Studios has released version 1.3.4.0 of Academagia: The Making of Mages, which includes the free DLC 8 add-on. Now available for all registered Impulse customers, this new update adds eight new adventures, more than 20 new events, new items, locations, bug fixes and much more.
Cadenza Interactive has released version 1.83 for their tower-defense game, Sol Survivor. Available now to registered customers via the Impulse client, this new version adds campaign levels to Survival Co-op mode and several bug fixes.
Reclaim your legend in Ubisoft's, Driver: Parallel Lines, available in North America on Impulse.
Take part in a spectacular Hollywood-style action game with Ubisoft's, Wheelman, available in North America today on Impulse.
The Impulse Daily Deal for Friday is Frontline: Fields of Thunder at 80% off! Available worldwide, Frontline can be purchased today for just $1.99.
Outwit the crazy pint-sized species of Buddies with Viva Media's new adventure game, Cargo! The Quest for Gravity, available worldwide on Impulse.
The Earth is under siege and it’s up to you to save it in ProtoGalaxy, a arcade side-scrolling shooter from Source Studio. Available now worldwide on Impulse.
Build the castle of your dreams with the Castles Pack from Interplay; battle bloodthirsty dragons, engage in brutal treachery, send troops abroad to war, and defend your land against marauding armies. But the peasants are still not happy. Maybe you shouldn't have poured hot oil on their heads...?
1C Company has updated their real-time strategy game, Men of War Assault Squad, to version 1.8.5.3 today. Now available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this new release includes new units, explosion effects, gameplay changes, bug fixes, multiplayer improvements and more.
Kurt Hectic is back to save the universe in MDK 2 from Interplay. This time he is teamed with the genius Dr. Hawkins and the 6-legged gun-toting robotic dog, Max. Together they must out-sneak, out-blast and out-think their enemies as they attempt to reclaim earth from a vile alien menace.
Using your stealth parachute and zooming head-mounted sniper-weapon you’ve got to stop the alien invaders in MDK from Interplay.
Blind Mind Studios has released version 1.0.7.4 for Star Ruler today. Available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this update contains bug fixes and some new additions.
The Impulse Daily Deal for today is Reign: Conflict of Nations for 75% off! You can grab this game for just $5.99 today available worldwide.
A new breed of Action-RPG awaits you in Darkspore from Maxis and Electronic Arts. Explore alien worlds and confront ancient dangers. Available now on Impulse.
Science fiction games dominate this week's top sellers, with Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity, Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition and Defense Grid Gold taking the top three spots. Click through for the hottest titles for the week of April 17th to April 23rd.
Get the details on 15 brand-new Pokemon with Prima Games' Pokemon Black and White Vol. 2 eGuide, available now on Impulse.
The Tomorrow War is our Impulse Daily Deal for today at 80% off – just $4.99 available worldwide!
Three Donkeys has released the latest expansion for its hit fantasy card game, Spectromancer called Truth & Beauty.
In Yar’s Revenge from Atari, take flight as you explore exotic alien worlds and seek to avenge your fallen race. Gain experience to upgrade and expand your armor and weapon capabilities as you fight off the evil Qotiles. But remember to take care in the choices you make – as the fate of your species and home world hangs in the balance.
Focus Home Interactive and developer Pendulo Studio bring their new adventure to Impulse today with, The Next BIG Thing, available worldwide.
Build a castle, hire an army, and crawl through cursed dungeons for legendary treasures in Empires and Dungeons 2 from Niels Bauer Games, available worldwide on Impulse.
Take on an underwater quest to save the world with Pathea's new side-scroller, Drains, available worldwide on Impulse.
The Wonderful End of the World is our Impulse Daily Deal for this Wednesday. Today only you can grab this game for just $2.48 with worldwide availability.
Dare to find the answers in the climactic final chapter of this acclaimed horror trilogy, Black Mirror 3: Final Fear from Viva Media. Now alone, Darren must continue his search to uncover what has been happening to him and lift the veil on his clouded past.
The kingdom of Ardania needs their king! Available now as an all-in-one bundle, the Majesty 2 Collection includes Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim plus the Kingmaker, Battles of Ardania and Monster Kingdom for just $19.99!
Learn character Fatalities, complete the most challenging missions, and unlock everything in the Krypt with the Official Prima Games Mortal Kombat eGuide now available on Impulse.
Shoot balls and catch the items falling out of the screen with your user-controlled bucket in the 35 levels of Spring Up Harmony from Frozax Games. Use power-ups to deal with various gameplay elements such as fans, motors, switches and much more.
Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition takes this week's top spot on our Top 10 thanks to a weekend promo, followed by weekly favorite Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity and Star Ruler. Click through for the hottest titles for the week of April 10th to April 16th.
Bring the forces of nature itself under your command with Kalypso Media's new real-time strategy game, Elements of War, available worldwide on Impulse.
The first expansion pack for Ntronium Games' Armada 2526 is now available with, Supernova. Strategy gamers can explore and exploit new star systems, find alien technology, encounter two new races, setup new trade systems and use 50 new technologies to open up new tactics.
Mobiloid is a platform puzzle adventure from Monty Games. Build your own fully functional robots and use them to slide, crawl, roll and fly your way through a large interconnected puzzle-world.
The long-awaited first episode of ComicBook RPGs' new Immortal Souls series is now available with John Turner #1 today on Impulse.
Plumeboom's adventure continues with Fireglow Games', A-B-O-O: Plumeboom's Friends, available worldwide. This sequel to Plumeboom once again pits players against the evil Crowbeak and Cornix, who are now planning to create the Weapon of Evil.
The bird paradise of Orniland is under assault in Fireglow Games' casual puzzler, Plumeboom: The First Chapter, available worldwide on Impulse.
The Impulse Daily Deal for today is And Yet It Moves for 60% off, bringing it to just $3.99 today only!
Hot on the heels off their last update Blind Mind Studios has released version 1.0.7.2 for Star Ruler. Available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this update includes UI updates, bug fixes and more.
The leader of the free world has been assassinated and you are the prime suspect in XIII from Ubisoft. What lies ahead is a deadly quest not only into your shadowy past, but also into America's darkest corridors of power.
Become absorbed in thrilled actions of World War II with Sudden Strike - The Last Stand from Fireglow Games. Available now on Impulse.
The war is far from over and you are on the front lines in Sudden Strike - Resource War from Fireglow Games. Available now on Impulse.
The Impulse Daily Deal for today is The Machine for 50% off. This physics based puzzle game is just $3.75 today with worldwide availability.
Mactabilis from Blazing Bit Games is our Impulse Daily Deal for today at 75% off!
Sudden Strike Gold from Fireglow Games Includes their original World War Real Time Strategy game plus the Sudden Strike Forever add-on.
Sudden Strike 2 from Fireglow Games puts you on the front line - in the center of realistic strategic battles, which will amaze and delight even the shrewdest of strategy experts.
Control the land, air, and sea in Sudden Strike 3 from Fireglow Games. Major interface and gameplay innovations distinguish it from other WWII RTS games, and definitely from all the previous Sudden Strike series.
Stardock Entertainment's Elemental: War of Magic claimed the top position on this week's Top 10, followed by the space themed games Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity and Starpoint Gemini. Click through for the hottest titles for the week of April 3rd to April 9th.
Enter a magical world, lead armies and fight for your immortal soul in Stranger from Fireglow Games. Available now on Impulse.
Explore the depths of the ocean in Deepica, a casual matching game from Fireglow Games. Available now on Impulse.
The Impulse Daily Deal for Monday is Machinarium for 75% off! This award winning puzzle/adventure game is just $4.99 with worldwide availability.
Scrapland from Enlight is our Impulse Daily Deal for today at 75% off!
Patrician IV players can build out their trading empires even further with the new Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty expansion from Kalypso Media.
Evildoers can annex a new realm with the first Dungeons DLC Pack from Kalypso Media. The pack includes 20 new prestige items, a new campaign map and 10 new maps for sandbox, survival, soul survival and amusement modes.
The next episode in Iceberg Interactive's adventure series,Adam's Venture 2: Soloman's Secret, is now available.
StarWraith 3D Games' space simulation, Evochron Mercenary, hits version 1.288 today. This update includes a number of gameplay tweaks, bug fixes andc other improvements.
Immerse yourself for the first time in the world of Grey’s Anatomy™ as Seattle Grace Hospital is struck by one of the worst crises in the hospital’s history. Will these events decide the fate of its staff and patients, or will you?
In Amazing Adventures – The Forgotten Dynasty from Popcap your mission is to explore China and search for clues to uncover the secret of the Forgotten Dynasty.
Northland from Kalypso Media is our Impulse Daily Deal for today at 50% off.
Call upon four elemental friends in Endless Fluff's new casual/RPG matching game, Legend of Fae, available worldwide today. In this unique action/matching RPG, players fight dozens of monsters, upgrade their elemental heroes, create massive combos and more in a quest to help Claudia find her uncle.
Fly nearly 200 missions aross Europe with Ubisoft's classic flight simulator, IL-2 Sturmovik 1946, available in North America today on Impulse.
Join the sci-fi universe of Darkspore, a new breed of Action-RPG in which you battle across alien worlds against a deadly foe. The upcoming action/RPG from Maxis and Electronic Arts is available for pre-order today.
The Limited Edition comes with a special character unlock and a bonus armor pack.
Dive into the darkest hours of the 20th Century in Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game, the latest epic strategy title from Paradox Interactive and available now worldwide on Impulse.
To celebrate the release of Darkest Hour, numerous Hearts of Iron titles are on sale through April 11th at 70% Off. Check out the sale here.
Design Classics adds five brand new vehicles to Cities in Motion. Expand the cities transit capabilities while providing your citizens with new and exciting commute options.
The Witch and the Warrior from Eridani Games is an old-school RPG in a world that is still coming to peace with it's past. An uncomfortable truce is only just forming between the magic and non-magic folk after years of war.
Experience the responsibility of a ferry captain as you take the rudder of different ferry types on some of the most popular routes in the world in this add-on pack for Ship Simulator Extremes.
Mount & Blade from Paradox Interactive is our Impulse Daily Deal today at just $3.99 available worldwide!
Blind Mind Studios has released version 1.0.7.0 of their hit RTS, Star Ruler, today. Now available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this update includes a huge number of fixes, changes and additions.
Thanks to very strong sales, THQ's Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War Collection claimed the number one position this week, followed by weekly favorte Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity and the new hit release from EA, The Sims Medieval. Click through for the hottest titles for the week of March 27th to April 2nd.
Brothers in Arms Earned in Blood™ from Ubisoft adds new features and game modes and builds upon the elements that made Brothers in Arms Road to Hill 30™ a runaway success. Featuring a new single-player narrative, new multiplayer missions, an all-new cooperative game mode, and new weapons and vehicles.
XIII Century – Gold Edition from 1C is an RTS game which immerses players in the Middle Ages. The game consists of 5 campaigns which cover the most well-known battles of that period.
Todays Impulse Daily Deal is Nikopol-Secrets of the Immortals for 75% off!
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Conquer the ancient Greek world with Longbow Games', Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece, available worldwide today on Impulse. This Gold edition of the real-time strategy wargame includes brand new content and features through three historical campaigns.
1C’s Cryostasis takes players on a terrifying trip into the unknown as they explore dark, frozen, claustrophobic corridors and unlock the shocking secrets of the North Wind.
Kalypso Media's strategy game of evil mastery, Dungeons, hits version 1.2.2 and is now available to all registered customers via the Impulse client. The update adds a new map, improved modding support, improved pathfinding, bug fixes and more.
Indie developer Soldak has released v1.023 of its RPG, Din's Curse. Available now for all registered Impulse customers, this update includes a huge number of bug fixes, gameplay tweaks and more.
Explore a new star system with Big Fat Alien's physics-based platformer, BEEP, available worldwide today on Impulse.
A House of Champions is a unique RPG featuring a set of challenging boss battles which require much more than just brute force to defeat. Use your wits to discover strategies and solve your opponents as you fight your way through the ranks of 20 unique Champions. It's not easy, but perseverance is key as your characters grow and your strategies develop with every epic battle.
The Laxius Force III from Aldorlea Games brings the epic and highly addictive series to an end with 100+ hours of playtime, 42 playable characters, and 150+ quests to solve.
Fallen Earth is our Impulse Daily Deal for Wednesday. At just $7.99 this is 60% off regular price with worldwide availability.
Now available via the Impulse client for all registered customers is version 1.1.5 of Okashi Studios', Shira Oka: Second Chances. The update fixes some bugs and improves compatibility with older video cards.
Put yourself behind the wheel of some of the fastest cars ever made and test your driving skills against the best racers in the world in SHIFT 2 UNLEASHED, the latest racing game from Electronic Arts. Available now on Impulse.
Starry from Indefini is a looping, accelerating rail shooter. Your goal is simple: get the highest score possible and reach the top of the leaderboard. Blast through levels full of enemies with your laser gun and lock-on missiles.
All the unique signature moves, abilities, and finishers are detailed in the WWE All Stars eGuide from Prima Games. The player can choose from four play styles and Prima gives the in-depth details on each one.
The Impulse Daily Deal for today is Age of Booty from Capcom. This fun strategy game is 50% off today at just $4.99!
Like a Crow on a Wire is the latest installment of the Winter Voices series. For the first time in what seems like an eternity, a tiny village crushed by the huge mass of mountains indicates the presence of other human beings... Will they be a great help or a danger more deadly than your desperate and icy loneliness? The road to the capital becomes clearer and the river, which crosses inhabited land, is not far behind the last peak and mountain pass.
The Winter Voices series continues with Nowhere of Me. You advance in your adventure alone in the middle of the tundra and attempt to follow a forgotten trail, marked by ruins of ancient stopovers and roaming animals. Your unconscious’ voices are submitting you to harrowing internal battles, which you must overcome to carry on with your reconstruction.
Those Who Have No Name is the first addition to the ongoing Winter Voices RPG series from Beyond the Pillars. Travelling in the snow is an ordeal and strangers, tramps or travelers also caught up in this unexpected winter now replace the familiar faces of your childhood village. Haunted by ghosts in your past, to avoid giving up on the voyage and going back, you must find the courage to face your fears.
Winter Voices is the new RPG Series from Beyond the Pillars. The game alternates real-time phases for dialog, world exploration and turn-based combat that requires reflection and strategy, with a choice of more than 100 skills for a unique confrontation with your destiny.
Weekly favorite, Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity, barely manages to maintain its top spot from The Sims Medieval in today's Top 10. Click through for the hottest titles for the week of March 20th to March 26th.
80 Days is our Impulse Daily Deal for Monday at 50% off! This adventure game is just $4.99 today available worldwide.
Boss Baddie, developers of the fast-paced arcade shooter Big Sky are donating 100% of all sales of the game made between now and April 1st to Japan Relief to help with the recovery efforts following the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated much of the country.
Pick up a great indie game and support a good cause for just $7.99. For more information, visit http://impulsedriven.com/bigsky.
Black Chicken Studios has released version 1.3.2.0 of their smash hit simulation, Academagia: The Making of Mages today, which includes the free DLC 7 add-on. Now available for all registered Impulse customers, this new update adds seven new adventures, 25 new events, new items, locations, bug fixes aand much more.
Relive the darkest hours of the 20th century in Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game, a community developed title from Paradox Interactive. Now available for pre-order world-wide.
Dreamcatcher Interactive's, Painkiller Redemption has been updated to version 1.03a today on Impulse.
The Tomorrow War from 1C is a space-sim based on the trilogy of novels written by a famous Russian author, Alexander Zorich. Along with the graduates of the military-space academy players will witness different stages of the conflict between United Earth Empire and Konkordia.
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit is our Impulse Daily Deal for today at 50% off. This popular racing game is just $14.97 available in North America. We also have GTI Racing on sale for 50% off worldwide!
Fantasy Wars from 1C is a turn-based strategy game set in a fantasy world. Combining both classic strategy gameplay and sophisticated 3D graphics players can experience epic battles like never before.
Tactical strategy gamers can now buy 1C Company's, Theatre of War 3 - Korea, available worldwide on Impulse. In this new installment of the series, players leave WWII for the Korean War in 1950. You'll have to move your forces over the entire Korean Peninsula, manage reserves and supply lines, and more through dynamic, non-linear campaigns.
The Impulse Daily Deal for today is 18 Wheels of Steel – Extreme Trucker for 75% off! Get your trucker hat on and grab this game for just $4.99 available worldwide.
Take the war to Africa and command the forces of General Erwin Rommel in 1C Company's, Theatre of War 2 - Africa 1943, available worldwide. In this sequel to the hit Theatre of War, players must prepare once more to put steel against steel with the allies across three campaigns.
Command a special task force of WWII units in 1C Company's real-time tactical strategy game, Theatre of War, available worldwide on Impulse. Players will command a special force of tanks, APCs, field guns, mortars and infantry through a series of 40 historically accurate WWII missions across more than 30 maps.
Discover what happened to three missing men with Iceberg Interactive's adventure game, Dark Fall II - Lights Out Director's Cut, available worldwide on Impulse today.
Cities XL, the “next-gen” in city building games is on sale today for just $9.99. That is 50% off regular price with worldwide availability!
A new threat has emerged. This time though, it's on US soil. So don your nanosuit and get ready to face the alien threat once again in Crysis 2, the latest first person shooter from Electronic Arts and Crytek. Available now on Impulse.
Legendary Master Assassin, Ezio Auditore returns to visit vengeance upon the Borgia family in Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, the latest title in the series from Ubisoft. Available now on Impulse!
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood comes in two editions:
Take charge of a fledgling kingdom and see it rise to greatness in The Sims Medieval, a brand new fantasy-based entry into The Sims franchise from Electronic Arts. Available now on Impulse.
Master the secrets to building and maintaining your kingdom with The Sims Medieval eGuide from Prima Games.
The Official Prima Strategy eGuide is here for Lego Star Wars III The Clone Wars! Includes a thorough walkthrough of hub areas and all 22 story missions including Freeplay mode.
Europa Universalis III Chronicles from Paradox lets you play any historical nation between 1399 and 1820 to build your Empire through the use of exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy.
Who ya gonna call? The Ghostbusters of course, and Ghostbusters: The Video game is our Impulse Daily Deal for today at 50% off!
Patrician IV players can expand their trading empire by pre-ordering the upcoming Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty from Kalypso Media.
The next installment of Iceberg Interactive's adventure series is coming soon and you can save 20% by pre-ordering Adam's Venture 2: Soloman's Secret from Impulse!
Space-themed games dominate our Top 10 this week, with Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity taking the lead off its recent version 1.2 update, followed by the ever popular Evochron Mercenary and the breakout hit Starpoint Gemini. Click through for the hottest titles for the week of March 13th to March 19th.
The Impulse Daily Deal for today is Chrono Rage for just $2.49 available worldwide!
Evildoers can annex a new realm with the upcoming DLC Kalypso Media's strategy game, Dungeons.
Play a new type of abstract strategy game with E. McNeill's indie release, Auralux, available worldwide on Impulse.
Save big when you buy Oddworld Inhabitants', The Oddboxx. This fantastic bundle includes all four Oddworld games for countless hours of fun!
Oddworld takes a new turn in Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Oddworld Inhabitants' third adventure game arrives on Impulse worldwide today with Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee.
Create your own virtual cat or dog with Ubisoft's classic, Petz Dogz 2 and Petz Catz 2 games, available in North America on Impulse.
Space Rangers 2 Complete is our Impulse Daily Deal for this Thursday. This popular turn-based adventure game can be yours for just $11.24 – that is 25% off regular price with worldwide availability.
Stardock Entertainment (www.stardock.com) and Ironclad Games (www.ironcladgames.com) have unleashed a massive changelog for the upcoming Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity version 1.2 and the update is now available. Trinity bundles the original award-winning real-time strategy PC title from Ironclad Games with the two game-changing micro-expansions, Entrenchment and Diplomacy. Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity is available via the digital download platform, Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com) for $39.95.
1C Company has released version 1.81.2 of its recent strategy game, Men of War: Assault Squad, to Impulse today. Now available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this update adds a number of new models, gameplay changes, bug fixes, multiplayer maps and more.
Get ready for another great Impulse Daily Deal as we have Planet Alcatraz on sale for today for just $3.99 – that’s 80% off the regular price!
Tweak your Victoria II experience with two new sprite packs and a new UI mod DLC! Victoria II: Interwar Artillery and Victoria II: Interwar Planes sprite packs add dozens of new unit uniforms to your game. And change the UI of the game to give it a more classic, Victorian office feel with Victoria II: Old Vic. All three DLC packs are available for $1.99 each.
And to celebrate the release of these three DLC packs, the price on Victoria II has dropped to just $29.99!
A place thought to exist only in myth, crawling with prehistoric creatures and ruled by a beast of legendary power, King Kong. Survive as Jack in a world full of predators and live the legend in Peter Jackson’s King Kong from Ubisoft.
Join forces with the CSI team in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation™: Hard Evidence from Ubisoft and tackle Las Vegas’ most disturbing murders – from a gruesome arson attack to a frenzied shootout. It’s all about the evidence, and more like the hit TV show than ever before.
Join the Resistance, stand united and fight for freedom against an overwhelming military force with Prima’s official Homefront eGuide.
Crysis Warhead is our Impulse Daily Deal for Tuesday! This awesome FPS is 50% off today bringing it to just $9.99 (North America).
Electronic Arts' Dragon Age II held onto the top spot last week, followed by the indie-hit, Starpoint Gemini and weekly favorite, Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity. Click through for the hottest titles for the week of March 6th to March 12th.
WWII rages on with Return to Castle Wolfenstein, from Bethesda Softworks and id Software. Available in North America today on Impulse, this incredible sequel puts the player on an intense mission to pierce the black heart of the Third Reich to stop SS head Himmler.
Bethesda Softworks and id Software's classic FPS, Wolfenstein 3D, comes to Impulse today for North American customers. Re-experience the challenge that helped to pioneer the first-person shooter genre and bring its creators legendary status.
Return to the Might & Magic Universe in Might & Magic: Heroes VI, the upcoming installment in the beloved turn-based strategy series. Pre-order now and get a bonus Hero and in-game artifact!
Might & Magic: Heroes VI is available for pre-order in two varieties:
From Warsaw to Vladivostok, the Russian civil war is in full swing with Kalypso Media's new strategy game, Revolution Under Siege, available worldwide on Impulse.
In Viva Media’s Gray Matter, legendary game author Jane Jensen (creator of the Gabriel Knight series) tackles questions concerning the nature of reality and the power of the human mind in a mystery adventure that comprises 8 massive chapters.
Yay for Friday! The Kings’ Crusade from Paradox Interactive is our Impulse Daily Deal for today and it is just $10.49 available worldwide.
Over the years, Stardock's Object Desktop suite of utilities has been the source of many innovations on the PC. It is where the concept of "widgets" and "gadgets" was born. It is where ZIP files being treated like folders came from, it's where GUI skinning came from, it's where animated desktop wallpaper came from. And more recently, it's where the popular icon organization program, Fences came from.
This year, Stardock is proud to add Tiles to the list of new Object Desktop programs. Tiles is to tasks what Fences is to desktop icons. It is designed to allow users to more effectively manage what they are working on.
Choose your path to conquest in The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom Deluxe Gold Edition, the updated strategy game from Ubisoft and Blue Byte, available now on Impulse.
Kalypso Media's strategy game of evil mastery, Dungeons, has reached version 1.2.1 and is now available to all registered customers today via the Impulse client. This update includes a number of new features, additions and modding improvements.
Positech Games' Gratuitous Space Battles: Galactic Conquest has also been updated today. Available for all registered customers, this update adds three new maps, rebalances the campaign for easier difficulty, fixes some corrupt ship data and more.
What evil scheme is afoot in Viva Media’s Edna and Harvey – The Breakout? Only one thing is for certain: you’ve been wrongfully imprisoned and will have to escape!
Positech Games' Gratuitous Space Battles reaches v1.56 today on Impulse. Available for all registered customers, this new update improves performance, fixes flicker issues with certain video cards and improves mod support.
Pe-2: Divebomber from Polynetix Studio is an acrade-scrolling flight-simulator. There are a variety mission types including: bombing enemy positions, intercept Axis planes, recon, and supply.
The Impulse Daily Deal for today is the award winning game World of Goo! This is on sale for today only for just $4.98 available worldwide.
Our classic Bethesda Softworks/id Software DOOM series concludes with, Final DOOM, available today for North American customers.
Bethesda Softworks and id Software's classic megahit comes to Impulse in North America today with Ultimate DOOM. This massive compilation includes all four episodes of the amazing FPS that sets you against demons, mutants and other horrors.
The Network from AquaFox is a total immersion top down shooter that has a fully integrated story delivering a unique experience and addictive game play.
The Impulse Daily Deal for today is Lost Planet Extreme Condition-Colonies Edition from Capcom. This title is 50% off today bringing it to just $9.99 with worldwide availability (exc. Japan/Korea).
Official Dragon Age 2 eGuide from Prima Games is now available on Impulse!
The blight has been defeated in Ferelden, but a new threat is coming to the world of Thedas and only one person can stop it. Step into the role of The Champion in Dragon Age II, the sequel to BioWare’s 2009 critically acclaimed RPG. Available now on Impulse!
Play the role of a futuristic commander in Conquest from Proxy Studios. Position satellites to reveal your opponents. Launch missiles to annihilate large troop formations, but watch out for incoming drop pods behind your back.
Dark Fall – Lost Souls is our Impulse Daily Deal for Tuesday. Dark Fall is 75% off which brings this titles down to just $4.99 available worldwide!
The Impulse Daily Deal for this Monday is NAMCO Classics for $4.99! PAC-MAN and Dig Dug are two classic games available together with worldwide availability.
Electronic Arts' upcoming RPG, Dragon Age II, skyrocketed to the top of the Impulse charts this week with the availablity of its pre-load. Stardock Entertainment's Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity and Blind Mind Studio's Star Ruler round out the top three. Click through for the hottest titles for the week of February 27th to March 5th.
The UAC returns to Mars in Bethesda Softworks and id Software's expansion pack, Doom III - Resurrection of Evil, available for North American customers today on Impulse.
Science has unlocked the gates to the unknown in Bethesda Softworks' and id Software's Doom III, available in North America today on Impulse.
Enter a dark, captivating world of Black Mirror II – Reigning Evil with over 100 atmospheric locations to explore and 40 different characters to interact with. Will Darren’s search lead him to redemption or the hell of insanity? The answers can only be found in the Black Mirror - for once you gaze into it, you won’t be able to look away.
Adventure through the Unova region with confidence using the Pokemon Black and White Vol. 1 eGuide from Prima Games.
Pre-Order Dragon Age 2 right now and start pre-loading the game immediately! Be ready to play the second the game unlocks on March 8th
Build your island empire and conquer your enemies in Picaroon, a new free-to-play MMO from Blitz 1Up. Available now world-wide on Impulse!
Purchasing Picaroon gets you the game AND 2,500 Doubloons, the game currency to purchase power-ups and additional in-game content.
Starpoint Gemini from Intercorona is a free-roam RPG tactical simulation set in a unique science fiction setting where you are free to traverse the universe in search of adventure and fortune, or you can tackle the challenging campaign, at your own pace.
Enjoy the freedom of eight direction movement in the new match-3 title from Interplay: Homesteader. Maintain power, buy tools, and get the job done before time runs out!
Eager RTS gamers can now pre-order the upcoming Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion from Stardock Entertainment and Ironclad Games. All pre-order customers will gain access to the Rebellion beta when it's released later this year (credit cards will be charged at that time).
Dark legends surround the old Blackwood house in Meridian4's adventure game, Scratches - Director's Cut, available worldwide on Impulse.
Darkness Within is our Impulse Daily Deal today at 75% off with worldwide availability!
Freespace 2 from Interplay and Volition gives you new features, ships and missions. Fly past gigantic capital ships as they engage in combat with beam weapons wider than your fighter; beam weapons powerful enough to carve even the largest capital ships in half.
Follow Spelagon‘s Heavy Hogur on a journey through the mountains and islands of Ivereth. Explore vast cave systems, collect crystals with your trusty pickaxe, discover buried treasures and recover legendary artifacts. 60 rooms full of adventure awaits you!
The battle against the Strogg concludes with id Software's Quake II Mission Pack: The Reckoning, available for North American customers today.
The war against the Strogg continues with id Software's Quake II Mission Pack: Ground Zero, available in North America today for Impulse customers.
Our classic lineup of id Software games continues today with the mega-hit, Quake II, available for North American customers.
Mactabilis from Blazing Bit Games is a high definition shooter with rpg elements. Customize your ship, select from a large array of weapons or even create your own! Follow the engaging storyline that carries you through beautiful, multi-level, adrenaline filled missions.
Star Ruler from Blind Mind Studios is our Impulse Daily Deal for Wednesday. This interstellar strategy game is 60% off today – just $10 – available worldwide!
Bethesda Softworks and id Software welcome FPS fans back to the Arena with the Quake III Pack, available in North America today on Impulse. The Quake III Pack includes Quake III Arena and Quake III Team Arena for one low price.
Experience the new global strategy game, Fate of the World, from Red Redemption. Available now world-wide on Impulse.
Dreamcatcher Interactive's latest first-person shooter, Painkiller Redemption has been updated to version 1.02a today on Impulse. Available via the Impulse client for all registered customers, this new patch fixes several bugs.
Indie developer Soldak has released v1.022 of its RPG, Din's Curse today on Impulse. Available now for all registered Impulse customers, this update includes a huge number of bug fixes, gameplay tweaks and more.
Black Chicken Studios' Academagia: The Making of Mages has reached version 1.2.8.0, which includes the free DLC 6 add-on. Now available for all registered Impulse customers, this new update adds seven new adventures, 28 new events, 15 new items, six new locations and more.
The time of Diplomacy is over. The length of the war and differing opinions on what should be done to bring the war to an end has led to a splintering of the groups involved. The controlling powers-that-be have depleted arsenals and seemed to have exhausted all efforts of diplomacy. Trapped in a stalemate, sub-factions have rebelled and broken off the main alignments. Rebellion is upon us.
Digital distributor Impulse, Inc. (www.impulsedriven.com) announced the addition of several new features designed to enable developers easily add "free to play" type features to their PC games. The next beta drop of its forthcoming game developer platform SDK, Impulse::Reactor, scheduled in March, is expected to include an in-game store experience, feature unlocking, and seamless downloadable content management all managed from an easy to use developer portal. Parent company Stardock Enterta
Direct Hit: Missile War pits you against opponents in isolated planetary battles. Space is being colonized in this futuristic strategy game from Polynetix Studio, and the only way to claim the star systems you want is to research, design, and construct missiles to strike down your enemy.
Planet Alcatraz from 1C is a 3D role playing game that sends you to a prison colony. Its inhabitants are inveterate criminals that were banished there for a life term for their terrible crimes. Enjoy your stay!
This is the first developer diary for Elemental: Fallen Enchantress, the stand-alone expansion to Elemental: War of Magic! We also have new artwork and screenshots showing off new battles and beautiful artwork for the upcoming title.
Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity maintains its top spot again this week, followed by Paradox Interactive's latest game, Cities in Motion. Click through for the hottest titles for the week of February 20th to February 26th.
The Impulse Daily Deal is Curse – The Eye of Isis fro 50% off worldwide.
Bethesda Softworks and id Software's addictive first-person shooter, Quake 4, makes its North American debut on Impulse today!
Lead your forces to victory across the globe in Men of War Assault Squad, the latest stand-alone expansion in the series from 1C. Available now worldwide on Impulse.
The war between Heaven and Hell continues in Painkiller Redemption, the latest first person shooter in the series from Dreamcatcher Interactive and Eggtooth.
Send your armies across the globe in Age of Conquest III, a risk-style turn-based strategy game from Noble Master Games. Available now world-wide on Impulse.
Street Fighter IV is our Impulse Daily Deal at 50% off regular price. This title is available worldwide (excl. Japan).
Hedge Hill, Missouri has a bit of a zombie problem on its hands, and it’s up to you to lead a group of survivors out alive in Trapped Dead, a new tactical real-time strategy game from Meridian4 and Crenetic. Available now world-wide on Impulse!
Buy the game before 3/3/2011 and get 20% Off!
The Impulse Daily Deal for today is MySims, a casual simulation that is fun for kids and adults alike. This is available for 50% off today for North America. We also have Chrome on sale worldwide for just $5 also!
StarWraith 3D Games' latest space simulation, Evochron Mercenary, has reached v1.228 today. This update includes a number of gameplay changes, bug fixes and other improvements.
Explore a realm of enchantment and ancient magic in Betrayal at Krondor and Return to Krondor, and take on the role of the shadow hunter in Gabriel Knight 3.
In Tasty Planet: Back for Seconds from Dingo Games you control a tiny ball of grey goo with the ability to eat anything smaller than itself. The more it eats, the bigger it gets! Soon you'll be able to eat the entire planet!
Blind Mind Studios has released version 1.0.6.2 of their hit RTS, Star Ruler, today on Impulse. Now available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this update includes a huge number of fixes, changes and additions.
Brutalize your enemies by mastering the art of each Skill Shot and navigate through labeled maps that pinpoint the location of every object and point of interest in the world with the official Bulletstorm eGuide from Prima Games.
From the darkly prolific mind of creator Jane Jensen comes the classic adventure The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight® Mystery, available in North America today on Impulse.
A colossal war is being waged that threatens to annihilate the entire world with Activision's classic RTS, Dark Reign®: The Future of War, available in North America today on Impulse. Includes the original game and the Rise of the Shadowhand expansion pack.
For the last couple of years Stardock has released its Customer Report to the public, and we have always received a great response to it, so I'm happy to present the Stardock Customer Report 2010. This report is part of the internal business plan of Stardock along with results from our yearly customer survey that we send out to our customers.
Our classic Activision catalog expands today with Impressions Games', Caesar III, available today in North America on Impulse.
Put on your city planner hat, grab your clipboard and get ready to map out and build the greatest transit system in the world in Cities in Motion, the latest game from Paradox Interactive.
Step into the role of Grayson Hunt, former elite soldier now space pirate, in Bulletstorm, an over-the-top First Person Shooter from People Can Fly, Epic Games and Electronic Arts. Available now on Impulse!
Men of War from ValuSoft is our Impulse Daily Deal for today. This strategy game set amid the Cold War can be purchased on Impulse for 75% off – just $3.74!
Amaranth Games' Orbs of Magic series concludes today with its final episode, Aveyond: The Darkthrop Prophecy, available worldwide on Impulse.
Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity continues in the top spot this week, with 1C Company's King's Bounty Platinum Edition taking the number two position and Kalypso Media's Dungeons rounding out the top three. Click through for the hottest titles for the week of February 13th to February 19th.
The Impulse Daily Deal for today is Far Cry for just $4.99 for North America. Worldwide we also have Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage available for 75% off.
Face the gods themselves in Eternal Night, a new hidden-object game from Namco Networks America, available now on Impulse.
Adventure gamers will find hidden evil lurking throughout a vast arcology in Iceberg Interactive's new game, Baron Wittard: Nemesis of Ragnarok, available worldwide on Impulse.
Dive to the bottom of the sea and find various hidden items in numerous eye-teasing locations in Fishdom H2O: Hidden Odyssey from Playrix. Get cash for them to buy cute sea creatures and beautiful ornaments to create three unique aquariums.
Soar through Mango Drop Games’ world of Zenith Chronicles as Dain, a mercenary with the power to transform into a dragon. Be virtuous and take the humans under your wing, or blaze a vile path of destruction with the demons.
Dreamcatcher Interactive's upcoming first-person shooter, Painkiller Redemption is now available for pre-order worldwide on Impulse. For just $4.99, this standalone expansion offers 7-10 hours of gameplay against more than 6,000 wicked monsters, improved graphics and AI, and much more.
Inca Ball from Playrix is a marvelous arcade puzzle shining with nice visuals, 60 challenging levels and a variety of bonuses. Complete the game and you will get a splendid reward that'll come in handy even if you are not in the game.
The Police Quest Collection from Activision is packed with complex storylines and real-life mysteries that only a handful of real police officers ever face – or solve. You don’t just watch the action – you’re in the thick of it. Be warned: make one mistake and the criminals will be back out on the streets.
Atari’s Backyard Sports: Sandlot Sluggers offers hours of entertainment with laugh out loud comedic commentary and exaggerated animations for a one-of-a-kind gaming experience. The game is packed with loads of surprises and stars a neighborhood full of fun and diverse kids -- both fan favorite characters and new friends.
King’s Bounty Platinum Pack is our Impulse Daily Deal today for 75% off regular price. You get King’s Bounty: The Legend, Armored Princess, and Crossworlds for just $9 today!
Kalypso Media's new strategy game, Dungeons, has reached version 1.2 and is now available to all registered Impulse customers today via the Impulse client. This update upgrades the engine for better performance, includes new features, bug fixes and other improvements.
Interplay’s Kingpin: Life of Crime is a tale of revenge. Take control of a street gang and order your recruits to attack, defend or even do a little safe-cracking to pick up some needed cash. Use that cash to buy nastier weapons and take down your punk enemies in this intense first-person shooter. Being the Kingpin is half attitude and all action.
Command a squad of WWII combat troops in 1C Company's upcoming strategy game, Men of War: Assault Squad, available for pre-order worldwide on Impulse. Those who pre-order the game will also receive a free copy of Reign: Conflict of Nations!
Experience a blast from the past with the complete, completely twisted Space Quest Collection. As Roger Wilco, heroic janitor, you’re up against screwy space aliens with the fate of the universe in your dishpan hands. You’ll laugh yourself silly as you journey through all six original stories, packed with over 50 hours of hilarious adventure.
Step into the role of TVs favorite serial killer, Dexter Morgan, in Dexter: The Game, a new 3D adventure game from Icarus Studios, based on the popular Showtime Original Series. Available now on Impulse!
Ezio returns, now as a legendary Master Assassin, to continue his struggle against the Templar Order in Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, the latest installment in Ubisoft’s acclaimed Assassin’s Creed series, coming soon to Impulse!
Pre-order Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Deluxe Edition and save $10! Get all the Deluxe Edition bonus content for the same price as the regular edition. Additional maps, skins, DLC, videos, soundtrack and more are included in this deluxe edition package.
The crown jewel of adventure games is back! Written by the co-founder of Sierra Entertainment, Roberta Williams, King’s Quest pioneered the evolution of adventure gaming. All the rich storylines, exciting quests, detailed characters and formidable foes of the original seven games are now available in one pack. Join King Graham and the royal family of Daventry in their thrilling adventures through the fantasy world of King's Quest.
Discover the endless fun of more than 1000 mind-bending challenges in Atari’s Puzzler World. Enjoy your favorite puzzle games, including Crossword, Sudoku, Wordsearch, and many more.
Konung III: Ties of the Dynasty is our Impulse Daily Deal for today at 80% off! This RPG is based on the Scandinavian and Slavic mythology, and is the third game in the Konung series (Konung: The Legend of North and Konung 2: Blood of Titans). Get this today worldwide for just $4.99.
From 1C Company comes the ultimate in first-person horror with the NecroVisioN Hardcore Edition, available worldwide (excluding Germany).
Advance up the Roman empire's political ladder and build the next great Roman city with Activision's, Caesar IV, available in North America today on Impulse.
The new beta for Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity catapulted it to the top spot this week, followed closely by the new Gothic Bundle and Kalypso Media's Dungeons. Click through for the hottest titles for the week of February 6th to February 12th.
Real Warfare – 1242 is our Impulse Daily Deal for Monday. This realistic real-time strategy game is 80% – just $5.99 available worldwide!
The Impulse Daily Deal for today is Resident Evil 5 for 50% off! This title is available worldwide (excluding Japan/Korea) for just $15.
The Impulse Daily Deal for Friday is Prototype for 50% off! If you are outside of North America Peggle Nights is also on sale today.
Lure heroes into your carefully constructed dungeon, making sure they get their fill of treasure, equipment and combat before cutting them down and harvesting their souls to gain power in Dungeons, the new strategy game from Realmforge Studios and Kalypso Media that puts you in the role of the nefarious dungeon lord. Available now world-wide on Impulse.
Irreverent humor, off-color jokes and ridiculous trivia questions are back! You Don’t Know Jack, the classic trivia computer game from THQ and Jellyvision is back with a completely new installment.
Sacrifice is the acclaimed real-time strategy game from Interplay that focuses on combat instead of resource gathering. The only two resources you'll need to worry about are mana and souls. Need more units? Capture the souls of your enemy.
Whether young or old, Tommy Tronic from Interplay will engage you and keep you curious as to just what will be around the next corner! Set in a sprawling, haunted woodland, the player is taken across 12 levels of child-like imagination and mayhem.
Stardock Entertainment (www.stardock.com) and Ironclad Games (www.ironcladgames.com) have unleashed a massive changelog for the upcoming Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity version 1.2. Trinity bundles the original award-winning real-time strategy PC title from Ironclad Games with the two game-changing micro-expansions, Entrenchment and Diplomacy. Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity is available via the digital download platform, Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com) for $39.95.
Stardock Entertainment and Ironclad Games are pleased to announce the release of the v1.2 BETA update for Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity customers. This optional update for adventurous players include improvements to the game engine for better texture use, a new Pirate system, balance changes for each race, AI improvements, diplomatic balance updates and more.
Stardock's Galactic Civilizations II has made PC Gamer's Top 100 PC Games of all time! Coming in at #74, PC Gamer has this to say:
A Farewell to Dragons is our Impulse Daily Deal for Thursday with 80% off regular price! This action RPG is just $3.99 available worldwide.
Pinball Yeah! from Interplay and CodeRunners has the secret formula that takes you deep into a new and innovative fantasy pinball experience. Embrace a virtual world controlled by an evil A.I., with no purpose other than to seek your high-score's demise! Four tables are available for your thumbs delight.
Comb the rooms of a gorgeous mansion for hidden items and restore a once stunning garden to its former glory in Gardenscapes from Playrix. Choose from tons of garden accessories to customize the garden to your taste.
Earthworm Jim continues the battle for truth, justice and well aerated soil in these classic platform shoot’em ups from Interplay: Earthworm Jim, Earthworm Jim 2, and Earthworm Jim 3D.
In Arevan: The Bitter Truth, from Over Cloud 9, King Solemaun decides to start a covert investigation with other world rulers. By his order, Prince Maurean, his son, sets off on a journey to discover the identity of the murderer and any ulterior motives he may have.
The Daily Deal today on Impulse is Rig ‘n’ Roll for 75% off. For just $8.74 you can take a seat behind a big rig in this driving simulation game which is available worldwide.
Now available via the Impulse client for all registered customers is version 1.14 of Okashi Studios', Shira Oka: Second Chances. This new update fixes some dialogue issues and an encoding bug for non-English versions of Windows.
War. War never changes. Go back to the beginning and relive the classics of CRPG gaming with the original Fallout games from Interplay & Black Isle Studios: Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel. Pick them all up individually, or get three for the price of two in the Fallout Classic Collection bundle! All are available world-wide on Impulse.
Interplay week begins today with these three RPG classics.
Race to win the Solar Crown in Test Drive Unlimited 2, the latest racing game from Atari. Available now on Impulse.
Put on your city planner hat and build the metropolitan transportation system of your dreams in Cities in Motion, an upcoming city management simulator from Paradox Interactive. Pre-order now and get the Design Classics DLC pack FREE!
The zombie apocalypse is upon us, and it’s up to you to save as many civilians as possible before the zombie hordes devour us all in Atom Zombie Smasher, the latest game from Blendo Games.
Jump into the cockpit of your very expensive spaceship and blast your enemies away in Big Sky, a retro style shoot-em-up from Boss Baddie. Available now world-wide on Impulse.
Makeuseof.com has published a list of the 7 Best Netbook Applications that Don't Chug System Resources, and Stardock's Impulse has made the list as their Best Game Platform!
Gamers opted to live out their own football dreams last week by cashing in on our deal for the Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition before going hero stomping with the Dungeons (Pre-Order). Click on through for the hottest titles for the week of January 30th to February 5th.
Phantasmat Collector's Edition from Codeminion SC has over 100 beautifully hand drawn locations, hidden object scenes and interesting puzzles - all full of secrets to uncover. This fully voice acted game, with over an hour of atmospheric original soundtrack, sets the new standard for casual adventure games.
Embark on a thrilling adventure to help Albert, a young magician, restore the Key of Eiron and save his sister kidnapped in Elementals: The Master Key from Playrix. You’ll never feel lonely in your fascinating travels – your aide, Felly, will faithfully follow you, no matter what obstacles you face.
Dark Void from Capcom is our Impulse Daily Deal for this Monday. This action-adventure game is 50% off available worldwide!
The Impulse Daily Deal for this Sunday is Achtung Panzer – Kharkov 1943 for 80% off regular price. This strategy game from Paradox Interactive can be had for just $3.99 today available worldwide on Impulse.
TV Manager 2, the latest release by Niels Bauer Games, puts you in charge of a small TV station with the aim of turning it into the biggest network in the country.
Travel through ancient Greece, Babylon, Carthage, Egypt and Rome in Atlantis Quest from Playrix. In this classic style matching game with a dazzling new twist you will need to discover pieces of ancient artifacts that will help you find a way to your destination.
Gratuitous Space Battles has reached v1.55 on Impulse today. The latest update includes all the latest fixes, performance improvements and more.
The Impulse Daily Deal for today is Hunting Unlimited 2011 for 75% off. Get your virtual hunt on for just $4.99 available worldwide.
Smugglers 4: Doomsday from Niels Bauer Games lets you be a greedy trader, an ambitious bounty hunter, a ruthless pirate, or a multitude of other professions that the game has to offer.
We hope you are staying warm today if affected by the snow storm. The Impulse Daily Deal for today is Making History II – The War of the World for 50% – just $19.99!
In Alchemia from Springtail Studio you play a little gnome who shoots an unfortunate and bizarre looking creature from the sky. Feeling remorseful he then agrees with the creature’s soul to help him find another body in the nearby underground city.
Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express is filled with spectacular twists-and-turns and also includes a surprise ending that is different from the original novel.
Enjoy the great outdoors with new outfits, furniture and gadgets for your home in The Sims 3: Outdoor Living Stuff, the latest content pack for The Sims 3. Available now on Impulse!
Two new heroes emerge to do battle in Guardians of Graxia: Elves and Dwarves, the first major expansion for Petroglyph’s turn-based strategy game. Available now world-wide on Impulse.
Clones from Tomkorp is a friendly, fun, and engaging evolution to the classic Lemmings puzzle genre. A built-in level editor is included that was used to create the single-player campaign of over 150 clontastic puzzles spanning 11 CloneMaster bosses over 5 regions of the Clones Planet.
Today’s Impulse Daily Deal is GUN for 50%. Experience the action of the old West for just $10!
Paradox Interactive's Hearts of Iron III Mega Pack jumped to the top spot last week on Impulse, followed closely by weekly favorite, Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity. Click on through for the hottest titles for the week of January 23rd to January 29th.
Following up the critically acclaimed RTS, Men of War, comes its sequel, Men of War Red Tide today from ValuSoft.
Journey through three different stories of WWII in ValuSoft's, Men of War, available worldwide today on Impulse. Men of War takes place in Europe during the height of World War II and is shown through three campaigns that play out through the eyes of Soviet, Allied and German soldiers.
The Impulse Daily Deal for this Monday is Grand Ages: Rome for 75% off. Get this awesome strategy game for just $2.49 today only!
Today we have the Hearts of Iron III Mega Pack for 70% off! This pack includes Hearts of Iron III, Hearts of III Semper Fi, and the HoI Sprite Packs!
Black Chicken Studios' Academagia: The Making of Mages has reached version 1.240, which includes the free DLC5 add-on. Now available for all registered Impulse customers, this new update adds six new adventures, more than 20 new events and more.
Expand your AI War experience with Arcen Games' latest add-on, Light of the Spire, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Arcen Games' his another milestone today with the release of AI War: Fleet Command version 5.00 onto Impulse today. Available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this latest update contains huge number of refinements, bug fixes, gameplay tweaks, AI improvements, balance changes and much more.
The Impulse Daily Deal for Friday is Bioshock for 75% off! This popular first-person shooter can be purchased today from Impulse for just $4.99 (North America).
Grimm’s Hatchery from Amaranth Games is packed with 20 types of magical pets, four hatcheries, and several villages to explore. In addition to a adorable creatures, you can hatch pets, create new breeds of pets, fight monsters, solve quests for villagers, and more!
You are hired by a monk to break a curse on a haunted tower deep within the wilderness in Amaranth Games Gypsy’s Tale. To solve the mystery of the cursed tower, you must navigate a strange maze full of traps and puzzles. Upon your adventure, you will meet strange beings, most who wish to do you harm, and a few who wish to help you succeed on your quest.
In The Fall Trilogy Chapter 1 – Separation from Kheops Studio you wake up in a temple somewhere in Asia, you have lost your memory and have to find your way out. You’ll face a variety of challenges with an increasing difficulty combined with hidden objects or jigsaw mini-games.
Beakiez: Blue Sky from opGames is an old school bubble pop game starring Mealie, a flatulent chameleon on a mission to save his feathered, suffocating pals, the Beakiez! 2 Zones chock-full of puzzles.
Today’s Impulse Daily Deal is Red Faction Guerrilla for just $5! That is 75% off normal price available worldwide (excl. Germany).
It’s all about killing with finesse and creativity in Bulletstorm, the upcoming first-person shooter from Epic Games, People Can Fly and Electronic Arts. Pre-order now and be ready to kick some major ass when the game releases on February 22nd!
Take control of the strategy and destiny of your country in War and Peace: 1796-1815 from Microids. Choose your internal policies and economic and scientific development, right through to war and diplomacy.
You’ll have to meet everyone's needs in Microids Ski Park Manager - Val d'lsere. A great variety of scenarios will challenge you to become an excellent manager: bankruptcy, school holidays, terrible service, bad image, and low snowfall.
Chrono Rage from Anima Games confronts the player with a pixel swarm coming from the past and ready for battle. Great dexterity, nerves of steel and blazing reflexes are the weapons needed to tame this game.
Runaway – A Twist of Fate is our Impulse Daily Deal for today. This adventure game from Focus Home Interactive is just $14.99 today which is 50% off the regular price!
Continue the fight against the mysterious alien invaders in Crysis 2, sequel to the acclaimed 2007 shooter from Crytek and Electronic Arts. Pre-order now and be ready for the fight on March 22nd, 2011!
Ride minecarts, dodge lasers and take down a huge sky-fortress in Excruciating Guitar Voyage from WickedWorx. You play as PX, a surprisingly invincible hairy moron, who can set himself on fire and electrocute himself to solve puzzles.
Necromorphs got you down? Need that extra Power Node to boost your suit? Prima's Dead Space 2 eGuide has got you covered. Make your way through the Sprawl with maps for every level, locations for Schematics, and expert strategy on dismembering all Necromorphs.
The Impulse Daily Deal for today is Star Assault from Kalypso Media for just $5 – that is 50% off regular price!
Isaac Clarke’s troubles didn’t end with the destruction of the USG Ishimura. Years have passed, and he awakes to find himself on Titan Station amid a new nightmare in Dead Space 2. Suit up once more to face off against a new Necromorph threat, this time in our home Solar System.
Atari's classic Baldur's Gate II and Master of Orion Collections dominated our top sales last week on Impulse. Click on through for the hottest titles for the week of January 16th to January 22nd.
We hope you had a great weekend! Kicking off this week we have The Whispered World on sale today for 50% off – just $10 available worldwide.
Isaac Clarke’s troubles didn’t end with the destruction of the USG Ishimura. Years have passed, and he awakes to find himself on Titan Station amid a new nightmare in Dead Space 2. Suit up once more to face off against a new Necromorph threat, this time in our home Solar System.
Pre-Order Dead Space 2 now and start preloading the game right away! Download the game now and be ready to play the moment the game unlocks on January 25th.
Friday is here, and today’s Impulse Daily Deal is Patrician IV for 50% off! The latest release in the Patrician series from Kalypso Media can be had for just $14.99!
Ready for a huge adventure? Somewhere, somehow, the Pandora Box has been opened. Welcome to the magical world of Asguaard from Aldorlea where the future is about to be torn apart.
Gamecask’s Knight of Dulcinea is a story about adventure, friendship and brave battles. You will discover mysterious and exotic locales, distant valleys and strange cultures.
A tropical paradise seethes with hidden evil in Far Cry from Ubisoft, a cunningly detailed action shooter that pushes the boundaries of combat to shocking new levels.
Now available via the Impulse client for all registered customers is version 1.13 of Okashi Studios' debut title, Shira Oka: Second Chances. This update adds an easy mode, fixes several bugs and more.
StarWraith 3D Games' latest space simulation, Evochron Mercenary, has reached v1.208 today. This major update includes a number of gameplay changes, bug fixes and other improvements.
Arcen Games has released version 1.016 of their new puzzle game, Tidalis (shown as v1.08 in the Impulse client). Now available for all registered Impulse customers, this latest update includes engine improvements, bug fixes, general polish and more.
Cornutopia's Taskforce is a squad level turn based strategy game in the style of games such as the X-COM series.
Biology Battle is our Impulse Daily Deal today and this space-shooter game can be had for 50% off today, just $4.99 available worldwide!
1C Company has released v1.3.1 of King's Bounty - Crossworlds and King's Bounty Crossworlds Game of the Year onto Impulse today. This new update fixes a number of bugs, makes several gameplay tweaks, and adds some new opportunities for modders.
Blind Mind Studios has released version 1.0.5.2 of their hit RTS, Star Ruler, today on Impulse. Now available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this update includes a number of bug fixes, gameplay tweaks, additions and more.
In Post Mortem from Microids, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art... After retiring to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting the former New York detective finds himself walking the beat once again, when hired by a sensuous woman to investigate the gruesome beheadings of her sister and brother-in-law.
You have sworn to rescue her in your Gunstorm, the last fighter craft of the old league. Gunstorm II: Starvixen is a single screen space shooter featuring eight exciting weapons that you can carry all at once, and lots of unlockable game types that become available as you play.
RPG fans rejoice! The Impulse Daily Deal today is the Focus Home RPG Bundle for 60% off! This bundle includes Silverfall, Silverfall: Earth Awakening, and Loki. These 3 games can be had for just $15.99 today available worldwide.
Create a dark domain, smash your enemies and control dim-witted goblin minions in Kalypso Media's upcoming strategy game, Dungeons, available for pre-order worldwide today on Impulse. Those who pre-order Dungeons will also receive a free copy of Kalypso's, Ceville.
The Impulse Daily Deal for Tuesday is Runway – The Dream of the Turtle from Focus Home Interactive. This adventure game can be purchased and downloaded from Impulse at 50% off today – just $7.49 available worldwide!
From your humble beginnings in Candlekeep, you’ve traveled a long and difficult road. You’ve defeated your brother, stopped your dead father, the Lord of Murder, from returning to the world, now it’s time to become that which you were born to be in Baldur’s Gate II Complete, the conclusion to BioWare’s Bhaalspawn Saga. Available now world-wide on Impulse.
Baldur’s Gate II Complete includes Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Baldur’s Gate II: Throne of Bhaal.
The walls of the library fortress of Candlekeep are all you’ve ever known. Suddenly, your entire life is thrown into chaos as your adopted father is murdered and a dark force chases you through the wilderness. Discover your heritage and your destiny in the critically acclaimed BioWare epic Baldur’s Gate Complete. Now available world-wide on Impulse!
Baldur’s Gate Complete includes Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate Tales of the Sword Coast.
Answer the call of adventure in Neverwinter Nights Diamond, BioWare’s latest Dungeons & Dragons epic that will take you from the streets of Neverwinter, all the way into the depths of the Underdark. Available now world-wide on Impulse.
Return to the frozen & untamed Icewind Dale as you answer the call of glory in Icewind Dale II, the sequel to the acclaimed RPG from Black Isle Studios and Atari. Available now world-wide on Impulse!
Venture north into the frozen wilderness of Icewind Dale to face off against ancient foes in Icewind Dale Complete, the classic CRPG from Black Isle Studios and Atari. Now available world-wide on Impulse.
Icewind Dale Complete includes Icewind Dale, Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter and Icewind Dale: Trials of the Luremaster
Paradox Interactive's Majesty 2 sale was huge last week, but Demigod's deep discount knocked out all the competition. Click on through for the hottest titles for the week of January 9th to January 15th.
The Impulse Daily Deal for today is the adventure game Alter Ego for 50% off. This game from developer Future Games can be yours for just $9.99 with worldwide availability.
Live the legend by taking charge of the famous band of outlaws in Robin Hood - The Legend of Sherwood from Microids.
The Incognito story continues in Episode 3 from Magrathean Technologies.
Fuel up your rig and drive all over the globe in 18 Wheels of Steel Extreme Trucker 2, the latest big rig trucking simulator from SCS Software and ValuSoft. Available now world-wide on Impulse.
Happy Friday! The Impulse Daily Deal for today is the Three Musketeers from Meridian4 for just $4.95.
If so, why did she phone Carol the day before her death, wanting to hire her? And was it really Christina that called Carol? Find out in DigiRonin Games Blue Madonna: A Carol Reed Mystery.
The pace is blindingly fast in Microids racing game, Warm Up!, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Runaway – A Road Adventure is our Impulse Daily Deal for today. Grab this game for 50% off today – just $4.99 available worldwide.
Explore infinite possibilities with Stickman Studios' new time-travelling adventure game, Doc Clock, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Let the rescuing begin with Emergency 2012 from ValuSoft. Take on natural disasters, terror attacks and more as you battle to regain order and bring the town back from the brink of destruction.
The Impulse Daily Deal for today is X3 – Gold! The sequel to the award-winning X2, X3-Gold comes with both X3-Reunion and X3-Terran for just $6.25, that’s 75% off regular price with worldwide availability.
Today Stardock released the initial details for Fallen Enchantress, the first expansion pack to its latest title, Elemental: War of Magic, the fantasy turn-based strategy game (www.elementalgame.com). Fallen Enchantress includes significant changes to the existing game as well as massive new content additions, including spells, magical equipment, quests, locations and creatures. Additionally, the company confirmed that the expansion pack will be free for all fans that purchased the original game in 2010. Fallen Enchantress is scheduled for Q2 of 2011.
If you wanted to grab any of the Majesty 2 titles then today is your day. All Majesty 2 titles are on sale for 75% off for todays Impulse Daily Deal!
Reclaim your throne in the newest expansion to the Majesty 2 series. Find new allies, heed the wisdom of your Advisor, and bring peace back to Ardania in Majesty 2: Monster Kingdom from Paradox Interactive.
The prequel to Radon Labs’ award-winning RPG is here! Drakensang: The River of Time is now available on Impulse. Explore the Middenrealm as a new hero whose choices will shape the path of the adventure.
A bonus adventure, in-game weapons and armor, a soundtrack and more are all yours for FREE if you Pre-Order Dragon Age 2 by January 11th, 2011 and get the Signature Edition! Get ready to face the darkness once more in Bioware’s critically acclaimed dark fantasy world.
Dragon Age 2 will be available in March, 2011. For more information, visit http://www.impulsedriven.com/dragonage2
Impulse's Daily Deals make up much of this week's Top 10 list, with the newly available Kohan Warchest taking one of the top three spots. Click on through for the hottest titles for the week of January 2nd to January 8th.
Lead one of the nations of the world to greatness with Eversim's, Rulers of Nations, available worldwide on Impulse. Rulers of Nations is a geo-political simulator which features competitive and simulation modes of play.
New from the creator of Kitten Sanctuary comes an addictive new puzzle game called, Memorabilia. Available worldwide, Memorabilia puts you in control of a strange machine that can read minds through a combination of hidden object, matching, and puzzle reconstruction games.
Hope you are having a great start to your week. We kick it off with Titan Question Gold for just $4.99 available worldwide on Impulse.
It’s time to see the seedier side of the seven seas in Pirate Treasure Chest, the latest DLC pack for Commander: Conquest of the Americas, the high-seas strategy game from Nitro Games and Paradox Interactive. Available now world-wide on Impulse!
Go back in time to fight an alternate history war in Iron Storm, a first person shooter from Wanadoo and Microids, available now on Impulse.
Do you have what it takes to win MegaRace 3? A sci-fi racing simulation from Microids and Cryo Interactive is now available on Impulse.
The Impulse Daily Deal for today is for the upcoming Dragon Age 2 Signature Edition. Pre-order today and get $20 of bonus content at no additional cost! Pre-order Dragon Age II before January 11, 2011 and receive an automatic upgrade to the BioWare Signature Edition—a special, collector’s edition version of the game that contains loads of additional content, exclusives, and other perks.
You have a choice: Join the mob, or become a member of an elite police unit tasked with taking down crime boss Don Carmine Falcone in Chicago 1930, an adventure game from Spellbound Entertainment and Microids.
Hunt down an ancient Egyptian statue in Curse: The Eye of Isis, an adventure game from Microids and Wanadoo.
Embark on an adventure game through ancient Egypt in Egypt 3: The Egyptian Prophecy from Microids. Available now world-wide on Impulse.
Disciples III: Renaissance is the Impulse Daily Deal today with 66% off. Disciples III: Renaissance is the next title in the award winning Disciples series and represents a leap forward in the evolution of the turn-based RPG/strategy genre.
TimeGate Studios and Impulse are pleased to announce the release of the classic Kohan strategy series. Now available worldwide on Impulse, gamers can pick up Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns, Kohan: Ahriman's Gift and Kohan II: Kings of War, or save by getting the Kohan Warchest.
Stardock Entertainment, independent publisher of games including Sins of a Solar Empire, Demigod and Elemental: War of Magic has hired Civilization V Lead Designer Jon Shafer to help lead the studio's design and modding efforts. Shafer will bring additional modding expertise to the recently launched Elemental: War of Magic and will take the lead in designing the next as-of-yet unannounced Stardock title.
The prequel to Radon Labs’ award-winning RPG is almost here! Pre-Order Drakensang: The River of Time now for 10% off the regular price. Explore the Middenrealm as a new hero whose choices will shape the path of the adventure.
The Impulse Daily Deal for this Wednesday is Grotesque Tactics for $4.99 – that is 75% off regular price with worldwide availability. Grotesque Tactics* combines the features and clichés of Western and Asian console RPGs like Fire Emblem or Final Fantasy Tactics and provides an highly addicting and entertaining change to the current, more serious role playing games.
Stardock Entertainment continues to bolster its development staff as renowned fantasy and science fiction writer/editor Dave Stern joins Stardock to oversee creative storytelling and lore implementation in all future projects, including the recently launched Elemental: War of Magic (www.elementalgame.com). Stern, author of numerous books including the novelizations of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and The Blair Witch Project and former editor of Pocket Books Star Trek and science fiction lines, was responsible for putting together the Hiergamenon lore book for Elemental: War of Magic Limited Edition. Stern will head up all further integration of the Elemental: War of Magic lore into the increasingly popular strategy title as Stardock continues to offer unparalleled post release support for the game.
Black Chicken Studios' Academagia: The Making of Mages has reached version 1.190. Now available for all registered Impulse customers, this new update includes several bug and gameplay fixes.
Blind Mind Studios has released version 1.0.4.4 of their hit RTS, Star Ruler, on Impulse. Now available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this update includes a number of bug fixes, gameplay tweaks and more.
Put your journalistic skills to the test in Amerzone, an adventure title from Microids. Available now on Impulse.
The year is 2104 and humanity is engaged in a fratricidal war between the inhabitants of Earth and colonized Mars in Haegemonia: Legion of Iron and its expansion Haegemonia: The Solon Heritage. Two classic strategy games from Digital Reality, developers of the acclaimed Imperium Galactica series!
Cities XL from developer Monte Cristo is our Impulse Daily Deal for today. You can grab this fabulous city-building game for 60% off – just $7.99 available worldwide.
Since we were on vacation last week for the holidays, this week we have two Top 10 lists to share with everyone. We had hundreds of products on sale the past couple of weeks and here are the best-sellers...
The first Monday of the new year and a great Daily Deal on Impulse starts the week of right. Today you can get Tropico 3 Gold Edition for just $7.99. That includes Tropico 3 and the Absolute Power expansion!
The Impulse Daily Deal for today is Out of the Park 11 for 50% off! You can grab this fantastic baseball simulation game on Impulse for just $19.99 available worldwide.
Last day of 2010 for us, and the Impulse Daily Deal for today is EVE Online: Incursion for just $9.99!
It's getting close to the end of the month, and that much closer to a new year! The Daily Deal on Impulse today is Duke Nukem Manhattan Project for just $1.99!
Get your world domination fix with the Impulse Daily Deal of Victoria Complete from Paradox Interactive for just $4.99! Guide your nation through one hundred years of history (1836 – 1935)! Pan the absolute monarchies of the early 1800s to the dawn of the 20th century and the industrialized Great Powers!
Fences Pro is a hugely popular application giving the user the ability to create “fences” on their desktop to organize icons that might be making a mess of your desktop. Todays Impulse Daily Deal gives you 50% off Fences Pro, enabling you to have this great app for just $10!
The Impulse Daily Deal for December 27th is Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold from developer Apogee for $1.99. Take Blake through six futuristic locations where you go against Dr. Pryus Goldfire to stop his destructive plans.
We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and looking forward to a great new year! Today we have a daily deal for the Guardians of Graxia bundle for just $9.74. This includes map pack 1 which gives you 10 additional maps along with 5 additional gameplay units.
The Impulse Holiday Sale has started today! We have well over 300
games on sale, including entire catalogs of select publishers.
Day 25 is here, and this is our last day of the 25 Days of Christmas Sales. On this Christmas Eve we have Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich from Irrational Games for just $4.99 with worldwide availability!
Get ready for strong opposition though from the forces of the 2nd, 21st and 1st SS and 12th SS Panzer Divisions in Theatre of War 2: Battle for Caen from 1C, the expansion pack for the critically acclaimed Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943.
Atari's Independence War 2 - Edge of Chaos takes place 100 years after the first Independence War. Your father was killed by the Corporations for a bad debt. And you've spent 15 years rotting in jail for trying to get justice. Now it's time for vengeance.
Day 24 is here! Just one more day of Christmas sales! Today we have Fallout 3 and Fallout 3 GotY edition for 30% off!
Your passport to the most beautiful & stunning places in the world begins with Vacation Quest! Explore 28 Hawaiian locations to complete tours & fill your vacation journal with achievements.
Become the controlling force behind an entire galactic civilization in Atari’s Master of Orion III.
Atari’s 80 Classic Games is a compilation of unforgettable and authentic Atari titles. Each one is faithfully reproduced with all the great sights, sounds, and fast action that made them so popular.
Day 23! We are getting close to the end of our 25 Days of Christmas deals, and today we have Mount and Blade Warband for $7.49 with worldwide availability.
Day 22 is here! The 25 Days of Christmas continues on Impulse and todays deal is Avencast: Rise of the Mage for just $3.75! Be sure to follow @stardock and @impulsedriven on Twitter for more deals and news.
Don't miss the fantastic holiday deals you can find daily on Impulse. This week's Top 10 is full of some of our most popular recent bargains. Click on through for the best-selling products for the week of December 12th to December 18th.
Day 21! Today in our 25 Days of Christmas Sale we have Sid Meier's Pirates! for just $2.49!
We are at Day 19 in our 25 Days of Christmas Sale. Today we have For The Glory from Paradox interactive for just $4.99 - 50% off normal price.
Day 18 of the 25 Days of Christmas! Today we have Elemental: War of Magic Limited Edition Box for $49.99 with free shipping! Version 1.1 of Elemental was just released this week, so it's a great time to pickup this game. Also, if you buy Elemental before the end of the year will also get the first expansion pack free when released!
Existing owners of Divinity II: Ego Draconis can now add to their adventure with Focus Home's Divinity II: Flames of Vengeance expansion.
Christmas is rapidly approaching, and if you are anything like me then you just love the holiday season. Dressing up my Windows desktop is also part of my holiday routine, and one of the coolest ways is to use DeskScapes to put some animated holiday cheer on your desktop. WinCustomize has a Santa's bag full of .dreams (animated wallpaper) available, and here are some of the top Christmas .dreams.
Discover the enthralling story of two worlds in Kalypso Media's, Zanzarah - The Hidden Portal, available worldwide on Impulse.
Day 17! Today we have Duke Nukem 3D - Atomic Edition for just $1.99. This is too good a deal to pass up on this classic game.
Registered owners of Exor Studios' Zombie Driver can now update to version 1.25 via the Impulse client. This latest update adds voiceovers for the campaign's story mode, localization support, improved AI, bug fixes and more.
Bumpkin Brothers addictive physics-puzzle game, The Machine, has reached v1.03 today. Now available for all registered Impulse customers, this update adds 15 new puzzles, new machine parts, music tracks and more.
StarWraith 3D Games' latest space simulation, Evochron Mercenary, has reached v1.188 today. The new update, which is available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, includes bug fixes, performance improvements, gameplay tweaks and more.
A hero's destiny awaits in 1C Company's, A Farewell to Dragons, available worldwide on Impulse today.
Take your Viking tribe to the New World in Kalypso Media's, Northland, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Darkness and eternal chaos threaten to ruin all life in Kalypso Media's classic strategy/simulation, 8th Wonder of the World. Available worldwide on Impulse, players must reconstruct the ancient wonders in order to unlock their hidden powers against the oncoming darkness.
PC owners looking to increase the functionality and creativity of their PCs need look no further as Stardock has released version 4.0 of its popular WindowFX software today (http://www.stardock.com/products/windowfx/).
Day 16! The deal for today for our 25 Days of Christmas sale is the highly addictive Puzzle Quest 2. Puzzle Quest 2 is 66% off today and you can grab this great game for just $4.95!
Stardock released a massive update to its fantasy strategy title, Elemental: War of Magic today. Fans are now able to download it via Impulse, the digital distribution platform (www.impulsedriven.com). The full list of updates is found here: http://forums.elementalgame.com/402305.
Grab your wand and invisibility cloak and get read for what is sure to be one of Harry’s most daunting adventures to date in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1.
Version 1.5 of Guardians of Graxia (and the Map Pack), the CCG/TBS hybrid from Petroglyph Games is now available for download on Impulse. To update your game, simply load the Impulse client and go to the “Update” tab to view all games that currently have available updates.
Take control and lead your Viking Tribe to new lands in Kalypso Media's classic RTS, Cultures, available worldwide on Impulse today.
Expand your empire further with Europa Universalis III: Divine Wind, the fourth Europa Univeralis III expansion from Paradox Interactive. Available now world-wide on Impulse.
Day 15! The 25 Days of Christmas deal for today is 50% off all JoWood Games. This includes games like AquaNox, The Guild 2, Gothic 3, and many more. (Excludes Arcania – Gothic 4)
The 25 Days of Christmas holiday sale has propelled a number of titles onto this week's Top 10. Be sure to check daily for a new great deal and savings! Click on through for the best-selling products for the week of December 5th to December 11th.
Get a detailed look at every move and weapon in Samus' arsenal with Prima Games' Metroid Other M eGuide, available today on Impulse. This latest strategy guide release also includes complete coverage of the whole adventure, winning tactics for each boss and much more.
Take part in the famed Mission Albany as a member of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division in Ubisoft’s acclaimed first person shooter, Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30. Available now on Impulse.
Travel to the other side of the rainbow in Digi Ronin Games', The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, available worldwide today on Impulse.
It's Monday, and Day 14 of the 25 Days of Christmas sale! Today we have Sid Meier's Civilization IV for 75% off - that's Civ4 for just $5! More sales coming up this week so be sure to have Impulse Now enabled, and join us on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
We are at Day 13 in our 25 Days of Christmas! Today we have Academagia - The Making of Mages for just $6.23. Keep checking Impulse and Impulse Now for more daily deals!
Day 12 of our 25 Days of Christmas is upon us. The special deal for today is 50% off all 1C titles in the Impulse Store.
The year could not end without BOH players getting one more nice gift.
Race through narrow roads and extra-tight corners modeled from all of the world’s most dangerous special stages with Xpand Rally Xtreme!
Return to Sin City for the last time in Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and put an end to the terrorist threat.
Ever wonder how things might be different, if you could go back in time and re-live your past? The main character of Shira Oka: Second Chances is given that chance to find out.
Only one release from Prima Games today. This eGuide for EA's Mass Effect 2 will help you neutralize the threats you encounter while trying to save humanity from extinction.
It's Friday, and it is Day 11 of our 25 Days of Christmas sales. Today we have a first-person shooter from Apogee titled Rise of the Triad for just $1.99!
Stardock is excited to release WindowBlinds 7.2 today! WindowBlinds is the application to completely change the look and feel of Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. It has been downloaded over 16 million times on Download.com alone, and there are thousands of skins that can be downloaded from sites like WinCustomize.com.
Two Prima Games' eGuides make up today's strategy roundup with Golden Sun: Dark Dawn and Lego Universe.
Are reports of unexplained noises and strange visions by fifteen year old Rhiannon Sullivan merely the figments of an overactive imagination? Find out in Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches from Meridian 4.
Universal Boxing Manager lets you look for new talents, hire already famous boxers, and of course train them as you like.
Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway brings the critically acclaimed squad-based WWII shooter into the next generation of gaming with amazing graphics and sound, new cutting-edge gameplay features and a totally redesigned online component.
Welcome to Day 10 of the 25 Days of Christmas Deals on Impulse! Today we bring you 50% off SPORE, the game where you create your own creation and evolve through a universe of your own creation.
Lead an international team of elite commandos and stop the spread of a deadly weaponized virus in Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Lockdown from Ubisoft.
The latest patch to Mount & Blade Warband, the immensely popular RPG from TaleWorlds and Paradox Interactive is now available on Impulse. Launch the Impulse client to get the latest version.
A criminal underworld is waiting for strategy/RPG players in Focus Home Interactive's, Escape from Paradise City, available worldwide today on Impulse. You'll infiltrate the gangs of Paradise City as an undercover agent of the NSA as you climb the criminal ladder to uncover a secret society you never expected to exist.
From now until Monday all Europa Universalis games by Paradox Interactive are on sale for 70% off!
Two Prima Games' eGuides make up today's strategy roundup with Ubisoft's Far Cry 2 and EA's FIFA 10. Get detailed maps, weapon info and multiplayer strategies with the Far Cry 2 eGuide; and check out all the player abilities, advanced tactics and skills for FIFA 10 with its guide.
We are on Day 9 of our 25 Days of Christmas Deals on Impulse. Today we have Space Rangers 2 at a huge 75% off discount, bringing you this fantastic game for just $4.99!
Expand your Settlers 7 game with two new scenario maps and an all-new 5-map mini campaign in The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom DLC Pack 3, available now on Impulse.
The conflict continues today on Impulse with Winter Wolves sci-fi strategy game, Supernova II: Spacewar.
TRON Evolution is now available in stores and there's a brand new Prima Games' eGuide to go along with it. Get detailed layouts of every level, info on performing advanced combos and more. Also available today is an eGuide for Disney Epic Mickey, which will have you painting like a pro in no time!
Create your own fantasy alter ego in Winter Wolves' unique life simulation, Spirited Heart.
A unique take on classic arcade gameplay is waiting with Icon Games', Soccer Bashi, available worldwide on Impulse. In Soccer Bashi, players must destroy defender blocks and smash the ball into the goal area to win points.
Tease your brain through 48 levels of fiendish puzzles with Blitz 1UP's, Super Yum Yum Puzzle Adventures, available worldwide on Impulse.
We're nearing the end of our daily strategy guide roundups from Prima Games with today's releases of eGuides for Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed 2 and Capcom's Dark Void. If you've been looking for tips, tricks and the down low on all the hidden secrets of these games, Prima's eGuides will not disappoint.
Cyber Monday week sales surged several games onto our Top 10 this week, with EA's Dragon Age Origins: Ultimate Edition taking a wide lead. Click on for the best-selling products for the week of November 28th to December 4th.
Okashi Studios' upcoming RPG, Shira Oka: Second Chances, is now available for pre-order worldwide on Impulse today. Everyone who pre-orders the game will save 10% off the regular price.
It's Friday which means many of us will be playing games this weekend, so why not win at them with a handy Prima Games' eGuide? Today's lineup includes EA's Crysis, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning and Atlus, and LucasArts' Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga.
Lunar Giant Studios unique underground strategy game, Delve Deeper, has reached v1.2 today on Impulse. Now available via the Impulse client for all registered customers, this new update adds some new gameplay features, bug fixes, and more.
Meridian4's Grotesque Tactics has been updated to v1.15 today on Impulse. Now available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this new version makes gameplay tweaks, engine updates for additional stability, bug fixes and other improvements.
Gratuitous Space Battles players can conquer an entire galaxy with the new Galactic Conquest expansion, available worldwide on Impulse today. Galactic Conquest is the campaign meta-game expansion for GSB and tasks you with taking control of 52 planets across the galaxy.
Four additional Prima Games' strategy eGuides make their debut on Impulse today, providing all the hints and tips you'll ever need for Ubisoft's Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood and Dawn of Discovery, plus EA's Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 and The Sims 3.
1C Company's Star Wolves 3: Civil War has been updated to v1.2 today on Impulse. Now available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this update includes bug fixes and other gameplay changes.
Blind Mind Studios has released version 1.0.3.0 of their hit RTS, Star Ruler, on Impulse today. Now available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this update includes bug fixes, crash fixes, new content, gameplay tweaks and more.
Omni-Games' addictive game of space exploration and conquest, Eufloria, has been updated to version 2.06. Available now via the Impulse client to all registered customers, this new version makes several bug fixes, gameplay tweaks, AI improvements and more.
A year has passed since the events of British Armed Forces, and now it’s time for a new force to move into war-torn Takistan in ArmA II: Private Military Company, that latest expansion for ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead from developer Bohemia Interactive.
Step into the world’s largest single-server MMO in EVE Online: Incursion, the latest version of the epic space MMO from CCP. Take command of your own spaceship and become a warlord, merchant or miner in an entirely player-driven universe.
Today's trio of Prima Games' eGuides will help gamers in need to defeat Paradox Interactive's East India Company, Bethesda's Oblivion Game of the Year Edition and Capcom's Resident Evil 5. Check back tomorrow for more strategy guide goodness!
Our Thanksgiving holiday sales items storm this week's Top 10 chart with a number of new items. Click on through for the best-selling products for the week of November 21st to November 27th.
Fences is the widely popular application from Stardock that helps you wrangle up those icons spread out all over your desktop. The v1.1 update for Fences Pro is out today with various fixes and improvements.
Call forth your armies, cast spells and defeat your enemies in Guardians of Graxia, a new turn-based strategy/collectable card game hybrid from developer Petroglyph. Also available today is the Guardians of Graxia Map Pack, providing 10 new maps and five new powerful units to bolster your forces. Both are available today world-wide.
Get back into the week and round out your Cyber Monday shopping with three new Prima Games’ eGuides! Available today are guides for Battlefield Bad Company 2, Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight and The Sims 3 World Adventures. Get all of the inside tips and tricks to master these great Electronic Arts games.
Just a reminder that the big Impulse Thanksgiving Sale is still going on! Today is Black Friday, a day where people traditionally get up very early and head to the stores to pickup some great holiday deals. No need to brave the weather and the crowds with Impulse, browse and purchase some fantastic deals rights from the comfort of your own PC.
It's a pre-Thanksgiving holiday strategy guide blowout today on Impulse! While those of us in America are recovering from a turkey feast, why not finish some games? Today we offer Prima Games' eGuides for Gran Turismo 5, Spore, The Settlers 7, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction, Crackdown 2, and Pokemon Ranger Guardian Signs.
New aircraft are at your disposal in Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. 2 Open Skies, the first DLC pack for the action flight simulator from Ubisoft. Available now on Impulse.
Bolster your ranks with Lionheart: King’s Crusade – New Allies DLC, the first DLC pack for Lionheart: King’s Crusade, an epic RTS from Neocore Games and Paradox Interactive. Available now on Impulse.
After a week of little movement, this week's Top 10 is practically a whole new list! Driven by some incredible discounts and new releases, EA claims the top two spots this week with Command & Conquer 4 and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Limited Edition. Click on for the best-selling products for the week of November 14th to November 20th.
Monday brings an additional four Prima Games' strategy eGuides to Impulse as we fill out their huge catalog. For your tactical pleasure today we now offer eGuides for Street Fighter IV, Madden NFL 11, Pokemon Pocket Pokedex Vol. 3, and Donkey Kong Country Returns.
Time management and groovy disco fun come together in Cat Wash, a new casual game from Namco. Available now on Impulse.
We've got another four Prima Games' eGuides for customers today with the Codes and Cheats Fall 2010 eGuide, the RUSE eGuide, an eGuide for Super Scribblenauts and all the tips and tricks you would want for the Sims 3 for Consoles.
Black Chicken Studios' Academagia: The Making of Mages has reached version 1.140 today. Now available for all registered Impulse customers, this new update includes a the third free DLC pack and some additional fixes.
Blind Mind Studios has released version 1.0.2.8 of their hit RTS, Star Ruler, on Impulse today. Now available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this update includes bug fixes, crash fixes, speed improvements, gameplay tweaks and new AI personalities.
It’s up to Abby to save NiceCorp from disaster in Everything Nice, a casual game from Namco. Available now world-wide on Impulse.
Return to the grand year of 1982 with Dig Dug, a reborn arcade classic from Namco, now available worldwide on Impulse!
Indie developer Soldak has released v1.010 of its RPG, Din's Curse today on Impulse. Available now for all registered Impulse customers, this update includes bug fixes, gameplay tweaks and more.
More Prima Games strategy eGuides appear today with the latest and greatest strategies and information for Dead Rising 2, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Medal of Honor and WWE Smackdown v RAW 2011.
Geralt is back and the Kingdom of Temeria is once again on the brink of chaos in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, the upcoming RPG from CD Projekt. Pre-order the game now and get the Digital Premium Edition for a 10% discount!
Cadenza Interactive has released version 1.82 for their tower-defense game, Sol Survivor. Available now to registered customers via the Impulse client, this new version includes several new bug fixes, crash fixes and balance tweaks.
Registered owners of Exor Studios' Zombie Driver can now update to version 1.22 via the Impulse client. This new update includes the new Blood Race DLC content, a new positional sound system, an improved camera, bug fixes and much more.
Our Prima Games strategy guide launch continues today with the release of eGuides for Arcania: Gothic 4, PokePark Wii - Pikachu's Adventure, and GoldenEye 007. Each guide will give you the full low down on all the tips, tricks and strategies you'll need to win!
Cornutopia has released version 1.05 of their popular space game, Flatspace II: Rise of the Scarrid, exclusively onto Impulse today. This new update adds bug fixes, gameplay tweaks, new features and more!
Discover all the secrets of the powerful Templar Order with Prima Games' Assassins Creed: Brotherhood eGuide. This 100% complete guide will take you through the entire game and includes analysis of all the in-game weapons, enemies, and more.
Get behind the wheel of some of the fastest cars on the planet as you race across Seacrest County in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit from Criterion Games and Electronic Arts.
Build, decorate, solve puzzles and more in Create, a brand new casual game from Electronic Arts that combines art and video games into a completely new experience.
Prima Games joins the Impulse catalog today with their wide selection of strategy eGuides for PC and console games. Each eGuide contains a huge amount of detailed information for its game and includes unrivalled strategies for victory.
Make holiday shopping easier this year with the all new Impulse Gift Card! Available now in denominations of $25, $50, $75 and $100, these gift cards are good towards any product in the Impulse store and never expire or carry annoying fees.
Bumpkin Brothers recent physics-puzzle game, The Machine, has reached v1.02 today. Now available for all registered Impulse customers, this update corrects a bug that kept Community Levels from loading.
Not much upheaval in this week's Top 10, with Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity coming in first place, followed by Elemental: War of Magic and the pre-alpha of MinerWars 2081. Click-through for the best-selling products for the week of November 7th to November 13th.
Experience the life and adventures of a dragon knight with Focus Home Interactive's new RPG, Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga, available worldwide. This unique compilation includes the re-mastered original game, Ego Draconis along with the new expansion, Flames of Vengence.
The fantastic quest of Silverfall continues today with Focus Home Interactive's, Silverfall: Earth Awakening, available worldwide today. In this standalone expansion pack, players must deal with the threat of territorial wars after the defeat of the Nothingness.
Ride in spectacular settings in Focus Home Interactive's, Planet Horse. Now available worldwide on Impulse, Planet Horse will challenge you to protect the environment and take part in riding competitions as you train and care for your horse.
Aerial combat has evolved, putting you in the cockpit of one of the most advanced fighting machines ever built in Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X 2, the latest combat flight sim from Ubisoft. Get either the Regular Edition or the Digital Deluxe Edition today!
We are excited to announce a new contest for Elemental: War of Magic! The "Design a Spell" contest gives you the player the chance to have a spell included in an upcoming update, and a chance to win some really cool prizes like an ATI video card! Submit your own spell and the top 5 chosen by the contest moderators will be posted and the community will vote on a winner.
Immerse yourself in a hack'n'slash RPG with Focus Home Interactive's, Silverfall. Available worldwide on Impulse today, the fantasy world of Silverfall finds itself turned upside down when technology begins to overturn ancient magical traditions.
Build the city of your dreams with Focus Home Interactive's, City Life 2008, available worldwide on Impulse.
Rescue the stranded Uchujin in Star Trigon from Namco. Available now on Impulse.
Casual gamers with an affinity towards puzzle games will enjoy The UnderGarden, the newest title from Atari, available now on Impulse!
Gratuitous Space Battles and its Nomads, Order and Swarm expansions have reached v1.48 on Impulse today. The latest updates include performance improvements, bug fixes and balance tweaks.
Unlock family secrets, use major new inventions and help your uncle win a bet in Focus Home Interactive's, 80 Days, available worldwide on Impulse.
Things are quiet in the kingdom of Ardania… too quiet. Stir up trouble in Majesty 2 – Battles of Ardania, the latest expansion to the popular RTS game from Paradox Interactive and 1C:Ino-Co.
Help Brian & Gina on their greatest adventure ever in Runaway – A Twist of Fate, an adventure game from Focus Home Interactive and Pendulo Studios.
Peter Pepper returns with his sister Sally Salt to fight off the evil Vinnie Vinegar in BurgerTime Deluxe, the revival of the classic 80s arcade game from Namco.
Become a comic book super hero with Focus Home Interactive's, Freedom Force vs the 3rd Reich, available worldwide on Impulse.
Kicking arcade racing up another notch is Zallag's, Racers' Island: Crazy Arenas, available worldwide today. In this iteration of the Racers' Island series, players must defeat five special game types to win the day.
If you're looking for a zany arcade-style racer, look no further than Zallag's, Racers' Island: Crazy Racers, available worldwide today on Impulse. Designed for up to four players, Crazy Racers places you on one of six thematic islands in which to race and duel it out with your competitors.
Battle Dex, the new hybrid turn-based strategy/collectable card game from Bandera Games is available now worldwide on Impulse.
Antiques Roadshow, the newest hidden object game from Namco is available now worldwide on Impulse.
The pre-alpha for MinerWars 2081 (Pre-Alpha) blasts to the top spot this week on Impulse, followed by Stardock Entertainment's Elemental: War of Magic. Click-through for the best-selling products for the week of October 31st to November 6th.
Take command & guide your forces to victory in Metal Brigade Tactics, a turn-based tactical strategy game from Busking Software, available now world-wide on Impulse.
Read the story of how humans attempted to overthrow the heavens with Zallag's latest comic tie-in, Gods vs Humans - the Comic.
Become a god and keep the mortals in their place with Zallag's new casual game, Gods vs Humans, available worldwide on Impulse. By embodying one of the major gods from Scandinavian, Egyptian, Greco-Roman, Japanese or Pre-Columbian mythology, it'll be your job to prevent humanity from building a tower into heaven.
Iceberg Interactive presents a new MMORPG today with, Craft of Gods, available worldwide. Craft of Gods is based on Slavic mythology and gives players free choice on how to build their character using a unique class-free system.
Chenzo Park joins Impulse today with their first game, Chenzo Cove. In this pirate-themed world, players pilot a sphere to collect gold coins, gems and other pirate treasure. Will you be the fastest Chenzo on the high seas?
White knuckle racing over wild landscapes is the order of the day with Icon Games', Vertigo. Available worldwide on Impulse, Vertigo is an arcade style, futuristic racing game where players pilot customizable Xorb craft through 54 courses. Check out a free 60 minute trial of Vertigo from Impulse today.
Perfect your pool skills with Icon Games', Pool Hall Pro, available worldwide today on Impulse. Pool Hall Pro recreates an authentic pool experience and features 11 rule types, player rewards, 22 match venues and much more. Go ahead and check out a free 60 minute trial from Impulse.
Wrapping up our trek on the rails today is N3V Games', Trainz Simulator: Settle & Carlisle. Available worldwide, this latest addition to the Trainz' catalog is set on one of Britain's most famous and scenic main lines during the time between steam to diesel locomotives.
The year is 2081 and you are a pilot pulling duty in the asteroid belt in Miner Wars 2081, an open-space shooter/sim with fully destructible terrain from Keen Software House Ltd. Order now and get the game at a steep discount and immediate access to the game’s pre-alpha version!
Use a giant gold & metal ball to solve physics puzzles, defeat enemies and escape certain doom in The Ball from Teotl Studios.
Skate your way to fame and fortune in Shaun White Skateboarding, the latest action sports title from Ubisoft. Available now on Impulse.
Lead your Football club to victory in FIFA Manager 11, the soccer management simulator from Electronic Arts, available now on Impulse.
Eschalon Book II, the retro-style RPG from Basilisk Games has been updated to v1.05. Included in this update is a bonus, 5 hour adventure titled “The Secret of Fathamurk”.
Black Chicken Studios' Academagia: The Making of Mages has reached version 1.111 today. Now available for all registered Impulse customers, this new update includes a number of bug fixes and improvements.
Halloween sales provided treats for all last week, with strong showings of Frictional Games', Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Arcen Games', AI War: Fleet Command. Click-through for the best-selling products for the week of October 24th to October 30th.
Now more casual users can create their own virtual trains with N3V Games', My First Trainz Set.
Run the trams for a large city with N3V Games', Trainz Simulator: Classic Cabon City, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Bumpkin Brothers new physics-puzzle game, The Machine, is now available worldwide on Impulse.
Hot on the heels of their v4.0 release, Arcen Games' has released v4.021 of AI War: Fleet Command onto Impulse today. Available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this latest update contains a number of bug fixes and gameplay tweaks.
Wastelands Interactive has released version 1.81 of their strategy game, World War 2: Time of Wrath onto Impulse today. Now available for all registered customers, this new update adds a large number of balance changes, bug fixes, and additions.
Resurrected by The Society, Marie must now fight against evil in Garters & Ghouls, a fun action game from Namco, now available worldwide on Impulse!
Meet Woody Two-Legs, the least infamous pirate of the seven seas in Woody Two-Legs: Attack of the Zombie Pirates, a casual action game from Nitro Games and Paradox Interactive.
N3V Games' has expanded Trainz Simulator 2010 today with the Blue Comet DLC. Now available worldwide on Impulse, this content pack adds the historic Blue Comet locomotive to the 2010 edition of Trainz.
Railroad enthusiasts can now setup custom networks throughout scenic New Zealand with N3V Games', Trainz Simulator: Murchison 2, available worldwide on Impulse.
Take to the field in one of the bloodiest sports/strategy game ever devised in Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition from Focus Home Interactive, Cyanide Studios and Games Workshop. Now available world-wide on Impulse.
Stardock has released DeskScapes 2.5 today. DeskScapes is an application that gives users the ability to animate their Windows desktop with video and dynamic animated wallpapers. DeskScapes can also manage your animated wallpapers, including static wallpapers with support for multiple monitors.
Aerial warfare has evolved in Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X ® 2, the upcoming flight combat sim from Ubisoft. Pre-order now and get a free copy of Blazing Angels 2: Secret Weapons of WWII!
To coincide with the release of AI War: Fleet Command v4.0 today, Arcen Games has released their latest expansion for AI War, Children of Neinzul. As an added benefit, Arcen is donating 100% of the new expansion's net proceeds to Child's Play.
Arcen Games has released version 4.0 of their hit space-strategy game, AI War: Fleet Command today worldwide on Impulse. This monumental free update for all registered AI War customers completely overhauls the game; and includes a brand new game engine, updated gameplay, 147 new ships, all new graphics, an updated soundtrack, a new UI, and much, much more.
Live out your childhood fantasies and build your own dream railroad with N3V Games', Trainz Simulator 2010: Engineers Edition, available worldwide on Impulse.
Change into something nice and hit the coolest clubs and bars in town in The Sims 3 Late Night, the latest Sims 3 expansion from Maxis and Electronic Arts.
Dragon Age: Origins – Ultimate Edition combines BioWare’s award-winning Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening and all 9 released DLC packs into a single package for just $49.95! Save $114 and get the complete Dragon Age: Origins experience now.
Get to the crime lab and help the CSI team solve one of Sin City’s most gruesome crimes in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Fatal Conspiracy, the latest crime-solving adventure title from Ubisoft.
Become Secret Service Agent Morgan Sinclair with Microid's adventure game, Louvre - The Messenger. Available worldwide on Impulse, Louvre tasks the player with infiltrating the world famous museum to locate and destroy four enchanted objects known as Satan's Keys.
Dreamcatcher Interactive's new RPG, Arcania: Gothic 4, raced to the top of the Impulse charts last week, followed closely by Focus Home's Cities XL 2011. Click through for the best-selling products for the week of October 17th to October 23rd.
Aldorlea Games' RPG saga continues on Impulse today with, Laxius Force II.
Blind Mind Studios has released version 1.0.2.2 of their hit RTS, Star Ruler, on Impulse today. Now available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this update includes a large number of bug fixes, additions and gameplay changes.
Get the latest version of Lionheart: King’s Crusade through Impulse now. Today’s patch brings the real-time strategy title to version 1.01 and includes a number of bug fixes and new units. Get the update immediately through Impulse. For full details on the 1.01 patch, click through to read more.
Paradox’s historical turn-based strategy game, For the Glory, has been updated to version 1.2. This update is available directly through Impulse. This update comes packed with new features, AI changes, bug fixes and more. Click through to see the full details of this patch.
Casual gaming fans can help the Yumsters win a music showdown in Kranx Productions', Yumsters 2: Around the World, available worldwide on Impulse.
Race V8 muscle cars with WheelSpin Studios', Driving Speed Pro, available worldwide on Impulse. In this racing simulation, players can purchase stock cars, improve them via upgrades, race in series events and more.
Your independant TV station is on the verge of bankruptcy in Winter Wolves', TV Station Manager, available worldwide on Impulse. In this unique business-style simulation, players are handed the reigns of managing a TV station and must buy/sell programs to air, secure advertising deals, arrange weekly schedules and more.
They came out of nowhere in the dark of night, leaving it up to you to come to the rescue in Utopian Games', Bumps. Available today worldwide on Impulse, Bumps is a casual puzzle game where players must solve physics-based puzzles over 99 levels to save their people.
Choose your side and use your wits to win a war with Winter Wolves', Supernova: Galactic Wars, available worldwide on Impulse. Supernova combines the strategy of chess with classic arcade action, giving players a fleet of ships to use to annihilate one another.
Pilot a melee-armed flying machine in Kranx Productions', Hammerfight, available worldwide today on Impulse. Hammerfight is a 2D action game that features a realistic physics system for melee-style combat.
Look after kids, pets and more as you strive for the title of Best Nanny in Gwen the Magic Nanny, a new casual game from Namco & Teravision Games.
Registered customers of Kalypso Media's, Patrician IV, can now update to version 1.20 of the recent strategy game via the Impulse client. The new update includes a large number of fixes, changes and additions, affecting everything from missions to gameplay and the interface.
StarWraith 3D Games' latest space simulation, Evochron Mercenary, has reached v1.108 today. The new update, which is available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, includes bug fixes, gameplay tweaks and more.
Breed legendary horses such as the Pegasus and Unicorn with Zallag's new casual game, Secret of the Magic Crystals, available worldwide on Impulse.
Embark on a mysterious journey with Anuman Interactive's adventure game, Necronomicon - The Dawning of Darkness, available worldwide today on Impulse.
When strange, glowing symbols start appearing around the world, one reporter becomes determined to get to the bottom of it in Namco's, Journalist Journey - The Eye of Odin.
Become drawn in to the fantastic world of Namco Networks', The Otherside: Realm of Eons, available worldwide on Impulse.
DirectSkin from Stardock has been updated to provide a more comprehensive set of features to support Windows 7, allowing developers to more easily create applications for the newest Windows operating system.
Murder, a forgotten past and madness await in Frictional Games', Penumbra: Collection, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Get ready for some high speed cops and robbers in Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Limited Edition, the latest action-packed racing game from Electronic Arts and Criterion Games. Pre-order now and pick up the Limited Edition which gives you access to high-end cars like the Audi TT RS Coupe and the Chevrolet Camaro SS right from the start of the game! On top of early access to cars, you’ll get access to advanced cop weaponry and upgraded racer equipment that will give you the edge over the competition the day the game releases.
The Sol System has been reconnected to the jumpgate network after centuries, reuniting humanity in X3: Terran Conflict, the final entry in Egosoft’s acclaimed space simulation X-series.
Unravel ancient secrets with Dreamcatcher Interactive's, Arcania: Gothic 4, available worldwide today on Impulse.
The X-universe expands in X3: Reunion, continuing the open-ended space combat & empire-building simulation from Egosoft.
Jump into the cockpit of your own space ship, fight pirates & aliens and build a commercial empire in X2: The Threat, an open-ended space combat simulator from Egosoft.
Impulse exclusives, Elemental: War of Magic and Sins of a Solar Empire Expansion Bundle, held the top spots this week in our Top 10. Click-through for the best-selling products for the week of October 10th to October 16th.
Can you set the world on the right path? Try your hand at eco management in Eco Tycoon – Project Green, a strategy title from Virtual Playground and ValuSoft.
Defend the US border in Homeland Defense - National Security Patrol, a strategy game from Virtual Playground and ValuSoft.
Hop into over 15 different John Deer vehicles in John Deer – Ride Green from Gabriel Entertainment and ValuSoft.
Return to world of E.D.N. III today to fight a civil war in Capcom's newly released, Lost Planet 2, available today on Impulse.
MumboJumbo's sluth returns in, The Institute - A Becky Brogan Adventure, available worldwide today on Impulse.
From towering skyscrapers to quiet suburban landscapes, it’s up to you to craft your perfect city in Cities XL 2011, the newest city building sim from Monte Cristo and Focus Home Interactive.
Grab your gun and head out into the wilderness in search of game in Hunting Unlimited 2011, a new hunting simulation from ARB Studios and ValuSoft.
Get back on the road and drive across America in 18 Wheels of Steel – American Long Haul from SCS Software and ValuSoft.
Take control of one of modern history’s most famous prisons in Prison Tycoon 5 – Alcatraz, a prison management simulator from Virtual Playground and ValuSoft.
Discover how to cure your patients in Elizabeth Find, MD – Diagnosis Mystery, a hidden object game from Gunnar Games and ValuSoft.
Track down famed aviator in The Search for Amelia Earhart, a hidden object game from ValuSoft.
Take to the skies in support of special forces operations in AC-130 from Frozen Codebase and ValuSoft.
Stardock announced today the release of ObjectDock 2.0, now live and ready for download at www.stardock.com. ObjectDock is a program that enables users to organize their shortcuts, programs and running tasks into an attractive and fun animated dock. The popular desktop add-on has been downloaded almost 10,000,000 times on CNET's Download.com alone and comes at no cost for the standard version. ObjectDock 2.0 Plus is $19.95 and comes with increased customization options including tabbed docks, support for multiple docks, enhanced task management and more.
Blind Mind Studios has released version 1.0.1.8 of their hit RTS, Star Ruler, on Impulse today. Now available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this update includes bug fixes, cadditions and gameplay changes.
Cadenza Interactive has released version 1.81 for their tower-defense game, Sol Survivor. Available now to registered customers via the Impulse client, this new version includes bug fixes, balance tweaks and the ability to add custom officers.
Take to the battlefield as an elite Tier 1 soldier in modern-day Afghanistan in Medal of Honor, the newest First Person Shooter from Electronic Arts.
Stardock Entertainment, developer and publisher of award-winning PC games, announced today that Derek Paxton has joined the studio as senior producer and will oversee Stardock's ongoing development and expansions of the recently released fantasy strategy game, Elemental: War of Magic (www.elementalgame.com).
It’s your job to build the most secure, and most profitable high security prison in the world in Prison Tycoon 4 – SuperMax from Virtual Playground and ValuSoft.
Get the shot. Get the game. Get Hunting Unlimited 2010, a hunting simulator from SCS Software and ValuSoft.
Combine classic match-three gameplay with addictive RPG elements in Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords from Infinite Interactive and ValuSoft.
Do you have what it takes to run your own trucking company? Find out in 18 Wheels of Steel – Extreme Trucker, a trucking simulator from SCS Software and ValuSoft.
The mysterious Fairy Queen has made an appearance and promises to reveal a wonderful secret in Enchanted Fairy Friends: Secret of the Fairy Queen, a game from Other Ocean Interactive & ValuSoft.
Construct the perfect midway in Ride! Carnival Tycoon, a tycoon simulation from Gabriel Entertainment and ValuSoft. Now available worldwide.
Special discounts on Stardock Entertainment titles propelled a number of games onto the top 10 this week. Click-through for the best-selling products for the week of October 3rd to October 9th.
Carpe Fulgur's smash hit RPG, Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale, has reached v1.1.0.8 today on Impulse. Now available for all registered Impulse customers, this new update includes some minor bug fixes, crash fixes, and reworked requirements for the Fusion system.
Return to the racing track with Meridian4's, Speedway League, available worldwide today on Impulse.
The call for a new crusade has gone out! Gather your armies and march to battle in Lionheart: King’s Crusade, the newest epic strategy title from Neocore Games and Paradox Interactive. Now available world-wide!
Arsenal of Democracy: A Hearts of Iron Game, the global war simulation/strategy game from Paradox Interactive has been updated to v1.05 on Impulse. Customers can update their game directly via the Impulse client. To see changes in 1.05, select View History from within Impulse.
Get your bike ready for the Grand Prix with Meridian4's, FIM Speedway GP 3, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Become a member of the autobahn police force in Meridian4's, Crash Time 2, available worldwide on Impulse today.
Take your truck into an arcade racing world with Universal Image's, Monster Truck Hero, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Racing fans can create their own dream racer with Meridian4's, GTI Racing, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Become a mercenary for hire in Meridian4's, Chrome, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Elemental: War of Magic maintains its top spot again this week, followed once more by the classic fantasy strategy bundle, Age of Wonders Trilogy. Click-through for the best-selling products for the week of September 26th to October 2nd.
Strategy gamers can now play through the entirety of WWII with Muzzy Lane Software's Making History Complete Collection. This new bundle pack includes Making History Gold and the recently released Making History II.
Protect your kingdom from a merciless cult in Meridian4's, Grotesque Tactics, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Paradoxys joins the Impulse lineup today with the release of their new action-puzzle game, Laserbrain.
Command a squad of elite marines in Tri Synergy's, Star Sentinel Tactics, available worldwide today on Impulse.
A new breed of hockey players is waiting to take to the ice with Ninth Dimension Studios', The Hockey Experiment, available worldwide today on Impulse.
It's time to get creative with MumboJumbo's new casual strategy game, Rare Treasures - Dinnerware Trading Co., available worldwide today on Impulse. As with all of MumboJumbo's games, we're also offering a 60 minute trial version so you can try before you buy.
Continuing their trend of timely updates, Blind Mind Studios has released version 1.0.1.4 of their hit RTS, Star Ruler, on Impulse. Now available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this update includes more bug fixes, crash fixes, additions and gameplay changes.
After 30 years, Atari's classic adventure game, Haunted House, returns!
Now available worldwide for all would-be dictators is Kalypso Media's, Tropico 3 Gold Edition. This latest incarnation of the Tropico 3 series includes both the original Tropico 3 and the Absolute Power expansion pack.
Triumph Studios has released a couple of minor updates for Age of Wonders and Age of Wonders II today. Now available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, the tweaks address a localization and start bug.
Electronic Arts' acclaimed sports series returns with FIFA 11, available in North America today on Impulse.
Gamers can take out their fill of foul zombies in Capcom's highly anticipated sequel, Dead Rising 2, available today on Impulse.
Become a mercenary for hire with Tri Synergy's, Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge, available in North America today on Impulse.
Elemental: War of Magic once again maintains its top spot this week, followed by the classic fantasy strategy bundle, Age of Wonders Trilogy, and the new space sim, Evochron Mercenary. Click-through for the best-selling products for the week of September 19th to September 25th.
The latest version of Ntronium's hit strategy game, Armada 2526, is now available for registered Impulse customers. Version 1.4 is another major update that includes a new faction, eight new ships, random faction selection and more.
Strategy games can prove that they are the once and future king of England with Neocore Games', King Arthur - The Saxons, the first expansion pack for King Arthur - The Role-Playing Wargame.
Triumph Studios and Impulse are pleased to announce the worldwide availability of the complete Age of Wonders series today. Available either individually or as part of a Trilogy Pack, the Age of Wonders series will bring back awesome memories of classic fantasy/strategy gaming and countless hours of gameplay.
Frictional Games highly acclaimed horror game, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, has reached version 1.01 today. Available to all registered customers via the Impulse client, this new update contains a number of bug fixes, level tweaks, texture fixes, and resolves the ATI Radeon X1000 series issues.
Aldorlea Games' epic RPG-adventure saga continues today with the release of, Millennium 2: Take Me Higher, on Impulse.
Retro-RPG fans can immerse themselves in another heroic adventure with Aldorlea Games', Laxius Force: Heroes Never Die, available worldwide today on Impulse.
The first update for 1C Company's King's Bounty Crossworlds and King's Bounty Crossworlds Game of the Year Edition are now available on Impulse. Registered customers can fire up their Impulse client to install the hotfix which fixes loading save games and a couple crash bugs.
Positech's hit combat simulator, Gratuitous Space Battles, has expanded again with The Nomads, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Round up the most deadly scum in the galaxy with Atari's, Blade Kitten, available in North America today on Impulse.
Players must make a desperate getaway from Mafia gangsters in Focus Home Interactive's, Runaway - A Road Adventure, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Hot on the heels of their last update, Blind Mind Studios has released version 1.0.1.2 of their hit RTS, Star Ruler, on Impulse.
Expand your trade empire further than ever before with Commander: Conquest of the Americas – Colonial Navy, the first DLC pack for the trade simulator from Nitro Games & Paradox Interactive.
A new RPG saga begins today on Impulse with Aldorlea's, Millennium: A New Hope, voted RPG of the Year by RPGFan.
Retro-RPG fans can help to rescue a medieval, fantasy world with Aldorlea's, 3 Stars of Destiny, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Blind Mind Studios has released version 1.0.1.0 of their hit RTS, Star Ruler, today on Impulse. Now available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this update includes more bug fixes, additions and gameplay changes.
Elemental: War of Magic maintains its top spot again this week, followed by the classic 4X strategy game, Master of Orion II, and the new 4X strategy game, Star Ruler. Click-through for the best-selling products for the week of September 12th to September 18th.
Horse racing fans can take to the track with Focus Home Interactive's, Horse Racing Manager, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Black Chicken Studios' Academagia: The Making of Mages has reached version 1.05 today. Now available for all registered Impulse customers, this new update includes the first content pack and a host of other fixes and improvements.
Build wealth beyond imagination with Kalypso Media and Gaming Minds', Patrician IV, available worldwide today on Impulse. Those who order the game will also receive a free copy of Patrician III.
Adventure through six epic campaigns in Heroes of Might & Magic V, the grand strategy/rpg hybrid from Nival Interactive and Ubisoft.
Space simulation fans can now explore an open-ended galaxy in StarWraith 3D's, Evochron Mercenary, available worldwide today on Impulse.
RPG and strategy fans can now buy one of the greatest series around with 1C's, King's Bounty: Crossworlds, available worldwide today on Impulse. Crossworlds comes in three variations: The Crossworlds expansion for those who own King's Bounty: Armored Princess, King's Bounty Crossworlds Game of the Year for those new to the series, and King's Bounty Platinum Edition which also includes King's Bounty: The Legend.
Command vast empires, control the very elements and assemble great armies in Age of Wonders, the classic RPG/Strategy title from Triumph Studios. Now available worldwide on Impulse!
Experience urban warfare like never before in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, two action-packed first person shooters from Ubisoft.
Go down the dark paths of both spy and terrorist in Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent, the action thriller game from Ubisoft.
King's Bounty: Armored Princess fans can look forward to the release of 1C Company's upcoming expansion pack, King's Bounty: Crossworlds, available for pre-order worldwide today on Impulse. Along with Crossworlds comes King's Bounty Crossworlds Game of the Year - both of which are 10% off during this pre-order period.
Find the hidden objects to track down $250 million in stolen gold in Mystery P.I. – Stolen in San Francisco, the newest game from SpinTop Games and PopCap. Available world-wide now on Impulse.
You are a one-man army, capable of saving the world from the shadows. You are Sam Fisher and it’s up to you to unravel yet another terrorist plot in Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, a spy action game from Ubisoft, available now on Impulse.
Reach out across the stars & take your place as its’ ruler in two of the most acclaimed 4X space strategy games ever made. Master of Orion II is now available worldwide on Impulse. Plus, you’ll get the original, Master of Orion, FREE with purchase!
Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale has been updated to version 1.106 on Impulse. Fixes include correcting monster statistics, fixing typographical errors, and musical cues. For full details on the patch, view the game’s history from within Impulse.
Build your empire, conquer your enemies and lead your people to prosperity in The Settlers: Rise of An Empire Gold Edition from Ubisoft.
You are the pilot of the future in Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X., a combat flight sim from Ubisoft, available now on Impulse!
The retro-action game, BOH, from indie developer Simone Bevilacqua has been refreshed today on Impulse. Update 13 of the acclaimed title adds world standings, a new pyramid theme, five new missions, and various other improvements.
Space simulation fans can now pre-order StarWraith3D's upcoming, Evochron Mercenary, on Impulse. Set for release on September 17th, this latest installment of the Evochron series features a vast open-ended galaxy to explore using a new graphics engine.
Stardock Entertainment's fantasy / strategy game, Elemental: War of Magic maintains its top spot this week, followed by the weekly favorite, Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity, and the new indie game, Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale. Click-through for the best-selling products for the week of September 5th to September 11th.
Get ready for some truly ridiculous and over-the-top action in Rayman Raving Rabbids from Ubisoft.
Rule the seas in Silent Hunter III, a submarine simulation from Ubisoft. Now available on Impulse.
Beyond Good & Evil, the critically acclaimed action adventure game from Ubisoft is now available on Impulse!
RPG and life simulation fans can now pick up all the games in Dreamcatcher Interactive's Guild 2 series with the new Guild 2 Collection, available worldwide on Impulse.
Every classic RPG had an item shop to buy goodies for your hero. But what happened at that item shop after the hero left town? Find out in Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale, now available on Impulse.
Travel through ancient Greece, Egypt, Aztec and more in the action adventure game Loki from Cyanide Studios and Focus Home Interactive.
Get set for adventure in Runaway – The Dream of the Turtle from Focus Home Interactive.
Rediscover your past and escape the H.M.S. Majestic in Chaser from Cauldron and Dreamcatcher Interactive.
Build wealth beyond imagination with Kalypso Media and Gaming Minds', Patrician IV, available for pre-order worldwide today on Impulse. Everyone who pre-orders will also receive a free copy of Patrician III to tide them over until Patrician IV's release on September 17th.
Become the leading crime family in Paradise City in Gangland from Focus Home Interactive, now available worldwide on Impulse.
Seeking out adventure, William Drake finds that and much more in Aquanox 2 from Massive Entertainment and Dreamcatcher Interactive. Available world-wide now on Impulse.
Kalypso Media and Haemimont Games' Tropico 3: Absolute Power reach version 2.01 today. Available now for registered customers via the Impulse client, this new update includes several bug fixes.
Kalypso Media and Haemimont Games' Tropico 3 has been updated to version 1.17 on Impulse today.
Positech Games has released version 1.47 of Gratuitous Space Battles today. Available now for all registered owners via the Impulse client, the new update includes bug fixes, usability improvements, and additional mod support.
Prime your weapons and get ready to blast your way through Fortis, a classic style shoot-em-up from Wastelands Interactive. Available now world-wide on Impulse.
Take up the mantle of literature’s most famous vampire hunter, Professor Van Helsing, as he races to stop the evil Count Dracula in Dracula Origin, an adventure game from Frogwares and Focus Home Interactive.
Aquanox, the action classic from Massive Entertainment & Dreamcatcher Interactive is now available worldwide on Impulse.
Escape is your only goal in Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a new survival horror game from Frictional Games, developers of the acclaimed Penumbra series.
The newly released Elemental: War of Magic Limited Edition maintains its position in this week's Top 10, with our Play for the Cause Charity Drive favorites taking other top spots. Click-through for the best-selling products for the week of August 29th to September 4th.
Continuing their trend of great support, Blind Mind Studios has released version 1.008 of their hit RTS, Star Ruler, today on Impulse. Now available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this update includes bug fixes, additions and gameplay changes.
Treasure Island, a point-n-click adventure game from Dreamcatcher Interactive is now available on Impulse.
Search for hidden objects and clues in Samantha Swift and the Fountain of Fate, the newest title from casual game developer MumboJumbo Games.
Get that shiny new ride you’ve always wanted, pick out the perfect outfit to match and build the garage of your dreams in The Sims 3: Fast Lane Stuff, the latest Sims 3 expansion from Electronic Arts & Maxis.
After a strange murder hits the town of Plymouth, two unlikely characters must team up to solve the mystery in Viva Media's, Alter Ego. Available worldwide on Impulse, players are taken back to the 19th Century where rumors of a supernatural creature and a crime spree have Plymouth shaking in fear.
Interactive comics debut on Impulse today with Brighter Minds Media's, Exile - Issue 1.
Expand your Settlers 7 game experience with new maps, structures and more with the Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom DLC Pack 2. Or get DLC Pack 1 and 2 together in a single bundle at a discount.
Every classic RPG had an item shop to buy goodies for your hero. But what happened at that item shop after the hero left town? Find out in Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale, now available for pre-order on Impulse. Order the game before its launch on 9/10 and get 10% off the regular price!
Stardock Entertainment's new turn-based strategy game, Elemental: War of Magic Limited Edition blew away the competition this week, followed by the hit indie RTS, Star Ruler. Click-through for the best-selling products for the week of August 22nd to August 28th.
Gamers looking to take out some foul zombies can get their fill in Capcom's upcoming, Dead Rising 2. Available for pre-order today on Impulse, this sequel to the million-plus selling hit features a new story, two online multiplayer modes, and a four-player "TV show" themed Pay-Per-View event.
Arcen Games has released version 1.007 of their new puzzle game, Tidalis. Now available for all registered Impulse customers, the refresh includes several bug fixes. For those who already have Tidalis installed, this update is available via the game's auto-updater.
Save yourself from waves of the undead in Zombie Pirates, the premier game from Dust Devil Studios. Now available world-wide on Impulse.
Continuing their trend of great support, Blind Mind Studios has released version 1.006 of their hit RTS, Star Ruler, today on Impulse. Now available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this update includes several bug fixes.
Black Chicken Studios' Academagia: The Making of Mages has reached version 1.0.3.1 today. Now available for all registered Impulse customers, this new update includes the first content pack and a host of other fixes and improvements. For more details, check the History in the Impulse client.
Guild 2: Renaissance players can now update to v4.15 of the recent RPG from Dreamcatcher Interactive. Containing a number of bug fixes and feature improvements, the new update is now available via the Impulse client for all registered customers.
Sylvenia - Fantasy Poker, a game that mixes fantasy card games with classic poker, is now available on Impulse.
Put on your captains hat and take command of some of the largest sea-going vessels in the world in Ship Simulator Extremes from VSTEP and Paradox Interactive.
Continue your ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead experience with British Armed Forces, a new DLC pack for Operation Arrowhead from Bohemia Interactive.
Relive the days of classic adventure gaming with Broken Sword: Director’s Cut from Revolution Software & Kalypso Media. Available now on Impulse.
Puzzle Quest 2, the follow-up to the acclaimed match-3/RPG hybrid from Infinite Interactive and Namco is now available worldwide on Impulse. Prepare to adventure through dungeons, fight goblins and save the world with your match-3 skills.
The latest patch for Paradox Interactive and Taleworlds’ open-world RPG, Mount & Blade Warband, is now available on Impulse. 1.130 comes with a free DLC Pack containing:
Hot on the heels of their last update, Blind Mind Studios has released version 1.004 of their hit RTS, Star Ruler, today on Impulse. Now available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this update includes gameplay additions and bug fixes.
Indie developer Soldak has released v1.006 of its RPG, Din's Curse today on Impulse. Available now for all registered Impulse customers, this update includes bug fixes, gameplay tweaks and more.
Longbow Games addictive strategy game, Hegemony - Philip of Macedon, has been updated to v1.1.2 today. Now available via the Impulse client (as v1.77) for all registered, customers, this new update includes crash fixes, UI improvements and more.
Paradox's Victoria II and the smash indie life simulation, Academagia: The Making of Mages, rocketed to the top of our lists last week. Click-through for the best-selling products for the week of August 15th to August 21st.
Blind Mind Studios has released version 1.002 of their hit RTS, Star Ruler, today on Impulse. Now available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this update includes gameplay additions, bug fixes, balance changes and more.
Tower Defense meets Action RPG mayhem in Dungeon Defenders, an upcoming game from Trendy Entertainment available for pre-order worldwide now on Impulse! Pre-orders get a 10% discount on the game plus a free DLC in-game familiar: Archimedes, the baby griffon who will help your hero defend against the endless waves trying to invade your dungeon.
Independent developer and publisher Stardock released the much-awaited PC fantasy strategy title Elemental: War of Magic today. Elemental: War of Magic opens a world of magic and ancient lore as players begin the game as one of the few beings in the world still able to channel power from shards of magic - a series of mystical artifacts left over from a great cataclysm. You must decide how much of your power to imbue into your heroes as you build cities, explore dungeons, learn spells of ever=increasing power and negotiate with friends and foes.
World War II RTS fans rejoice! Hearts of Iron III, the definitive WWII strategy game from Paradox Interactive has just dropped in price by up to 33%! Now available worldwide for $19.99/ 19.99 EUR / 14.99 GBP. If you’ve been thinking about picking up Hearts of Iron III, now’s the time to do it.
Take to the stars and build your empire in Star Ruler a new 4X RTS game from Blind Mind Studios.
Wastelands Interactive has released v1.03 of its WWII strategy game, Storm Over the Pacific today. Now available all registered customers via the game's auto-updater, the new version includes bug fixes, AI improvements, map changes, new features, UI enhancements and much more.
Positech Games has released version 1.46 of Gratuitous Space Battles. Available now for all registered owners via the Impulse client, the new update includes several bug fixes.
Arcen Games has released version 1.005 of their new puzzle game, Tidalis. Also announced is the "Design A Block" contest for would-be game artists. Now available for all registered Impulse customers, the update includes the first DLC pack, bug fixes, improved performance and more.
RTS fans can now pre-order Blind Mind Studios' upcoming 4X space game, Star Ruler, on Impulse. Set for release on August 23rd, pre-order customers get 20% off the regular price.
Pre-orders for Dreamcatcher Interactive's upcoming RPG, Arcania: Gothic 4, are now underway on Impulse.
Plymouth, MI - August 13, 2010 - Sharpen your world domination skills, prepare your spell book and get your wizarding robes on: the anticipated PC fantasy strategy title Elemental: War of Magic from independent publisher and developer Stardock has gone gold! The Limited Edition ($69.95) and the standard edition ($49.95) will hit national retail stores on August 24 and can be pre-ordered at Stardock's digital distribution platform, Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com) or via the game's web site (www.elementalgame.com).
PopCap week draws to a close with these modern classics.
All PopCap games are available world-wide.
Academagia: The Making of Mages, a whimsical fantasy life simulation game from Black Chicken Studios, is now available on Impulse. Players will embark on adventures great and small as they train a familiar, make friends and enemies, and master the subtle laws of spell-casting.
Empires die and are reborn, fueled by the new engines of industry. It is the dawn of the modern age, and its up to you to lead your nation to greatness in Victoria II, the newest epic-scale historical RTS title from Paradox Interactive. Available now world-wide on Impulse!
As we near the end of PopCap week here on Impulse, three more insanely addictive games are added to the list:
Check back tomorrow for the last day of our launch week for PopCap on Impulse.
PopCap Week continues here on Impulse!
All PopCap games are available world-wide!
Indie developer Broken Rules has released version 1.1.1 of their unique puzzle-platformer, And Yet It Moves today. Now available for those who purchased the game via Impulse, the new update contains support for multiple language versions, bug fixes, and performance improvements.
PopCap Week continues here on Impulse with the release of three more terrific casual games.
Remember, each of these games have a 60 minute trial mode!
Indie developer Soldak has released v1.004 of its RPG, Din's Curse today on Impulse. Available now for all registered Impulse customers, this update includes bug fixes, graphics tweaks and more.
Cadenza Interactive has released version 1.7 for their tower-defense game, Sol Survivor. Available now to registered customers via the Impulse client, this new version includes bug fixes, resource modes to Versus and a Sudden Death mode to Wars games.
Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity returns to the top position this week on our Top 10 list, followed by the new releases The Guild 2: Renaissance and Commander: Conquest of the Americas. Click-through for the best-selling products for the week of August 1st to August 7th.
Prepare to swap jewels, find hidden objects, craft clever words, fight off a zombie horde and knock out colored pegs as premier casual games developer & publisher PopCap joins Impulse! Impulse users world-wide will have access to the best PopCap has to offer starting this week.
To kick off PopCap Week, we have:
Not sure if you’re going to like a particular PopCap game? Then give our free trials a shot. Play each game for up to 60 minutes to be sure you like the game, then buy the game via Impulse, and convert your trial to the full version without having to redownload anything!
Stay tuned all week as we’ll be releasing more PopCap titles every day.
Kalypso Media has released version 1.06.2 of their new fantasy, strategy game, Disciples III - Renaissance, today. Available now for all registered Impulse customers, this update includes a number of bug fixes, hotseat improvements, and gameplay tweaks.
Fans of Hearts of Iron III: Semper Fi, the latest expansion for the acclaimed World War II RTS should check Impulse now for the 2.03b patch, just released today by Paradox Interactive. This patch includes a large number of major bug fixes and balance tweaks.
An amazingly dynamic puzzle-arcade game is waiting for you in Codeminion's, StoneLoops of Jurassica, now available worldwide on Impulse.
Take part in the Ancient Quest of Saqqarah from Codeminion. In this highly polished puzzle game, players will descend below the sands to a magical oasis filled with puzzles, treasures and mysteries.
Embark on an epic quest to save the Magic Realm in Codeminion's, Brunhilda and the Dark Crystal, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Begin a classic role-playing adventure in Basilisk Games', Eschalon Book I, available worldwide today on Impulse.
The Medal of Honor Limited Edition keeps getting better and better. First, pre-orders gave you access to the Medal of Honor beta test, letting players try their hand at the upcoming modern shooter. Now, EA has announced that those who order the Medal of Honor Limited Edition will also receive an invitation to the Battlefield 3 beta, starting in 2011!
Victoria Complete, an all-in-one bundle pack of Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun and Victoria: Revolutions is now available for purchase on Impulse at 50% off to celebrate the upcoming release of Victoria II.
Pre-order Victoria II, the upcoming epic-scale strategy game from Paradox Interactive and receive the official game soundtrack plus a bonus operatic track entitled “Lament of the Queen”. Prepare, the world is yours to conquer on August 13th!
Paradox Entertainment's latest release, Commander: Conquest of the Americas, rocketed to the top of the Impulse charts last week. Click-through for the best-selling products for the week of July 25th to July 31st.
Become a Brazilian martial arts fighter in Rainmaker Games', Capoeira Legends: Path to Freedom, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Set sail for the New World in Commander: Conquest of the Americas, the newest strategy title from Nitro Games and Paradox Interactive. Now available worldwide on Impulse!
Bring the classic game of Parcheesi to life with Kalypso Media's, Don't Get Angry! 3, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Princess Yaskene's world has been shattered in Kalypso Media's new casual game, KaroMatiX, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Positech Games has released version 1.45 of Gratuitous Space Battles. Available now for all registered owners via the Impulse client, the new update includes several new features, usability improvements and bug fixes.
Role-players can return to the days of the 14th century with Dreamcatcher Interactive's, The Guild 2: Renaissance, available worldwide on Impulse.
Challenge your brain with Blendo Games', Air Forte, available worldwide today on Impulse. In Air Forte, you'll need to explore arenas and complete challenges in the areas of math, vocabulary and geography.
Fill out your ranks with these two new Hearts of Iron III sprite packs from Paradox Interactive. Or, get all 8 packs in one bundle for a savings of over 25%!
All sprite packs are available world-wide.
Get behind the wheel and race for glory in the latest addition to the acclaimed Need for Speed series in Need for Speed World, the new massively multiplayer racing game from Electronic Arts. Available now on Impulse.
Disciples III - Renaissance managed to stay in the top three this past week, followed closely by several Paradox games that were on sale. Click-through for the best-selling products for the week of July 18th to July 24th.
Stardock announced today that Bethesda Softworks’® titles, which include the 2008 Game of the Year, Fallout ® 3, and the 2006 Game of the Year, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® are now available on Impulse, the digital download platform for PC games (www.impulsedriven.com).
Iceberg Interactive has released v1.02 of their horror-adventure game, Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage. Registered customers can grab the new version via the Impulse client. The new update contains several new video options plus a number of bug fixes.
Take a step back in time and pick up one of the greatest city builders ever released in SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition from Electronic Arts and Maxis. Now DRM-Free! Available right now on Impulse.
Hitting Impulse this week is a plethora of PC-gaming goodness from MumboJumbo, the Dallas-based developer of premium casual games. The vast catalog of titles will be featured on the digital distribution network Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com). Known and loved by millions around the world, games including LUXOR, 7 Wonders, and Midnight Mysteries will be available at a special discount this week at www.impulsedriven.com.
Kalypso Media's Disciples III - Renaissance makes its worldwide debut near the top of the Impulse sales charts this week. Click through for the best-selling products for the week of July 11th to July 17th.
Pre-order Commander: Conquest of the Americas, the upcoming trade strategy game from Nitro Games & Paradox Interactive and receive a huge free bonus content pack!
The pre-order bonus pack includes:
From Arcen Games, the creators of AI Wars, comes Tidalis - a new type of puzzle game. Tidalis is a block-based puzzler with a new "streams" mechanic.
Experience the bleeding edge of multiplayer warfare in Ignition Entertainment's, Blacklight: Tango Down, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Take on hordes of invaders in the smash hit tower defense game, Defense Grid Gold, by Hidden Path Entertainment. Available worldwide on Impulse, this new Gold edition includes the original game plus the Borderlands and Resurgence expansion packs.
Registered customers of Kalypso Media's Pole Position 2010 can now update to version 1.30 via the Impulse client. This third update to the racing management sim includes several gameplay fixes.
Kalypso Media's much anticipated RPG, Disciples III - Renaissance, is now available worldwide on Impulse.
The year is 1988, the Cold War wages on, and history takes an unexpected turn in World in Conflict Gold Edition from Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft. Available now on Impulse!
The currently open Elemental beta continues to top the Impulse charts this week, with Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity coming in a distant second. Click-through for the best-selling products for the week of July 4th to July 10th.
Fort Zombie, the game about surviving the Zombie Apocalypse, from Kerberos & Paradox Interactive, has been patched to v1.07 on Impulse. Get the latest version now, load your shotgun and blast some zombie heads. Read more for the changelog.
Viva Media and Out of the Park Developments have sent us version 11.1.8 of their popular baseball simulation, Out of the Park 11.
Step into one of the most realistic combat simulations ever designed in Bohemia Interactive’s ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead, available now on Impulse.
From Arcen Games, the creators of AI Wars, comes Tidalis - a new type of puzzle game. Now available for pre-orders with immediate beta access, Tidalis is a block-based puzzler with a new "streams" mechanic.
Live the life of a venetian in Dreamcatcher Interactive's, The Guild 2: Venice, available worldwide today on Impulse.
The latest patch to Taleworld’s expansive fantasy RPG, Mount & Blade Warband is now available for download via Impulse. Read more for full patch details.
Unlock three all-new maps for The Settlers 7 with The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom DLC Pack 1, now available in N. America on Impulse.
Cadenza Interactive has released version 1.6 for their tower-defense game, Sol Survivor. Available now to registered customers via the Impulse client, this new version includes support for Impulse::Reactor achievements and joining multiplayer games via the Impulse client, a Survivor co-op mode, and two new maps.
Stardock released Beta 3 of their upcoming fantasy strategy/RPG, Elemental last week; as expected, it took the charts by storm. Click-through for the best-selling products for the week of June 27th to July 3rd.
For those in the U.S., this is a long holiday weekend, and with that we have an extra huge weekend sale going on! We have over 60 games and applications starting as low as $2.99.
Wastelands Interactive's new aerial combat game, Air Aces - Pacific is now available worldwide on Impulse.
Return to the very roots of gaming with the arcade classic ALL-STARS PAC-MAN from Namco, available now world-wide on Impulse. On-sale this weekend for $2.99!
Put your hidden object finding skills to the test in Mishap: An Accidental Haunting from Virtual Prophecy and Namco. Available world-wide on Impulse.
Enter one of the largest seamless MMORPGs ever created in Darkfall from Aventurine and Kalypso Media. Available now on Impulse!
Darkfall is available in two versions:
Enter a dynamic, evolving world in Din’s Curse, a classic-style RPG from Soldak Entertainment, available world-wide from Impulse for just $24.99.
Delve Deeper, a strategy game from Lunar Giant Studios is now available world-wide on Impulse for $5.
Join hundreds of other players in a modern-day massively multiplayer game of cops and robbers in All Points Bulletin, the new MMORPG from Electronic Arts and Realtime Worlds, available now on Impulse!
SkinStudio 7.1 has been released today! SkinStudio is the application that allows you to visual styles (also called skins) for use in Windows when applied with WindowBlinds. These skins can be used on Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. A full skin will change the title bars, borders, push buttons, scrollbars, Start bar, Start menu, and virtually every other part of the Windows GUI.
BOH, a top-down retro-styled shooter from Simone Bevilacqua is now available worldwide on Impulse
Put your flying skills to the test in Ikaro: Ultimate Air Racing Experience, a flight simulator from The Games Company and Magic Dream Games, now available world-wide on Impulse.
Lead your cycling team to the top in Pro Cycling Manager – Season 2010 from Focus Home Interactive and Cyanide Studios, now available world-wide on Impulse.
Pre-orders are now being accepted for Wastelands Interactive's upcoming aerial combat game, Air Aces - Pacific. Set for release on July 1st, Air Aces - Pacific puts you in the cockpit of one of the fighters of World War II in a new approach to arcade flight action.
The Sins games kept their hold on the top spots last week on Impulse. Click-through for the best-selling products for the week of June 20th to June 26th.
Inventors and puzzle gamers can find a wealth of challenges in Lazy 8 Studios' Cogs, available worldwide on Impulse. Cogs is a puzzle game where players build machines by sliding tiles together in one of three gameplay modes.
A one-night stopover turns into a couple's worst nightmare in Harvester Games' Downfall, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Thousands of undead are out to increase their ranks in Sigma's, Zombie Shooter 2, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Action gamers can stretch their virtual muscles with Pompi Pompi Entertainment's Labryinthica: The Quest of Lima, available worldwide today on Impulse.
1C's first-person shooter, NecroVision - Lost Company, has been updated to version 1.1 today. Now available to all registered customers, this new version contains several bug fixes.
1C's latest real-time strategy game, Reign: Conflict of Nations is available worldwide today.
Reuinite Myrtana once and for all in Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods from Dreamcather Interactive, available world-wide now on Impulse.
Impulse, a leading digital distribution platform from Stardock, celebrates its second birthday by announcing that customers will be treated to 15 percent off catalogue selections Wednesday and Thursday of this week (www.impulsedriven.com) using coupon code Impulse-Bday.
The wait for Muzzy Lane Software's Making History II: The War of the World is over today with the release of the game for all new and previous beta customers.
The v1.01 update for Fences and Fences Pro was released today by Stardock. Fences is an application which helps you organize and de-clutter your Windows desktop by creating "Fences" in which icons are contained. These Fences are shaded areas in your desktop that can be moved and resized for a custom look. Other features give you the ability to double-click the desktop and make all the icons disappear and reappear again with another double-click.
Piranha Bytes & Dreamcatcher Interactive’s RPG epic, Gothic 3 Game of the Year Edition is now available worldwide on Impulse.
Old favorites return to the Impulse Top 10 this week, with the Sins of a Solar Empire expansions claiming several spots. Click-through for the best-selling products for the week of June 13th to June 19th.
Play the complete Gothic II experience in Gothic II Gold Edition from Piranha Bytes and Dreamcatcher Interactive, now available on Impulse.
Waddle & climb your way to victory in Toki Tori from Two Tribes, available now on Impulse.
If you are a fan of the World Cup, but hate the annoying sounds of the vuvuzela then check out the latest free application from Stardock in collaboration with the Centre for Digital Music at Queen Mary, University of London.
Platform fans can challenge themselves with 80 levels of fun with Jamie Woodhouse's, Qwak, available today worldwide on Impulse.
A treasure trove of musical relics is waiting to be unlocked in Kranx Productions', Musaic Box, available worldwide today on Impulse.
TaleWorlds and Paradox Interactive’s open-world fantasy RPG title Mount & Blade Warband has been updated to v1.124 on Impulse. To get the latest version, launch Impulse and grab the update from your My Games tab.
Version 1.2 of Meridian4's action/RPG, Greed - Black Border, is now available via the Impulse client for all registered customers. This new update adds multiplayer matchmaking via Game Ranger, HUD improvements, bug fixes and more.
Mass Effect 2 (Regular and Digital Deluxe Edition), the epic science fiction RPG from BioWare and Electronic Arts has been updated to version 1.02. Launch Impulse now to get the latest version and continue your adventures fighting The Reapers.
Additionally, the price on Mass Effect 2 dropped this week to $39.99. Now’s the time to pick up one of the best games of 2010.
Read on for details on what’s in the 1.02 patch.
Positech Games has released version 1.41 of Gratuitous Space Battles. Available now for all registered owners via the Impulse client, the new update includes several new features, usability improvements and bug fixes.
Medieval Europe is waiting for role-players in Dreamcatcher Interactive's, The Guild 2: Pirates of the European Seas, available worldwide on Impulse.
The hour of new heroes has arrived with 1C's new RPG, Konung III - Ties of the Dynasty, available worldwide today on Impulse.
We love the Prince of Persia games, as some of our oldest and fondest memories revolve around the classic 1989 platformer and its many, many sequels. And in the latest episode of ImpulseTV, we take a close look at the newest of those sequels: Prince of Persia – The Forgotten Sands. Check out how you can fight, leap, and rewind time in this beautiful action platformer.
Ludosity's physics-based puzzle game, Bob Came in Pieces, has been updated to v1.50 today. Available now to all registered Impulse customers, this new update contains support for gamepads and many new maps.
DeskScapes 3.2 has been released today. DeskScapes is an application that allows you to have animated wallpapers on Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. It can also manage both animated and static wallpapers, add effects to wallpapers, manage wallpapers on multiple monitors, and more.
Rotate, nudge and flip your way to victory in Vizati, a new casual puzzle game from Different Pixel. Now available on Impulse.
Wargamers can become the leader of one of the world's nations in Wastelands Interactive's new strategy game, Storm Over the Pacific, available worldwide on Impulse.
Help Dale Hardshovel solve find all the pieces of the mysterious Bloomstone in Phime Studios' new casual game, Dale Hardshovel and the Bloomstone Mystery, available worldwide today on Impulse. This story-driven arcade/puzzle features 100 levels, several types of gameplay and more.
Pre-Order Medal of Honor, the upcoming First Person Shooter from Electronic Arts, and get guaranteed access to the multiplayer beta starting on June 21st!
If you already own Battlefield Bad Company 2 (and registered the serial to your ea.com account), you’ll get access to the beta 4 days early on June 17th.
Beta 2 for Stardock Entertainment's Elemental: War of Magic is now underway, rocketing it to the top of the Impulse charts. Click-through for the best-selling products for the week of June 6th to June 12th.
Life in the Middle Ages awaits in Dreamcatcher Interactive's, The Guild 2, available worldwide today on Impulse.
The line between life and death becomes hazy in Sigma's, Zombie Shooter, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Search for lost love in Spirit of Wandering from Playrix Entertainment, now available on Impulse.
Put on your helmet and get ready to race in Mad Skills Motocross, an arcade-style motocross racing game from Turborilla AB, available now on Impulse.
Registered customers of Kalypso Media's Pole Position 2010 can now update to version 1.2 via the Impulse client. This second update to the racing management sim includes gameplay balance tweaks and bug fixes.
4Score Games has released version 1.1.0 of their casual puzzle game, Brrrmuda Triangle, today. Available now for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this new update adds trophies, bug fixes and balance tweaks.
Defeat invading knights and bring peace to the Russian people in 1C's new real-time strategy game, Real Warfare - 1242, available worldwide today on Impulse.
The most important days of WWII for Russia are yours to command in 1C's, Theatre of War 2 - Kursk 1943, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Three new episodes of ImpulseTV are available, and we’ve got an early look at Need for Speed World, the upcoming massively multiplayer online racing game based on EA’s hit franchise. We got in on the beta recently to race around the virtual city with others, as well as engage in some high speed pursuits with the police. Check out the game in action.
Are you a cop or a crook? Choose your side and step onto the streets of San Paro to gain fame and fortune in All Points Bulletin, an upcoming Massively Multiplayer action game from Realtime Worlds and Electronic Arts. Pre-order today and play the game early!
Pre-order customers can play in the Key to the City Event, an early demo of APB that runs from June 10th to June 19th. Also, your pre-order gives you early VIP access to the game, giving you a head start against your rivals.
Take part in The Great War in World War One Gold from Paradox Interactive and AGEOD, available now via Impulse.
Casual gamers can create an underwater haunted house in Playrix Entertainment's, Fishdom: Spooky Splash, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Stardock released WindowBlinds 7.1 today. WindowBlinds is a program that allows users to customize the user interface of Microsoft Windows. By applying "skins" WindowBlinds can easily change nearly every element of the Windows experience including the task bar, Start menu, window borders, scrollbars, push buttons, and much more.
Return to the classic Sands of Time universe in Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands from Ubisoft and released today on Impulse.
Both Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands Standard and Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands Deluxe Edition are available in the Impulse store.
Gas Powered Games and Stardock Entertainment have released version 1.30 of Demigod today. Available now for all registered customers via the Impulse client, this new update includes bug fixes and gameplay improvements.
Get ready for a cosmic puzzle-action game in Gamerizon's, Quantz, now available worldwide on Impulse.
Winter may be gone in the Northern Hemisphere, but everyone can have wintry fun with Playrix Entertainment's, Fishdom: Frosty Splash, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Impulse is giving PC fans an added bonus for their Diggs, Tweets and Forum participation starting today as Stardock announced the formation of a new fan-based society, the Elemental Army. Fans of the anticipated PC fantasy strategy title Elemental: War of Magic can win limited edition / custom Elemental packs, up to $100 in gift cards to Stardock's digital distribution platform, Impulse and more by simply enlisting in the Elemental Army and participating in online discussions about the upcoming epic turn-based strategy game.
Memorial Day sale items continued into the Top 10 for this week, with Sins of a Solar Empire once again claiming the top spot. Click-through for the best-selling products for the week of May 30th to June 5th.
In an apocalyptic, steampunk future, you are a privateer ferrying goods across treacherous airspace in Muse Games', Guns of Icarus, available now worldwide on Impulse.
Overcome challenging obstacles in Christian Teister's, Grappling Hook, available today on Impulse.
Bloodthirsty creatures are invading a military complex in Sigma's, Alien Shooter, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Continue the fight in Hearts of Iron III: Semper Fi, the first expansion to the acclaimed World War II strategy game from Paradox Interactive, available now on Impulse!
The new addictive strategy game from Longbow Games, Hegemony - Philip of Macedon, has been updated to v1.1.0 on Impulse today.
Hearts of Iron III Semper Fi, the first expansion to the acclaimed World War II real-time strategy title from Paradox Interactive is now available for pre-order on Impulse. Order now and be ready to play when the game launches on June 6th, 2010, the 66th anniversary of the D-Day Invasion.
A stirring magical adventure is waiting for the stout hearted in the Games Company's, Everlight, now available worldwide on Impulse.
The desert's quaking in the Game Company's, Foreign Legion, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Widen your Sim's horizons with a bunch of killer new career opportunities in The Sims 3 Ambitions, the latest expansion for the incredibly popular life simulation game from Electronic Arts and Maxis, available now on Impulse.
A unique blend of action and puzzle-solving gameplay is waiting in Twelve Interactive's, CID the Dummy, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Get ready for a spine-chlling adventure in the Games Company's, I'm Not Alone, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Pre-orders are now underway worldwide for 1C's upcoming real-time strategy game, Reign: Conflict of Nations.
The latest version of Ntronium's hit strategy game, Armada 2526, is now available for registered Impulse customers. Version 1.302 is a major update that includes two new campaign scenarios, improved graphics, new features, improved battles and much more.
Travel through epochs of history in Darkest of Days, from the Games Company. Available today for European customers only, Darkest of Days is a first-person shooter that puts the player in the role of a time cop.
A plot which takes a look at one's own mind is waiting in bitComposer's Outcry, available now on Impulse for Western Europe, Australia and South Africa.
The fifth installment in the acclaimed adventure series, Simon the Sorcerer 5: Who’d Even Want Contact?! from The Games Company appears in a puff of smoke on Impulse today.
Eschalon Book II, the classic RPG from Basilisk Games, has been updated to v1.03 on Impulse. Read more for specific changes.
The Impulse Memorial Day sale included spectacular deals which gamers from all over the world cashed in on. Click-through for the best-selling products for the week of May 23rd to May 29th.
Return to the Sands of Time universe in Prince of Persia – The Forgotten Sands, the upcoming action adventure game from Ubisoft, now available for pre-order on Impulse!
Pre-Order either Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands Standard Edition, and get a free copy of Warrior Within OR pre-order Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands Deluxe Edition and get Warrior Within and the Sands of Time free, plus the official soundtrack, exclusive skins, and a bonus map!
Adventure gamers can continue their investigation as police detective Howard Loreid in Iceberg Interactive's Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Expand your Conviction experience with the game’s first DLC; Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction Deniable Ops: Insurgency Pack, now available on Impulse.
Recreate the conquest of ancient Greece by Philip II in Longbow Games' Hegemony - Philip of Macedon, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Voodoo Dice, a charming casual puzzle game from Exkee and Ubisoft rolls its way onto Impulse today.
Atlantis is calling for a true hero in Playrix Entertainment's Call of Atlantis, available worldwide on Impulse today.
Put the pedal to the medal and pit your racing skills against drivers from all over the world in Need for Speed World, the upcoming Massively Multiplayer Online Racing Game from Electronic Arts. Pre-order now via Impulse and get access to special beta events, a 72-hour head-start on the game launch, reserve your preferred driver name, VIP status and more!
Plus, for buying Need for Speed World via Impulse, you’ll get access to the Mazda 3 car in-game!
Get ready for a spectacular adventure with Playrix Entertainment's Around the World in 80 Days, available today worldwide on Impulse.
Legio, the latest turn-based strategy game from ICE Game Studios and Paradox Interactive is now available world-wide on Impulse.
The hit game from 1983 returns with a fresh look and refined gameplay in React! Games' Archon Classic, now available worldwide on Impulse.
Stardock's Spring Sale of Galactic Civilizations II and Demigod obliterated the competition last week on Impulse. Click-through for the best-selling products on Impulse for the week of May 16th to May 22nd.
One of the best baseball simulation managers around has arrived on Impulse worldwide today with Viva Media's Out of the Park Baseball 11.
N3V Games' simulation lineup concludes with Tow Truck Simulator, available today worldwide on Impulse. Players will start their own towing empire as they run a parking area and collect money by towing away broken down vehicles.
Live the life of a lumberjack with N3V Games' Woodcutter Simulator, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Huge crowds come every day to ski and it's up to you to keep things running in N3V Games' Snowcat Simulator, now available worldwide on Impulse.
Arsenal of Democracy, the epic strategy title from Paradox Interactive, has been updated to version 1.04. Grab the latest update through Impulse. Read on for patch notes…
Version 1.288 of StarWraith3D's hit space simulation, Evochron Legends, is now available for registered Impulse customers. This new update includes an improved multiplayer trading system, improved key mapping, game tweaks and more.
The Prince of Persia series continues on Impulse with its third installment; Prince of Persia The Two Thrones from Ubisoft.
Build the greatest trading empire the world has ever known in Nitro Games’ East India Company Collection, bringing together East India Company and all of its expansions into one mega bundle.
Construct your own skyscrapers in N3V Games' Skyscraper Simulator, now available worldwide on Impulse.
There's no transport problem you can't deal with in N3V Games' Heavyweight Transport Simulator, available worldwide today on Impulse.
The Prince once again finds himself fighting against seemingly unbeatable odds in Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia Warrior Within. Now available on Impulse.
Grand strategy gamers can help beta test Muzzy Lane Software's upcoming Making History II: The War of the World. Now available on Impulse, pre-order customers for Making History II will gain access to the beta, giving gamers the chance to have their ideas incorporated into the final product.
Prince of Persia – The Sands of Time, the classic acrobatic adventure game from Ubisoft is now available for purchase on Impulse.
A dark and gripping story awaits FPS players in bitComposer's Scorpion: Disfigured, now available worldwide on Impulse.
Help to construct a city in N3V's Road Works Simulator, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Basilisk Games’ old-school RPG, Eschalon Book II, has just been updated to version 1.02 on Impulse. Read on for the patch notes.
We look at King Arthur, Osmos, and VVVVVV in the latest episodes of ImpulseTV, available now via your Impulse client.
Sins of a Solar Empire and its expansions maintained their grip on the top spots in last week's sales. Click-through for the best-selling products on Impulse for the week of May 9th to May 15th.
Would be adventurers can travel to the heart of New Atlantis in Microids' Atlantis Evolution, available today worldwide on Impulse.
Ludosity's physics-based puzzle game, Bob Came in Pieces, has been updated to v1.40 today. Available now to all registered Impulse customers, this new update contains six all new missions in a virtual reality theme, new leaderboards and achievements and more.
El Presidente returns with Kalypso Media's first expansion pack for Tropico 3, Absolute Power. Now available worldwide (UK on 5/28) on Impulse, Absolute Power includes 10 new campaign missions, new buildings, megalomania edicts, six new landmarks, a new faction and much more.
Blendo Games has sent us the latest version for their strategy game, Flotilla. Now available via the Impulse client for all registered customers, this new update includes several crash fixes, finer score calculations and tweaks to the online scoreboard.
Basilisk Games brings classic RPG gameplay to Impulse today with the launch of Eschalon Book II, now available worldwide!
After being shipwrecked on a deserted island, players find themselves confronted with the imagination of Jules Verne in Microids' Return to Mysterious Island, now available worldwide on Impulse.
One of HP's hottest new portable computers is the Vivienne Tam 'Butterfly Lovers' HP Mini 210 Netbook. Along with fantastic hardware specs, the Mini 210 includes a Butterfly theme with a beautifully animated start menu courtesy of Stardock's MyColors application. Another component of this Netbook is the inclusion of Stardock's popular Fences software which helps keep a clean and organized desktop free of icon clutter.
Test your abilities against mythical monsters and heroes in Numen: Contest of Heroes, an action RPG from Cinemax. Now available on Impulse.
Sins of a Solar Empire and its expansions kept their hold on the top spots this past week on our Top 10. Click-through for the best-selling products on Impulse for the week of May 2nd to May 8th.
Adventure gamers can explore past and present India in Microids' Road to India, available worldwide on Impulse.
El Presidente returns with Kalypso Media's first expansion pack for Tropico 3, Absolute Power. Set for release later this month, Absolute Power includes 10 new campaign missions, new buildings, megalomania edicts, six new landmarks, a new faction and much more.
Return to the wasteland of The Zone in S.T.A.L.K.E.R Call of Pripyat – Loyalty Edition from GSC Game World and bitComposer, now available on Impulse!
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat – Loyalty Edition is a specially priced edition of the game for gamers who already own S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl.
Version 3.12 of the hit strategy game, AI War: Fleet Command, is now available via the Impulse client from Arcen Games. This latest update includes AI improvements, new weapons, performance improvements, and more.
The Swarm has invaded Positech Games' smash hit strategy game, Gratuitous Space Battles today. Now available on Impulse, the new Swarm expansion pack includes 10 new ships, four new pieces of ship equipment, new bonuses and scenarios detailing the latest species to arrive in the galaxy.
Use the Prometheus Device to tackle seemingly impossible tasks in Prometheus from Quantum Flux Games, 4th Place winner in the 2009 Make Something Unreal Competition for Best Mod. Download and play this mind and physics bending game for free from Impulse now!
Gear up for the World Cup with SFG Soccer Football Fever, the latest title from Stir Fry Games and Blitz 1UP is now available on Impulse.
Our adventure series continues with Microids', The Cameron Files: Secret at Loch Ness, now available worldwide via Impulse.
Play the role of a young thief in the year 1348 with Microids', Inquisition, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Assemble a team and run your own racing empire in Kalypso Media's Pole Position 2010, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Adventurers can change the course of French history in Microids', Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy, now available on Impulse worldwide.
Step into the land of dreams and legends with Microids' Atlantis II: Beyond Atlantis, now available on Impulse.
Puzzle gamers can become an evil mastermind in 4 Score Games, Brrrmuda Triangle, now available worldwide on Impulse.
A fantastic journey awaits in Microid's Journey to the Center of the Moon, now available on Impulse worldwide.
There wasn't much movement from the week prior in today's Top 10 listing. Sins of a Solar Empire kept its hold on the top spots with Armada 2526 coming up strong for third place. Click-through for the best-selling products on Impulse for the week of April 25th to May 1st.
Gear Grinder, an adrenaline-fueled arcade racer from Headup Games and Meridian4 is now available on Impulse.
The award-winning Xbox Live Arcade game, Biology Battle, is now available on Impulse from Meridian4.
The beautiful adventure game, The Whispered World, from Viva Media and Daedalic Entertainment is now available on Impulse today worldwide.
Step back into a land of dreams and legends in Microids' Atlantis 3: The New World, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Frozenbyte's addictive side-scrolling, Trine, has been updated to version 1.07 today. Available now via the Impulse client for all registered customers, this new update includes a new level called Path to New Dawn, several new features and bug fixes.
Famous detective Hercule Poirot returns in Dreamcatcher Interactive's, Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun.
The award-winning indie puzzle game, Osmos, is now available on Impulse from developer Hemisphere Games.
Breaking from our normal Friday ImpulseTV schedule, today we took some time to walk through a little bit of the multiplayer co-operative story mode in Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction, the latest entry in the action-espionage series from Ubisoft, released today on Impulse.
Cadenza Interactive has released version 1.05 for their tower-defense game, Sol Survivor. Available now to registered customers via the Impulse client, this new version includes six new multiplayer maps, interface improvements, bug fixes and more.
An investigation into his daughter’s death unwittingly leads former agent Sam Fisher to discover he’s been betrayed by his prior agency, the Third Echelon in Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction, the latest title in the series from Ubisoft, is now available on Impulse.
Both Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction Deluxe Edition and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction Regular Edition are available.
The world of Eo is in chaos in the expansion pack to SpellForce 2, Dragon Storm, available today on Impulse.
The Dark Elves, the most beautiful and deadly of the dark races, threaten to overrun the realm of men in Dreamcatcher Interactive's SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars.
Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity maintains its top spot in this week's Top 10, with the indie-RTS Armada 2526 following close behind. Click-through for the best-selling products on Impulse for the week of April 18th to April 24th.
Sci-fi themed hack 'n slash action awaits in Meridian4's Greed - Black Border, now available on Impulse.
Painkiller fans can relive the original story in Painkiller: Resurrection by Dreamcatcher Interactive.
Registered owners of Exor Studios' Zombie Driver can now update to version 1.14 via the Impulse client. This latest update improves HUD and menu text for better readability, makes minor menu layout fixes, and updates the particle library for improved stability.
Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy world of conflict and violence, taking up the standard of the Forces of Order or Destruction in Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, an MMORPG from Mythic and Electronic Arts.
Terry Cavanagh's hit retro-style 2D platformer, VVVVVV, has landed on Impulse. As the fearless leader of a team of dimension exploring scientists who inadvertently crash, you must reunite with your friends while exploring a strange new world.
Test your puzzle solving skills with Milkman Games' Aqualux, available now on Impulse. In Aqualux, players need to twist and turn pipe sections to connect the flow of water before time expires.
Save a world shattered by magic in Dreamcatcher Interactive's SpellForce Platinum, now available worldwide on Impulse.
The battle for Earth continues in Dreamcatcher Interactive's Painkiller: Overdose, now available on Impulse.
Go into high gear and race for the Need For Speed World Championship title in Need For Speed: Shift, the latest entry in the acclaimed racing series from Electronic Arts.
Positech Games has released version 1.37 of Gratuitous Space Battles. Available now for all registered owners via the Impulse client, the new update includes several new features, usability improvements and bug fixes.
Protect your people and your planet in Immortal Defense, from Radical Poesis and Creat. In this unique tower defense game, you give up your body to become an immortal - a disembodied entity of great power.
Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity jumped back to the top spot last week on Impulse, with the micro-expansions also placing in the rankings. Click-through for the best-selling products on Impulse for the week of April 11th to April 17th.
Hellish monsters await in Dreamcatcher Interactive's Painkiller Black Edition, available today on Impulse.
Mount & Blade Warband, the open-world RPG from Taleworlds and Paradox Interactive has just been updated to v1.111
Multiplayer fans, rejoice, there are three new episodes of ImpulseTV aimed right at you with our looks of ArmA 2, Crysis Warhead and Plain Sight. Fire up your Impulse client to view the latest.
Driving sim fans can travel the roads of California in 1C's, Rig'n'Roll, available now on Impulse.
Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943, the WWII strategy title from Paradox Interactive and Graviteam has been updated to version 5.16. Get the update now via Impulse.
An investigation into his daughter’s death unwittingly leads former agent Sam Fisher to discover he’s been betrayed by his prior agency, the Third Echelon in Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction, the latest title in the series from Ubisoft, is now available for pre-order on Impulse.
Pre-Order either Splinter Cell Conviction, or the Splinter Cell Conviction Deluxe Edition today and get a free copy of the original Splinter Cell!
The classic third-person spy thriller, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell from Ubisoft is now available for purchase on Impulse.
Cross swords and prove your mettle in Mode 7 Games' Determinance, available today on Impulse.
Patch #2 for the acclaimed open-world 3rd Person Shooter, Red Faction Guerrilla from Volition/Reactor Zero and THQ is now available for download via Impulse.
Clouds of war on shaping over the endless Folvos desert and you must take a side in Lonely Troops' War on Folvos. Available now on Impulse, this turn-based strategy game places the player in the position of freedom fighter or occupainsionist.
Elecorn has released its first free content update for Caster today via Impulse. Now available for all registered customers via the Impulse client, Episode 2 includes a new playable character, new missions, new music, modding tools and much more.
Gamers can fight their way through the streets of a city of the undead in Zombie Driver from Exor Studios, now available on Impulse.
Strategy gamers can get the best of both worlds with the special Civilization III & IV Ultimate Pack, available this week only on Impulse from 2K Games. This unique bundle includes Civilization III Complete and Civilization IV: The Complete Edition for only $29.99.
The latest beta release for Elemental catapulted the forthcoming strategy game from Stardock Entertainment to the top of the charts last week. Click-through for the best-selling products on Impulse for the week of April 4th to April 10th.
Retro gamers can now play the original Dark Void Zero from Capcom, available now on Impulse.
The Escapist has a great, in-depth interview with Stardock CEO Brad Wardell. Topic of discussion is Impulse and its place in the digital distribution market.
Three new episodes of ImpulseTV are available today covering The Settlers 7, Majesty 2 and Flotilla. Fire up your Impulse client and click the ImpulseTV tab to watch them all.
Gamers can explore two distinct characters in N3V Games' Call of Juarez, now available on Impulse worldwide.
Strategy gamers with limited time on their hands can enjoy 4X gaming again with Inventive Dingo's Mayhem Intergalactic. Available today on Impulse, Mayhem Intergalactic streamlines the classic 4X genre to provide a strategy fix in minutes.
Trine, the whimsical fantasy side-scroller from Frozenbyte has been updated to version 1.06.
Total Annihilation fans can now re-explore the Battle Tactics expansion on Impulse. Available as a free update to all registered Total Annihilation Impulse customers via the Impulse client, Battle Tactics features 100 new missions, four new units, keyboard shortcuts and six new multiplayer maps.
Search for the Garden of Eden in Iceberg Interactive's Adam's Venture, available now on Impulse.
Avencast: Rise of the Mage returns to Impulse today, now from publisher Meridian4. Avencast is an RPG set in a world of wizardry, wonder and untold mystery.
You are a ninja robot trying to kill other ninja robots in Plain Sight, the off-the-wall multiplayer arcade/action title from Beatnik Games.
The world-cracker mining ship, the USG Ishimura is floating dead in space, and it’s up to you and your team to discover what happened in Dead Space from Electronic Arts.
Demigod maintained its dominance last week as the play with a friend promo went viral. Paradox Interactive's new Mount & Blade: Warband wasn't far behind, however. Click-through for the best-selling products on Impulse for the week of March 28th to April 3rd.
DROD fans can continue the adventures of Beethro in Caravel's DROD: King Dugan's Dungeon, available now on Impulse.
Fans of classic strategy games like Advance Wars and Battle Isle have a new addiction waiting for them in Future Wars from Meridian4. Available today via Impulse, Future Wars uses a modern 3D engine with proven gameplay dynamics to create an addictive rock-paper-scissors style strategy game. Those who purchase the game from Impulse will receive five exclusive free maps as well.
Cadenza Interactive has released version 1.02 for their addictive tower defense game, Sol Survivor. Available now for all registered customers via the Impulse client, the new build includes various bug fixes, gameplay enhancements, the addition of co-op campaign multiplayer, and Impulse::Reactor improvements.
Join Tendry, a member of the Stalwart Army, who is trapped far beneath the surface after battling a menacing Underground Empire in DROD RPG: Tendry’s Tale from Caravel.
Iceberg Interactive has the fix for those looking for a little poker action with Poker Simulator, available now on Impulse.
Hardcore puzzle solvers will feel right at home in Caravel's DROD: The City Beneath, available now on Impulse.
SoundPackager 1.3 has been released today. SoundPackager is an application that lets users change the default Windows sound scheme to one of many available for download. This is done by applying "packages" of sound files which allows you to easily change to custom sounds without having to change each individual sound file. Changing to a new sound package just takes a couple of clicks, and restoring to the default Windows sounds is just a click away.
Mount & Blade Warband, the sequel to the acclaimed open-world RPG from Taleworlds and Paradox Interactive is now available on Impulse.
Discover why a respected P.I. turns into a murderer in Iceberg Interactive's Darkness Within, available today on Impulse.
Swordplay and puzzles combine in Caravel's DROD: Journey to Rooted Hold, available today on Impulse.
Demigod jumps to the top spot in this week's Top 10, powered by a special coupon deal for friends to share with one another. Here's the best-selling products on Impulse for the week of March 21st to March 27th.
Three new episodes of ImpulseTV have arrived today in the Impulse client: X-COM - UFO Defense, World of Goo, and Dragon Age: Origins.
First-person shooter fans can get two of 2K Games' classic action games for a special price this week only on Impulse with the Bioshock / Prey FPS Bundle!
Defeat the shady Mr. Prophit in Camel 101's TikiBar, available today on Impulse.
Match-3 fans can help to rebuild a civilization in Camel 101's Lost City of Aquatica, available today on Impulse.
Three Donkeys has released version 1.11 of their hit fantasy card game, Spectromancer, onto Impulse today. Also available is the new League of Heroes expansion. The update for Spectromancer includes various changes to make way for the new expansion pack and is now available via the Impulse client for all registered customers.
Play the classic history-fantasy real-time strategy game, Seven Kingdoms II from Enlight Software.
Return once more to the land of Ardania in Majesty 2: Kingmaker, expansion pack to the acclaimed strategy game Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim from Paradox Interactive and 1C:Ino-co. Now available on Impulse.
Ludosity's physics-based puzzle game, Bob Came in Pieces, has been updated to v1.30 today. Available now to all registered Impulse customers, this new update contains countless small bug fixes, level tweaks, and other improvements.
Registered customers of Exosyphen Studios' Hacker Evolution - Untold can now update their game with the free Flight Zero expansion pack via the Impulse client.
Positech Games has sent us version 1.36 of its hit strategy game, Gratuitous Space Battles. Available now for all registered owners, the new update includes several new features, usability improvements and bug fixes.
Los Angeles has been invaded by aliens, and there’s only one man who can stop them; Duke Nukem! The Duke makes his debut on Impulse in the 1996 FPS classic from 3D Realms: Duke Nukem 3D – Atomic Edition!
You must stop a maniac cult leader from killing millions of people in Rise of the Triad, a classic FPS title from Apogee Software, now available for purchase on Impulse.
Blake Stone returns to face off against the evil Dr. Pyrus Goldfire once more in Blake Stone: Planet Strike from Apogee Software.
Stop the evil Dr. Pyrus Goldfire and his nefarious plans in Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold from Apogee Software.
Gaming's king of action returns in an all new adventure, this time in New York City. Duke battles his way across towering skyscraper rooftops and through gritty subway stations on the hunt for power-hungry villain, Mech Morphix in Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project from Apogee Software.
Driving sim fans can travel the roads of California in the upcoming 1C game, Rig'n'Roll, available for pre-order today on Impulse. Those who pre-order the game will also get a free copy of Freight Tycoon to play until Rig'n'Roll releases in April.
Tweak 7 has been updated to v1.01, and Tweak Vista updated to v2.01. Both applications provide enhancements for their respected Operating System by helping configure it to meet your personal need by improving performance and behavior of Windows. They were designed for both the casual user users as well as power users to get get the most out of Windows Vista or Windows 7.
Journey through a fantastic land full of adventure in Clover: A Curious Tale from Binary Tweed and Blitz Games, available now on Impulse.
An update to the popular CursorFX has been released today. CursorFX is an application that allows Windows users to change and create cool looking cursors for their desktop. CursorFX can also apply additional features like effect, animations, resizing of cursors, and more. Thousands of custom cursors are available for download from sites like WinCustomize.com that feature cursors from simple to cursors with wild animations.
Choose your own path to victory in The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom™, the long-anticipated sequel to the award-winning strategy game. Embark on an exciting quest to create, build and manage your kingdom in the most innovative, customizable and re-playable version ever!
Both The Settlers 7 – Paths to a Kingdom and The Settlers 7 – Paths to a Kingdom Gold are available now on Impulse!
Omni-Games' addictive game of space exploration and conquest, Eufloria, has been updated to version 2.03.
Return once more to the land of Ardania in Majesty 2: Kingmaker, expansion pack to the acclaimed strategy game Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim from Paradox Interactive and 1C:Ino-co. Pre-orders now and play the game on Friday, March 26th!
Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening and Command and Conquer 4 took over our Top 10 last week on Impulse, knocking off Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity from its top spot. Click-through for the best-selling products on Impulse for the week of March 14th to March 20th.
DigiRonin's Memory Clinic has been updated today with several fixes via the Impulse client.
Classic strategy gamers can now pick up the entire X-COM series for a special price of $9.99 this week on Impulse. Beginning with the original X-COM: UFO Defense, through to Terror from the Deep, Apocalypse, Interceptor and Enforcer, this series will keep you enthralled for countless hours.
Wargamers can reserve a place as the leader of one of the nations of the world in Wastelands Interactive's upcoming strategy game, Storm Over the Pacific, available for pre-order today on Impulse. Storm Over the Pacific depicts the conflict between the Japanese Empire, the USA and other allies during World War II from 1937 to 1945.
Mount & Blade Warband, the sequel to the acclaimed open-world RPG from Taleworlds and Paradox Interactive is now available for Pre-Order on Impulse. If you pre-order the game, you’ll be given instant access to the Mount & Blade Warband beta, available directly through the Impulse client.
Buckle-up and get ready for some of the most intense street racing ever on the PC in Need for Speed ProStreet, an action-packed racer from Electronic Arts
Get behind the wheel and risk everything to infiltrate a ruthless international crime syndicate and take them down in Need for Speed Undercover from Electronic Arts.
We’ve got three new episodes of ImpulseTV for your viewing enjoyment.
First, since we have a special on Mass Effect 2 going on this weekend ($20 off the regular or the collector’s edition), we take a look at BioWare’s stellar sci-fi RPG. If you’ve been sitting on the fence, it’s time to get off of it, as this game is really good.
Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are pleased to announce the release of Sins of a Solar Empire v1.191, Entrenchment v1.051 and Diplomacy/Trinity v1.011 for all registered customers via the Impulse client.
Cadenza Interactive has released their first update for their tower-defense game, Sol Survivor.
Strategy and tactical gamers can lead their fleet of battleships to victory in Blendo Games' Flotilla, now available on Impulse. In Flotilla, players must configure their fleet of ships in a randomly generated universe full of characters and encounters. By maneuvering the fleet in 3D space, space admirals can flank enemy vessels and surprise enemies from any direction.
A new patch for Majesty 2 – The Fantasy Kingdom Sim has been released. In addition to numerous fixes, this patch prepares the game for the upcoming Majesty 2: Kingmaker expansion pack, scheduled to release this Friday. Click through to see a list of changes in this patch.
Join the 82nd Airborne Division and fight across World War II Europe in Medal of Honor: Airborne, the action-packed shooter from Electronic Arts, available now for purchase on Impulse.
Amaranth Games' Orbs of Magic series continues today with the release of Aveyond - The Lost Orb, available now on Impulse.
The Brotherhood of Nod and the Global Defense Initiative join forces to combat the Tiberium threat in Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight, the epic conclusion to Electronic Arts’ Tiberium Saga. Now available for purchase on Impulse.
Return to the world of Dragon Age as the new Grey Warden commander in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening, first expansion pack to the critically acclaimed Dragon Age: Origins from Electronic Arts and BioWare. Available now on Impulse!
At GDC 2009, Stardock released GOO (Game Object Obfuscation) for developers to begin providing some intellectual property protection for their games that did so without annoying legitimate customers. The idea behind GOO was to put together a system that followed the Gamers Bill of Rights but still was acceptable to publishers looking to keep their games from being casually pirated. Since then, it has been adopted by several developers and publishers including Paradox and THQ.
Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity and Diplomacy maintained their domination last week on Impulse, followed closely by the classic Total Annihilation. Click-through for the best-selling products on Impulse for the week of March 7th to March 13th.
Take on soul-hungry aliens in Cadenza Interactive's new turret defense game, Sol Survivor, available now on Impulse.
Two new episodes of ImpulseTV are now available via the Impulse client as we check out Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed 2 and the Impulse exclusive re-release of Atari's Total Annihilation.
Play the world’s most popular sport.
Take your sims on a global vacation!
Time to head into drydock and get the latest free update, version 1.7.2.
Take part in the Seven Years’ War in Rise of Prussia, the latest historic strategy title from Paradox Interactive.
Join Dr. Summerland in DigiRonin's latest puzzle game, Memory Clinic. Available today on Impulse, Memory Clinic will improve your memory, ability to problem solve, and attention to detail through a variety of hidden object based challenges and mini-games.
Take on the role of Ezio, a new assassin, as you kill your way through Renaissance Italy on your path to becoming a Master Assassin in Assassin’s Creed 2 from Ubisoft, now available on Impulse!
Impulse users can tune their client to the ImpulseTV tab as we take a close look at Ubisoft's beautiful real-time strategy and city-building game, Dawn of Discovery Gold, the latest in the popular Anno series. Find out how you grow towns and cities on islands and then use commerce to trade goods between neighboring cities.
Stardock's upcoming epic turn-based strategy game, Elemental - War of Magic makes an appearance on this week's Top 10, followed by the recently released and critically acclaimed Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity. Not to be forgotten is also the Impulse exclusive Total Annihilation and the latest game from EA - Battlefield Bad Company 2. Click-through for the best-selling products on Impulse for the week of February 28th to March 6th.
Grand strategy gamers can look forward to Muzzy Lane Software's upcoming Making History II: The War of the World, which is now available for pre-order on Impulse. Those who pre-order Making History II will gain access to the beta later this Spring on Impulse, giving gamers the chance to have their ideas incorporated into the final product.
Step into World War II and go head-to-head with historical leaders like Churchill, Stalin, Hitler and more in War Leaders – Clash of Nations, a strategy game from Dreamcatcher Interactive and Enigma Software Productions.
Fight through hell itself in Dark Salvation, a new First Person Shooter from Mangled Eye Studios.
Three new episodes of ImpulseTV are now available via the Impulse client. Landlubbers should check out our look at Sid Meier's Pirates!, the excellent remake of the classic action/adventure game from the legendary designer. Would-be tin-pot dictators can check out Tropico 3, where you can rule your own third-world Caribbean nation for good or ill. Finally, if you're wondering what Eufloria is about, wonder no longer. We take a look at the beautiful and abstract puzzle/strategy game.
Fans of Positech Games' Gratuitous Space Battles can expand their conquests with the all-new The Order expansion, available now on Impulse.
Hot on the heels of the last update, indie developer Positech Games has sent us version 1.35 of its hit strategy game, Gratuitous Space Battles.
Stardock has released Multiplicity v1.24 and Multiplicity Pro 1.24. Multiplicity is a program that lets users to combine their computers into a single computing platform. It does this by enabling users to control their local computers with a single keyboard and mouse and establishing a universal clipboard between them. If you've ever used multiple monitors, think of Multiplicity as being the next step. Each monitor is hooked up to its own computer and when you move your mouse cursor onto a different monitor, you now control the computer that the monitor is connected to.
Stardock announced today that the epic PC strategy game, Total Annihilation, has landed exclusively on Impulse, the fast-growing digital distribution platform for PC gaming (www.impulsedriven.com.) Originally created by Cavedog Entertainment, Total Annihilation is a classic real-time strategy (RTS) video game set in a future galaxy torn apart by war. The title changed PC gaming forever when it launched as the first RTS game that featured 3D units and terrain. Impulse customers will be able to experience firsthand the addictive galactic battles and engaging story driven campaign that made Total Annihilation one of the greatest strategy games of all time. Total Annihilation is now available for $9.99.
Grab your gear and jump into the fight in Battlefield Bad Company 2, the latest FPS from DICE and Electronic Arts is now available on Impulse! And for a limited time only, customers will receive the limited edition of the game which comes with four vehicle and 2 classic Battlefield 1943 weapon unlocks.
Put on the captain’s uniform and take command of a German submarine in the middle of World War II in Silent Hunter: Battle of the Atlantic and Silent Hunter: Battle of the Atlantic Gold from Ubisoft. The Gold edition adds 7 additional ships and a 110 page game guide.
Indie developer Arcen Games has released version 3.06 for its smash hit RTS, AI War and its Zenith Remnant expansion pack.
Role-playing and strategy fans can create their own destinies in Star Wolves 3, available worldwide today on Impulse.
Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity moves up a notch in this week's Top 10, with strong showings by Ubisoft's Dawn of Discovery Gold and Paradox's Mount & Blade. Click-through for the best-selling products on Impulse for the week of February 21st to February 27th.
The latest version of Ntronium's hit strategy game, Armada 2526, is now available for registered Impulse customers. Version 1.0.2.4 includes a new automatic population transport feature, changes to the Research and Bureaucracy systems so that they scale to game size, mod support, balance changes and more.
The Random House Publishing Group announced today the establishment of a new group responsible for the creation of original transmedia intellectual property (IP)-story content that can be accessed through multiple media sources including video games, social networks on the web, mobile platforms, in print and on film-that will be developed and marketed in partnerships with other media companies.
While multiple deals are in the early stages of development, the group's first announced partnership is with PC game developer Stardock Corporation. In conjunction with Stardock's creative team, the Random House Publishing Group is collaborating on the story and world of the upcoming Stardock PC fantasy strategy game Elemental: War of Magic. The Random House Group will also publish ELEMENTAL: DESTINY'S EMBERS (August 2010), a novel set in the world of Elemental, written by the game's creator and executive producer, Brad Wardell.
Mount & Blade is on special this weekend for only $5, but if you’ve always wondered what the game is about you can tune into the latest episode of ImpulseTV via your Impulse client, as we look at the hybrid adventure-RPG set in a realistic medieval fantasy world.
Nautical fans can hit the water from home with Iceberg Interactive's Sail Simulator 2010, available today on Impulse.
Experience professional hockey like never before in NHL 2009 from Electronic Arts. Now available for purchase on Impulse.
Take command of your own tank division in Achtung Panzer – Kharkov 1943, the latest strategy title from Paradox Interactive and Graviteam.
The year is 1943. The Wehrmacht has begun Operation Hawk in an attempt to capture Kharkov with its steel claws. The SS Division Totenkopf has moved forward to crush the Soviet tank forces, but the Red Army has held the line, digging in and putting up a fierce resistance. In response, German tank armies have renewed their offensive with Operation Panther, and Soviet tank crews are now finding themselves severely outnumbered.
Achtung Panzer – Kharkov 1943 is available now for $19.99 / 19.99 EUR / 14.99 GBP. For more information, visit http://www.impulsedriven.com/achtung1943
Combine the gameplay of Dawn of Discovery and the new Dawn of Discovery – Venice expansion pack in Blue Byte and Ubisoft’s latest game; Dawn of Discovery – Gold Edition. Now available for purchase on Impulse.
Explore the richness of Venetian culture in Dawn of Discovery – Venice, the latest addon to the acclaimed real-time strategy game, Dawn of Discovery. Now available on Impulse!
GamePro magazine did an analysis of Digital Rights Management (DRM) in PC games, and among the people interviewed for this story was Stardock CEO, Brad Wardell. This analysis takes an indepth looks at piracy from several different views, including those of industry professionals and "pirates" themselves. This is a must read for anyone who enjoys PC gaming.
Experience World War II through the height of the Cold War in Arsenal of Democracy: A Hearts of Iron Game, the latest grand strategy title from BL-Logic and Paradox Interactive. Available now on Impulse!
Play by your own set of rules in Electronic Arts' Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, available today on Impulse.
Impulse users can tune their client to the ImpulseTV tab for new episodes of our grassroots games broadcast. New today are our looks at Electronic Arts' upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and the recent indie hit, Max & the Magic Marker.
Galactic peace could soon be a memory in eGames, Darkstar One, available today on Impulse.
Indie developer Positech Games has sent us version 1.33 of its hit strategy game, Gratuitous Space Battles; available now for all registered customers.
The newly released Sins of a Solar Empire - Diplomacy and the Trinity bundle continued to dominate the Impulse sales charts last week. Click-through for the best-selling products on Impulse for the week of February 14th to February 20th.
Fight the Akrid and discover E.D.N III’s secrets in Lost Planet Extreme Condition – Colonies Edition, an action shooter from Capcom, now available on Impulse.
Fight against zombies and demons in 1C's upcoming FPS, NecroVisioN - Lost Company, available today on Impulse. A prequel to the original horror FPS, Lost Company takes place from the German perspective of the story.
From today until February 25th, 2010, Star Trek Online and Star Trek Online: Digital Deluxe Edition are on sale for $10 off! This is a limited time promotion to celebrate the successful launch of the first MMO set in the Star Trek universe. Pilot your own starship, fight Klingons, the Borg and more in Star Trek Online from Cryptic Studios and Atari.
Stardock has pulled back the curtain on ImpulseTV, the latest major feature to come to the popular digital distribution platform, Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com). Hosted by Jason Ocampo, formerly of IGN and Gamespot, and Brian Clair, formerly of Avault.com, ImpulseTV is designed to let people see games and software as they really are in order to get a better idea of whether they want to buy it or even try out the software. ImpulseTV features hands-on walk-throughs, game tutorials and tips, spotlights and demos on AAA and indie games alike, unbiased and outspoken expert commentary and more.
Create your personal Captain and explore the galaxy in Spore Galactic Adventures from Electronic Arts
Add over 100 brand new building components to Spore with the Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack from Electronic Arts.
Pick up the original Dawn of Discovery plus the upcoming Dawn of Discovery: Venice expansion pack in the Dawn of Discovery Gold Bundle from Blue Byte and Ubisoft. Pre-order the gold bundle now and receive a free copy of Heritage of Kings: The Settlers.
In a seemingly perfect world free of crime and poverty, a crime has been committed, and it’s up to you, a Runner called Faith, to find justice in Mirror’s Edge from Digital Illusions CE and Electronic Arts
Step into the role of grand city planner with SimCity Societies, the city building simulation from Tilted Mill Entertainment and Electronic Arts. Will you build an Orwellian city, a simple farm hamlet or something entirely your own style and creation?
The Impulse exclusive release of Sins of a Solar Empire - Diplomacy and the Sins - Trinity pack took command of Impulse last week. Click-through for the best-selling products for the week of February 7th to February 13th.
Collect some of the newest and cutest pets in the world from the Littlest Pet Shop, now available on Impulse from Electronic Arts.
Race in a full-scale open world in Burnout Paradise - The Ultimate Box, available today on Impulse from Electronic Arts.
Role-playing and strategy fans can create their own destinies in the upcoming space game from 1C, Star Wolves 3 - Civil War.
Fight against zombies and demons in 1C's upcoming FPS, NecroVisioN - Lost Company, available for pre-order today on Impulse.
Hearts of Iron fans can relive the WWII era in Paradox Interactive's upcoming, Arsenal of Democracy, now available for pre-order on Impulse.
Railroad aficionados might want to check out Rail Cargo Simulator from N3V Games, a simulation that lets you manage a virtual marshalling yard.
Explore a mysterious underworld in Soldak Entertainment's, Kivi's Underworld, a hack and slash adventure that's available on Impulse today.
Gamers can live out their college years in TopWare Interactive's Campus, available now on Impulse.
There is one rule you must follow, one goal you must reach in The Path from Tale of Tales.
Explore death in the IGF Finalist game; The Graveyard from Tale of Tales.
Kalypso Media and Haemimont Games' Tropico 3 has been updated to version 1.13 on Impulse today. The new update is available now to registered customers via the Impulse client.
Blaster Simulator, a demolition game that lets you destroy buildings and more, from N3V Games is now available on Impulse.
Fulfill those childhood dreams of driving your very own tank in Military Life: Tank Simulator from N3V Games.
Get ready to make the perfect dive in Bungee Jumping Simulator from N3V Games.
Sins of a Solar Empire - Diplomacy, Demigod and Star Trek Online were tops on gamer's minds last week. Click-through for the best-selling products on Impulse for the week of January 31st to February 6th.
Continue the quest to defeat the underworld in Aveyond - Gates of Night, the second installment of the Orbs of Magic series.
RPG enthusiasts can begin an epic, multi-title quest in Amaranth Games, Aveyond - Lord of Twilight, the first installment of the Orbs of Magic series.
Amaranth Games proves that single-player RPGs are back in style with Aveyond 2: Ean's Quest, available today on Impulse.
Stardock (www.stardock.com) has unleashed the complete Sins of a Solar Empire experience today with Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity. Trinity bundles the original award-winning real-time strategy PC title from Ironclad Games with the two game-changing micro-expansions, Entrenchment and Diplomacy. Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity is available in retail stores across North America and via the digital download platform, Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com) for $39.95.
The lands of Feralden may be safe, but the work of the Grey Wardens is far from over. As the new Grey Warden Commander, you must rebuild the order and discover the secrets of the darkspawn in Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening, the first expansion to the award-winning Dragon Age: Origins from Electronic Arts and BioWare. Get ready to face down “The Architect” and the darkspawn once more and pre-order today.
Take on the role of Ezio, a new assassin, as you kill your way through Renaissance Italy on your path to becoming a Master Assassin in Assassin’s Creed 2 from Ubisoft. Pre-order now and have the game on release, March 16th, 2010.
Today we are excited to announce the 7.01 update to WindowBlinds from Stardock. WindowBlinds lets Windows users change the complete look and feel of Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7 by applying one of thousands of skins that are available. There are all types of skins available to fit nearly every taste, whether it's a minimal look or a wild and colorful personalization for your desktop. WindowBlinds 7 also allows you to "skin" Aero so it is easy to make simple changes to the default look of Windows Vista/Windows 7 by applying colors or textures.
Take on the role of Max, an imaginative little boy whose magic marker can bring drawings to life in Max & The Magic Marker, a fantastic 2D physics puzzle game from Press Play ApS
Equip your virtual home with the finest furniture and accessories, suitable for the fanciest of city loft apartments in The Sims 3: Loft Stuff, the latest expansion to The Sims 3 from Maxis and Electronic Arts, now available on Impulse.
The battle for Mars rages on and it’s up to you to free the planet from tyranny in the Red Faction Bundle. Get all three Red Faction titles in one pack and at a great discount.
The Red Faction Bundle, normally priced at $29.99, for this weekend only is available at a 25% discount, so now is the perfect time to play through the games that pioneered destructive environments in shooters.
Take on the role of Gracie, a young fashion designer in Satisfashion, a casual fashion-focused game from eGames and TechFront.
Care for strays and match them up with new owners in Purrfect Pet Shop from eGames and TechFront.
It’s up to Tom Driftwood to save Princess Liliana in Tales of Bingwood from eGames and Bug Factory
Version 1.208 of StarWraith3D's hit space simulation, Evochron Legends, is now available for registered Impulse customers.
Stardock announced today that Atari, Inc., one of the world's most recognized videogame publishers, has added several PC games to Stardock's digital distribution platform, Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com). In addition to the critically acclaimed Ghostbusters: The Video Game and The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, the newly released science fiction MMORPG from renowned developer Cryptic Studios, Star Trek Online, is available.
The year is 1888 and London is gripped by fear. Gruesome murders are occurring throughout the east end of London and Sherlock Holmes must find the killer in Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper, now available on Impulse.
The world’s greatest detective pits his wits against the mysterious and dangerous Cult of Cthulhu in Sherlock Holmes – The Awakened from Frogwares and Focus Home Interactive.
Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are pleased to announce the releases of version 1.19 for Sins of a Solar Empire and version 1.05 for Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment today. Both updates are available for all registered customers exclusively via the Impulse client.
Sherlock Holmes squares off against Maurice Leblanc’s Arsene Lupin in this mystery adventure game from Frogwares and Focus Home Interactive.
Sherlock Holmes vs Arsene Lupin is available world-wide excluding N. America.
Sherlock Holmes Nemesis is available in N. America and the UK.
Red alert, shields up! It’s time to take command of your own Federation starship in Star Trek Online from Cryptic Studios and Atari. The Massively Multiplayer Star Trek experience launches today, and you can get it right now on Impulse!
Both Star Trek Online and Star Trek Online Digital Deluxe Edition are available.
Space strategy games and RPGs were the favorites last week on Impulse. Click-through for the best-selling games for the week of January 24th to January 30th.
Frontline: Fields of Thunder, the World War 2 strategy game from Nival Interactive and Paradox Interactive is now available on Impulse.
Fight for dominance of the galaxy in Lost Empire: Immortals from Pollux Gamelabs and Paradox Interactive, now available for purchase on Impulse.
Fire Flower, a casual puzzle game from Ocean Media and Meridian4 is now available.
Indie developer Positech Games has sent us version 1.31 of its hit strategy game, Gratuitous Space Battles.
Continue your conquest in Dawn of Discovery Venice, the upcoming add-on for the acclaimed real-time strategy title from Ubisoft and Blue Byte. Available for pre-order now on Impulse.
Take on the alien menace in a whole new way in 2K Games' final entry into the famous X-COM series in X-COM Enforcer.
The resource rich Frontier region of space awaits in 2K Games' classic hit, X-COM: Interceptor, available now on Impulse.
The year 2046 may be one of humanity's last in the classic strategy game, X-COM: Apocalypse, available today on Impulse from 2K Games.
Become a deadly Russian counter-espionage agent in 1C's Death to Spies Gold, available now on Impulse. The Gold Edition of this hit series includes the original Death to Spies and Death to Spies: Moment of Truth.
Would-be television producers can soon fulfill their dreams in Kalypso Media's upcoming simulation game, M.U.D. TV - Mad, Ugly, Dirty Television, available for pre-order today on Impulse.
Stardock has released an update to KeepSafe today. KeepSafe is an application that offers real-time backup and seamless way to protect important data and documents. If you have ever had an important document become corrupted while working on it, or lost an important revision you will appreciate what KeepSafe can do for you.
The modern battlefield comes alive in Battlefield 2 Bad Company Limited Edition from Digital Illusions CE and Electronic Arts. Pre-order the game through Impulse and get access to the Battlefield Bad Company 2 PC beta starting on January 28th, 2010!
Put your puzzle and crossword skills to the test in KrissX, a new puzzle game from Regolith Games and Blitz 1Up.
SHMUP, a side-scrolling shooter from CharcoalStyles is now available on Impulse.
Continue the fight against the Reapers in Mass Effect 2, the epic sci-fi RPG from BioWare and Electronic arts. Both Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 2 Digital Deluxe Edition are available now on Impulse!
Kalypso Media has released its first expansion pack for Grand Ages Rome today on Impulse for those outside North America.
The next few weeks are jammed packed with upcoming games on the PC, such as Mass Effect 2, Star Trek Online and Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity to name just a few. Click-through for the best-selling games for the week of January 17th to January 23rd.
Version 3.016 of the hit strategy game, AI War: Fleet Command, is now available via Impulse from Arcen Games. This latest release includes a number of balance changes, bug fixes, and crash fixes.
Ludosity Interactive's new physics-puzzle game, Bob Came in Pieces, is now available on Impulse.
Get all of 1C's best racing games for an incredibly low price with the Mega Pack! This special bundle includes 4x4 Hummer, A.I.M. Racing, Classic Car Racing, Death Track Resurrection and Streets of Moscow.
Take a spin in one of the classic cars from the 1940's to 1960's in 1C's Classic Car Racing, available today on Impulse.
Driving fans can test drive their own GM SUV in 1C's 4x4 Hummer, available today on Impulse.
Stardock is very excited to announce the release of DeskScapes 3.1. DeskScapes is an application that lets users have animated wallpapers, also called .Dreams, on their Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 desktops. It supports playing video as animated wallpaper, dynamically generated content as animated wallpaper, and more.
The biggest new feature in this release is the support for multi-monitors. DeskScapes can now assign a different animated wallpaper to a specified monitor. Not only does this work with animated wallpapers, but static wallpapers as well!
We are excited to announce the release of LogonStudio 1.7 today. For years, LogonStudio from Stardock has been the most popular way to easily change the Windows logon screen to one of the thousands available for download, or by easily creating your own using your favorite wallpapers or images.
LogonStudio 1.7 can apply logons to Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. Creating your own logon is as simple as dragging an image to the configuration window and saving it. You can also download any of the thousands available on WinCustomize.com.
Ludosity Interactive's upcoming physics-puzzle game, Bob Came in Pieces, is now available for pre-order on Impulse.
Mole Control, a new casual game from Blitz Games and Remode, is now available for purchase on Impulse.
The year is 2183, humanity is no longer alone in the universe and you, the first ever human Specter must save the galaxy from an ancient threat in Mass Effect, the critically acclaimed sci-fi RPG from BioWare and Electronic arts, now available on Impulse!
Sins of a Solar Empire maintained its domination last week on Impulse. Click-through for the best-selling games for the week of January 10th to January 16th.
Reckless high-speed racing is the order of the day in 1C's, Streets of Moscow, available now on Impulse.
Enter a world of chaos in 1C's Death Track Resurrection, the sequel to the legendary Deathtrack, available today on Impulse.
Welcome to planet Polygon-4, where vehicles of the distant future compete in 1C's A.I.M. Racing, available today on Impulse.
Capcom's sci-fi action-adventure game, Dark Void, is now available on Impulse for North American customers (the worldwide release is set for Friday).
World War III is in full swing. Join one of the remaining superpowers and fight for global domination in Tom Clancy’s EndWar from Ubisoft.
Take Command: 2nd Manassas, follow-up to the critically acclaimed Take Command: Bull Run from MMG and Paradox Interactive is now available on Impulse.
Ice Land 2, the casual puzzle game from Play-Publishing and Meridian4 is now available on Impulse.
The galactic war has gone on long enough and only one power can stop it - space hippies. Add the new Tribe faction to your full version copy of Positech Games' blockbuster, Gratuitous Space Battles, available now on Impulse.
Don your tights, mask and cape and save the world from aliens, super villains and more in Champions Online, the super-hero MMO from Cryptic Studios and Atari. Now available for purchase on Impulse!
Users who pre-order Mass Effect 2 (Digital Deluxe or Standard Edition) from Impulse will be able to pre-load the game onto their PC starting January 22nd so they can play the game the moment it releases on January 26th, 2010 at 10am Pacific.
Take command of your own starship, explore strange new worlds, seek out new life forms and new civilizations, and bodly go where no one has gone before in Star Trek Online, the upcoming Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game from Cryptic Studios and Atari.
Pre-Order Star Trek Online Digital Deluxe Edition (or Standard) and get instant access to the Star Trek Online Open Beta, along with the Impulse-exclusive pre-order bonus of 500 Cryptic Points to use for extra character slots, character enhancements and more.
The full release of Arcen Games' first expansion pack for their hit RTS, AI War: Fleet Command, is now available on Impulse. AI War: The Zenith Remnant adds 122 new ships, two new AI types, four Zenith alien factions, new map styles and more to AI War.
Arcen Games has released version 3.00 of its smash hit strategy game, AI War: Fleet Command, today on Impulse. Players of AI War can update via the Impulse client to access a huge number of new features and content.
Codename: Panzers Cold War, the latest in the strategy series from Stormregion & Atari is now available on Impulse.
Join Ray Stantz, Egon Spengler, Winston Zeddmore and Peter Venkman as the newest member of The Ghostbusters in Ghostbusters: The Video Game from Atari and Terminal Reality.
After a holiday hiatus, the Impulse weekly Top 10 returns! Sale items were the big hits last week, but interest in Sins of a Solar Empire's expansions is rising as well. Click-through for the best-selling games for the week of January 3rd to January 9th.
Digi Ronin Games new casual puzzle game, Mary Kay Andrews - The Fixer Upper, is available on Impulse today.
Take on the role of Richard B. Riddick one of the most violent sci-fi anti-heroes ever, in Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, the action-packed first person shooter from Starbreeze Studios and Atari.
Ironclad Games and Stardock have released Beta 3 for the upcoming Sins of a Solar Empire micro-expansion, Diplomacy. Available now via Impulse for pre-order customers, Beta 3 adds the ability to give the Pirate faction missions, new technologies, balance changes and more.
Fluttabyes, the latest casual game from Blitz Arcade and Red Chain Games is now available on Impulse!
ODD1's creative city-building adventure game, ODD Society, is available today on Impulse. In the game, players must help a race of people known as the ODDs to build their civilization.
With the decade over, or almost over depending on who you ask, it's time to reflect back on the last 10 years. Stardock's very own Brad Wardell has published his list of the Top 10 Games of the Decade!
It's an interesting and informative read, check it out.
CDV and Larian Studios' highly anticipated sequel to the Divine Divinity series, Divinity II - Ego Draconis is now available.
Capcom's action-adventure game, Devil May Cry 4, is available today on Impulse. From the producer of the original Devil May Cry and Resident Evil 4, this latest installment immerses gamers in a gothic supernatural world where a new protagonist clashes with a familiar hero.
The turn-based strategy game, Armada 2526, is available on Impulse today from Ntronium Games. Armada 2526 continues the great tradition of space-based 4X games as players guide their race from their tentative first steps in space into a galactic empire.
Blood Bowl, the Warhammer fantasy set football game from Focus Home Interactive and Cyanide Studio is now available for purchase on Impulse!
Neocore's role-playing wargame, King Arthur, is now available on Impulse. As the son of Uther Pendragon, players can fulfill their destiny and claim their rightful place on the throne of Britannia.
Capcom and Impulse are now accepting pre-orders for the upcoming action-adventure game, Devil May Cry 4. Pre-order customers get 10% off the regular price, making this the perfect holiday bargain.
Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 2: Digital Deluxe Edition, the next installment in the critically acclaimed sci-fi RPG series from BioWare and Electronic Arts, are now available for pre-order on Impulse!
Pre-Order now and get the Inferno Armor bonus in-game item. Boost your negotiation skills, damage and speed with this slick looking suit of armor.
Stardock is excited to announce the release of IconPackager 5. IconPackager lets users change nearly every icon in Windows including the use of "icon packs" to change all at once. It has gained nearly 4 million downloads on Download.com, and is the easiest way to change your system icons. You can view a full visual walkthrough of IconPackager here.
EVE Online, the massively multiplayer space sim from developer CCP is now for sale on Impulse at an introductory price of just $9.95 until December 23rd!
Stardock has released SkinStudio 7 today. SkinStudio is an application that allows users to create and modify visual styles, also known as skins, for Windows 7, Vista, and XP. These skins can then be applied using WindowBlinds. WindowBlinds 7 was also recently released, and SkinStudio 7 now supports the new features that were included in WB7.
The upcoming Sins of a Solar Empire - Diplomacy and Impulse Now specials lead the charge last week on our Top 10. Click-through for the best-selling games for December 6th to December 12th.
Software developer Stardock released Fences Pro today. Fences Pro is a program that helps you organize your desktop and can hide your icons when they are not in use with the simple click of your mouse.
Fences Pro is the follow-up to Stardock's popular freeware program fences which has become the most popular desktop enhancement on CNET's Download.com since its release earlier this Fall.
Fences Pro adds a number of compelling new features to give users more control over their desktop icons.
Europa Universalis III – Heir to the Throne, the latest expansion to Paradox Interactive’s epic real-time strategy game Europa Universalis III, is now available.
Stalin Subway and Stalin Subway: Red Veil from Buka and Meridian4 are now available on Impulse.
Block by block construct the city of your dreams in Puzzle City, a game from TechFront and eGames.
Travel to the town of Old Port in Great Journey, an adventure title from Meridian4 and Rebelmind. Now available on Impulse.
Crysis Warhead, the standalone expansion to the 2007 FPS Game of the Year from Crytek and Electronic Arts is now available on Impulse!
Ironclad Games and Stardock have released Beta 2 for the upcoming Sins of a Solar Empire micro-expansion, Diplomacy. Available now via Impulse for pre-order customers, Beta 2 contains major changes to the gameplay mechanics of the expansion, updated tech trees and more.
CDV and Larian Studios' highly anticipated sequel to the Divine Divinity series, Divinity II - Ego Draconis is now available for pre-order on Impulse.
Indie developer Positech Games has sent us version 1.27 of its hit strategy game, Gratuitous Space Battles.
Impulse today expands its MMO selection with the addition of Quest Online’s recently launched fantasty MMORPG Alganon!
Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are pleased to announce Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity today. Trinity is a compilation bundle which includes the award-winning Sins of a Solar Empire along with the Entrenchment and Diplomacy micro-expansions. As a special incentive, those who pre-order Trinity will gain access to the current Diplomacy beta via Impulse.
Take the role of Porthos in the Three Musketeers from Meridian4 and Legendo Entertainment, available now on Impulse. In this colorful side-scroller, players must save their comrades from the sinister Count Xavier and his evil lieutenant, Orsini.
Oddworld Inhabitants famous protagonist, Abe, returns to Impulse today with the release of Oddworld - Abe's Exoddus.
Arriving on Impulse today from 2K Games is the second in the X-COM series, Terror from the Deep. Once again players will take command of X-COM and direct their forces against the threats from above and below the oceans of Earth.
The cult-classic strategy game, X-COM: UFO Defense has arrived on Impulse via 2K Games. Set in the year 1999, UFO Defense puts you in command of X-COM, equipping you with the finest Earth technology to defend the planet from an alien invasion.
Pre-order customers for Arcen Games' AI War - The Zenith Remnant will now gain access to the current beta build of the game via Impulse.
Take part in one of the greatest naval battles of all-time in East India Company: Battle of Trafalgar, the latest expansion to the naval strategy game from Nitro Games and Paradox Interactive.
The Saboteur, the latest action game from Pandemic Studios and Electronic Arts is now available on Impulse.
Cyber Monday sales dominated the Impulse Top 10 last week. Click-through for the best-selling products from between November 29th to December 5th.
2K Games hit FPS, Bioshock, is now available on Impulse. In Bioshock, players will descend into the once magnificent city of Rapture, only to find it a living hell.
Gamers can defend Transylvania in Dracula Twins, available today from Meridian4 and Legendo Entertainment.
Meridian4 and developer Big Blue Bubble have released their match-3 game, Pop-A-Tronic onto Impulse today. Pop-A-Tronic is a fast-paced, arcade puzzle game that contains a variety of challenges, power-ups and game modes.
Iceberg Interactive's new adventure game, Dark Fall - Lost Souls has been released today. Something evil has come to the rural English village of Dowerton, can you discover its secret?
Version 1.188 of StarWraith3D's hit space simulation, Evochron Legends, is now available for registered Impulse customers.
Kalypso Media has released King's Bounty Gold Edition onto Impulse today. This incredible bundle pack includes the original King's Bounty - The Legend and the new RPG, King's Bounty - Armored Princess for one low price.
Elven Legacy: Magic, the final installment in the strategy fantasy epic from Paradox Interactive and IC:Ino-Co is now available on Impulse
Fallen Earth, a massively multiplayer online game (MMO) from developers Fallen Earth, LLC, is available on, Impulse. Fans who purchase Fallen Earth through Impulse will receive special item keys for exclusive in-game attire -- Fancy White Boots and a Snazzy White Hat, both of which will boost armor stats.
Software developer Stardock (www.stardock.com) released Object Desktop 2010 today. Object Desktop is a suite of desktop enhancement programs designed to allow users to personalize the Windows experience to their liking. The programs of Object Desktop include features that enable users to completely change the look, feel, and function of Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. Object Desktop 2010 represents the largest update to the suite since its initial launch in December 1999. Object Desktop 2010 is $49.99 (www.objectdesktop.com).
The end is at hand! Nearly 15 years have passed since the Brotherhood of Nod, led by the mysterious and charismatic Kane began their war against the Global Defense Initiative, the Tiberium Saga draws to a close in Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight, now available for pre-order on Impulse!
Pre-order now and get access to the Command & Conquer 4 Multiplayer beta test! Take control of the forces of Nod and the GDI before the game’s release in March 2010. As an added bonus for pre-ordering, you’ll get the official game soundtrack and a bonus single player mission when the game releases.
Black Friday sales, plus the beta release of Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy resulted in lots of great deals for Impulse customers last week. Click-through for the best-selling products from between November 22nd to November 28th.
Amanita Design has released the third update for their hit adventure game, Machinarium. Available now to registered Impulse customers, the new update makes a number of level fixes.
In anticipation of the upcoming science fiction film, Ubisoft presents James Cameron’s Avatar™: The Game . Step into the role of an RDA signals specialist on their way to the beautiful yet dangerous planet Pandora. Now available on Impulse!
The long holiday weekend is over, and whether you missed the Black Friday sales or not no worries, this is one Monday which you don’t want to miss! Today we have the Impulse Cyber Monday sale with many PC games and applications on sale starting at just $1.99!
Time is winding down, but there is still time left to grab plenty of these great deals!Arcen Games' first expansion pack for their hit RTS, AI War, is now available for pre-order on Impulse. AI War: The Zenith Remnant will add over 80 new ships, four new map styles, 12 new AI styles, a new NPC faction called the Zenith Aliens and more.
A sale on Galactic Civilizations I and the new release of Stardock's WindowBlinds 7 took the Top 10 by storm last week. Click-through for the best-selling products from between November 15th to November 21st.
Capcom's upcoming sci-fi action-adventure game, Dark Void, is now available for pre-order on Impulse. In Dark Void, players take on the role of Will, a pilot dropped into incredible circumstances within the mysterious Void.
Stardock and Gas Powered Games are pleased to announce that Demigod v1.2 is now available for download. The new version includes months worth of improvements based on player feedback and adds a new Demigod to the mix - the Demon Assassin.
Demigod is a real-time strategy game that combines action and role playing elements. In the game, the player takes on the role of a demigod, a single powerful being whose goal is to ascend into the pantheon of the gods. The demigod does this by earning favor points with the gods through combat in a series of arenas.
Impulse is proud to announce the addition of Iceberg Interactive to the Impulse catalog today with the start of pre-orders for the upcoming adventure game, Dark Fall - Lost Souls.
Wolfire Studios' third-person action game, Lugaru HD, is available on Impulse today. Players take the role of Turner, an anthropomorphic rebel bunny rabbit with impression combat skills.
1C's highly anticipated King's Bounty: Armored Princess is now available on Impulse.
Each year, like most companies, Stardock puts together an internal business plan that sets up goals, objectives, and challenges that the company must address.
Part of our internal business plan includes analysis of the state of the products/services we make as well as the results of our customer survey.
Indie developer Positech Games has sent us version 1.24 of its hit strategy game, Gratuitous Space Battles. Available now for all registered owners, the new update includes a new mouse system for more fluid control, gameplay tweaks and bug fixes.
Step into the role of Sean Devlin, as you work against the Nazi regime to liberate Paris in The Saboteur, the upcoming action title from Electronic Arts and Pandemic Studios, releasing December 2009.
WindowBlinds is a program that allows users to customize the user interface of Microsoft Windows. By applying "skins," WindowBlinds can easily change nearly every element of the Windows experience including the task bar, Start menu, window borders, scrollbars, push buttons, and much more.
WindowBlinds 7 includes a host of new features and adds native support for Windows 7. Amongst its new features is the ability to "skin Aero."
Several months have passed since the Order of Marcus returned from exile. New forces gather and war brews in Elven Legacy: Siege, the second expansion to the fantasy strategy epic Elven Legacy from 1:C InoCo and Paradox Interactive. Now available on Impulse!
Bioware's Dragon Age Origins dropped slightly in the last week, but remains solidly in the top 4 in our listing. Click-through for the best-selling products between November 8th to November 14th.
Oddworld Inhabitants joins Impulse today with the release of their hit platformer, Oddworld - Abe's Oddysee. Selected by the fickler finger of fate, Abe, a floor-waxer for RuptureFarms, has been catapulted into a life of adventure to save his fellow Mudokons from being turned into food.
Indie-developer Broken Rules has released version 1.1.0 of its unique side-scroller, And Yet It Moves today. The new update includes language support for French, German, Spanish and Italian and makes some changes to the high score table system. Also available today is an updated demo version for the game.
Larian Studios and Impulse are pleased to announce the release of Beyond Divinity today.
Stardock, the world leader in Windows desktop customization, released Deskscapes 3 today. DeskScapes is a unique program that allows users to customize their Windows desktop wallpaper with effects, animation and a variety of other options.
DeskScapes 3 adds support for Windows 7 and includes a host of effects that users can apply to their existing traditional desktop backgrounds.
Play as one of 190 countries as you try to conquer the globe in For the Glory, the latest epic strategy title from Paradox Interactive. Now available on Impulse!
The version 1.09 update for Kalypso Media's simulation, Tropico 3, is now available for Impulse customers.
Fort Zombie, the survival action game from Kerberos Productions and Paradox Interactive has just released patch 1.03, now available on Impulse!
Today the independent developer Makivision Games released a new single-player demo of the capture-the-pig RTS Sacraboar.
The Entrenchment micro-expansion for Sins of a Solar Empire has been ousted from the top spot on Impulse by none other than Bioware's Dragon Age Origins. Click-through for the best-selling products between November 1st to November 7th.
THQ and Riot Games' multiplayer battle arena, League of Legends is now available on Impulse for European and Middle Eastern customers.
Makivision's real-time strategy game, Sacraboar, has been officially released today on Impulse.
Indie developer Positech Games has officially released Gratuitous Space Battles today after extensive beta testing and feedback by players.
Take on the role of a Grey Warden as you fight to defeat ancient evils and save your world from destruction in Dragon Age: Origins, the latest epic role-playing game from BioWare and Electronic Arts.
Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age: Origins Digital Deluxe Edition are now available on Impulse!
Gamers can experience the brutality, lawlessness, greed and lust of the wild west in Activision's GUN, available today on Impulse.
The recent sales for the Witcher and Call of Duty 4 propelled them onto the Impulse charts last week. Here's the best-selling products based on customer sales between October 25th to October 31st.
The dead are rising and you must make it to safety in Fort Zombie, the latest title from Kerberos Productions and Paradox Interactive.
This weekend only the award-winning Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is on sale with 40% off. You can grab this fantastic title for just $23.99!
Larian Studios' award-winning RPG, Divine Divinity, is available on Impulse today worldwide.
Makivision's upcoming real-time strategy game, Sacraboar, is now available for beta testing to all Impulse pre-order customers.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Deadly Intent, the latest game from Telltale Games and Ubisoft is now available on Impulse.
Ovolo Entertainment's puzzle/simulation, City Rain, is available on Impulse today. City Rain mixes the styles of SimCity and Tetris to create a unique game about the environment, urban planning and sustainability.
Continuing to expand on the naval and trade strategy game East India Company, Nitro Games and Paradox Interactive have today released East India Company: Privateer!
Stardock is excited to announce the release of Tweak7! Tweak7 is an application designed to help users meet their personal needs by configuring Windows 7 to improve and enhance performance. Tweak7 was created with both casual and power users in mind. Changes made can be easily rolled back using Microsoft own system-restore technology, so experimenting with different settings is harmless to your PC.
World of Zoo, the latest casual title from THQ and developer Blue Fang Studios is now available for purchase on Impulse.
Omni-Games' addictive game of space exploration and conquest, Eufloria, is now available on Impulse. Eufloria avoids the cliches of the strategy genre by employing themes of plant growth and bio-mechanical evolution.
THQ's acclaimed FPS Red Faction: Guerrilla and Kalypso Media's Tropico 3 helped to rule the Impulse sales charts last week. Click-through for the best-selling products based on customer sales between October 18th to October 24th.
Makivision's upcoming real-time strategy game, Sacraboar, is now available for worldwide pre-order on Impulse. All pre-order customers will also gain access to the Sacraboar beta currently scheduled to begin on October 30th.
After 100 years of slumber, the undead count Vladimir Draco is back in eGames' The Dracula Files. In this casual point & click adventure, players must search haunted cemeteries and complete clever mini-games in their quest to ward off evil.
ARMA 2, the intense realistic modern military simulation from Bohemia Interactive is now available on Impulse.
Suit up and explore the wide-open world of Crysis, the award-winning first person shooter from Crytek and Electronic Arts.
Arcen Games AI War hits a new milestone with the release of version 2.0. Based on player feedback, this exceptional point release includes vast improvements to the already spectacular RTS.
The long awaited sequel to the famous Tropico series, Tropico 3, is now available in North America and Germany on Impulse courtesy of Kalypso Media.
Lace up your cleats and don your jersey in FIFA Soccer 10, the latest in the acclaimed series from EA Sports.
Take on the role of the renowned ranger Cornelius in Elven Legacy: Ranger, the first expansion to the fantasy strategy epic Elven Legacy from 1:C InoCo and Paradox Interactive. Now available on Impulse!
The upcoming Gratuitous Space Battles continues to be a hugely popular game on Impulse. Here's the best-selling products from the ImpulseDriven.com store based on customer sales between October 11th to October 17th.
Soldak Entertainment has released version 1.015 of their hit RPG, Depths of Peril today.
Neocore Games joins the Impulse catalog today with their historical strategy game, Crusaders - Thy Kingdom Come.
Amanita Design's highly anticipated puzzle / adventure game, Machinarium, has been released today on Impulse.
The multi-award winning Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble, from indie-developer Mousechief, arrives on Impulse today. In this unique adventure-RPG, good girls get better by being bad.
The latest beta version of Positech's upcoming space combat simulation, Gratuitous Space Battles is now available on Impulse for registered customers. Version 1.17 contains a number of updates including bug fixes, updated UI elements, and more.
The latest version of StarWraith3D's hit space simulation, Evochron Legends, is now available for registered Impulse customers.
The upcoming indie-game from Positech Software, Gratuitous Space Battles, skyrocketed in the hearts and minds of Impulse gamers last week! Here's the best-selling products from the ImpulseDriven.com store based on customer sales between October 4th to October 10th.
Impulse expands its offering of the critically acclaimed Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War series today with Dawn of War Gold and Dawn of War Soulstorm.
Cities XL, the latest game from Monte Cristo, puts you in charge of building the city of your dreams. Cities XL and Cities XL Limited Edition are now available for purchase on Impulse!
As the weekend is approaching, so many of us wait in anticipation for what deals we will find in this weeks Impulse Weekend Buys. We had another phenomenal week on Impulse with the edition of more EA titles such as the Battlefield 2 Collection , which is a super fun game. We also had new additions like CSI: New York , Meridian4 Driver Bundle , Buccaneer: The Pursuit of Infamy , and more.
Put your sleuthing skills to the test in CSI: New York, the investigative adventure game from Legacy Interactive and Ubisoft, now available on Impulse.
European publisher Microids makes its debut on Impulse today with Kheops Studio's, Return to Mysterious Island 2.
Driving simulation fans can now get their fill for less with the Meridian4 Driver Bundle, available today on Impulse. This new pack includes both Big Rig Europe and Bus Driver for $29.99.
Hoist the jolly roger and set sail for fame and fortune in Buccaneer: The Pursuit of Infamy from Blitz Games and Stickman Studios, now available on Impulse.
Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment have released hot fixes for Sins of a Solar Empire and Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment. The updates are now available for all registered customers via the Impulse client.
Version 1.1 of Dawn of Discovery, the recently released real-time strategy title from Ubisoft is now available on Impulse
2K Games adds to its selection on Impulse today with Human Head Studios', Prey.
Grab your weapon and head into battle with the Battlefield 2: Complete Collection, the award-winning first person shooter bundle from Digital Illusions CE and Electronic Arts
PLYMOUTH, MI (October 6, 2009) - Stardock (www.stardock.com), the world leader in desktop customization, today released the highly anticipated version 1.0 of its popular and free desktop organization application, Fences. Fences is a one-of-a-kind program designed to organize the desktop by allowing users to customize how icons and files reside on the desktop based on user-defined preferences. Fences is the ultimate tool for those users who want to keep their PC desktop clear of clutter.
Hardcore strategy gamers can take to the front lines of World War II in Wastelands Interactive's, World War 2 - Time of Wrath, available today on Impulse.
A couple of months ago we wrote about the announcement of the Dell Inspirion Mini Nickelodeon Edition which features skins and wallpapers created by Stardock! These Mini's are now shipping and they have a great lineup of options, and prices start at a low $329.
Games that were on-sale last week surged on our Top 10, but once again, Sins of a Solar Empire was dominating. Click-through for the best-selling products from the ImpulseDriven.com store based on customer sales between September 27th to October 3rd.
Kalypso Media's action-RPG, Time of Shadows (Dawn of Magic 2), is now available. Using your magical skills and over 100 freely combinable spells, you must once again save the world from total destruction.
Majesty 2 – The Fantasy Kingdom Sim, the latest strategy game from 1C and Paradox Interactive has just been updated to v1.0.97. Customers who have a previous version installed just need to launch Impulse and download the 38 MB update.
Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are pleased to announce the release of Sins of a Solar Empire v1.18 and Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment v1.04 to all registered customers. Now available via the Impulse client (http://www.impulsedriven.com).
The update includes a massive number of balance improvement and gameplay tweaks based on the feedback from fans.
From Amanita Design, creators of the popular web-games Samorost and Samorost 2 comes Machinarium, a unique puzzle / adventure game.
Activision and Torus Games' Monster Jam is available on Impulse today. In the game, players can experience extreme monster truck action as they get behind the wheel of some of the world's biggest vehicles.
Paradox Interactive's Majesty 2 and Stardock's own upcoming turn-based strategy game, Elemental, continued to place highly in the sales charges last week. Here's the best-selling products based on customer sales between September 20th to September 26th.
Ubisoft Entertainment has released Far Cry 2: Fortune's Edition onto Impulse today. This refresh of the hit first-person shooter includes the original Far Cry 2, plus the new Fortune Pack DLC content. New additions include three new weapons, two new vehicles, and four new maps.
It's a roaring Friday and we have another stack of sweet deals on Impulse this weekend. While I have your attention, remember that time is running out to get into this phase of the Elemental: War of Magic beta by pre-ordering. Get in before the end of September or you will have to wait until the next beta opening.
Now lets check out this weekends deals!
HP is releasing a line of netbooks with designs from featured designer Tord Boontje. The Mini 110 is a netbook that is getting this designers touch, and thanks to a partnership between Stardock and HP, users of this netbook will be able to use MyColors to change to one of the 15 wallpapers included.
Climb into the cockpit of a World War II fighter plane as you take part in some of the most daring air battles in history in Heroes Over Europe, the new combat flight sim from Ubisoft and Transmission games. Now available on Impulse for $39.99!
Last week saw several big releases on Impulse, including Beta 1 for Stardock's upcoming fantasy turn-based strategy game, Elemental, Capcom's Resident Evil 5, and Paradox Interactive's Majesty 2. Click through for the full list.
Tri Synergy and developer Ironcode Games' point-and-click adventure, Pahelika, is now available on Impulse. In the game, players uncover an ancient secret that's been locked way in legend and must prevent others from obtaining its power.
Arcen Games has updated its popular RTS, AI War to v1.301 today with another huge update that adds new ships, makes major visual improvements, co-op enhancements, improved network code and more. Customers who've bought the game via Impulse can update to the latest build immediately via the Impulse client.
You’re a world leader in a world that has just collapsed in Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold. This bundle combines Supreme Ruler 2020 and Supreme Ruler 2020 Global Crisis from Battlegoat Studios and Paradox Interactive.
Majesty 2 The Fantasy Kingdom Sim from 1C:Ino-Co and Paradox Interactive marches its way onto Impulse today!
HP has announced a new line of high-performance notebook computers called Envy .
HP today redefines the premium notebook PC experience with the introduction of the HP ENVY sub-brand, which offers customers precision-crafted, high-performance models featuring HP Metal Etching and concierge service and support.
The new HP ENVY 13 boasts the brightest display in its class, and the HP ENVY 15 is the company’s fastest consumer notebook PC ever.
These are some awesome machines both inside and out, just check out some of the features and specs .
We also can't forget to mention the custom user interface created by Stardock.
Impulse is pleased to announce the availability of 2K Games' best-selling strategy series - Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition - today for North American customers. This comprehensive bundle pack includes Civilization IV, the Warlords and Beyond the Sword expansion packs, plus Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization for just $39.99.
After a bit of a hiatus, the Impulse Weekly Top 10 returns! Here's the best-selling products from the ImpulseDriven.com store based on customer sales between September 6th to September 12th.
Indie developer Positech Games has released the beta version for their upcoming strategy game, Gratuitous Space Battles onto Impulse today. Those customers who pre-order the game will be charged immediately, but will gain instant access to the current beta build via the Impulse client.
Citeremis has released v1.04 of their RPG, Aztaka, onto Impulse today. This latest update adds a number of new features and bug fixes including the addition of an autosave, a quest completion log, French language support, and more.
Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are pleased to announce pre-orders for the upcoming Sins of a Solar Empire micro-expansion, Diplomacy.
Take on the role of Flint, the culinary inventory, in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs from Ubisoft, available today on Impulse!
Return to Mars to continue the fight for freedom in Red Faction Guerrilla from Volition Inc and THQ, now available on Impulse.
Capcom's eagerly awaited PC thriller, Resident Evil 5 is now available for those in the Americas and Asia. The game will be available worldwide on September 18th.
Put the pedal to the metal in Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights from THQ, now available on Impulse!
Impulse is proud to announce the addition of the Electronic Arts catalog to its growing library of games. Today sees the release of The Sims 3, Command & Conquer Red Alert 3, Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 Uprising, and Spore.
StarWraith3D has released a new update for its hit space simulation, Evochron Legends today. Registered Impulse customers can download the update via the Impulse client.
Stardock is pleased to announce that the Ready to Play beta is about to begin. Ready to Play is a revolutionary new program that enables gamers to create an on-line gaming profile of themselves after which Ready to Play will produce a "recommended friends" list. Then, when the player is ready to play a particular game, they can broadcast to any available friends or recommended friends that they are about to launch a particular game and join in.
"If you've ever had a bad experience playing a PC game online, Ready to Play is for you," said Brad Wardell, President & CEO of Stardock. "As a 38 year old, father of 3 with very little free time, my gaming profile is quite a bit different from say a 15 year old whose primary concern on a given game is maxing out their win/loss ratio. Ready to Play lets me quickly find people online who have similar gaming preferences and get games going."
Ready to Play supports more than just Stardock games. As part of the new Impulse update, Ready to Play supports third party games, even games not on Impulse.
PLYMOUTH, MI -- (Sept 9, 2009) - Software developer Stardock (www.stardock.com) revealed the fourth phase of its popular digital download platform, Impulse, today (www.impulsedriven.com).
Impulse enables users to quickly purchase, download, install and update any of thousands of available games, applications, and utilities to their machine. Once purchased, the program becomes associated with their account. If a user purchases a new PC or reformats an existing PC, a user can install Impulse, log in with their account and instantly re-download all their programs.
The Penny Arcade Expo 2009, also known as PAX, is about to get underway in Seattle, WA. The Stardock crew arrived this morning and are getting ready for the event which runs until Sept. 6. PAX is a three day "festival" where gamers come to see the latest and greatest that game companies have to offer.
If you are attending PAX, be sure to stop by the Stardock booth #1142. We will be showing off Elemental: War of Magic, Impulse, Ready to Play, Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy, and more!
Indie developer Dejobaan Games has released its base jumping game, AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! A Reckless Disregard for Gravity today.
Arcen Games has updated its popular RTS, AI War to v1.201 today with a major update that makes major improvements to the game's economic system, AI, graphics and more. Registered Impulse customers can download the update via the Impulse client.
PLYMOUTH, MI - (September 2, 2009) - Stardock (www.stardock.com) and NVIDIA Corporation announced today the Impulse 'NVIDIA Edition' which features Stardock's digital download platform, Impulse, specially branded for NVIDIA users. With the new NVIDIA Edition, gamers will be able to buy the latest games, be informed of updated NVIDIA drivers and get the latest gaming news all through a single desktop application. The companies expect the NVIDIA Edition of Impulse to become available this summer.
With Impulse, users purchase their game and can then immediately download and install the game through the Impulse client which seamlessly manages updates, community features and more. Games become part of that user's account such that when a user purchases a new machine, a user can simply re-download the Impulse client, logon to their account and re-download all their purchases, even years into the future.
Continue the fight to win World War II in Hearts of Iron 2 Doomsday and the Armageddon Booster pack from Paradox Interactive.
Indie developer Dejobaan Games upcoming base jumping game, AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! A Reckless Disregard for Gravity, is now available for pre-order on Impulse. Pre-order customers can reserve Aaaaa! for just $11.25 - 25% off the regular price.
Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun and its expansion pack, Victoria Revolutions, are now available on Impulse!
Return to the world of Ardania in Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim, the upcoming real-time strategy title from 1C:Ino-Co and Paradox Interactive.
Take command of an elite squad of saboteurs, deep behind German lines in this World War II real-time strategy classic from Paradox Interactive.
Continue the Perimeter story in Perimeter: Emperor's Testament, a stand-alone expansion for the popular real-time strategy title from Paradox Interactive.
Cities XL Limited Edition, the upcoming next-gen city builder from Monte Cristo is now available for pre-order on Impulse.
The weekend gets closer and closer, and it's that time of the week where you can grab some delicious deals from Impulse to satisfy your gaming needs! You can get more information about Impulse, and your free download at www.impulsedriven.com.
Now for this weeks deals!
Trine, the acclaimed side-scrolling, physics-fueled game from Frozenbyte is now available on Impulse.
Starting today, Impulse is taking pre-orders for two hot upcoming titles from Ubisoft. Tackle a tough murder with the CSI team in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation™: Deadly Intent and take to the skies to fight the major European aerial battles of World War II in Heroes over Europe.
Master time to become in the ultimate weapon in Activision's TimeShift, available today on Impulse.
Stardock Design launched the MyColors Gloss Packs today. In total, five Gloss Packs were released each containing 3 MyColors themes in a pack. MyColors is an "all-in-one" solution for customizing your desktop, as no extra software is required to use these themes. Each MyColors theme includes a custom visual style which changes your Windows taskbars, start button, and more. They also including matching icon sets and wallpaper to complete the desktop experience.
Earlier this week, subscribers to Object Desktop got one of the Gloss theme packs for free, and now they are available for everyone else to try! Don't forget Object Desktop subscribers get a discount on MyColors themes too!
Here's the best-selling products from the ImpulseDriven.com store based on customer sales between August 9th to August 15th.
Ivent and developer Oldschool Games Entertainment are enlisting gamers for Hero's Tale - Enhanced Edition, available today on Impulse.
Another weeks speeds by and before you know it, it's time for the next Impulse Weekend Sale! Grab some games to add to your current collections, and know that you can always download them from Impulse and not worry about losing the box.
Check out this weekends sale!
We are happy to offer the latest free MyColors theme to Object Desktop subscribers! This one is an entire pack of free themes from the Gloss series.
Object Desktop subscribers can download them via Impulse in the "My Software" area. If you don't have Impulse, get it from www.impulsedriven.com.
Here's the best-selling products from the ImpulseDriven.com store based on customer sales between August 2nd to August 8th.
Dell made a really cool announcement yesterday.
"If you've got young kids at home like I do, you know the answer to that question is the one and only SpongeBob SquarePants. I'm betting you can probably sing the rest of the theme song as well. Why am I talking about this? Because we're partnering with Nickelodeon, Whyville.net, Walmart and others to introduce a netbook for kids.
It's or first product that focused on kids. Since it's a netbook that weighs less than three pounds, it's easy for kids to bring it from room to room or in the car during a road trip. From a spec standpoint, the Nickelodeon edition is based on our popular Inspiron Mini 10v. Kids (or their parents) will be able to choose from three different Design Studio designs: SpongeBob, iCarly or Green Slime (pictured below-click image to see a larger version). "
Arcen Games has released its latest update for AI War for Impulse customers today. With v1.013, AI War gets major improvements to its graphics, faster starts, better balancing, sound upgrades, big fixes and much more.
Rescue helpless felines in Pi Eye Games, Kitten Sanctuary, available today on Impulse.
Heritage of Kings: The Settlers from Ubisoft & Blue Byte is now available on Impulse!
Hearts of Iron III, the latest in the award-winning World War II real-time strategy series from Paradox Interactive, is now available on Impulse.
Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor has received an update bringing it to version 2.03. This also applies to the Ultimate Edition and Endless Universe as well. Updates can be downloaded now via Impulse.
Stardock and Gas Powered Games have released a v1.10 hotfix for Demigod today. Available now to all registered Demigod customers via the Impulse client, the new update contains the following changes...
The long awaited sequel to the famous Tropico series, Tropico 3, is now available for pre-order on Impulse today. Kalypso Media is giving pre-order customers an extra 10% off if they order the game in advance of its September release.
Kalypso Media's upcoming action-RPG, Time of Shadows (Dawn of Magic 2), is now available for pre-order via Impulse. As a special incentive, all those pre-ordering the game will get 10% off until it's released.
Stardock is excited to announce the release of Beta 2 for WindowBlinds 7. WindowBlinds is an application that lets users change the look and feel of Windows XP, Vista, and now Windows 7 by applying themes (also known as skins). This latest beta release introduces a wide range of improvements and features over earlier betas.
Here's the best-selling products from the ImpulseDriven.com store based on customer sales between July 26th to August 1st.
The latest update for Arcen Games' multiplayer-RTS, AI War is now available via Impulse to registered customers.
Indie-developer, Apus Software, has released v1.7 of their smash hit card-based strategy game, Astral Masters today.
Take to the seas and build your trade empire in East India Company from Nitro Games and Paradox Interactive, available now on Impulse!
Plymouth, MI- (July 28, 2009) - Stardock (www.stardock.com) announced today that the demo for Gas Powered Games' RTS game, Demigod (www.demigodthegame.com), is now available for download. The demo features online Internet multiplayer games, the Cataract map and four playable Demigods (Regulus, Rook, Sedna and Lord Erebus.) All of the gameplay modes (Conquest, Dominate, Fortress and Slaughter) in Demigod are available to play in the demo.
Demigod is the ultimate real-time tactical PC strategy game. For fans of strategic epic large-scale multiplayer battles, Demigod is irresistible.
Where has this week gone? I can't believe we are already at the end of the week! That's OK though, because that means our Impulse Weekend Buys are live and ready to go.
Check out this weekends deals!
Everyone loves the fairy tales they were told as a child and now indie-developer Cats Who Play is making it possible to live out some of those in Fairy Tales: Three Heroes.
Would-be emperors can try to build their version of Rome in a day with the release of 2K Games' CivCity: Rome on Impulse today.
Plymouth, MI- (July 28, 2009) - Stardock (www.stardock.com) announced today that its Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com) digital download platform and the popular MyColors desktop theme software application for Windows® have been certified by Microsoft as having successfully passed the "Compatible for Windows 7" certification program.
With Impulse, users purchase their game and can then immediately download and install the game through the Impulse client which seamlessly manages updates, community features and more. Games become part of that user's account such that when a user purchase a new machine, a user can simply re-download the Impulse client, logon to their account and re-download all their purchases, even years into the future.
Here's the best-selling products from the ImpulseDriven.com store based on customer sales for last week.
Journey to 1883 in Viva Media's Helldorado, available today on Impulse.
Become an island dictator all over again with Kalypso's Tropico Reloaded, available today on Impulse. Tropico Reloaded is the ultimate game compilation for hobby-dictators and those who've dreamed of their own Caribbean island.
The end of the week is rapidly approaching, and two good things always come. The weekend, and Impulse Weekend Buys! We have some big sales, including bundles and sales on complete catalog titles in the Impulse store.
Paradox Interactive is celebrating its 10 year anniversary this week. With that they are having a 50% off sale on all catalog titles in the Impulse Store. Now is a great chance to pickup some fantastic games for a low price.
Last week's promotions help catapult a number of new games into the Top 10. Here's the best-selling products from the ImpulseDriven.com store based on customer sales.
Sacred 2 version 2.43 is now available to registered Impulse customers, courtesy of CDV and Ascaron Entertainment.
Stardock is excited to announce the beta of a new application, Tweak 7, which is designed to allow users the opportunity to optimize the performance and behavior of Microsoft Windows 7. Tweak7 was created with both casual users and power users in mind.
Tweak7's key features include performance optimizing, start-up program management, program identification, benchmarking, security tweaking, Cost of Use reports, Carbon Footprint analysis and user profiles.
D3 Publisher has released version 1.01 for Puzzle Quest: Galactrix today. Available now via the Impulse client for registered customers, the update fixes several bugs and allows the use of PSI points to avoid the Hacking game.
This weekend's sale on Impulse is still going, and you still have a chance to pickup some great games at a great price! You really don't want to miss out on the Red Faction Guerrilla Special Pre-order, which also includes Red Faction 1 & 2 for free!
Why is this in Stardock News? That is a question you might be asking, and in case you didn't know Stardock is based out of the beautiful Plymouth, Michigan. One of the reasons Plymouth made this list, is because of the upcoming job market here. Oh by the way, did we mention Stardock is hiring as well? Relocation to Plymouth is required, but after reading how it's number 28 on the list, I'm sure you won't be hesitant anymore. If you are interested, be sure to send your resume to jobs@stardock.com.
Continuing the trend of frequent, free updates, Arcen Games has released v1.010 of its hit indie-game, AI War.
Take to the battlefields of World War 2 in Company of Heroes Gold, the award-winning real-time strategy game series from Relic Entertainment and THQ. Now available on Impulse
You can't save the whole world, just what you can absorb in Dejobaan Games' The Wonderful End of the World, available today on Impulse.
Beginning this week we'll be posting the Top 10 items from the ImpulseDriven.com store based on customer sales.
Last week we told you about the HUGE sale Impulse is having to commemorate Meridian4's 5 year anniversary. That sale included a bundle of over 30 games for just $79.99, plus 50% every Meridian4 game in the Impulse Store. The great news today is that the sale has been extended to July 19th, so it's not too late to grab the bundle or one of these fantastic games for a great price!
Conquer medieval Europe in Crusader Kings and its expansion, Crusader Kings Deus Vult from Paradox Interactive, now available on Impulse.
Evochron Legends, the space combat simulator from StarWrath3D has just been updated to version 1.108 on Impulse. This patch includes a number of bug fixes and the Customization Kit, instructions on how to mod your game.
The latest patch for The Witcher Enhanced Edition, bringing the game to version 1.5, is now available for download on Impulse.
Dawn of Discovery, the latest empire-building Real-Time Strategy game from Ubisoft sets sail on Impulse today!
Acrean Game's AI War: Fleet Command has been updated to version 1.009. Below are a summary of changes. For the complete changelog, see the game history in Impulse.
If you are looking for a bundle of great games to play, we have what you are looking for with the Meridian4 Complete Pack. This bundle includes over 30 games from Meridian4, and you get all this for just $79.99! You will be saving over $360 when purchasing this bundle instead of purchasing each game on its own.
The apocalypse returns in Hard Truck Apocalypse - Rise of Clans, available today from Meridian4.
A planet-wide epidemic has infected all the women of the planet Velian in Meridian4's, Operation Matriarchy, now available on Impulse.
Capcom's eagerly anticipated fighting game, Street Fighter IV, has been released today on Impulse.
Stardock Entertainment and Gas Powered Games have released a hotfix for version 1.1 of their action/strategy game, Demigod today.
Ubisoft's latest first-person shooter, Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood is now available on Impulse.
The holiday weekend is approaching, and we are starting our weekend Impulse sale early, and making it even bigger than usual! I believe this is the biggest sale we have had so far, and we have a huge list of both games and applications on sale through the weekend.
See all the details about this sale, and grab your free download of the Impulse client at www.impulsedriven.com.
THQ has teamed up with Impulse to offer a special pre-order offer for the upcoming PC version of the hit game, Red Faction Guerrilla.
Publisher Tri Synergy comes to Impulse today with the release of Last Half of Darkness: Beyond the Spirit's Eye.
Coming a bit earlier than expected is the latest update to Arcen Games' AI War, now available to all those who bought the game via Impulse.
Experience a post apocalyptic world in Hard Truck Apocalypse, the latest release from Meridian4.
Fans of Capcom's legendary fighting series can now pre-order Street Fighter IV on Impulse!
Many good things are associated with a Friday, and one of those is weekend sales on Impulse! With this weeks Impulse Weekend Buys, it’s once again a good time to get your PC game collection stacked up.
Dozens of horrific murders await in Midnight Nowhere, available today on Impulse from Meridian4.
Droplitz, the latest puzzler from Atlus USA and Blitz Games is now available for purchase on ImpulseDriven.com for $9.99!
Arcen Games has released the v1.007 update for its acclaimed RTS, AI War: Fleet Command.
Stardock is excited to announce the availability of IconPackager 5 – Beta 1 today! IconPackager is an application that allows Windows users to change the icons in Windows Vista, XP, and now, Windows 7.
Indie-developer Wolfe Games has released version 1.20 of his RTS P.U.R.E. today. This latest update is now available to customers who purchased the game via Impulse.
The Entente - World War I Battlefields arrives onto Impulse today from publisher Meridian4.
- Custom games improved via new online system; improved visuals on lower NVIDIA cards; new team options; rankings; stats and more-
PLYMOUTH, MI (June 24, 2009) - Stardock (www.stardock.com) announced today today that the first major update to Gas Powered Games' Demigod (www.demigodthegame.com) is now available for download. Users will have the option to automatically install the updates via Stardock's digital distribution platform, Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com).
- Stardock's DRM technology "GOO" protects PC games from piracy-
PLYMOUTH, MI (June 24, 2009) - Stardock (www.stardock.com) announced today that publishing partner Paradox Interactive has adopted Stardock's Game Object Obfuscation (GOO) to protect Paradox PC game titles from piracy. Beginning with the Paradox title Majesty 2 and continuing on with other titles for both retail and electronic software sales, Paradox will wrap the games in GOO.
Indie developer Broken Rules has released version 1.05 of their unique puzzle-platformer, And Yet It Moves today. Now available for those who purchased the game via Impulse, the new update contains bug fixes, code optimizations and other tweaks.
Starting today and going until June 29th, 2009, you can get the complete Sword of the Stars experience for just $15.99 (15.99 EUR/12.99 GBP). Enjoy every bit of the Sword of the Stars universe from Kerberos Productions and Paradox Interactive!
Ride the rails in Trainz Classics 1 & 2, Trainz Classics 3 and Trainz Simulator 2009 World Builder Edition from Auran & N3VRF41L Publishing. Combined, these three titles represent some of the most detailed and complete train simulations available.
Continue the fight against the darkness in Prince of Persia, the latest entry in the long-running award-winning series from Ubisoft Montreal. Now available on Impulse!
Snowberry Connection has released a Gobliiins 4 bonus pack for registered Impulse customers of their new adventure game.
It's all about driving buses in Meridian4's latest addition to Impulse today, Bus Driver.
Ubisoft has joined Impulse with three of their best-selling titles - Far Cry 2, Assassin's Creed and Heroes of Might and Magic V - Tribes of the East. 10% off for a limited time.
Meridian4's latest casual game, Chains, arrives on Impulse today. Chains is a challenging puzzle game that features a distinctive graphics style.
SaintXi's Light of Altair has quickly become one of the most popular games on Impulse and now v1.01 has been released.
Indie-developer Three Donkeys has released v1.03 of their popular card-based strategy game, Spectromancer today.
Take to the seas and try your hand at building the greatest trading empire the world has ever known in East India Company from Paradox Interactive and Nitro Games. Now available for pre-order on ImpulseDriven.com
Arcen Games has released v1.006 for their hit indie-game, AI War: Fleet Command. This new version is now available for registered AI Wars Impulse customers.
Bring all the ammo you can get your hands on because hunting season has arrived in Deer Drive from Meridian4.
Answer the call to arms and defend humanity from new threats in Sword of the Stars: Argos Naval Yard, the latest expansion to the epic space strategy game from Paradox Interactive and Kerberos Productions.
Stardock (www.stardock.com) announced today that Ubisoft titles Far Cry® 2, Assassin's Creed® and Heroes of Might & Magic® V: Tribes of the East are now available for download on Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com).
From the art and stories of the famed graphic novelist and filmmaker Enki Bilal comes Nikopol - Secrets of the Immortals, available now on Impulse from Meridian4.
Navigate your way around Europe along the major truck routes and cities in Meridian4's Big Rig Europe, available now on Impulse.
StarWraith3D and Stardock are pleased to announce the release of Evochron Legends onto the Impulse store today. Evochron Legends is a freeform mercenary space-sim that focuses on lone-wolf survival gameplay.
The v1.17 update for Sins of a Solar Empire, and the v1.03 update for Entrenchment are now available! These updates can be obtained via Stardock's Impulse.
Stardock (www.stardock.com) announced today that Activision's Prototype and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare are now available for download on Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com).
Sword of the Stars: Argos Naval Yard, the latest expansion pack to the Sword of the Stars from Kerberos Productions and Paradox Interactive is now available for pre-order.
PLYMOUTH, MI (June 9, 2009) - Stardock (www.stardock.com) announced today that Hewlett-Packard's (HP) MTV Artist Edition, the first of a series of special edition PCs that will feature custom user interfaces, utilizes Stardock's MyColors technology. MyColors provides a quick and easy way to transform the entire user interface of Windows PCs with a few simple clicks. HP is the first to leverage MyColors to bring a more immersive customization experience to their consumers; the special edition PCs are pre-loaded with MyColors skins and become available on June 12 (www.hpshopping.com).
Independent developer, SaintXi, has released Light of Altair onto Impulse today. Light of Altair is a sci-fi colony building game where players can grow colonies from humble landing pods to great metropolises.
And Yet It Moves, the acclaimed indie-game from developer Broken Rules, has been released for sale on Impulse today.
Stardock has released an updated version of Gas Powered Games popular PC action/strategy game Demigod today.In Demigod, players take on the role of a powerful demigod whose objective is to defeat similarly powerful opponents in a quest to ascend into the pantheon of the gods.
The game features single player tournaments and skirmish as well as a persistent on-line tournament where players can compete in ranked or unranked games in a variety of ways.
Stardock has released an update to the official World of Warcraft Desktop. The suite, created by Stardock Design with both original artwork and in-game interface graphics from Blizzard's popular massively multiplayer game. The World of Warcraft Desktop uses the MyColors theme manager to apply the WoW suite, without the installation of any other applications.
The sequel to Enlight Software's widely popular Restaurant Empire is now available on Impulse as Restaurant Empire 2 takes center stage today.
Citeremis and Stardock Corporation have announced the release of Citeremis's game Aztaka through the Impulse digital distribution platform. Aztaka is a side-scrolling adventure/RPG game that blends classic gameplay with modern technology and high-end graphics.
Arcen Games' space-based RTS, AI War - Fleet Command, makes its debut on Impulse today.
P.U.R.E., the latest game from indie developer Wolfe Games, is available today on Impulse. P.U.R.E. is a real-time strategy game set in an apocalyptic future after the fall of mankind.
Continue the magical fight against the creatures of Chaos in Battle Mages - Sign of Darkness from Meridian4.
Enter a world of high-scale tactical strategy and magic in Meridian4's Battle Mages. Battle Mages combines strategy and role-playing elements in a classic fantasy world where different races and nations live side-by-side.
Put your tactical skill to the ultimate test in Chronic Logic's Kingdom Elemental: Tactics, available now on Impulse.
Conquer the Universe in Kerberos Productions' epic space strategy game; Sword of the Stars Ultimate Collection. This bundle combines the original 2006 game and its two expansions; Born of Blood and A Murder of Crows.
Stardock is excited to release LogonStudio 1.5. LogonStudio is an application that allows you to easily change the Windows logon screen in Windows Vista. There are thousands of logons available for download from WinCustomize.com, and creating your own logon is as easy as dragging and dropping an image into LogonStudio.
Take on the role of Royal Treasure Seeker and explore the world of Endoria in this deep and complex role-playing/strategy hybrid masterpiece from Katauri Interactive and 1C.
Expand the battles of the pacific theatre in Meridian4's Pacific Storm - Allies, available now via Impulse for $19.99.
Take on the land of the rising sun in Meridian4's Pacific Storm, available today on Impulse for $14.99.
The goblins have returned after 10 years and are quirkier than ever. Stardock and Snowberry Connection announced today that after a 10 year hiatus, the Goblins series returns in Gobliiins 4 and is now available on Impulse for $19.95.
The Martian invasion has begun, and all that stands between Earth and the Little Green Men is Jopseph Stalin in this over-the-top RTS title developed by BWF, Dreamlore and N-Game, published by Mezmer Games.
Plunge into a dark and disturbing story to reveal the secrets of your ancient civilization’s relics and exact revenge on the Evil destroying your universe. Ritualistic killings and blood lust blur the line between your own kind and the Evil you seek to annihilate.
The Flanx have invaded your world and are destroying the environment. You'll need to use your unique abilities to destroy them and save the planet in Caster, the new episodic game from indie-developer Elecorn.
PLYMOUTH, MI (APRIL 14, 2009) - Stardock (www.stardock.com) announced today that its much anticipated PC real-time action strategy game, Demigod is now available for purchase at most retail outlets in North America as well as available worldwide digitally via Impulse at the same price ($39.95) no matter where the person is located.
Developed by renowned gaming studio Gas Powered Games, Demigod lets players take control of an immensely powerful being whose goal is to defeat his brethren in a series of epic arenas in order to ascend into the pantheon of the gods. During the course of each battle, players gain experience, purchase equipment, learn magical spells, capture key resources and upgrade their Citadel while working to lay waste the opposing faction.
Stardock and developer Number None announced today that the smash hit Braid has arrived for PC on Stardock's digital download platform, Impulse, for $14.95 (www.impulsedriven.com/braid).
A new stand-alone expansion to the award-winning real-time strategy game, Company of Heroes is now available on the Impulse digital distribution network.
PLYMOUTH, MI (APRIL 7, 2009) - Stardock (www.stardock.com) announced the third major update to its digital distribution platform, Impulse today. Known as Impulse: Phase 3, the update includes a host of new features.
Farmers will need to protect their cornfields and lock up their livestock because Capcom's newest game, Flock!, is now available on Impulse.
Elven Legacy, the sequel to 2007's Fantasy Wars is now available on Impulse. Lead your armies to victory in this Heroes of Might & Magic inspired turn-based strategy game from Paradox Interactive and Ino-Co.
PLYMOUTH, MI (APRIL 6, 2009) - Stardock (www.stardock.com) announced today that the highly anticipated real-time action strategy PC game, Demigod, has gone gold. Demigod is set to hit store shelves in North America on April 14 and will also be available for download on Stardock's digital distribution platform Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com). Pre-orders are now available on Impulse for both the standard edition ($39.95) and the collector's edition ($49.95.)
PLYMOUTH, MI - MARCH 31, 2009 - Stardock announced that its digital download platform, Impulse has exceeded one million customers since its launch last summer. Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com) enables users to purchase and download PC software including games, utilities and applications. The nine-month-old Impulse platform now boasts games from THQ, 2KGames, Atari, Capcom, Dreamcatcher, Epic, Paradox as well as numerous new applications, utilities, anti-virus and more. Stardock announced earlier this month that the millionth user would win a custom-built $4,000 PC gaming rig and has awarded James from Bloomington, Illinois who purchased Sacred 2: Fallen Angel last week.
PLYMOUTH, MI, March 25, 2009 - Stardock announced today that the forthcoming update to its digital distribution platform, Impulse, will include a new technology aimed to pave the way to solving some of the common complaints of digital distribution.
The new technology, known as Game Object Obfuscation (Goo), is a tool that allows developers to encapsulate their game executable into a container that includes the original executable plus Impulse Reactor, Stardock's virtual platform, into a single encrypted file.
An update to WindowBlinds is available today bringing it to version 6.4.110. WindowBlinds is an application that allows you to completely change the look and feel of Windows XP and Vista by applying visual styles, also known as skins, that change the Graphical User Interface of Windows. Thousands of skins are available for download on WinCustomize.com, and WindowBlinds is safe to use as it does not alter or patch any system files.
Play the role of Brian Spencer in Hacker Evolution: Untold, the latest in the series of hacking simulations from independent developer Exosyphen Studios.
Grand Ages: Rome, the newest city building strategy game from Haemimont Games is now available to all customers world-wide on Impulse.
IonFX and Meridian4 have teamed up to bring the award-winning mobile game, Obulis, to the PC.
PLYMOUTH, MI - MARCH 17, 2009 - Stardock Corporation announced that its digital download platform, Impulse has grown to close to a million users since its launch last summer. Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com) enables users to purchase and download PC software including games, utilities and applications. The nine-month-old Impulse platform now boasts games from THQ, 2KGames, Atari, Capcom, Dreamcatcher, Epic, Paradox as well as numerous new applications, utilities, anti-virus and more. To celebrate its success, Stardock will be giving its one millionth Impulse customer a brand new top-of-the-line gaming PC worth more than $4,000.
Today, Stardock has released IconDeveloper 2.11. IconDeveloper is an application that lets you create your own Windows icons. IconDeveloper creates these icons from images imported from your favorite graphics editor, and can quickly create icons of various sizes for Windows XP and Vista.
Amass a vast fortune in Space Trader, the latest game from Meridian4.
Take up your snowball arms and do battle to drive the other tribes into the sea in Penguin Arena from Meridian4.
Ceville, a quirky new adventure game from Kalypso Media and Realmforge Studios is now available on Impulse.
The Age of Booty has begun on Impulse with the long-awaited PC release of Capcom's real-time multiplayer strategy game.
Stardock is excited to announce the release of BootSkin 1.02. BootSkin is an application that allows users to change and create custom boot screens for Windows Vista. Unlike Windows XP boot screens, Vista boot screens are high-resolution and high-color to give you a much higher quality image.
Raycatcher, a new rhythm game from Thinking Studios is now available for purchase on Impulse!
DeskScapes 2.5 has been released today by Stardock. DeskScapes is an application which lets you run animated wallpapers, also called .dreams, on your Windows desktop. It used to be that only Windows Vista Ultimate users could take advantage of a feature like this, but DeskScapes opens this up to users of all versions of Windows Vista, and Windows XP!
PLYMOUTH, MI (FEBRUARY 25, 2009) - Stardock Entertainment (www.stardock.com) announced today that the micro-expansion to Ironclad's Strategy Game of the Year, Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment, is now ready for download on Stardock's digital download platform, Impulse. Fans that have the original Sins of a Solar Empire installed on their PCs can now purchase the title for $9.95 at www.impulsedriven.com.
Stardock is excited to announce the release of IconPackager 4.2 today. IconPackager is an application that lets Windows users change the default icons to the thousands available for download. IconPackager does this by applying "sets" of icon packs that can contain up to hundreds of icons. IP also integrates into the Windows shell letting a user change specific icons by selecting the option through the right-click menu.
Puzzle Quest: Galactrix is now available on Impulse! Take command of a starship and save the universe in this sequel to 2007's hit puzzle game Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords from D3 Publisher and Infinite Interactive.
Europa Universalis III, as well as the Napoleon's Ambition and In Nomine expansion packs from Paradox Interactive are now available as an all-in-one bundle on Impulse!
Conquer the ancient world with Europa Universalis Rome and Europa Universalis Rome: Vae Victis, available now on Impulse from Paradox Interactive.
Object Desktop, the desktop enhancement suite that you all know and love so much, that includes applications such as WindowBlinds, IconPackager, DesktopX, SkinStudio, and more, is having a limited time sale. You get all the includes applications, plus all the updates and any new additions throughout the year for just $39.95!
Build your fantasy empire in Majesty Gold Edition, available now on Impulse from Cyberlore and Paradox Interactive.
TweakVista 1.5 was released today by Stardock. TweakVista is a utility that enables users to optimize the performance and behavior of Microsoft Windows Vista. The program has been designed to allow both casual, non-technical users to safely use it as well as contain a host of advanced features for power users to dig into the internals of Windows Vista.
Stardock announced today that preorders for the highly anticipated PC version of Number None Inc.’s smash hit Braid are now available on Impulse for $14.95
Stardock is pleased to announce the release of SkinStudio 6.4. SkinStudio is an application that is used to create and edit skins, also called visual styles, for use with WindowBlinds. WindowBlinds 6.4 was released recently, and this SkinStudio release will allow skinners and theme artists to take advantage of the new features in that release.
Stardock is excited to announce the release of WindowBlinds 6.4. WindowBlinds is an application that allows users to change the complete look and feel of both Windows XP and Windows Vista using skins, also called "visual styles". WindowBlinds does not alter system files, so it's completely safe to use, and it uses the latest in hardware acceleration features so it will not affect your PC's performance.
Europa Universalis III, as well as the Napoleon's Ambition and In Nomine expansion packs from Paradox Interactive are now available on Impulse!
Stardock is pleased to announce the release of SoundPackager 1.2.SoundPackager is an application that lets users change the default Windows sound scheme to one of many available for download. This is done by applying "packages" of sound files which allows you to easily change to custom sounds without having to change each individual sound file. Changing to a new sound package just takes a couple of clicks, and restoring to the default Windows sounds is just a click away.
PLYMOUTH, MI (FEBRUARY 9, 2009) - Stardock Corporation (www.stardock.com) announced today that the first micro-expansion to Ironclad's Strategy Game of the Year, Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment, is undergoing further incorporation of beta feedback to maximize quality and will now be available February 25 for download on Stardock's digital download platform, Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com).
PLYMOUTH, MI (FEBRUARY 4, 2009) - Stardock Corporation (www.stardock.com) announced today that it is expanding its current games division and will open a second games studio in Michigan. The new studio will create up to 50 much-needed jobs in the state of Michigan and will be responsible for an as-of-yet unannounced RPG title developed and published by independent developer Stardock Entertainment.
PLYMOUTH, MI (FEBRUARY 4, 2009) - Stardock launched its most innovative desktop utility application since the popular WindowBlinds today - Stardock Fences for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. The free application from Stardock clears desktop clutter and provides consistency and organization for groups of files on the desktop. Fences allows users to literally "draw" labeled shaded areas on the desktop which become movable & resizable "containers" for desktop icons. These groups arrange and hide the files on the computer's desktop solving the "constant mess" problem that has plagued the desktop since its inception
Puzzle Quest: Galactrix is now available for pre-order on Impulse for $19.99. Take command of a starship and save the universe in this sequel to 2007's hit puzzle game Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords from D3 Publisher and Infinite Interactive.
Siber Systems, the developers of popular applications like RoboForm and GoodSync, now have these two applications available on Impulse!
Get ready for superb puzzle action as Stardock Corporation announced today that Viva Media's Crazy Machines, Crazy Machines 1.5 and Crazy Machines 2 are all now available for download on Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com) for $19.99 each.
Elven Legacy, the sequel to 2007's Fantasy Wars is now available for pre-order on Impulse for $29.99. Lead your armies to victory in this Heroes of Might & Magic inspired turn-based strategy game from Paradox Interactive and Ino-Co.
Enter the world of Calradia and become the hero you were always meant to be in Mount & Blade from Taleworlds Entertainment, now available on Impulse.
Stardock Corporation (www.stardock.com) announced today that THQ games Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War: Dark Crusade, Titan Quest, Titan Quest: Immortal Throne and Titan Quest: Gold are now available for download on Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com).
Build up and develop your own undersea world in Fishdom, the latest game from Playrix Entertainment.
Put your cooking and management skills to the test as you work to build up your own restaurant empire from nothing in Enlight Software's Restaurant Empire, available now on Impulse!
Come one, come all to the greatest show around in Enlight Software's Circus Empire, available today on Impulse!
Rule mighty Carthage during the Punic Wars in the classic strategy game, Nemesis of the Roman Empire, available now on Impulse from Enlight Software.
Stardock Corporation (www.stardock.com) announced today that Paradox Games' Hearts of Iron is now available for download on Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com) for $9.99. Also available today is the recently released Supreme Ruler 2020 and its new Global Conflict expansion, with the rest of the Paradox catalogue available soon.
Enlight Software and Stardock are pleased to announced the release of the classic strategy game, Warlords Battlecry III on Impulse today.
Enter the star hulk Icarus in order to locate and capture a vital energy source in Scavenger, the latest release from indie developer, Pi Eye Games.
Several months have gone by already in the 2008 GUI Championships, and today we get the honor of announcing the final winners in this competition. This years contest featured three categories...WindowBlinds (Visual Styles), Icon Packs, and .Dreams (Animated Wallpapers). There were so many outstanding entries this year, but it's time we focus on the final winners.
While Electronic Arts dominated the top selling list with Spore and the Sims expansions, Stardock found itself with the 6th best selling PC game title of the year despite the fact that the game has no copy protection whatsoever. Stardock has been a long-time proponent of focusing on increasing sales by rewarding customers with free after release updates instead of using invasive DRM to fight piracy.
IGN has announced their winners for the best PC games of 2008 and Sins of a Solar Empire has earned the top honor as the Best Game of 2008!
The hunt for Stardog begins at 12pm EST today. Hunt down Stardog throughout our various sites for a chance to win a $100 gift certificate to the Impulse Store. There will be a winner each day!
The first ever "Impulse Buy" sale is going on in the Impulse Store! Several games are available and you will be able to download them immediately via the Impulse digital distribution system by Stardock. Pick up games from the extremely popular Galactic Civilizations series, and the hit game, World of Goo, plus much more.
Open your mind and discover your power in Spectromancer, the hit new game from independent developer Three Donkeys. Spectromancer is a turn-based fantasy card game, co-designed by Magic: The Gathering's Richard Garfield and Alexey Stankevich, the creator of Astral Tournament and Astral Masters.
We have a new contest we are launching next week, and your mission will be to find Stardock's new mascot, Stardog.
This contest is a scavenger hunt, and will be played as followed:
Sins of a Solar Empire and Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor were both nominated for Best Strategy Game in the Best of 2008 Awards on X-Play, which can be seen on G4TV.
X-Play has announced the nominees of it's "Best of 2008" awards which will appear on G4TV on December 9th. Both Sins of a Solar Empire,and Galactic Civilizations II; Twilight of the Arnor were nominated for Best Strategy Game!
New from Lighthouse Interactive and Graviteam comes Steel Fury: Kharkov 1942. Step into the drivers seat and take command of more than 40 different, realistically modeled vehicles, including the T-34/76, MK II 'Matilda' III and the Pz. IV Ausf. F2 tanks through historical World War II missions.
The fight against the Krainian Empire continues in Pi Eye Games' DarkSide, the sequel to the hit indie-game, ArkLight.
Take control of the X52-ArkLight in Pi Eye Games action-shooter, ArkLight, now available on Impulse.
Playrix Entertainment and Stardock are pleased to announce the release of 4 Elements onto Impulse. 4 Elements is a story-driven matching game that sets players to save an ancient kingdom using magic and mystery.
The latest edition of the Demigod Developer on RPG Vault at IGN.com is now out. Demigod is the upcoming real-time tactical strategy game from developer Gas Powered Games, and published by Stardock.
Command multiple infantry squads in THQ and Pandemic Studios' Full Spectrum Warrior - Ten Hammers, now on Impulse. The sequel to the critically acclaimed tactical combat game is available for $9.99.
Adding to the slate of THQ's back catalog, Stardock is pleased to announce the worldwide availability of Pandemic Studios' Full Spectrum Warrior on Impulse.
Expand the mighty Roman Empire to new environs with the Emperor Expansion to Imperium Romanum, available today on Impulse from Kalypso Media and Haemimont Games.
Become John Singleton Mosby, one of the Civil War's most interesting and dynamic leaders, in Tilted Mill's Mosby's Confederacy - available now on Impulse.
Stardock has released the 2009 edition of its popular desktop experience suite Object Desktop. Object Desktop is a set of utilities that enables users to completely transform the desktop experience of Windows XP or Windows Vista.
PLYMOUTH MI - NOVEMBER 18, 2008 - Stardock announced a huge free update for Sins of a Solar Empire today, the award-winning title from developer Ironclad Games. Additionally, fans that pre-order the expansion will be included in the upcoming beta for "Entrenchment". Fans can pre-order the expansion at www.impulsedriven.com.
The Chernobyl disaster resurfaces as THQ's S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl arrives on Impulse today. Available for $19.99 USD | 9.99 EUR/GBP, players will journey through the contamination zone of Chernobyl's wake for treasure and secrets.
Experience the intensity, thrills and excitement of motorcycle racing in Capcom's MotoGP 08, available today on Impulse.
The indie hit, Bullet Candy, by Charlie's Games has found its way onto Impulse today for just $3.99! Packed with fast particle graphics and tight gameplay, Bullet Candy is an arena shooter of non-stop action.
Stardock is pleased to announce the release of Aquarium Desktop 2009. Don't bother with a screensaver which you hardly ever see, when Aquarium Desktop offers a realistic "virtual" fish tank right on your desktop. Aquarium Desktop has animated fish and plants that swim and move across your desktop while your work.
GameSpot has an exclusive video of the first teaser trailer for Elemental: War of Magic, the recently announced upcoming PC game from Stardock. This is definitely a “teaser”, and will have fans eagerly awaiting more.
Head over to the Elemental: War of Magic page on GameSpot to view the video.
Kalypso Media and Stardock have released Imperium Romanum: Gold Edition onto the Impulse store today. Available for $39.99 USD/Euro | $29.95 GBP, Imperium Romanum: Gold Edition makes players a Roman governor on the rise to fame and fortune.
Stardock Corporation announced today that Gas Powered Games' Supreme Commander Gold is now available for download on Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com) for $29.99. Supreme Commander Gold combines the awesome action of both Supreme Commander and Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance.
Stardock announced today that Sacred 2: Fallen Angel is now available for $49.95 on Stardock’s digital download platform Impulse to all gamers in North America.
2D Boy and Stardock have teamed up to bring the indie-hit game, World of Goo, to Impulse.
Gamers can return to New Arcadia to renew the fight against the forces of darkness in Episode 2 of On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, available now on Impulse.
Take on the role of the robot D-Tritus in American McGee's Scrapland, the latest Enlight game now available on Impulse.
European adventurers can explore legends, myths and magic on a remote Welsh farmstead in Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches, available today on Impulse from Lighthouse Interactive.
Stardock has released a major free update to its award-winning PC strategy game, Galactic Civilizations II. The update adds a host of new features to its latest expansion pack Twilight of the Arnor as well as expands on features found in the Dark Avatar expansion pack.
Baseball Mogul 2008 is now available on the Impulse store, becoming the second game from publisher Enlight's catalog to be released on Stardock's digital distribution platform. Baseball Mogul 2008 is the 10th edition of the award-winning simulation franchise that gives players complete control over any professional baseball team.
Stardock announced its next major PC game, Elemental: War of Magic today. Stardock, the company that has released such award-winning PC games such as Galactic Civilizations, Ironclad’s Sins of a Solar Empire and is nearing the release date of Gas Powered Games’ Demigod has set the retail launch date of Elemental: War of Magic (www.elementalgame.com) for the first quarter of 2010 at $49.95 with a public beta starting next Spring.
Lighthouse Interactive's new tank simulation, WWII Battle Tanks: T34 vs. Tiger, has been released! Set in Belarus during the summer of 1943, the game centers around the Soviet Union's "Operation Bagration" against the retreating German Wehrmacht.
Enlight and Stardock have teamed up to add their catalog of titles to the Impulse store! The first release, available now, is the hit strategy game, Capitalism II. In the game, players will create and control the business empire of their dreams, dealing with almost every aspect of the real world.
Dreamcatcher Interactive and Stardock have released the turn-based strategy game, SpaceForce Captains, onto Impulse today.
Stardock and THQ have partnered to create the official desktop theme for the Saints Row 2 game. Designed by the talented artists at Stardock Design and powered by Stardock's MyColors technology, the desktop theme is available as a free download for consumers who pre-ordered the game at select retailers and will also be available as a premium MyColors suite.
Stardock and independent developer, Mark Pay, are proud to announce the release of The Spirit Engine 2 onto Impulse today. The Spirit Engine 2 is an epic adventure that evokes the feel of classic console RPGs, while taking advantage of an innovative real-time battle system and compelling storyline.
From the developers of Children of the Nile, Caesar IV, and SimCity Societies comes Hinterland - a new type of role-playing strategy game from Tilted Mill. The Hinterland PC game is now available for $19.99 on Stardock's digital download platform Impulse.
Stardock is excited to announce the release of IconDeveloper 2.10. IconDeveloper is an application which allows users to easily create their own Windows icons. IconDeveloper is not a drawing application, but lets you import images created in other application like Photoshop, and quickly turn them into icons.
IconDeveloper will also allow you to recolor icons, do batch conversions, add new sizes, and even incorporates itself into the Windows shell for simple access using the right-click menu.
New and updated features in v2.10:
Games Faction and Stardock are pleased to announce the release of the PAX10 Finalist game, Project Aftermath, onto Impulse today. Project Aftermath is an arcade RTS where you command up to four squads of soldiers in battles on a retro-futuristic world.
Voodoo® has selected Stardock Corporation, the world's leading desktop enhancement company, to bring Voodoo's first customized desktop theme to all versions of Windows® Vista and Windows® XP. The theme is downloadable and installable with just a few clicks.
The sequel to the popular life simulation by Positech Games has arrived in Kudos 2. Bigger and better than ever before, Kudos 2 will put you back in control of your own virtual self to see how you'll do in life before you reach age 30.
Like most companies, Stardock puts together an internal business plan for setting up goals and objectives for the company for the forthcoming year (Stardock's fiscal year begins its execution phase every October 1). As part of this business plan is an appendix that acts as a critical analysis of what Stardock customers can expect to see and what challenges the company faces to better satisfy customer expectations.
The Adventure Company and Stardock have released Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None onto Impulse today. Step into one of the world's best-selling mystery stories of all time in this engaging 3rd person adventure game. Play as the new eleventh character, Patrick Narracott, the boatman who takes the guests to Shipwreck Island.
Have you been to Impulsedriven.com in awhile? Well if you have, you'll notice that we've done some redecorating to not only the website but the store itself. We've made the website much more informational with the homepage now adding a featured title section highlighting a major software or game, a latest news section showing off recent releases, and a recent articles section authored by people from the Impulse community. You'll also find the navigation to be a lot more friendly with the left hand-side search bar and menu.
From the creator of the hit indie game, Jets'n'Guns, comes KingMania, a fast & furious action strategy game.
From the creator of the hit indie game, Jets'n'Guns, comes Styrateg, an adventure/RPG that will draw you into its perilous world.
Indie developer Rake in Grass and Stardock are pleased to announce the release of Larva Mortus onto Impulse today.
The latest update in the Demigod blog at IGN comes from Dru Staltman and NateSimpson from Gas Powered Games. They talk about the process of creating the characters featured in Demigod.
Stardock is pleased to announce the release of WindowBlinds 6.3. These releases come just in time for the start of the 2008 GUI Championships, which start next month. WindowBlinds is the easiest way to change the look and feel of the user interface of Windows XP and Windows Vista. There are thousands of skins (visual styles) are available for just about every style you can imagine. People can also create their own skins with SkinStudio.
Stardock is excited to announce the release of SkinStudio 6.3. SkinStudio allows anyone to create or modify skins which can then be applied using WindowBlinds. SkinStudio was completely redesigned to allow new users to have an easier experience making skins, while allowing experienced skinners the have the advanced options they need.
Dreamcatcher Interactive and Stardock have released SpaceForce Rogue Universe onto Impulse today. The game is an open-ended and innovative 3D space adventure/simulation filled with stars, planets, moons, starbases and more.
Stardock is pleased to announce the release of IconPackager 4.1. IconPackager is an application that allows users to change hundreds of icons at one time on their Windows machine. IconPackager uses packs of icons that can be applied at once, or you can change icons individually if you choose. There is also integration with the Windows shell which allow changing of individual icons for files and folders from the right-click menu.
RedLynx and Stardock have released the hugely popular Trials 2 motorcycle game onto Impulse today. Trials 2 Second Edition includes 65 different tracks, player profiles, team building, statistics, achievements, global high-scores, online replays and much more.
Stardock and Merscom have released the spoof adventure game, Ghost in the Sheet, onto Impulse today for $19.95.
Stardock, the company behind such games as Galactic Civilizations, Sins of a Solar Empire, and Demigod has made available The Political Machine Express. This free strategy game puts players in the role of the campaign manager of either John McCain or Barack Obama in a quest to win the white house.
Players play on the electoral map of the United States with the goal to gain the 270 electoral votes necessary to win the election. Players get 21 weeks (approximately the time candidates have between the primary season and the general election) to make speeches, raise money, buy advertisements, hire political operatives, appear on cable TV shows in order to woo voters to their side.
Stardock announced today that The Witcher: Enhanced Edition is now available on Stardock's digital download platform Impulse for $39.99.
Stardock and Lighthouse Interactive are pleased to announce the release of Overclocked: A History of Violence onto Impulse today. Overclocked is available for $19.99 and is rated Mature by the ESRB.
Stardock announced today that The Witcher: Enhanced Edition, a vastly improved edition of 2007's PC RPG of the Year developed by CD Projekt RED, is now available for discounted pre-order on Stardock's digital download platform Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com).
GameSpy takes a look at the upcoming Entrechment expansion pack for the hit PC game, Sins of a Solar Empire from IronClad Games and Stardock. Of the many new features and improvement in Entrenchment, GameSpy dove right into the new Star bases and what it means to the overall game.
In the latest edition of the Stardock Games blog on IGN.com, Stardock CEO Brad Wardell talks about the upcoming PC game, Demigod, and discusses the customization options that players can use to create their own unique Demigod. Brad and Gas Powered Games lead designer, Mike Marr, have a developers chat and come up with quite a few options to give players more options for their Demigod.
The next set of titles from 2K Games are now available for sale on Impulse as Stardock announces the release of Sid Meier's Railroads and Shattered Union.
Stardock has updated its popular PC strategy game, The Political Machine to include the new Vice Presidential candidates along with adding a host of compelling new features.
Stardock announced today that Tilted Mill's Children of the Nile: Alexandria, an addition to the Children of the Nile: Enhanced Edition PC game, is now available for $5.99 on Stardock’s digital download platform Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com).
Following up on the recent announcement of 2K Games coming to Impulse, Stardock is proud to announce the availability of Civilization III Complete and Sid Meier's Pirates!
Stardock Games has a blog on the IGN site, and CEO/President of Stardock, Brad Wardell gives an in-depth look at the “beginnings” of the upcoming game, Demigod, from Gas Powered Games.
The betas for WindowBlinds 6.3 and SkinStudio 6.3 are now available on both Stardock Central and Impulse. This comes at a perfect time as the 2008 GUI Champs starts in just over a month! The most notable feature in this release is the new skinning option for layer blends, and the improved tree view and maximized edit windows in SkinStudio.
Stardock announced today that the award-winning and best-selling PC strategy game, Sins of a Solar Empire, will feature several micro-expansions over the next year. The first expansion pack, Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment is currently in development and will be released late 2008 for $9.95 via Stardock’s Impulse digital distribution platform (www.impulsedriven.com).
Further bolstering its lineup of innovative indie games, Stardock and Positech Games are pleased to announce the release of Kudos, Kudos: Rock Legend and Democracy 2 onto Impulse, free of DRM. Each of these unique simulations has won Positech acclaim in the press and indie community.
Stardock announced today that “phase two” of its digital download platform, Impulse, has begun and all updates, new games and software applications will soon be live. Phase two of Impulse sees new games from 2k (Civilizations III, Shattered Union, Sid Meier’s Pirates! and Sid Meier’s Railroads!) and Tilted Mill’s Children of the Nile enhanced edition. New software applications include a host of Corel applications like WordPerfect Office X4, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4, and Corel Paint Shop Pro X2 as well as software applications from Genie Soft, Iolo, and AVG Internet Security and Anti-Virus & Anti-Spyware software.
Tilted Mill Entertainment and Stardock are pleased to announce the release of Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile Enhanced Edition on Impulse today. This new version of Children of the Nile includes a number of new features over the original retail release including Vista compatibility, a new Brickyard building, new city decorations, new shrines, a quickstart tutorial, and much more.
VideoStudio 11.5 Plus is video editing and DVD authoring software for anyone who wants to easily produce professional-looking videos, slideshows, and DVDs. Work quickly with intuitive wizards, or express your creativity with hands-on editing tools.
Genie Backup Manager Home 8.0 (GBM Home 8.0) is a total system and data protection solution. GBM Home 8.0 is a reliable and robust backup and data recovery solution yet combines ease-of-use and user-interface consistency - containing everything under one roof.
Meridian4 and Dialogue Design's Tank Universal roars onto Impulse today! Tank Universal is a huge, virtual 'Tron-like' world where you take part in immense 3D tank battles involving scores of units with wide open levels.
Muzzy Lane Software's popular World War II strategy game, Making History: The Calm & the Storm Gold Edition is now available on Impulse. The Gold Edition includes a number of new features, including a Game Editor and a brand new scenario that focuses on Germany's rise to power.
Stardock and Clear Crown Studios are pleased to announce the release of Shattered Suns, now available on Impulse. Set in space, Shattered Suns gives players command of a fleet of player-designed space ships fighting 3-dimensional battles amid the ever-changing battlefield of orbiting planets and moons.
Corel® WinDVD® 9 Plus Blu-ray is DVD, Blu-ray Disc and video playback software that delivers quality and entertainment in style.
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 is filled with easy automatic photo fixes and precision editing tools. Plus, the NEW one-of-a-kind Express Lab helps you quickly view and fix dozens of photos in the time it used to take to edit a few.
Blast hordes of rampaging alien fighters in Sahmon Games' stunning arcade space-scroller, Astro Avenger II, now available on Impulse.
Stardock announced today several new video game titles from Capcom and new software applications from Genie-Soft have been added to the Impulse catalogue (www.impulsedriven.com). Launched in June, Impulse is a cohesive, integrated virtual platform for consumers and developers that is designed to simplify buying, supporting, and developing PC games and applications for Windows XP and Vista.
Harley-Davidson is a symbol of freedom around the world, and today enthusiasts can put the legend of the road into their PC desktops. The Harley-Davidson branded desktops are ornamented with classic or raw imagery while retaining the PC’s functionality, included a branded media player, and customized icons.
Stardock is pleased to announce the release of SkinStudio 6.2. SkinStudio is an application that allows you to design custom visual styles for Windows Vista and Windows XP. These visual styles (skins) can then be applied using WindowBlinds. When creating a new skin you can change the complete look of Windows by changing the start button, taskbar, buttons, titlebars, and pretty much everything in between.
Gamespot has just released the official Demigod trailer along with a Q&A from Gas Powered Games, Chris Taylor and Stardock’s very own Brad Wardell.
The next major update for Sins of a Solar Empire, the best-selling PC strategy game of 2008 that puts the player in command of an interstellar empire at war, is here!
Stardock is pleased to announced the release of WindowBlinds 6.2 today. WindowBlinds is an application that lets users easily change their Windows interface by applying a new skin. These "visual styles" can be applied across the entire user interface (title bars, push buttons, start menu, taskbar, etc.) of the operating system. As a result, users gain complete control over the way Windows looks.
The Political Machine 2008 version 1.04 is now available to all registered owners of the game. This update includes various tweaks, as well as new elements to help you create your own bobble-head. Also, a new enhanced chat feature that allows players to smack-talk opponents in multiplayer during the final votes. Version 1.04 also adds several new 'Dark Horse' candidates, such as the wise-cracking Minister Mike Huckabee, the rock skipping Mike Gravel, and media stud Dennis Kuchinich.
Stardock has released MyColors 2.5 today. MyColors is a software program that includes everything you need to change your Windows experience. MyColors changes your Windows visual style, icons, wallpaper, and even adds gadgets to your desktop. These gadgets can range from media players to weather forecast gadgets depending on the theme. It doesn't modify any system files and enables users to easily switch between themes and back to default Windows with just a few clicks.
Run your own Hollywood studio with Kalypso Media's, Hollywood Pictures 2. The sequel to the cult Tycoon game, Hollywood Pictures, this edition gives players the power to direct, shoot and edit movies.
The world's most powerful, easy to use desktop customization program gets a major update: DesktopX 3.5.
Corel WinDVD 9 and Painter X are the latest applications to be available on Stardock's Impulse, the next-gen digital distribution platform.
Stardock is pleased to announced the release of CursorFX 2.01 today. CursorFX is an application that lets users easily change their Windows cursors to one of thousands available for download. These can range from simple mouse cursors, to cursors with very detailed graphics and animations. CursorFX also includes a powerful, yet easy to use, editor in which you can create your own cursors which you can use on your own, or share with others.
Stardock has made available the preliminary change log to Sins of a Solar Empire v1.1. Developer Ironclad has been busy updating virtually every part of the game based on player feedback.
Stardock has released the first update to its popular PC strategy game, The Political Machine 2008. The new update adds a new TV interview venue, user interface updates, gameplay tweaks, and some bug fixes.
Acclaimed developer, Epic Games, has signed on with Stardock to deliver their hit series of Unreal titles to Impulse. Now available through the Impulse Store, each game in the Unreal series is represented, ranging from Unreal Gold straight through to Unreal Tournament 3.
Stardock introduces Corel WordPerfect Office X4, which is now available on Impulse, Stardock's next-generation digital distribution platform. WordPerfect Office X4 (Standard edition) from Corel has all the essential office applications anyone would need. Create professional and high-quality spreadsheets, documents, presentations with Microsoft Office compatibility.
Lighthouse Interactive's latest point & click adventure game, Belief & Betrayal, is now available on Impulse. Players will be taken deep in a secretive and mysterious world of faith and superstition, power and intrigue, truth and conspiracy.
Kalypso Media's latest micro-expansion for their city-building simulation, Imperium Romanum is now available on Impulse.
Today Stardock (www.stardock.com) released The Political Machine 2008, the highly anticipated follow-up to its 2004 smash hit. The Political Machine 2008 is a PC game that puts players in control of the 2008 presidential campaign. Play as the campaign manager for a host of candidates including Barack Obama, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, historical candidates or design one from scratch. The game is available at major U.S. retail outlets as well as directly from www.politicalmachine.com for $19.95. It requires Wndows XP or Windows Vista to play.
With the backing of industry powerhouse games and software developers and publishers, Stardock today announced the launch of its next-generation digital distribution platform, Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com). Impulse is a cohesive, integrated virtual platform for consumers and developers that is designed to simplify buying, supporting, and developing PC games and applications for Windows XP and Vista.
Take off for a space-based action adventure in Kalypso Media's Star Assault, now available through TotalGaming.net. When humankind took to the stars to search out new energy sources, rapid successes brought huge rewards in the advancement of travel, exploration and colonisation.
The first micro-expansion pack for Kalypso's city-builder, Imperium Romanum, is now available! The Conquest of Britannia expansion includes four new scenarios that will take players across Britannia to found new cities for the glory of Rome.
The indie award-winning game, Depths of Peril, from Soldak Entertainment is now available on TotalGaming.net! Depths of Peril is a single-player action / RPG that places gamers as the leader of a barbarian city.
Alienware® has selected Stardock Corporation, the world's leading desktop enhancement company, to bring Alienware's first animated desktop theme, Invader, to Windows® XP and all versions of Windows Vista. The theme is downloadable and installable with just a few clicks. To see a screenshot of Invader, please visit: www.alienware.com/alienguise. Enthusiasts must register with Alienware to download the desktop design.
Stardock is proud to announce the release of IconPackager 4. IconPackager allows users to easily, and safely, change nearly all of Windows' icons at once using icon "packages." IconDeveloper 4 has been through quite the overhaul, one of which is the completely new user interface.
The first review of Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor has arrived and it's from GameSpy. Famed reviewer Allen Rausch has taken an extremely in-depth look at the game and put together a very detailed review.
Stardock is excited to announce the release of WindowBlinds 6.1 today. WindowBlinds is the easiest, and safest way to change the complete look and feel of both Windows Vista and XP by applying one of thousands of visual styles that are available.
PLYMOUTH, MI (MAY 06, 2008) - Animated wallpaper is now available to all users of Windows Vista as Stardock has released DeskScapes 2.0 today on www.stardock.com. DeskScapes allows users to display video as well as dynamic content on the Windows Vista desktop.
The mystery of the Arnor is about to be solved: Stardock is pleased to announce that Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor is now available for download. The expansion pack to the critically acclaimed 4X turn-based space strategy game, Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, completes the Dread Lord saga with the return of the powerful precursor civilization, the Arnor. The title requires the first expansion pack (Dark Avatar) to run and is available for $29.95 at http://www.galciv2.com/twilight/ . A bundle of the entire saga is available at a discount at www.stardock.com
Today, Stardock is pleased to announced the release of KeepSafe 2.0. KeepSafe is the ultimate real-time data protection technology that is as simple as set-and-forget it. It's designed to work in the background and be as seamless as possible.
After a full year of effort, Stardock has officially launched MyColors to the general public. Users in the skinning community are already familiar with MyColors but to recap:
MyColors makes applying premium suites a snap. A MyColors theme includes everything a user needs to completely transform the Windows experience - a new Windows GUI, a new set of icons, gadgets, wallpaper, etc.
TotalGaming is pleased to welcome Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine from Meridian4 its stable of titles. Al Emmo is a witty western that follows in the tradition of classic adventure games, such as Grim Fandango and Leisure Suit Larry.
The Adventure Company and TotalGaming.net are happy to announce the release of Safecracker, the classic adventure/puzzle game from Kheops Studios.
The Ford Mustang is an American icon. From the classic 1950's ragtop design to the present powerful engines, the Ford Mustang has always been one of America's greatest automobiles. Stardock, the company best known for its desktop customization software, now offers an American classic, the Ford Mustang on PC's everywhere with MyColors.
Stardock Corporation, the world's leading provider of desktop enhancement software, launched Object Desktop 2008 today. Object Desktop is a suite of utilities that enables users to completely personalize the Windows experience- change how Windows looks, feels, and functions to suit the user's preference. The 2008 version of the suite is split into two tiers: Object Desktop 2008, and Object Desktop 2008 Ultimate. The standard version is set at $49.95, with the Ultimate edition tagged at $69.95. Existing Object Desktop owners will be upgraded to the Ultimate edition of the software for free.
Stardock and Gas Powered Games announced today that they have reached a publishing agreement for Gas Powered Games' upcoming PC game, Demigod. Demigod is a team-based action game with RTS and RPG elements. Players take control of a massive Demigod with the goal of annihilating their opponent's position in a given arena while preventing the opponent's Demigod from doing the same to them. Although the game supports superb one-on-one duels, the title will truly shine in team play either with other human-controlled Demigods or with ones controlled by a sophisticated computer AI. As the game progresses, the player's Demigod will acquire items, attributes and experience.
Do you have what it takes to be the president? Today Stardock Entertainment announced The Political Machine 2008, a new PC game that puts players in control of the 2008 presidential campaign. Play as the campaign manager for a host of candidates including Barack Obama, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, historical candidates or design one from scratch.
Kalypso Media and TotalGaming.net are proud to announce the release of Imperium Romanum. The long-awaited sequel to the million-seller "Glory of the Roman Empire," Imperium Romanum tasks players with building the cities of the great Roman Empire.
NPD has released the top 10 best selling PC games for February. Here are the results...
SkinStudio is a free skin creation applications designed to make it relatively easy to make skins for WindowBlinds. With SkinStudio, users can change virtually every aspect of the Windows XP or Windows Vista graphical user interface including title bars, push buttons, the task bar, the start menu, explorer controls, borders, scrollbars, and much more!
Vista introduced a whole new icon format based on 256-256 sized icons. Stardock IconDeveloper 2.0 is a complete rewrite of the popular icon creation utility.
Stardock is pleased to announce that the DeskScapes 2.0 preview version is now available. DeskScapes allows users of Windows Vista to have animated wallpapers on their desktop. It runs the Stardock created .DREAM format which can contain videos as animated wallpapers or dynamically generated content.
Stardock has put together a guided tour of Object Desktop 2008. Object Desktop is Stardock's flag ship desktop experience suite that allows users to completely transform the Windows experience. Check out what's new in the next-generation edition of this award-winning product.
There has been a lot of discussion on piracy and PC gaming recently in the media. Stardock's game team has given the issue some analysis and put together an article on the topic.
Microsoft has launched UltimatePC.com, a new website where people can go to learn about the best PCs available and the great things that people do with them. UltimatePC.com also provides Windows Vista Ultimate customers with special offers called Ultimate Exclusives which deliver added value. These offers provide unique products and services at special discounts exclusively for Windows Vista Ultimate customers. Stardock is among those partners selected to participate in the initial launch.
NBA fans have an entirely new way to showcase their team pride. Stardock, the industry leader in Windows customization, today announced it has unveiled NBA inspired desktop themes for all 30 NBA teams through their line of MyColors desktop suites.
Gamasutra has released their weekly best selling list across all platforms.
TweakVista 1.0 established a foundation. It basically gave users a way to know what was running on their system and control it to a much finer degree than normally possible but in a way that was safer than most other solutions. It also allows users to modify the security settings without simply disabling them.
TweakVista 1.1 is merely the first step on the journey to let users start tweaking Vista themselves.
Stardock is pleased to announce the official release of CursorFX. CursorFX is a free program that allows users to customize their mouse cursors in ways far beyond what Windows is capable of doing on its own.
The default Windows mouse cursor technology is the same today as it was in 1993 when Windows NT 3.1 was released. It lacks functionality and visual effects that are easily possible with any remotely modern PC.
Stardock announced today that it will be developing The Political Machine 2008, a PC strategy game that lets gamers take a shot at running for President.
Stardock Corporation, the world's leading desktop enhancement company, and Alienware Corporation, a leading manufacturer of high-performance computer desktop, notebook, media center and professional systems, have partnered to offer 2D and 3D animators a chance to win a new Alienware Area-51 desktop computer system by creating alien-themed animated wallpapers for Windows Vista Ultimate.
Stardock announced DeskScapes 2.0 today. DeskScapes is a program that allows users of Windows Vista to have animated wallpaper on their desktop.
DeskScapes 1.0 was released earlier this year exclusively for Windows Vista Ultimate users. It supports playing video content as animated wallpaper, dynamic content as animated wallpaper, and more.
DeskScapes 2.0 will run on all versions of Windows Vista that can run Aero (Windows Home Premium, Ultimate, Business). What makes DeskScapes special is that it can run animated wallpaper and use virtually no CPU and very little memory.
Stardock released TweakVista 1.01 today. It is available as a free trial and users of Object Desktop can now download the update application through Stardock Central.
Stardock Entertainment, a leading publisher and developer of top-quality PC games, today announced that it is further expanding the impressive product lineup at TotalGaming.net, the world’s most user-friendly digital distribution site, with acclaimed titles from Lighthouse Interactive.
Stardock, the world leader in Windows customization, released SoundPackager today, a new program designed to bring a vast array of sounds to your Windows computers. SoundPackager makes customizing your sound experience in Windows easy, by allowing users the ability to choose from “sound packages,” eliminating the need to edit each system sound assignment individually
Stardock Entertainment today announced that Massive Assault Network 2 (M.A.N. 2), the latest title in Wargaming.net's acclaimed Massive Assault series, has been added to TotalGaming.net, the world's most user-friendly digital distribution site. Massive Assault Network 2 is available for $9.95 at: http://totalgaming.stardock.com/games/?id=man2.
We're happy to announce the release of Spinword onto TotalGaming.net today. Developed by Slam Games, Spinword combines puzzle-solving and action to create a unique word game.
Fresh from the grave, Stardock delivers Halloween straight to your desktop. Our macabre desktop is packed full of ghoulish icons, unearthly visual styles, wicked gadgets and a haunted wallpaper sure to send shivers through your bones. This desktop screams Halloween and is our treat to you with the purchase of any Premium Suite.
Stardock (www.stardock.com), the world’s largest Windows customization company, released the highly anticipated sixth version of WindowBlinds today. With over 12 million downloads on CNET’s Download.com, WindowBlinds is a utility that allows users to change the look and feel of the Windows desktop experience by applying skins to the user interface. WindowBlinds can change title bars, push buttons, Start bars, scrollbars and nearly every other element of the Windows user interface. The software is $19.95 and can be downloaded directly from www.windowblinds.net.
Stardock Corporation, the world’s leading desktop enhancement company, has partnered with Chameleon, a leading mobile technology company specializing in personalization, to bring the ultimate customization experience to your Windows mobile devices. Chameleon is the first organization to offer downloadable custom content to Windows mobile users.
Coinciding with the retail launch, TotalGaming.net and Meridian4 are proud to announce the release of The Chosen: Well of Souls. Created by developer, Rebelmind, the action / RPG pits players against the powerful sorcerer Marcus Dominus Ingens as he attempts to take over the world with his unholy army.
Stardock Entertainment and Meridian4 today announced that the companies have signed an agreement to bring a number of Meridian4's titles to TotalGaming.net, the world’s most user-friendly digital distribution site. Three of Meridian4's most anticipated titles of 2007, Alpha Prime, Shadowgrounds Survivor and The Chosen: Well of Souls, are now available for pre-order at TotalGaming.net, while another Meridian4 title, Hot Dog King, has recently been added and is already available for purchase.
Stardock released DeskScapes 1.02 today. It is available as a free download from dream.wincustomize.com and users of Object Desktop can now download the update application through Stardock Central.
Isotx has announced the newest release of their CrosuS game management software, which now includes Stardock's DirectSkin skinning technology. CrosuS is a mod management tool that helps automatically download and install mods and maps for over 30 games, displays reviews and user comments about mods, and links to mod websites and other information.
Stardock Entertainment and Dreamcatcher Interactive today announced that the companies have reached an agreement to bring many of Dreamcatcher's best games to Stardock's acclaimed TotalGaming.net digital-distribution service.
Stardock has released its new Windows Vista utility, TweakVista. This powerful yet easy to use utility is designed for casual users and power users alike who want to configure Windows Vista to perform more to their liking.
Stardock Entertainment today announced that Mr. Robot the highly acclaimed game from independent developer Moonpod Games, is now available for purchase at TotalGaming.net, the company’s user-friendly digital-distribution service. In the coming weeks Starscape, another Moonpod hit, will also join the TotalGaming.net lineup.
Stardock is pleased to officially announce that the beta of WindowBlinds 6 is now available for users of Object Desktop. WindowBlinds 6 represents a whole new generation of Windows skinning with advanced new features such as animation overlays, blur glass effects on both Windows Vista and Windows XP, user created sub-styles, full font control, explorer backgrounds, complete Windows Vista skinning, faster performance, and much more!
Cypron Studios and Stardock Entertainment are pleased to announce the release of Gods: Lands of Infinity Special Edition onto TotalGaming.net. The new Special Edition contains a number of new features including an updated version of the Gods engine, newly polished graphics, a brand new user interface, redesigned character animations, a new game soundtrack with improved sound effects, additional bonus weapons and armor, and an expanded Alchemy system. In addition, the Special Edition stars model Kyla Cole as the lead character, Vivien.
Stardock's TweakVista Software Certified for Windows Vista™
Microsoft Awards Stardock's Enhancement Software the Certified for Windows
Vista Logo
Plymouth, MI- (June 29, 2007) – Microsoft has awarded
Stardock's TweakVista™ software its prestigious Certified for Windows Vista
logo. Only applications that pass rigorous testing procedures for compatibility,
functionality and reliability on Windows Vista-based personal computers are
granted this logo.
The critically acclaimed action-shooter for the PC returns with more firepower than ever before in Rake-in-Grass' Jets'n'guns Gold, now available through TotalGaming.net. The new Gold edition features all of gameplay that made the original Jets'n'Guns such a hit, plus all the content of the new expansion pack. Players will be able to fight through 21 new levels (43 in all), using up to 12 customizable ships outfitted with all the weapons war will allow on a fighter.
Starting today, you can pick up the Apogee,
Orion and Utopia premium icon suites all in one bundle, Paul Boyer's
Icon Trilogy, for the low price of $19.95! These three outstanding
icon sets individually sell for $9.95, so buying them as a pack, you essentially
get one free. This is a great and inexpensive way to get three distinct
and high-quality icon sets for your PC.
Head on over here to pick yourself up a copy!
Plymouth, MI and Miami, FL - (October 13, 2006) – Alienware has teamed up with Stardock Corporation, the world’s leading desktop enhancement company, to create the new Xenomorph desktop theme. This theme allows Windows PC users to download and apply a slick new look to their desktop with just a few clicks.
Yes, that's right skinning fans, more premium content! Today Stardock Design is proud to present the Liquidox Premium Suite, by PixelPirate. Here's the 411 on this stylish suite that's just packed full with an insane amount of content.
Improve your luck with the Fortune Suite from Stardock! Fortune adds a great new visual style, over 30 icons, two gadgets, a wallpaper, a logon, and a bootskin to your PC. This suite includes the "fortune ball" gadget, which is sure to add an element of fun to your Windows experience. Just think of a question and click on the gadget for your answer.
At long last, ObjectBar 2.0 is available now
on Stardock.com . This upgrade is free to
existing customers.
ObjectBar is a program that can replace or extend the
Windows taskbar. It provides the functionality of the Start bar while adding a
vast array of new features and benefits. Because it is so flexible and
skinnable, it can be made to look like any sort of toolbar, menu, dock, etc.
found on any OS, or it can be used to create something entirely new, giving you
a level of personalization on the Windows desktop interface.
A new version is DesktopX is now available on Stardock Central. DesktopX is an enhancement utility that allows you to create cool and useful mini-applications that sit on your desktop.
This clean and elegant suite gives you everything you need to give your PC a new and refreshed look. Argos comes with a visual style that is easy on the eyes, a wallpaper, new logon and boot screens, as well as matching icons, mouse cursors!
San Francisco, CA and Plymouth, MI, August 24, 2006 – NHANDZ, a Digital Home company offering input devices and software that enable remote control of PC/Mac’s and Stardock, a leading developer of Windows enhancement utilities, announced the immediate availability of Keyboard LaunchPad (KLP) with Skype control. KLP with Skype control is a software program that allows users to create keyboard shortcuts or “hotkeys” to control computer applications and other computer functions instantly with a press of a button, without the need to use a mouse or be in view of a monitor screen.
As part of the first video podcast for PowerUser.TV, Brad Wardell recorded a video demonstration walking us through all the components of Object Desktop 2007. This video should give users who are not familiar with the suite (or are only familiar with a part of the suite) an excellent idea of how much of their desktop they can customize with Object Desktop.
Famed WindowBlinds skinner "Essorant" brings you another exciting set of WindowBlinds skins. This set of five premium WindowBlinds 5-based Visual Styles will give your desktop a smart and polished look and feel. The set includes Khado, Gyre, Caracal, Raven and Jent as well as 5 matching wallpapers.
Plymouth, MI- (August 10, 2006) – Garanti Bank of Turkey has licensed Stardock’s Theme Manager software and selected Stardock Design to create and deploy a unique, branded desktop theme throughout the bank’s branches.
Plymouth, MI- (August 10, 2006) – Garanti Bank of Turkey has licensed Stardock’s Theme Manager software and selected Stardock Design to create and deploy a unique, branded desktop theme throughout the bank’s branches.
Aquarium Desktop 2006 brings your desktop to life by turning it into a virtual aquarium. Your background becomes a fish tank, you can add various aquarium toys and plants on your screen and watch as virtual fish swim around the screen.
Today, we are adding a new fish pack, which comes with 8 brand new fish and other elements. To the right you can see one of those new fish, the Scissortail.
This stylish suite includes everything needed to give your PC a new attitude. It includes a visual style that will change the way Windows looks and feels, a wallpaper, icons and both a Windows Media Player and a WinAmp skin.
Over the past few weeks, we've been letting out little bits of information on the impending release of Object Desktop 2007. There have been articles highlighting updates to utilities such as Keyboard Launchpad, Object Desktop Launchpad, Virtual Desktops, and Theme Manager, as well as the announcement of a brand-new utility; Enhanced File Dialog.
Plymouth, MI – Aug 1, 2006 -- Stardock Corporation, the world's leading provider of desktop enhancement software, launched Object Desktop 2007 today. Object Desktop is a suite of utilities that enables users to completely personalize the Windows experience - change how Windows looks, feels, and functions to suit the user’s preference.
Yesterday it was the Enhanced File Dialog utility. Today, we'd like to tell you a little bit about an update we made to one our existing utilities in the Object Desktop suite; Keyboard Launchpad.
Enhanced File Dialog (EFD) is a new program that is part of Stardock's award-winning Object Desktop.
Woize International Ltd. (OTCBB:WOIZ) a digital telephony service provider utilizing VoIP technology announces their partnership with Stardock to integrate the DirectSkin development tool with Woize's VoIP technology.
By using DirectSkin's skinning technology, Woize will be able to easily change the look and feel of their applications user interface as part of their partner branding services.
Stardock, ASUS and NVIDIA have combined to offer the official ASUS Desktop theme. Originally developed to be bundled with ASUS award winning line of graphics cards, ASUS and NVIDIA have made the theme available for a free download. Object Desktop subscribers can download the Theme Manager Suite or the individual components from WinCustomize. If you don't have Object Desktop, you can download the theme and all software needed from NVIDIA's NZONE site.