EA has released the first patch for its recent 3D RTS Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth. This update brings your retail game (English & German) to v1.01 and adds 3 new MP maps, a communicator, balance changes, quick match tweaks and the usual bug/crash fixes. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

Legacy: Dark Shadows is a point & click adventure with a dark science-fiction storyline spanning a period of 200 years. Razbor Studios has released a playable demo, as well as a v1.4 update patch for the retail game, no specifics are available (thanks Juraj). Read more for download links ...

Take 2 has released the first patch for Timegate's RTS sequel 'Kohan II: Kings of War'. This patch brings your retail game to v1.2.3 and is a maintenance release, with a slew of new gameplay fixes implemented. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

Ubisoft has released the first patch for Bluebyte's 3D RTS Settlers 5: Heritage of Kings. This update patch brings your German retail version to v1.01 and adds a new multiplayer map, the usual bug and crash fixes, gameplay tweaks, and so forth. Read more for download links ...

Ubisoft has released a new patch for Crytek's Far Cry. This update patch brings your retail version to v1.31, and addresses a multiplayer exploit. Read more for download links ...

Valusoft has released the first patch for SCS Software's latest hunting game Hunting Unlimited 3. This update brings you retail game to v1.1 and fixes a few bugs, enlarges the trophy collection, and elephants no longer take a fixed number of shots to kill (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for details and download links ...

Techland has released the first patch for their rally racing sim Xpand Rally. This update brings your retail game to v1.1.0.0 and improves the performance of the dedicated game server, fixes game's mods problems in multiplayer, allows for changing the time of the day and weather conditions when running player-created maps, introduces (by popular demand) a 'less dust' feature to the multiplayer mode (to increase the game's performance and make racing with more people easier), and improves the ChromEd tool. Read more for download links ...

DreamCatcher Games has released the first patch for Golem Labs' global domination strategy SuperPower 2. This patch brings your retail game to v1.4 and adds even more features :A.I. aggressiveness slider, ban console command, private chat, as well as a good numbers of tweaks and fixes. This patch is for the International and US editions of the game.

Activision has released the final v1.51b patch for its WW2 based FPS Call of Duty: United Offensive which resolves an exploit that can be used to crash servers, and resolves an issue with non-functioning Machine gun on mp_bocage. This is a server side only patch. If you do not plan on hosting a server, there is no need to download and install it. Read more for download links ...

Jowood has released a new patch for its RTS/RPG game SpellForce bringing your retail game to v1.52a (for all language versions) and fixes a problem encountered with the Gold Edition of Spellforce and the latest Patch 1.52, players were asked for a cd-key although the GE doesn`t require one. Read more for download links ...

Ubi Soft has yet again released new patches for 1C Maddox's WW2 flight sim Pacific Fighters. This update brings your retail game to v3.04 (for both the standalone and merged installations) and corrects take off acceleration of the carrier based aircraft making it easier to take off with the fully loaded aircraft, tuned maximal speed of F2A and fixes various glitches on ATI cards. Read more for download links.

Jowood has released a new patch for its RTS/RPG game SpellForce bringing your retail game to v1.52 (for all language versions) and fixes some minor problems and logic issues, addresses multiplayer incompatibility problems between the Gold Edition and Shadow of the Phoenix addon, optimized netcode allowing players with different language versions to play, both in coop and pvp games. Read more for download links ...

Paradox has released the first patch for its strategy game Hearts of Iron 2. This update brings your retail game to v1.1 and adds interface inhancements, gameplay changes, AI improvements, addition of mod support, and a long list of bug fixes and balance adjustments. Read more for download links ...

After yesterday's server patch, LucasArts has released a new client patch for Pandemic's sci-fi shooter Star Wars Battlefront. This update brings your retail game to v1.2, and adds mod map names, adds invisibility counter, network code improvements, resolves some balance issues, and regaular fixes. Read more for download links ...

Activision has released the final v1.5b patch for its WW2 based FPS Call of Duty which resolves an exploit that can be used to crash servers. This is a server side only patch. If you do not plan on hosting a server there is no need to download and install it. Read more for download links ...

Maximus XV Abraham Strong: Space Mercenary created by Rebelmind is a sci-fi RPG/action title presented in astounding real-time 3D graphics. This update brings your retail game to v1.02, unfortunately no details as to what it fixes are available at this point (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links ...

Cenega Publishing has released a new patch for Black Emelent's third person horror / action adventure game 'Shade: Wrath of Angels.' This update brings your retail game to v1.02 9US & UK versions available) and includes 32 new save points at the most critical places throughout the game and a Special Time Combat mode with 2 new deadly arenas. Read more for download links ...

Atari has released the second update patch for RollerCoaster Tycoon 3. This update (available for the US and Euro editions of the game) adds major fixes to the Fireworks Mixmaster, improved decision logic, improved Park Inspector behaviour and various other additions, improvements and bug fixes. Read more for download links and detailed fix list ....

Metropolis team today released the first patch for its tactical action Gorky Zero: Beyond Honor. This update brings your retail game to v1.01 and addresses several problems related to ATI Catalyst v4.3 drivers. Read more for download links ...

Electronic Arts has released the first patch for Black Hole Games' 3D RTS Armies of Exigo. This update brings your retail game to v1.3 and fixes so online players are now defaulted to one chat room (AoX Chat) instead of national channels, and ladder Rankings now function and update correctly. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

EA has released another new patch for its recently released Sim game, The Sims 2. This update brings your retail game to v1.0.0.994 and combines the previous DVD & CD updates into one, and fixes a few bugs related to downloadable objects, as well as addressing browser issues for Asian territories (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links ...

Tilted Mill has released the first patch for its city building strategy game 'Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile.' This update brings your retail game to v1.2 and resolves some pathing & stuck figure issues, allows for easier dock placement, and makes a couple of graphic additions and fixes. Read more for download links ...

Project Three Interactive has the 3rd patch for 3DPeople's 3D isometric RPG Kult: Heretic Kingdoms. This update brings your retail game to v1.3 and decreases loading times, less in-game memory usage, improves memory management and adds mod support. Read more for download links ...

Dreamcatcher has released a patch for the European edition (any language version) of Mistlands tactical strategy and RPG game Power of Law. This update brings your retail game to v1.22 and fixing some random game crash, as well as addressing Windows 2000 related sound issues (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for details and download links ..