Barely out in stores Take 2 hase already released the first patch for Techland's sci-fi first-person Chrome. This upgrade is for the European edition of the game only (not available in North America yet) and brings your retail game to v1.1.1.0. This patch adresses rendering problems with Radeon 7500 cards and incorporates several single- and multi-player improvements/fixes. Be warned, your save games will NO longer function after updating. Read more for details & download links ...

NS 2.0 is a significant step forward in the process of merging first person shooters with real-time strategy into a combination of truly atmospheric and social gaming. Nearly every aspect of the game has been revisited and reworked from feedback from hundreds of the top NS veterans and thousands of games played on public and private servers around the globe. This is a server-only patch, that vastly improves balance and fixes many exploits, nNot required for clients. Read more for download links ...

Interplay has finally released the anticipated patch for Reflexive Entertainment's recently released alternate history RPG 'Lionheart - Legacy of the Crusader'. This upgrade brings your retail game to v1.1 and adresses various crashes, optimizes netcode, faster 3d rendering and a few other things (thanks HomeLAN). We got the English, French & German versions available. Read more for details and download links ....

Activision has released the v1.02 update patch for their freely available Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory multiplayer game. This update adresses various client & server sides issues, introduces the latest punkbuster anti cheat protection and various other tweaks. We now also have the updated v1.02 linux server patch available. Read more for details and download links ...

Activision has asked us to inform all the RtCW fans that a v1.02 update patch for their free multiplayer expansion Enemy Territory is going to be released later today. The new patch will adress several client & server side issues as well as weapon fixes include moving Land Mines and Adrenaline needles to separate weapon banks. Made switching to a weapon after dropping dynamite/satchel/landmines easier. Also added ability for Covert Ops/Engineer to pick up weapons from the opposing team of the same class. Fixed some issues with Air Strike detonation. Fixed XP not being given (and stats being kept) for kills with akimbo pistols. Of course we'll have the patch on our file servers as soon as its available so stay tuned!

As expected & announced Ubisoft has now released the new patch for their FPS/Stealth action game Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield. This upgrade brings your retail game to v1.41. We have the US/UK and German versions of the patch available as well as a v1.4 dedicated win32 server (update & full), as well as client and serverside punkbuster updates. Read more for details and download links ...

The US Army have released a small client-side patch for their online multiplayer FPS game America's Army. This patch does not change your version number, and is not required but adresses a few minor issues such as auth problems when completing training, server browser filtering by Honor, resolutions should be available in drop-down box on Video Settings page and admin scoreboard when connecting to Official and Leased servers. This is just a small client-side supplemental patch for v1.9.0 America's Army: Operations for Win clients only. Read more for download links ...

Doing a little Sunday Catchup here with a few files that were missed during the past week. We've got :

• Battlefield 1942 - Updated v1.45 Patch
• Rebels Prison Escape - Level 2 Patch
• IL2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles - v1.1 Patch
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Eidos has released a new patch for their third-person action adventure title Tomb Raider: the Angel of Darkness. This upgrade brings your retail game to v49 and brings a slew of game improvements and much needed bug fixes thanks 3DGamers. Read more for details and download links ...

The official Chariots of War patch 1.14 with map pack is now available to download. The official patch includes an installer in five languages (English, French, German, Italian & Spanish) and adds a slew of new features, tweaks, bug fixes and a few new maps. Read more for download links ...

Monolith/Buena Vista has released the first update patch for their recently released sci-fi action title TRON 2.0. This brings your retail game to v1.2 and includes a dedicated server, adresses interoperability between all language versions of the game, the ability to skip light cycle races in single-player play, improved performance for ATI Radeon 7000 and 8000 video cards, and improved multiplayer performance. (thanks Shacknews). Read more for download links ...

EA has released the promised v1.45 update patch for Battlefield 1942. This v1.45 uprade will get you ready for the upcoming Secret Weapons of WWII (it ships next week). The patch comes is 2 flavors, a full (107mb) update and one if you have v1.4 and up (50mb), as well as updated server patches. Read more for details and download links ...

Strategy First and Object Software have released another patch for their RPG game Prince Of Qin. This upgrade brings your retail game to v1.22 and includes several optimizations and bug fixes. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

Big Huge Games sent out notice announcing that they are looking for beta testers to try out an upcoming patch for their RTS game Rise of Nations (thanks HomeLAN). If you are interested you can sign up for the beta test right here, or read more for a detailed list of what fixes to expect in the update patch.

Take 2/Gathering have released the first patch for their fantasy strategy game Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic. This upgtade brings your retail game to v1.10 and addresses some multiplayer and editor issues (thanks Blues). Read more for details and download links ...

Ubi Soft has released the first patch for 1C Maddox's WW II flight sim IL-2 Sturmovik: the Forgotten Battles .This upgrade brings your retail game to 1.1b and has quite an impressive amount bug fixes, game improvements, graphics changes, networking & AI tweaking and tons more. Read more for a detailed fix list and download links ...

As expected & announced Ubisoft has now released the new patch for their FPS/Stealth action game Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield. This upgrade brings your retail game to v1.4. We have all versions of the patch available as well as a v1.4 dedicated win32 server (full or update patch). Read more for details and download links ...

The Rival Species guys have released an new update for their HalfLife mod based around the popular Warhammer 40K universe, mostly rather basic coding issues, in order to make the game more stable. Rival Species pits you against three possible races, the righteous fury of Imperial Space Marines, the unquestionable evil of their Chaos Marine counterparts, and the technological superiority of the alien Eldar. Read more for download links ..

DivoGames has released a new patch for their helicopter shooter AirStrike 3D: Operation W.A.T. This update patch brings your retail game to v1.4 and adds mouse control (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links.

Konami has released the first patch for Hothouse Creations' recent casino game, Casino Inc. This patch allows you to continue playing Casino, Inc in sandbox mode after the completion of all city objectives. It also adresses several bugs, crashes and occasional save issues. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

As expected & announced Ubisoft has now released the new patch for their FPS/Stealth action game Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield. This upgrade brings your retail game to v1.31. This patch fixes a server crash during countdown due to armpatch files being uploaded/downloaded. We have US, UK, French and German versions of the patch as well as a v1.31 dedicated win32 server has also been released (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for details and download links ...

A new version of Laminar's flight simulator X-Plane has been released. This update patch/demo brings your game to v7.0 and as a massive slew of fixes, tweaks, new features and tons more. As in previous version the update also serves as a time-limited demo (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

Developed by Freeform Interactive, Purge players become members of the Order and the Chosen, with each side seeking elimination of the enemy and individual party survival. Players receive rewards as they win battles and complete objectives throughout gameplay. In addition, Purge offers several map options, innovative weaponry and extensive player customization to enhance the online war experience. The Purge 1.4.7 July Update have been released. It adds many new features and tweaks requested by players at the Purge forums. Read more for download links ...

The official IL-2 Sturmovik website has been updated and has mention of an upcoming patch for UbiSoft's WWII Flight Simulator game. The first patch for IL-2 Forgotten Battles is currently being finished and is planned to be released during the week commencing 4 August 2003 (thanks Bluesnews). Read more for a detailed list of fixes, but there could be additions in the final/complete patch.

Championship Manager 4 is the next generation of football management games offering more players, leagues and competitions than any other title. For the first time ever in the series, Championship Manager 4 features a 2D match engine enabling you to make tactical decisions as the action unfolds. This update contains all the fixes from the previous four previous enhancement packs, plus a lot of new features, gameplay tweaks, bug fixes. This patch comes in 2 versions, one with and one without database update. Read more for details and download links ....