EA has released an updated Battlecraft map editor for Digital Illusions' 3D action game Battlefield Vietnam. This update brings the editor to v1.2.4 and adds adds support for the tunnel code introduced in the recent v1.2 BFV update patch, as well as new objects and tab system, underground in-game maps, graphical icons in the entity tree, and various other adjustments (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for details and download links ...

Take2 has released a new patch for Illusion Softworks WW2 based shooter Hidden & Dangerous 2, as well as the Sabre Squadron expansion pack. This patch brings both retail game to v1.12 and fixes multiplayer compatibility between both titles, as well as fixing the hold command and addressing some game balance issues (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

Atari has yet again released an updated demo for Frontier Developments' amusement park simulator RollerCoaster Tycoon 3. This release addresses various issues with previous version. This demo features the first three tutorials and the "A Taste of Paradise" scenario playable as Apprentice for up to 45 minutes. Read more for download links ...

Codemasters has released the first patch for its latest soccer management game LMA Manager 2005. This update brings your retail game to v1.1 and addresses various game crashes, bug fixes and general enhancements. Read more for dwetailed fix list and download links ...

Slitherine has updated its official website announcing they will be conducting a closed Legion Arena betatest and are now accepting signups. The first phase starts November 2004, and a second, and much larger, round will commence January 2005. Legion Arena is an online RPSG or Role Playing Strategy Game, and blends core gameplay elements from the RTS & RPG genres. Set in ancient Rome, Legion Arena puts the player in charge of their own army, which they must develop, nurture and train, transforming a bunch of peasants into a fearsome fighting force.

HD Interactive has released a multiplayer demo for Mithis Games' space combat/strategy game Nexus: the Jupiter Incident. This demo features one Team Deathmatch map (Bloody Massacre) over the Infernal Moon.

THQ has released details of what people can expect for the upcoming first patch for Relic's 3D RTS Dawn Of War. While no specific release date has been announced yet, the new v1.1 patch will feature 2 new MP maps, map fixes and the usual crash/bug fixes and address game balance issues. Read more for detailed fix list....

Activision has released a new patch for Stainless Steel's 3D RTS title Empires: Dawn of the Modern World. This update brings you retail game to v1.3 and fixes a crash involving entering crowded chat rooms. This should improve stability in the GameSpy Lobby. Read more for details fix list and download links ...

Atari has released an updated demo for Frontier Developments' amusement park simulator RollerCoaster Tycoon 3. This v1.1 demo features three tutorials and a demo scenario "A Taste of Paradise", playable for 45 minutes on the "Apprentice" difficulty level. Read more for download links ...

DreamCatcher Games has released the first patch for Golem Labs' global domination strategy 'SuperPower 2.' This update brings your retail game to v1.1 and addresses the crash/bug fixes, gameplay and interface enhancements, etc.. Read more for detailed fix list and download links.

The US Army has released a new updated version for America's Army: Special Forces (Vanguard). This upgrade brings their team-based multiplayer game to v 2.2.0 and adds two new multiplayer missions for the Special Forces (Oasis and Taiga) as well as the usual client, server, admin improvements and fixes. Read more for details and download links ...

JoWood has released the firtst patch for Nival Interactive's expansion pack Silent Storm: Sentinels. This update brings the UK edition of your retail game to v1.1 and addresses the usual game crashes, bug fixes, balance tweaks, interface improvements, and so forth. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

Polished screen shots with an imminent release? No... far from it! Vulcan Software are talking rough textures, unfinished models, sparse worlds, no apparent game play or A.I. and a whole heap of physics and collision technology that needs thoroughly testing on loads of graphics cards and computer configurations

Project Three Interactive has the first patch for the 3D isometric RPG Kult: Heretic Kingdoms. The patch upgrades Kult to v1.1 and fixes all problems with containers and even contains a major improvement in using the containers. Several other minor problems will be solved with the patch a.o. some Spanish version bugs and a memory usage issue.

The Adventure Company has released the first patch for Revistronic's adventure game WANTED: A Wild Western Adventure. This update brings your English retail game to v1.1 and addresses a few bugs and video card incompatibilites (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for details fix list and download links ...

After UbiSoft's last Far Cry v1.2 patch snafu, UbiSoft's Kurtis Buckmaster has posted a message in the official UbiSoft forums about the upcoming v1.3 patch. I guess that means they won't bother with the previous version anymore and just move on to the next. No specific release date has been mentioned, but it is lead to believe it will be available in the next 2 weeks. Read more for a detailed fix list.

Ubisoft has released a patch for The Political Machine addressing various bugs, typos and save issues. Read more for detailed fix list and download links...

DreamCatcher Games today announced that SuperPower 2, the only geopolitical simulation on the market, is now available at major retailers in North America.

Ascaron has released a new patch for exDream Ent's sci-fi RTS game Arena Wars. This update patch brings your retail game to v1.10 and improves lag behaviour, applies some more balance tweaks, and includes half a dozen bug fixes. An updated demo is also available. Read more for download links ...

Codemasters has released the first patch for CM 2005 bringing your retail game to v1.1 and addressing various audio and graphical glitches, as well as the usual bug fixes and game tweaks. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

People interested in trying out Mythic Entertainment's upcoming Dark Age of Camelot expansion pack, Catacombs then you can head on over to the Camelot Herald and sign up, cut-off date Monday morning. "From this pool, we will randomly select thousands of players to creep through damp passages, explore hidden worlds and shadowy cities, and generally fight evil."

Speed-Up! will be a new expansion patch featuring new blocks and features for the original TrackMania. The screenshots show off some of the new blocks that will appear for the three original settings. Read more for the first screens ...

The official World Of Warcraft website has word that people who did not make it into the closed beta test will get yet another chance to try out the game before its official release date. "We are happy to announce that we will soon be accepting applicants for the World of Warcraft Open Beta Test for North America. The open phase of beta will give people a chance to enter Azeroth and play World of Warcraft before the game is released. More details will become available in the days ahead, so stay tuned."

Project Entropia announced that it is applying the 6.1 version update to the live servers adding a plethora of content ranging from a whole new continent, the start of the first real virtual land grab, and a full range of other improvements added. Read more for details ...

LucasArts has issued the first patch for Pandemic Studios' scifi shooter Star Wars Battlefront. This upgrade brings your retail game to v1.01 adds planet names to the Planet Loading screen, fixes an GameSpy Arcade issue, and fixes an issue with losing connection to the host after Task-Switching (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links ...