Bioware has released a new patch v1.21 for their award winning role playing game Neverwinter Nights. As usual it is recommended to update via the game auto-updater which reduces the download size. A manual patch is available here. Read more for the changelog. Please note that there is also an update to the auto-updater (v1.08).

The update patch version 1.07 offers new multiplayer features, such as extending multiplayer to the strategic map as well as introducing a hot seat mode for multiplayer duels on a single computer. Update patch v.1.07 fixes a number of issues that were found in 1.06 dealing with the strategic multiplayer mode, including multiple problems with connections and the loading of previously saved games. The patch also addresses several issues that were discovered by players in both the single and multiplayer modes. Please see the full list of changes in the Readme file.

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Electronic Arts has granted us permission to post the new single-player demo of Battlefield 1942 that recently became available on the cover-disk of PC Gamer magazine. The demo allows you to try this upcoming vehicular 3D action game by Digital Illusions in one mission set in Tobruk.

Well I think this a new patch for Soldier of Fortune 2: Double Helix but as I don't have the game I am not sure but if I am wrong, I am sure somone will let me know.

Blizzard has released a minor patch for WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos, bringing their new 3D real-time strategy game to version 1.01b. This release offers a single change: "Fixes a problem where players were disconnected from a game as it was starting and thus getting a loss.

Over the next couple of months, we'll be taking a closer look at what makes the Xbox Live service so phenomenal. We know many of you have been waiting eagerly for the promise of online console gaming to be fulfilled, and this fall, it will be. We also think you may be tired of hearing dueling press releases and hype. So we're going to take you inside the Xbox Live team and the hard work that has gone into making the service a reality. Why would you want to take time to read these articles? We're glad you asked. Here's what playing on Xbox Live will mean to you.

It's a good time to be James Bond. It's the suave superspy's 40th movie anniversary this year, and this winter's upcoming release of Die Another Day will be the 20th film that's featured the debonair MI6 secret agent. Electronic Arts and MGM are commemorating this momentous occasion by releasing a quartet of 007 games later this year, one for every major platform. And while Bond is no stranger to consoles--developers have been constantly trying to match the level of commercial and critical success received by Rare's GoldenEye 007 for the Nintendo 64--EA's James Bond 007: NightFire will mark Bond's first appearance on the PC.

The moment we have all waited for as finally come. EALA has launched their first announcement about Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Expansion Pack with 20 new British and Russian weapons.

Players will assume the role of a new character, Sgt. Jack Barns, who's an OSS operative sent into Normandy with the 101st Airborne on the night before the D-Day invasion. The game will start with Barns parachuting from the back of a C-47 under the cover of darkness.

All UT server admins are encouraged to install this replacement IpDrv.dll.

This fix causes the UT server to correctly process ICMP port unreachable messages, and disconnect any connection it receives one for. This solves the Windows 2000 creeping ping problem and the denial of service attack mentioned in this article. Users not running UT servers do not need to apply this patch.

Nvidia have posted five new Unreal Tournament 2003 screenshots, by Digital Extremes and Epic Games from their upcoming multiplayer shooter.

For decades now, schools, booksellers, and libraries throughout the world have been giving voracious readers access to one of the most developed fantasy worlds ever penned--Middle-earth. The Lord of The Rings is the work of J.R.R. Tolkien, who inspired nearly all fantasy storytelling since then with his epic tales of hobbits, friendship, and power. Universal Interactive will be publishing games based on all three chapters in the trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. Preview @ Gamespot.

Just got word from Dwarden @PaleStar Inc. that the Free 7 day Demo of DarkSpace is now available! here's the Press release and a screenshot for DarkSpace.



Austin, Texas, July 12th, 2002. Palestar Inc. and Playnet.com announced Friday that a free trial for the massively multiplayer online game DarkSpace will begin July 15th, 12:00CST and run until July 22nd, 12:00CST. During the free trial, ALL DarkSpace account holders will be able to play with no limitations, and will have the ability to gain prestige, rank, and join all available servers.

Activision the released a new multiplayer SDK for Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix, bringing this toolset in sync with the recent version 1.01 game patch. As before, the SDK includes editors and tools, game code, documentation and a few samples, and some of the content also applies to single-player modding.

I found this file while browsing the Westwood FTP servers, no idea what the update does, haven't had the time to check it out yet

Just spotted that Mark Rein @ Epic Games Inc has posted an update to let you know what they'rw up to.

Sorry for not being around much lately with updates. I'm working on a whole bunch of things that need to be done before UT2003 (the full version, not the demo) can go out the door including, but not limited to: 1. Trying to close some deals that will hold special interest to UT2003 mod makers. Once these are done there will be some cool announcements. 2. Working closely with video card companies who are coming out with awesome new products this fall and want to use UT2003 to show them off.

The promised patch for America's Army: Operations Recon is now available, updating this tactical FPS by the U.S. Army to version 1.0.1. This release addresses "client and server-side flooding issues," the "Sniper Rifle bug from random weapon selection" and more, as well as adding "Community Game Server Support" and an "Admin Spectator Mode and the full Recon download has now been updated to version 1.0.1 as well.

Bluesnews.com says that according to this thread in the JediKnightII.net forums , the newly available version 1.04 dedicated servers for Jedi Outcast (story) may appear to remain running at v1.03. The solution is, after patching the full Windows game, to copy the new 'assets5.pk3' file into your servers 'base' directory, something that isn't clearly mentioned in the servers' readme files.

The new patch for Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast v1.04 is out. There are many changes and it weighs in at 9Mbyte.

The following changes and improvements are made to Midtown Madness when you install the update:

Vehicle tuning parameters hard-coded to prevent unfair changes. Once the patch is installed, the tuning parameters for each of the featured vehicles are hard-coded to prevent ?illegal? tweaks that may give one player an unfair advantage over his/her opponents.

Locked vehicles not available for multiplayer games. Once the patch is installed, you will not be able to select otherwise locked vehicles when joining a multiplayer session.

Bioware has released a new patch for Neverwinter Nights which updates the game to version 1.20. Bioware recommends that you update the game by selecting 'Update' from the Neverwinter Nights game launcher.

Read more for the added fix and additional notes.