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| 08 MAY 2004 |
| UT2004: UNWHEEL TESTVERSION AVAILABLE A test version of the Unwheel racing modification for Unreal Tournament 2004, has been released.
You can download it here (115MB). |
| REGET DELUXE V4.0 RELEASED Version
4.0 of the download manager, Reget Deluxe, is now available. Go here to download a 30
day trail version (1.6MB). |
| OPERA V7.50 PREVIEW 6 BUILD 3768 A
new preview of Opera v7.50 has been released. You can download it here. |
| 08 MAY 2004 |
| BATTLECRUISER MILLENIUM GOLD V1.01.06
PATCH 3000 AD has released the v1.01.06 patch for the Gold edition of
their space and planetary simulation, Battlecruiser Millenium. Go here, here or here
to download (7.7MB). |
| WARCRAFT 3: THE FROZEN THRONE GOLD
RUSH BONUS MAP Blizzard has released a new bonus map for Warcraft 3: The
Frozen Throne, called Gold Rush. The map is best suitable for 3v3, 4v4, or FFA. Download
it here
(371KB). |
| MEDIA CENTER V10.0.130 AVAILABLE Media
Center is an all-in-one player and organizer for digital music, video and Internet radio.
It features digital camera images, TV recording, a new full-screen interface, and it also
represents a significant advance as a music tool (in-line tagging, album cover art, and
more). Go here
to download (16.6MB). |
| QUAKE 3: LOKI'S REVENGE CTF MOD The
Loki's Revenge CTF mod for
Quake 3, has been released. You can go here to
download it (222MB). |
| KAZAA LITE PLUS V1.0 RELEASED KaZaA
Lite Plus version 1.0 is the newest version of KaZaA Lite. It not only connects to Fast
Track, the same network as KaZaA Media Desktop, but it also connects to the Gnutella
network. Therefore, you will have access to hundreds of thousands more files and a lot
larger user base than KaZaA Media Desktop. Go here to download
(3.28MB). Update: although they claim no spyware is included, the program is full of it! |
| BEARSHARE V4.5.0 BETA 33 The
33rd beta release of BearShare is now available for download here. |
| UNIVERSAL COMBAT V2.00.00 PATCH 3000
AD has issued the v2.00.00 patch for their space sim strategy RPG, Universal Combat. This
release adds a massive number of new features, improvements, bug fixes and more. Go here, here, here
or here
to download (24.1MB). |
| 07 MAY 2004 |
| STEEL SAVIOUR DEMO AVAILABLE A
demo of the R-Type sidescroller/shooter game, Steel Saviour, has been released. You can go
here to download it (66MB). |
| MAME 0.82 RELEASED Version
0.82 of the very popular Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator is now available for download here (5.6MB). |
| HALF-LIFE 2 SHAKYCAM MOVIES Check
out 11 new shakycam movies from Half-Life 2 here or here (torrent). |
| DVD REGION FREE V3.62 RELEASED DVD
Region-Free is an unique, effective DVD tweaking tool. It allows you to watch all region
DVDs on any DVD drive even if it has been locked. You don't need flash firmware which is
sometimes dangerous, useless, or unavailable. It also disables region check for popular
software-based DVD players such as PowerDVD, WinDVD, and CinePlayer. Other features
include Region-Free for RCE DVDs, Macrovision-Free, Operation-Free, and run self at DVD
players startup automatically. You can download it here (708KB). |
| DARK AGE OF CAMELOT: NEW FRONTIERS
BETA ADD-ON Mythic Entertainment has released beta versions of the free
New Frontiers add-on for Dark Age of Camelot, their popular 3D fantasy MMORPG. Download here or here (200-250MB). |
| UT2003: MAC OS X V2225.2 RETAIL PATCH Epic
Games has issued a new patch for the Mac OS X version of Unreal Tournament 2003. It
addresses several crash bugs, color problems on ATI video cards, issues with running some
mods, and more. You can download it here. |
| QUAKE II: CODE RED V1.5 AVAILABLE COR
Entertainment has released version 1.5 of Code Red, a standalone
first-person shooter which is powered Quake II engine. Go here to
download the Code Red: Battle for Earth (104.4MB) episode or here for the
Code Red: Martian Chronicles episode (97.1MB). |
| BEYOND DIVINITY V1.41 PATCH Following
rather quickly on the previous v1.4 patch, Larian Studios has now released the v1.41 patch
for Beyond Divinity, adressing some some issues in the previous update. The patch is for
the English version only. You can go here to download (24MB). |
| NEW WORLD ORDER V1.5 DEMO AND RETAIL
PATCHES Termite Games ha issued the v1.5 patches for the retail and demo
version of their team-based tactical shooter, New World Order. This new version contains
several major brand new features: player leaning, different rates of fire for weapons,
bind commands and weather effects (rain) in selected maps. Go here, here or here to
download. |
| GETRIGHT V5.2 BETA 1 RELEASED GetRight
is a program to help you download files from the Internet. It allows you to easily
download files and recover (resume downloading) if errors occur. GetRight also has many
other advanced features. You can download the new v5.2 beta release here (2.93MB). |
| STAR WRAITH 3: SHADOWS OF ORION V1.7
DEMO StarWraith 3D Games has issued an updated demo of Star Wraith 3:
Shadows of Orion. This new demo enhances 'Mouse Point' flight mode and some HUD indicators
along with addresses a couple of rare bugs. Go here or here
to download (9.64MB). |
| HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED INTERNATIONAL
CUSTOM EDITIONS Following on yesterday's English edition, Gearbox
Software has now released the German, French, Italian and Spanish standalone multiplayer
editions of Halo: Combat Evolved, their sci-fi 3D action game. As before, this unsupported
release for owners of the pc version of Halo, adds a variety of new features including the
ability to run user created content. Download here or here. |
| BF1942: THE GREAT WAR V0.14B Version
0.14b of the Battlefield 1942: The
Great War modification is now available, go here to
download (98.4MB). |
| 06 MAY 2004 |
| PAINKILLER V1.15 PATCH AVAILABLE DreamCatcher has issued the eagerly anticipated v1.15 patch for Painkiller. It adds a new map called DM_Cursed as well as single and multiplayer bugfixes/improvements.
You can download the patch here, here, here, here, here,
here, here or here
(50MB). |
| BEARSHARE V4.5.0 BETA 31 A
new beta version of BearShare v4.5.0 is now available for download here (2.85MB). |
| APPLE MAC OS X SECURITY PATCHES According
to Apple these patches fix minor problems, but they recommend to download and apply
them immediately. A security firm (Secunia) has however expressed concerns that the vulnerabilities could
be extremely serious. They've given the 5 patches a "highly critical" rating and
warned that they may allow hijacking, security bypass, data manipulation, privilege
escalation, denial of service and system access. Read more here,
download the patches here. |
| PURGE JIHAD V2.0.5 RELEASED Freeform
Interactive has released the full v2.0.5 version and patches of Purge Jihad. This new
release fixes a several minor UI bugs and adds localization support along with more
balance tweaks and miscellaneous bug fixes. Go here or here to download. |
| KUMA WAR UPDATED RETAIL CLIENT Kuma
Reality Games has released an updated client for their recent reality-based 3D tactical
action game, Kuma War. This version contains only one mission to make for a smaller
initial download, as subsequent missions (and intro movies) are now downloaded on demand
via the auto-updater, while the client and updater have also been made more robust and
user-friendly. You can go here or here to
download (215MB). |
| BEYOND DIVINITY V1.4 PATCH RELEASED Larian
Studios has issued the new v1.4 patch for their RPG sequel, Beyond Divinity. This patch is
intended for the English version of the game only. Go here or here
to download (24MB). A German version of the patch can be downloaded here (24MB). |
| EMULE V0.42G AVAILABLE eMule
is a new filesharing client which is based on the eDonkey2000 network, but offers more
features than the standard eDonkey client, because it's opensource but under the
restrictions of the GPL License. You can download the new release here
(3.35MB). |
| TRACKMANIA POWER UP! DEMO Digital
Jesters has again released a new demo of TrackMania, this time it includes new tracks with
features from the new Power Up! add-on. Download here, here, here, here, here
or here
(124MB). |
| 05 MAY 2004 |
| HALO CUSTOM EDITION RELEASED As
previously announced, the Halo Custom Edition is now available for download, providing the
promised stand-alone multiplayer version of Halo: Combat Evolved that adds a bunch of new
features, and support for user-created content which can be created with the Halo Editing
Kit. Halo Custom Edition is meant for owners of Halo PC and requires a retail Halo PC CD
and CD key to install. Go here to download (Halo Custom Edition, 170MB/Halo Editing Kit, 264MB). |
| RAILROAD TYCOON 3 V1.04 BETA PATCH Take
2 has released the v1.04 beta patch for PopTop's building/management sequel, Railroad
Tycoon 3. This release fixes some single and mutliplayer bugs and in particular a nasty
bug with NVidia cards 5.XX drivers. Download the patch here, here, here
or here
(2MB). |
| STARCRAFT: THE SHADOW OF SPACE V1.4
AVAILABLE Version 1.4 of the popular The Shadow of Space modification
of StarCraft has been released. The mod requires Brood War v1.11 installed. Go here to download
(8.37MB). |
| UT2004 BETA PATCH BUILD 3200 A
new beta patch for Unreal Tournament 2004 is now available. Please note this beta patch is
not intended for public distribution. You can download it here. |
| FAR CRY CAPTURE THE FLAG MOD TheCounter
and RealRedShark have released a Capture The Flag mod for Far Cry. Go here or
here to
download it (35.12MB). |
| GALACTIC FEDERATION V0.7 BETA DEMO The
v0.7 beta demo of the space combat simulation, Galactic Federation, has been released. You
can go here to download it (5MB). |
| TRACKMANIA UPDATED GERMAN DEMO An
updated German demo of Trackmania has been released, go here
to download (124MB). |
| TRIBES AND TRIBES 2 FREE DOWNLOAD As
promised the full versions of Tribes and Tribes 2 are now available as a free download.
Both downloads are currently only available at Fileplanet (requires registration). You can
download Tribes here and Tribes 2 here. |
ALWAYS CHECK DOWNLOADED FILES FOR VIRUSES AND SPYWARE
BETA RELEASES USUALLY CONTAIN BUGS,
SO MAKE BACKUPS OF YOUR ORIGINAL FILES!!