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23 APRIL 2004
RISE OF NATIONS: THRONES AND PATRIOTS DEMO

Microsoft Game Studios has issued a trial version of their expansion pack, Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots.

Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots

The demo contains four nations (including the new Persians), a tutorial, a sample of the Alexander the Great campaign, and three different random map types. Go here, here, here or here to download (244MB).

BF1942: THE GREAT WAR V0.11

Version 0.11 of the Battlefield 1942 modification, The Great War, has been released. You can download the mod here (58.2MB) and the additional map pack here (61.2MB).

NEW PATCHES

Download the v1.6.6 patch for the German edition of Sacred here or here.
Download the v1.3 patch for the German edition of Beyond Divinity here.
Download the v1.2 patch for Virtual Skipper 3 here.

UT2004: UNREAL DEMOLITON BETA 1 RELEASED

The first beta release of the Unreal Tournament 2004: Unreal Demolition modification is now available for download here (17.9MB).

22 APRIL 2004
FAIR STRIKE V1.04 PATCHES

G5 Software has issued the v1.04 patches for the English and European editions of their arcade combat helicopter shooter, Fair Strike. This release adds new camera options, improved joystick control, multiplayer tweaks, new logging features, bug fixes, and more. Download the patches here, here or here.

UNIVERSAL BOXING MANAGER DEMO

Winter Wolves Studio has released a playable demo of Universal Boxing Manager, go here to download it (4.5MB).

MICHAEL SCHUMACHER WORLD TOUR KART 2004 DEMO

Big Ben Interactive has issued a playable demo of Michael Schumacher World Tour 2004. You can download it here or here (47.6MB).

MSN MESSENGER V6.2 AVAILABLE

MSN Messenger lets you see when your friends are online and exchange instant messages with them. Send instant messages with cool, new emoticons, call anywhere in the world from your computer, see when someone's typing, page a contact's mobile phone, send pictures and music to your friends, and much more. You can also use this free program to make phone calls, send a message to a pager, trade pictures and music with your friends, and much more. Download it here.

ICQ V4.0 RELEASED

Version 4.0 of the very popular instant messenger program, ICQ, is now available for download here.

HIDDEN AND DANGEROUS 2 MP DEMO V1.05 PATCH

Take Two has issued the v1.05 patch for the multiplayer demo of Hidden and Dangerous 2, bringing the demo in sync with the recent client update. Go here, here, here or here to download (4.6MB).

TRAINZ RAILROAD SIMULATOR 2004 SERVICE PACK 2

Service Pack 2: Passenger Pack is the latest free update for Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004. This service pack brings fixes to many known issues and bugs and includes a number of additional features. You can download it here.

LATEST MOVIES

For a new Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 movie go here, here, here, here or here (10.5MB).
For the latest Richard Burns Rally movie go here.
For a new Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed movie go here or here (8.3MB).

FENIMORE FILLMORE: THE WESTERNER GERMAN V1.0 BETA PATCH

Revistronic has released the v1.0 beta patch for the German version of Fenimore Fillmore: the Westerner. The patch adds an auto-save feature and addresses a number of gameplay issues and bugs. Go here to download.

WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER HOTFIX

Microsoft has released a hotfix for all Media Player versions on WinXP, 2000 and Server 2003, 6.4, 7.1 and 9 on Windows Millenium. The patch resolves some issues with the 828026 hotfix. You can go here to download.

OPERA FOR WINDOWS V7.50 BETA 1

Opera is a fast, small, secure, configurable, and standards compliant Internet/intranet browser that also includes a newsreader and mail client. Opera lets you run multiple windows without opening up other instances and much more. Go here to download the latest beta release (with Java 15.9MB, without Java 3.52MB).

MOZILLA V1.7 RELEASE CANDIDATE 1

The first release candidate of the Mozilla browser v1.7 is now available. You can download it here (12MB).

21 APRIL 2004
CALL OF DUTY V1.4 PATCH RELEASED

Activision has released the promised v1.4 patch for Infinity Ward's World War II tactical shooter, Call of Duty. The patch includes one new multiplayer map called Stalingrad, the promised Punkbuster anti-cheat support, and a handful of multiplayer tweaks and bug fixes. Go here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here or here to download (30MB).

DUNGEON SIEGE TOOL KIT V1.6 PATCH

Gas Powered Games has issued the v1.6 patch for the Dungeon Siege Tool Kit. Download it here.

UT2004 UDE AND UNREALSCRIPT SOURCE CODE V3186

Epic has released the UT2004 UnrealScript Development Environment. UnrealScript coders should also download the UT2004 v3186 UnrealScript source code. You can go here to download.

SKYPE 0.97.0.40 BETA AVAILABLE

Skype is the next phenomenon from the people who brought you KaZaA. Just like KaZaA, this uses P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you to other users – not to share files this time, but to talk for free with your friends. The technology is extremely advanced - but super simple to use. You’ll be making perfect quality free phone calls to your friends in no time. Go here to download.

MASSIVE ASSAULT NETWORK PATCH V1.2.203

Wargaming.net has released the v1.2.203 patch for Massive Assault Network, you can download it here or here.

MIRANDA IM V0.3.3.1 RELEASED

Miranda IM is a multi protocol instant messenger client for Windows. It is designed to be resource efficient and easy to use. It uses very little memory, requires no installation and can easily be carried around on a single floppy disc. The goal of this project is not to duplicate the functionality of AOL's ICQ Client, but to design a client that has the basic features that is designed for mouse-less operation with a small memory requirement. Go here to download (742KB).

20 APRIL 2004
SILENT STORM: SENTINELS RUSSIAN DEMO

For all you people who understand the Russian language, Nival Interactive has released a Russian playable demo of Silent Storm: Sentinels, their 3D turn-based strategy expansion. You can download the demo here, here or here (312MB).

ICQ LITE BUILD 1646 RELEASED

ICQ Lite is pure messaging: It includes only the most popular features of ICQ, such as instant messaging, file transfer, SMS and meeting people, for super-quick communication. Because it's so small and has everything good about the full-featured ICQ made easy, it's the perfect version to send to your friends and get them on ICQ. Go here to download.

FIRST BATTLEFIELD 2 SCREENSHOTS

Electronic Arts has released the first two screenshots Battlefield 2. Go here or here to check them out.

CHEATWZL V2.78 RELEASED

Cheatwzl includes all the cheats on this site and more. You can download the latest version here.

SPARTAN UK V1.009 PATCH

Slitherine Software has issued the v1.005-1.009 patch for the UK (Just Play) English edition of their turn-based strategy game with 3D battle mode. Download the patch here, here, here or here (5MB).

19 APRIL 2004
UEFA EURO 2004 DEMO'S

EA has released three (English/French, Italian/German and Spanish/Portuguese) UEFA Euro 2004 demo's. UEFA Euro 2004 will be released on May 7th for PlayStation 2, PC and XBox.

UEFA Euro 2004

You can download the demo's here and here (all) or here and here (English, 99MB).

BF1942: GALACTIC CONQUEST V0.3 PATCH

The v0.3 patch for the Battlefield 1942: Galactic Conquest modification, has been released. The patch requires version 0.2 installed. Go here to download it (82.4MB).

TRACKMANIA UPDATED MULTIPLAYER DEMO

An updated multiplayer demo of Trackmania is now available for download here or here (123MB).

CLONEDVD V2.0.7.3 AVAILABLE

CloneDVD extracts, transcodes and writes any orginal DVD title you like to a single recordable DVD. Be impressed by the program speed and the amazing image quality of the movie copy. A special transcoding technology compresses your choice of DVD title with your selected audio and subtitle streams to one DVD Recordable. A Video Preview plays an overview of all selectable DVD titles. CloneDVD is very easy to use. Go here to download (4.2MB).

MEKA V0.68B RELEASED

MEKA is a multi-machine emulator for DOS and Windows. It supports the following systems; ColecoVision, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear and more. Download the new v0.68b release here (606KB).

AOL INSTANT MESSENGER FOR WINDOWS V5.5.3591

AOL Instant Messenger should be used because e-mail just isn't fast enough sometimes. This convenient, add-on to your system lets you communicate one-on-one or in a group with family, friends, and business associates who also use it. Finding people online can be easy too. Go here to download (3.97MB).

SKOOLS OUT DEMO

UK based software development studio, MuckyBaby Productions, has released a playable demo of Skools Out. You can download it here or here (29.4MB).

18 APRIL 2004
PERIMETER DEMO RELEASED

Codemasters has released a playable demo of K-D Lab's upcoming 3D real-time strategy game, Perimeter. The demo offers a tutorial, one mission ("Isoland") and two instant battle maps ("Fish" en "Tini"). Go here, here, here, here, here (torrent) or here to download (179MB).

BF1942: BATTLEFIELD 1918 V1.15

Version 1.15 of the Battlefield 1942: Battlefield 1918 modification, has been released. You can download the full version here (321.8MB) and the update here (33.8MB).

SCHIZM 2: CHAMELEON ENGLISH DEMO

Detalion and DreamCatcher have released an English playable demo of Schizm II: Chameleon, allowing you to try out this recently released first-person fantasy/adventure sequel also known as The Mysterious Journey II. Go here, here, here or here to download (152MB).

HALF-LIFE: BUMPER CARS 2.0

Version 2.0 of the Bumper Cars mod for Half-Life is now available. You can download it here (31.6MB).

PAINKILLER CHEATS

We have added new cheats for Painkiller (pc) go here to check them out.

ALWAYS CHECK DOWNLOADED FILES FOR VIRUSES AND SPYWARE
BETA RELEASES USUALLY CONTAIN BUGS,
SO MAKE BACKUPS OF YOUR ORIGINAL FILES!!