World of Battles beta gets an upgrade

Frogwares’ free MMO real-time strategy game, World of Battles, is offering some handy dandy new in the latest beta version of the game - 0.9.14. The new beta release fixes and fine-tunes several parts of the game and brings a lot of new features. A list of fixes and changes can be found below. Find out more by visiting www.worldofbattles.com. The neta version of the game is open to the public.

- Get invited to Quests by your Race Advisor, help your side to win battles (Good or Evil) and benefit from special rewards and bonuses on the online shop

- Create your own battlefields and challenge armies of your opponents

- Participate to different events like the XP & Gold events, and make your armies evolve faster

- Plunge into an immersive atmosphere thanks to new 3D sounds and music themes

- Get Gems (in-game currency) for free and buy all the items and equipment you need

- Climb fairly the world rankings thanks to a Reliability Rating during the battles

Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper released

Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper is currently available in many European countries, but Focus Home Interactive wants to convince North American gamers that this game is all that. To that end it has released a playable demo, which it hopes will give players a taste of what it’s like to live in Whitechapel as the greatest detective of all time. The 591MB playable demo lets you play as Sherlock Holmes at the very beginning of the game and witness Jack the Ripper’s first murder as a spectator.

This new demo showcases the many graphical, technical and narrative improvements made in the series as well as demonstrating the innovative use of two different views, according to Focus Home Interactive. The first perspective, the classic view, lets you control Sherlock Holmes as in a traditional point and click game while the second perspective allows you to play in first-person mode.

Oh, and the game is now available at retail, thanks to The Adventure Company.