Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood updated

Ubisoft has released the patch 1.1 for the PC version of Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood. The patch 1.1 improves the multiplayer experience on Windows-based systems, with Spy, Gunslinger, Hombre, Veteran and Sniper classes balanced to offer improved gunfights.

The patch 1.1 also brings compatibility with Techland’s User Content Creation Package which offers a complete solution for creating and modifying full functional multiplayer and single-player maps. The User Content Creation Package is now available at www.cojmodding.com.

A complete fix and feature list for Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood PC patch 1.1 can be found at http://www.callofjuarez.com, along with doewnload locations for the update.

Trine PC hits retail this week

Even though it has been available on Steam for quite some time, if you want a boxed retail version of Trine, then SouthPeak Interactive has your back. Trine, the puzzling physics-based fantasy game, has shipped out to retail shelves in North America. Trine follows the adventure of three characters that must work together to solve physics-based puzzles and fend off enemies in a world full of spiffy landscapes and high adventure.

Bound by a powerful artifact known as “the Trine,” the knight Pontius, the thief Zoya and the wizard Amadeus must combine their skills in order to succeed. The player must decide when to use knight’s strength, thief’s agility or wizard’s magic to overcome the many obstacles and challenges found in the this fantasy world. The game allows up to three players to work together in cooperative mode on the same screen and each level has multiple solutions allowing for replayability.

Trine is available for Windows PC at a suggested retail price of $29.99 and is rated T for Teen by the ESRB.

Battlefield 1943 PC pushed to 2010

Are you a PC-only gamer who longs to fight in the South Pacific like you brethren on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network ala Battlefield 1943? Well, you’ll have to wait until 2010, says developer DICE. In a recent interview with G4’s The Feed, DICE Producer Gordon Van Dyke said that the game will take a lot longer for the PC because there’s a lot of work to be done to make things just right for PC gamers. The features still being tweaked include server support, an increase in the number players above and beyond 32 per session, Voice over Internet support, and plenty of other PC specific features.

And on a related note, some sad news for Xbox Live and PlayStation Network players looking for some new maps and other content for the game: nothing is currently in development, according to a report on Joystiq - also quoting DICE Producer Gordon Van Dyke. Apparently a lot of resources are being put into Bad Company 2. DICE is, however, working on the squad-swapping bug, which it hopes can be dealt with by a server side fix.

ARMA II Operation Arrowhead Announced

Bohemia Interactive announced this morning that it is developing a standalone expansion pack for ARMA II called Operation Arrowhead. The expansion takes place three years after the conflict in Chernarus, which unfolded in ARMA II. At this time a new flashpoint in the Green Sea region heats up and coalition forces led by the US Army are sent to Takistan to try to restore peace and prevent further civilian casualties. The expansion will let players take on various roles in the US Army, including infantry, special operations, pilot, tank crew and more, says Bohemia.

ARMA II Operation Arrowhead will be presented during the Gamescom event in Cologne, Germany from August 19th - 23rd. Bohemia will be at stand in hall 4.2, stand no. L034.

Red Faction: Guerrilla - Demons of the Badlands

Red Faction: Guerrilla - Demons of the Badlands is now available for the Games for Windows version of THQ’s third-person action game set on the oppresive red sand of Planet Mars. Earlier in the day Xbox Live’s Major Nelson had announced that the DLC was available for the Xbox 360, but that turned out to be a false start. Demons of the Badlands is an all new single player game that serves as a prequel chapter set in the Red Faction universe.

The new content takes place in Mariner Valley, the once peaceful home of the Marauder people, which has been torched and defiled by the EDF. The Marauders demand vengeance and Samanya leads the revolt. Set several years before the arrival of Alec Mason on Mars, players take control of Samanya to explore the Mariner Valley outside of Tharsis. The DLC also offers 7 new weapons including the Spiker machine gun and Marauder Missilepod, 3 new vehicles including the Punisher walker and 11 new actions including raids and demolitions.

FUEL For Windows released

The Games For Windows edition of Asobo Studio’s racing game FUEL is now shipping to stores in North America, Codemasters announced today. FUEL features 5,560 square miles of open playground to race and explore.

This playground was created based on satellite data from the United States, from Mount Rainier to the Grand Canyon. FUEL also offers more than 70 different kinds of vehicles including bikes, buggies, quads, cars, roadsters, trucks and even a hovercraft, which can be used off-road and on in single player and multiplayer.

Multiplayer options allow up to 16 players to free ride or compete in head-to-head races. Gamers can use the game’s race editor to create events set anywhere in FUEL’s environment and share them online.

FUEL is also available for the PS3 and Xbox 360. More info at www.fuel-game.com.

Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: The Complete Edition in stores

2K Games has released Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: The Complete Edition today across North America. This collection for Games for Windows delivers the complete Civilization IV collection of games released to-date in a DRM-free, value priced package. The package includes the original Sid Meier’s Civilization IV, the Warlords expansion, the Beyond the Sword expansion and Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization. Civilization IV: The Complete Edition for Games for Windows is available in North America for a suggested retail price of $39.99.

Pretty sweet deal if you don’t own any of these games , want all of them on one disk, enjoy DRM-free releases or just need to finish out your collection. Bet it while it’s hot.