arx-fatalis posts

Not too many PC games get official patches over eight years after the game is released. Today that is happening with Arx Fatalis, the 2002 released fantasy first person action-RPG that was also the first game from developer Arkane Studios. Today its new owner Bethesda Softworks announced via its Bethblog that the developer has released a new official patch for the game (1.21) that's designed to improve performance on some Nvidia-based graphics cards, improve stability while playing on Windows Vista and Windows 7 and fix a few bugs. You can check out the change log right here.

In addition to this patch, Arkane Studios has also released the full source code for Arx Fatalis for mod users to alter as they wish. Arkane is currently working on an unannounced game for Bethesda Softworks.

Download the Arx Fatalis 1.21 patch at Big Download
Download the Arx Falalis source code at Big Download

GameTap's regular Thursday update is now live and today they have added the fantasy RPG Arx Fatalis to its paid premimum subscription line-up. The game was the first title from Arkane Studios who went on to make Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. They are currently helping out 2K Games in the development of the upcoming BioShock 2.

Also this week, GameTap is letting its free users play Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition for a week. The sci-fi action-RPG title, from the now defunct Ion Storm, got a sequel before it shut its doors. The game's publisher Eidos/Square Enix is now working on the third game in the series.