This weekend together with our friends at Fatshark we are offering you the Frontiers Free Weekend. Shattered Horizon and Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West will both be free to play and half-price to buy on Steam all weekend. We will also be launching the Frontiers Pack, a bundle containing both games at a reduced price. <a href="http://futuremark.yougamers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=137028">More info in the forum</a>.

We have just updated the bots running on the open bot beta servers. The update happens on our side so you won't need to download anything from Steam in order to play against the new bots.

<b>Bot version 0.2</b>
The most noticeable changes include:
<UL>
<LI>Reduced shooting accuracy slightly for all weapons, more so for shotgun
<LI>Bots fight more defensively and make better use of cover
<LI>Bots can switch to a closer target when encountering multiple enemies
<LI>Bots use grenades more conservatively
<LI>Bots can do tactical reloads
<LI>Bots react better to control points being captured
<LI>Bots have slightly reduced ability to detect enemies over longer ranges
<LI>Code now takes silent mode and thruster state into account for enemy detection
</UL>

This is an open beta. Anyone with a copy of Shattered Horizon can join the Open Bot Beta servers. For more information and to give feedback please visit the <a href="http://futuremark.yougamers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=136735">forums</a>.

Today we are kicking off an exciting new stage in Shattered Horizon’s ongoing development with the start of our Open Bot Beta.

To join the beta look for the Futuremark-hosted Open Bot Beta servers. There is one in Europe and there are two in the US. Each server has 12 player slots with a further 12 bots split between the 2 teams. The number of servers and the player bot ratio may change over time.

This is an open beta. Anyone with a copy of Shattered Horizon can join the Open Bot Beta servers. For more information and to give feedback please visit the <a href="http://futuremark.yougamers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=134428">forums</a>.

Have fun killing the bots and do tell us what you would like to see added or changed.

As part of our sponsorship arrangement with Cooler Master we are happy to bring you details of their new Shattered Horizon video competition which offers some great prizes.

<a href="http://www.cmstorm.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2299">
<img src="http://www.coolermaster-europe.com/contest/CMStorm/Lethal_want_you2.jpg" width="450" >
</a>

<a href="http://www.cmstorm.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2299">Full details and the official entry thread can be found here</a>.

An update patch for Shattered Horizon is now available. The game will update automatically.

<b>Shattered Horizon 1.2.2.34</b>
This patch enables the game to be played with German language menus and text. To change language between English and German select the Language option under Settings from the main menu.

An update patch for Shattered Horizon is now available. The game will update automatically. This is a minor update that prepares the game for the launch of the German boxed retail edition on Thursday 26 August.

<B>Shattered Horizon 1.2.2.32</B>
<UL>
<LI>Code support for localization
<LI>German language option added
<LI>Deadeye level geometry optimized
<LI>Fixed weapon iron sight when using low visual settings
<LI>Various minor code optimizations
</UL>

<B>Server 1.2.2.10</B>
<UL>
<LI>Various optimizations
<LI>Made a code change that should help reduce player warping
<LI>Fixed a crash that could occur if the stats server DNS was unavailable
</UL>