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The promised multi-player demo for XIII is now available, offering the opportunity to take the cel-shaded first-person shooter by Ubi Soft Montreal for some online action. This demo contains a pair of levels called Winslow Bank and NES, playable online on Ubi.com, on a LAN, and against bots in deathmatch and team deathmatch modes.

Today, the XIII MP demo was released but there was a large bug in it. The bug is not affecting the 'Bot Challenge' but multiplayer hosting. The development team is working hard to correct the problem. This was the issue that caused all the confusion today. We will have a new version soon that will have a better feeling for what the game's multiplayer will feel like. I will keep you posted.

News source: 3D Gamers
Download: XIII multi-player demo (158Mb)
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