Isotx, Inc.,has announced the arrival of a new patch for their first commercial title, Iron Grip: Warlord. This patch brings with it countless bug fixes as well as several long-awaited functions, not the least of which include a vote-kick option and a feature to identify who killed the Officer, an essential part of successfully completing a round in Warlord. The new patch also ties together Warlord with the browser game Iron Grip: Lords of Atelia, currently in Closed Beta.

The goal of this patch, Isotx explains, was simple: to make the Warlord experience more immersive. After extensive reviews and testing, the new patch aims to be friendlier to new users, while maintaining the features which make Warlord unique. This new version includes everything from an improved turret targeting system to in game tips to help players get introduced to the title. The game’s manual has also been updated to reflect this change.

With this new version of Warlord, Patch 1.12, the commercial price of the game was also lowered from $24.95 to $9.95 over at GamersGate.

For more information, visit www.igwarlord.com, the official website of Iron Grip: Warlord.

Here’s the Change list:

•    An in-game call a vote option. This has been something we’ve been asked for constantly, and we’re very happy to announce this. Basically if you want to change difficulty option mid-game, or if you want to kick someone who is abusing the server with a little too much friendly fire, this option will be your new best friend.
• A more improved turret targeting system, with no more misfires from the A/T turrets. This means more accurate shots from the machine gun nests. I’m sure you remember how the Confederates used to camp behind short walls and destroy your defenses - this won’t happen anymore, we promise!
• Smarter bots with bigger guns. Yes, you read right: the bots are now packing a lot more attitude. This should make the bots more helpful and make single player more dynamic.
• Are you an Iron Grip: Lords of Atelia beta tester? Do you want to get some extra gold coins? Fill in the email address you are using in IG:LoA in the  Name section of IGW’s menu and check the gold servers. Depending on the difficulty level you play, a certain amount of gold coins will be delivered in your IGLoA account every time you win a match.
• Misplaced landmines will not be a problem anymore, a second use of the wrench tool was added to allow you to pick up any misplaced mines and reposition them on a better spot.
• For those that were experiencing lag issues, we’ve added a checkbox in the menu that allows you to skip the bombing screen and movie.
• First timer in Warlord? We’ve added some in game tips that shows up while in spectator’s mode and a pop up help box which can be enabled by pressing the F1 to F4 keys. We’ve also reworked the manual to offer some more tips; every copy of the game, downloaded from wherever, has a manual PDF in the installer so be sure to check it out!
• The HUD scrolling inventory logic has been improved as well; you’ll mis-scroll less and select the right options more. Those people who hated the map can also listen up and rejoice - the map "weapon" is dead. We hope you won’t mourn its death too much.
• The Message Of The Day (MOTD) window has been improved allowing us to establish a better communication with the players. News, announcements and contests will be posted to keep the community up to date.
• Plus, many fixes on reported bugs and features that will allow us to have a better online experience! Read the official changelog when you download the game for details  on these fixes.

DOWNLOADS

Dedicated Server: http://igwarlord.s3.amazonaws.com/IGWarlordDedicatedServerInstaller112.exe

Patch 1.12: http://igwarlord.s3.amazonaws.com/igwarlord11x-112patch.exe

Full Version: http://igwarlord.s3.amazonaws.com/igwarlord112fullNC.exe