As some people who tried the demo might've noticed, Blues News has word from the game's community manager that the XIII multiplayer demo has a big bug in it which affects multiplayer hosting (bot play is fine though). A new version of the demo is expected soon.

Following the singleplayer demo from a month ago, a multiplayer demo for the cel-shaded shooter XIII is now available. The demo contains two levels, with straight deathmatch and team deathmatch available as game modes. Apparently the demo is based on the European version of the game, an official US demo is expected soon.

Team Xbox has posted an XIII behind the scenes article, taking a look at how characters and levels are being created for the game. Thanks HLF.

WorthPlaying is the latest site with an XIII preview, offering impressions of a preview build of the cel-shaded shooter. New screenshots are included.

GameSpy has posted a new preview of XIII, taking a hands-on look at the multiplayer options this time. Ubi Soft's cel-shaded shooter is still on track for a mid October release.

New on HomeLAN Fed today is this preview of XIII, the cel-shaded shooter that is nearing completion at Ubi Soft. There are brief descriptions of some of the levels, the gameplay and the comic book integration among other things.

The guys at Action Trip have posted a XIII preview, offering impressions of a beta build of the game. Plenty of new screenshots are included.

Over at GameSpy there is the first XIII development diary. Ubi Soft executive producer Julien Bares writes about use of a comic book license, the development team, the visual style and the work done on the single- and multiplayer parts of the game.

GameSpot has posted a new XIII preview, offering impressions of a two level build on display at the London ECTS game show. Game should still be released in October.

GamePro is the latest site with an XIII Q&A. Julien Bares of Ubi Soft answers questions about the game's story, if people miss out on things if they haven't read the comic book this game is based on, use of cel-shading, other unique features, use of comic book panels, and a few other things.

GameSpy has posted the first XIII character overview, taking a look at the main character XIII and your "guardian angel" Major Jones.

Another XIII movie has been released, showing more from the game's backstory through ingame cutscenes. Thanks Blues News.

A bit earlier than expected, the English language XIII singleplayer demo is now available for download (no .zip password required this time) at a modest 79mb. Two levels from this Unreal engine powered cel-shaded shooter are included. You can find the official site with more info on on this game here.

GameSpy's preview of XIII is online, offering impressions of a build of the game that was shown at the CPL a few days ago. A singleplayer demo of this game will be out very soon.

There's a new XIII video, showing nearly a minute of ingame footage from Ubi Soft's Unreal engine powered shooter. Quicktime required. Thanks Gamers Hell.