A demo for Painkiller: Overdose is now available, allowing you to try out this Painkiller prequel which started out as a mod for the original game. The 733mb demo includes two singleplayer, and two multiplayer maps. The retail version of Painkiller: Overdose, which includes sixteen new levels, six new weapons, forty new monsters and additional multiplayer options, will ship October 23.

DreamCatcher has released a new patch for Painkiller, updating the game from version 1.61 to version 1.62. The update fixes several gameplay problems, and also has some updates to DM_Psycho. Updated Linux and Windows standalone server files are available as well.

We received a press release from DreamCatcher Games, announcing a Painkiller Gold Edition. The DVD set will include the original game, the Battle out of Hell expansion pack and a making-of video. Painkiller: Gold Edition will be released in March.

DreamCatcher Games sends along a massive new patch for Painkiller, which updates the People Can Fly shooter to version 1.61. The 338mb download adds all the new content and features created for the Cyberathlete Professional League (which will be using the game in its tournaments), along with a few other changes/additions.

Within the largest Painkiller update released, players can look forward to the new CPL dueling maps from Ritual Entertainment, over a half dozen specialty maps and numerous CPL-ready network features. They will also enjoy access to two additional multiplayer modes, Capture the Flag and Last Man Standing, as well as carnage-creating power of the exclusive weaponry offered in Painkiller's Expansion, "Battle Out of Hell." The update also includes Battle Out of Hell's graphic enhancements, the reworked networking core and a number of fixes for outstanding issues. Utilizing the impressive Havok 2.0 physics engine, Painkiller continues to achieve new heights of physics-based game play while version 1.61 of the proprietary PAIN Engine pumps out an unbelievably high polygon count, and awesome visual effects like heat and haze distortion, per-pixel spectacular mapping, support for NVIDIA's Shader Model 3.0.

An updated Windows dedicated server is available as well.

RPG Vault has posted another one of those wrap reports, this time on the development of the Painkiller expansion pack Battle out of Hell which was recently released.

DreamCatcher Games sends along another Painkiller: Battle out of Hell video, this time showing the Secret Lab level from the expansion pack. We posted screenshots of this level a few days ago.

DreamCatcher has released a another set of screenshots from Painkiller: Battle out of Hell, this time showing the Lab level. The expansion pack will be in stores next week.

A second Painkiller: Battle out of Hell video has been released, this time showing off footage from the Loony Park level. As mentioned yesterday, the expansion pack suffered a shipping delay and will now show up in stores the 22nd.

This post on the DreamCatcher forums announces that the Painkiller expansion Battle out of Hell has suffered from a release delay due to duplication problems. Originally scheduled to reach stores today, the expansion pack is now due out the 22nd. Thanks Blues.

DreamCatcher Games sends along eight more screenshots from the Painkiller expansion pack Battle Out of Hell, showing the Loony Park level. Painkiller: Battle Out of Hell will show up in stores November 11.

As you'd expect from a game that's due to show up in stores on the 11th, DreamCatcher Games today announced that Painkiller: Battle Out of Hell has gone gold. The expansion pack comes with an updated game engine, 10 new singleplayer levels, and various new multiplayer maps & modes.

A Painkiller: Battle Out of Hell video has been released, showing a minute of footage from the Dead City level in this expansion pack. Thanks 3D Gamers.

DreamCatcher Games sends along seven more screenshots from the Painkiller expansion pack Battle out of Hell which will be released November 11. The shots are from the level "Dead City".

DreamCatcher Games sends along these six screenshots from the Painkiller expansion pack Battle out of Hell which is due out soon. The shots show the Orphanage level.

In related news, there will be a Painkiller IRC chat tonight at 7:30PM CST. The server will be irc.gamesurge.net, the channel #FileFront-Chat. Adrian Chmielarz and Andrzej Pozanski from People Can Fly and Brian Gladman from DreamCatcher will attend.

PC.IGN has new screenshots and artwork from the first Painkiller expansion pack, Battle Out Of Hell. It is due out in stores soon.

As promised, DreamCatcher Games has released the third Painkiller singleplayer demo. This new demo includes the "Military Base" level, and comes with an updated version of the PAIN engine used in the expansion pack Battle out of Hell.

In the popular "Military Base" level, players will enjoy effects such as heat and haze distortion, light blooms, per pixel specular mapping, new shader effects and tweaks for the latest video cards

You can find some comparison screenshots of these new effects right here.

According to an email we received from DreamCatcher Games, a third demo of Painkiller will be released next week (the 12th). The demo will include the "Military Base" level, and features the upgraded version of the PAIN engine found in the Battle out of Hell expansion pack - "players will enjoy effects such as heat and haze distortion, light blooms, per pixel specular mapping, new shader effects and tweaks for the latest video cards".

DreamCatcher Interactive sends along seven new screenshots from Battle out of Hell, showing a few locations from this Painkiller expansion pack. The addon, which adds ten new singleplayer levels along with new multiplayer maps and modes among other things, will ship to stores November 11.

DreamCatcher sends along a new Painkiller patch, updating the game to version 1.35. There's isn't much to the patch, but you'll need to in order to use the newly released editor & tools for the game. They'll allow you to create custom levels and mods for the game. There's also an updated Windows standalone server.

PC.IGN has a new Painkiller: Battle out of Hell preview, offering some brief impressions of this upcoming expansion pack.