Ubisoft has announced that patches for both the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of its excellent Western-themed first-person shooter, Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, are now available.

The patches will “improve the quality of multiplayer connections and matches” as well as “refine the overall balance of multiplayer classes and modes.” The publisher has balanced the Spy, Gunslinger, Hombre, Veteran and Sniper classes while PS3 owners can also look forward to reduced checkpoint loading times.

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The Xbox LIVE service has just been graced with a demo for the excellent Western-themed first-person shooter, Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood.

El33tonline enjoyed Bound in Blood quite a bit, citing the game’s unique flavour, great story, high production values and replay value as some of its high points.

If you haven’t yet played Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, you should definitely give the demo a whirl.

[Update] You’ll also be able to find the demo for Bound in Blood on the PlayStation Network later today, while a PC demo has also been made available.

Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood isn’t a game for everyone - a Wild West themed, story-driven first-person shooter with deliberately (Read: Slower) paced gunfights is bound to turn a few people off, especially with the mature themes and language used throughout the adventure in order to give the game a much harder edge than traditional shooters (even the filthy space marine types).

Bound in Blood is, however, an excellent experience, with solid and satisfying gunplay, great production values, open-world side missions, and well acted cutscenes… even if those cutscenes are a little lengthy for those of us with an itchy trigger finger. Bound in Blood manages to provide something a little (and sometimes, a lot) different to the usual shooter fare, which makes it an enticing proposition for gamers tired of busting caps into the faces of evil aliens, Mid-Eastern soldiers and foreign thugs.

Continue reading El33tonline’s review of Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood.