Paradox Interactive announces the release of a new version 1.3 patch for Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim, which is now or soon to be automatically available for 1C:Ino-Co's RTS sequel "through the digital download portal of your choice." Word is: "The patch will reward fans with an abundance of free content to improve and enhance the much loved strategy game and provide a compulsory and automatic install for the upcoming expansion Majesty 2: Kingmaker." A manual patch is also available for the boxed version, the download can be found on Gamers Gate (direct link) and mirrored on AtomicGamer, FileFront, The Patches Scrolls, and WorthPlaying. An outline of the new content and features included in the patch is in this forum post, and a list of highlights follows.

• An added ‘randomize’ feature in all single and multiplayer missions which shuffles the locations of non-quest monster dens along with sites for the construction of temples and trading posts. Enabling this feature can dramatically affect the difficulty of a mission
• Random filling of treasure chests. Heroes can now discover various amounts of gold, weapons, armour, elixirs and artifacts
• New map editor
• Open access to basic game resources for mod-makers
• Multiplayer compatibility for Majesty 2 with the Kingmaker expansion installed
• Added network compatibility of versions with different languages
• The option to acquire additional game content, part of which is available free-of-charge
• The ability to now view a list of heroes who are interested in a selected flag
• On the mini-maps, the graves of monsters no longer appear as a live enemy
• Anisotropy feature added to graphical settings dramatically improving the display of textures
• Automatic synchronization to remedy any critical mistiming in multiplayer