The SEGA Europe Blog has word that a patch for the Windows edition of Aliens vs Predator is on the way that they expect to be released on Monday. They say at that time they "will also have news on an additional feature we know many of you have been waiting for which is now ready for a closed Beta test!" The change list follows.

General:

• Stability improvements to address rare and infrequent hangs
• Implemented a workaround for missing audio issues with certain hardware (SoundBlaster X-Fi, Realtek onboard, etc.)
• Fixed save games being lost or corrupted if connection to Steam is lost or if user switches to offline play

Multiplayer:

• Fixed XP being incorrectly affected by offline play (though only in the local stats; this will be corrected next time you connect to multiplayer)
• Fixed other players sometimes appearing to have the wrong weapon or continuing to fire indefinitely after dying
• Fixed rare issue where players would be temporarily invisible
• Fixed some selection of servers and players in menus sometimes being incorrect