Matrix Games announces the release of an updated playable demo for Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear, updated to version 1.18. Here's word on this new sample of the World War II turn-based strategy game:

The 1.18 Demo includes all the improvements from the v1.18 official update, bringing the demo fully up to date with the full game and incorporated more improvements focused on the “Classic” boardgame AP system. Most importantly, it fixes a critical multiplayer issue with the previously released demo that caused multiplayer to stop working as a result of a change in third party software that was previously included with the game. This new demo is fully multiplayer-enabled, allowing demo players to play each other as well as owners of the full game, within the limits of the scenarios included with the demo.