Digitalo has released the promised (story) fix for the Devastation multiplayer demo (story), providing framerate improvements. The file is a 2.7 MB download, and it has been mirrored on 3D Gamers, AusGamers, edgefiles.com, Fragland.net, and Worthplaying. Here's the deal on this update:

ARUSH Entertainment, Groove Games and Digitalo have just released a performance fix for the Devastation Multiplayer Demo. This is a performance fix and not a full patch. This performance fix addresses specific problems that may cause players to experience extreme frame rate loss and connection lags even when running a local LAN game.

A full patch will be released sometime in the coming weeks. It will fix many of the other problems that have been reported on the DevastationGame.com Forums like server browser issues, miscellaneous gameplay issues, physics, and even audio problems.

NOTE: The issue that caused the poor performance is NOT an issue in the retail version of the game. It only appeared in the demo.