This Codemasters Downloads Page now offers a new version 1.28 patch for Soldiers: Heroes of World War II, though registration is required to download from there. The 161 MB patch offers several multiplayer action, including five combat modes, 12 maps, and a server browser, as well as new units and other features. The download is mirrored on 3D Gamers, Boomtown (registration required), Gamer's Hell, and Worthplaying. Here's the deal on the update:

In addition to the Deathmatch and King of the Hill combat modes, new team-based multiplayer modes include Assault, Battle Zones and Escort. In Assault, one team must hold an area, create sniping points, lay mines and other defensives while the opposing team infiltrates and eliminates the opposition. In Battle Zones, the team objective is to capture strategically placed flag zones to rack up points, which contribute to a final winning total. However, the zones can be retaken, so players must weigh the benefits of defending a few zones or trying to take them all over at once. Alternatively, players can try safeguarding a convoy of trucks in the Escort multiplayer mode. The defending team, armed with infantry and vehicles, must attempt to get its trucks from one side of the map to the other. However, the attacking team, which only has access to infantry units, is tasked with stopping the defenders using a host of sneaky ambush tactics, such as sniping placements, mine laying and setting up machine guns at choke points.