Author Archives: admin

Hi guys the multiplayer dedicated server has been retired as its not economical to keep it going anymore. Hardly anyone plays the game now and to have a PC sat there 24/7 wasting electricity isn’t viable. Furthermore there are constant … Continue reading →

I have changed the community patch installer to be packaged inside a password protected .zip file as Microsoft Smartscreen filter sees the file as malware and prevents downloading the file. I have submitted the file to Microsoft to be removed … Continue reading →

Just a quick heads up. As you all know this game is no longer being sold and copies are only generally available on eBay or if you are lucky second hand game stores. The developer; Surreal Software are defunct but … Continue reading →

I’ve been through the site and updated any dead / broken links as a forum user mentioned that the link to download single player maps no longer works. I have updated this and they are also available from the drop … Continue reading →

Yangez93 has made some changes to the “Bloodland” map which had some bugs which caused a game crash. This has now been fixed and added to the map pack so if you find the game server is running this map … Continue reading →

I received a takedown order notice for this site as it was identified as spreading malware. It turned out to be a few files (the Drakan 10th anniversary patch and the memory allocation tweak patch) that have been on this … Continue reading →

The forum software has been updated to the latest version which now enables me to use a more advanced captcha system which seems to have stopped the flood of spam registrations we were getting recently. Unfortunately visitors from China still … Continue reading →

The latest community patch has been released by Mechanist. This makes changes to several maps which we found to be unbalanced and other improvements have been made to make gameplay more fair. You will need to install this to be … Continue reading →

I have updated the tech support pages as they were out of date and no longer relevant. I have put some information on there for new visitors who would like to play the game and how to install the community … Continue reading →

Regarding the previous post about the community patch – there has been a small update so the build number is now 135.02. If you play multiplayer you will need to update to this version. Also I need to update the … Continue reading →