A Painful 1 Million Downloads
"Our friends at Dreamcatcher sent over a press release announcing that the Painkiller single-player demo has been downloaded over 1 million times since was launched on 16/02/04:
"This is a great achievement for the game, and for us as publishers," enthused Richard Wah Kan, President and CEO, DreamCatcher Games, "We noted the recent demo success of a high profile
FPS, and we're delighted to even come close to matching those numbers. We have been swamped by amazing fan support - more and more people are discovering that we have a game here that competes with the best."
Their email also mentions that a separate demo is currently on the cover discs of certain gaming magazines the world over, with a multiplayer demo coming to servers near you around the time of the game's release, April 12th."
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