Not bought Napoleon: Total War yet?  Not sure if it's worth the bunse? Well wonder no further, SEGA has released the demo of the top selling RTS on the Steam network.

The Napoleon: Total War demo will take you through the new and playable "War on Land" tutorial as well as the epic land Battle of Ligny, one of the many historical scenarios included in the full version of the game.[nextpage]

Demo features:

• War on Land tutorial - Set during the Siege of Toulon, you will be given command of the French artillery battery. Aided by Napoleon's most trusted aide, you will learn the art of warfare in the defeat of the British army.
• Historical scenario - Battle of Ligny - The Battle of Ligny (16th June 1815) effectively determined the outcome of Napoleon's 100 day return to power.
• Play

Sandbox games like Grand Theft Auto or Fallout have been with the gaming market for years now. It can be noted how highly successful they are in their own unique form. Without the limitation of linearity, the choice of doing what you want and when you want, gives the utmost privilege in a game.  Although Grand Theft Auto and Fallout are completely different titles with contrasting goals, it’s clear to point out that gamers love their freedom.

Yakuza 3 debuts in the States just weeks away and it’s come a long, arduous way to be acknowledged as a very anticipated game for this year. Japan was graced with the PlayStation 3 exclusive for an entire year and it showed its dominance, beating out blockbuster Resident Evil 5 in sales.

The intrigue of Yakuza comes from an intricately

Ok so you might have played the Aliens vs. Predator multiplayer demo and either thought; "Damn this is badass!" or "WTF is this?" Well AvP may have the same priniples as any other multiplayer title: kill or be killed, but it has a more subtle style of gameplay that players will need to adopt if they want to be top in the intergalactic-race war.

Rather than going all Quake or Unreal - running around using as much ammo as possible on your enemies until everything stops moving - you are going to need to learn how to use close combat techniques.  AvP might not give you a true Jackie Chan fist-fight experience, but the melee combat is a tad more advanced than most FPS titles out there.

Especially with the Alien (who doesn't have any proper long range attacks) you will need to understand

By now, the Heavy Rain Demo has been released to the public, one way or another. Although it hasn’t been officially released, one can get it by playing through the online mystery game “Four Days” that has been running for the past couple weeks. Once completing that, Quantic Dream and their viral marketing affiliates are proud to present you with a code for your very own demo.

Heavy Rain explores of life filled with choices. With those choices, come obvious consequences. Ever since the arrival of the Heavy Rain tech demo years ago, Sony expressed how this game ideally demonstrates the best graphics that you can only get on their system. The Heavy Rain demo’s quality doesn’t disappoint, creating an even stronger anticipation until the game release on February

Oh yeah! SEGA has now released a playable demo of Sonic & SEGA All-Stars racing on Xbox Live Marketplace.  The demo allows you to play as Sonic or Banjo (oh you love him really) and on one of tracks, "Lost Palace".

Weirdly though on the SOE Blog they say that you play across "a selection of tracks" - but it looks like you can only play on one - though that's not a weird thing for a demo.  But that doesn't stop it from being a really fun demo; I've already played through it about five times and that's only the single player, I'm still yet to tackle the multiplayer option.

The only downfall is that the demo is a pretty weighty 1.03GB download.  Not the biggest ever, but it'll take a little longer to arrive on your hard drive and if you are impatient, like me, then it's

~In case you haven't seen it; the new Marines trailer~

In case you haven't checked, the Aliens vs. Predator multiplayer demo should now be available from a download service of your choice; XBL, PSN and Steam.  The demo was (supposedly) released last Friday 5th Feb, but I didn't see it appear on my XBL service until last night, maybe I'm living in a black hole or something.

The demo allows you to play with some friends and/or play a quick match against some randoms online.  There is only one level to play, "The Refinery," but you can play as all three species; Alien, Marine or Predator.

Anyway, it seems that PC and PS3 users of the demo over the weekend were plagued with some issues, which Rebellion has now apologised for; while the Xbox 360 version was unaffected.

If you have one of them Playstation 3's, you can now start download the new Resonance of Fate demo (titled End of Eternity in Japan). 

The demo clocks in at a measly 683mb, so it shouldn't be that long of a download. I'm downloading it as we speak.
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Resonance of Fate (or as it is known in Japan, End of Eternity) will have a demo on Decemeber 22nd via the Japanese PSN and Xbox Live Market place, poor Final Fantasy XIII is going to loose some hype over this, am I right?!

The demo will have newcomer mode, this will let you get a feel of the battle system and what you can do on it. The demo will also allow you to get new clothes, so the more you play the more you unlock.  

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Available for download on the PlayStation Network just a few hours ago (and Dec. 24 for Xbox 360 owners), the demo for Visceral Games' Dante's Inferno should be relatively familiar to fans of God of War. While the two are totally different in hero and plot, both games are dramatically executed with action-packed brilliance, totally immersing players in each of their respective worlds.

The question on top of everyone's mind is: How does this game stack up against God of War 3? Based on the demo, the simple answer is: Sometimes, I thought I actually was playing a God of War game. [nextpage]

Electronic Arts' upcoming project centers around Dante, a veteran of the Crusades who discovers his beloved Beatrice killed and her soul taken prisoner by demon lord Lucifer. The demo loosely refers