2K Games has released a Mafia II playable demo today. The Mafia II demo throws you back into the ’50s and gives you a sampling of Empire Bay’s suburbs, mobs, and ’50s Playboy pin-up models. The demo-designed “Buzzsaw” level will give you a feel of what you can expect in the game, from third-person gunplay to car chases. It shouldn’t take you more than 20 minutes to complete the demo (or about 10 minutes in the free-roam mode). The downloadable Mafia II demo is currently available for the Xbox 360 at about 1.03 GB (Xbox LIVE Gold Members, queue it up here) and PC (via Steam).
Mafia II will be available in the following editions:
(available August 24 in North America, August 26 in Australia and August 27 internationally)
Mafia II for Xbox 360 – Standard Edition or Collector’s Edition
Mafia II for PlayStation 3 – Standard Edition or Collector’s Edition
Mafia II for PC – Standard Edition or Collector’s Edition
About Mafia II, from 2K Games:
“Mafia II centres around Vito Scaletta, who has started to make a name for himself on the streets of Empire Bay. He’s someone who can be trusted to get the job done. Together with his buddy Joe, he is working to prove himself to the Mafia, a move which escalates to crimes that generate bigger rewards, bigger status, and bigger consequences.”
For more details on Mafia II, visit www.mafia2game.com or www.mafia2game.com/frankiepotts
A demo for Just Cause 2 is now available for download on the PlayStation 3′s PlayStation Store, Xbox 360′s LIVE Marketplace (here for Gold Members) and PC (here on Steam). Give it a go and you’ll be hooked. You’ll start at a simple ammo dump to get you warmed up. After some fireworks, you can explore Panau as you choose. You have 30 minutes to check it out, after which the demo will reset. Take down a towering radar station, use your grappling hook to get around fast, hijack an enemy helicopter and more. There is plenty to do in the brief 30 minutes you’ll get in the Just Cause 2 demo.
Here are the details on what you’ll find in the demo, from Eidos and Square Enix:
"Set in the stunning south-western Panaun desert, the demo area contains a full 16 civilian towns and military bases, one of the 50 government colonels to hunt down and assassinate, air challenges, pickups, numerous military and civilian vehicles and one complete, full-game mission, containing an assault on a mountain-top radar station, ending in one of sandbox gaming’s most memorable car chases!"
Just Cause 2 will be available on March 23, 2010 for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Pre-order the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 or PC release on Amazon.com and get a $15 credit, along with an exclusive Bull’s Eye Assault Rifle bonus.
Visit the official website at www.justcause.com for more details on Just Cause 2.
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Get ready to try out some stunts and creative kills of your own in the Just Cause 2 demo. A demo for Just Cause 2 will be released next week, on Thursday, March 4, 2010. The demo will be available for the PlayStation 3 (via PlayStation Network), the Xbox 360 (via Xbox LIVE) and PC (via Steam).
Here is what you will find in the Just Cause 2 demo:
"The Just Cause 2 demo will feature a massive 35 square miles of the Lautan Lama Desert, a vast expanse of stunning, sun-scorched scenery taking up just one of the many islands in the 400 square miles of the Panau archipelago. Packed with towns, villages, military installations, mountain ranges, missions and more, the demo will feature an astonishing amount of activities for the player… and opportunities for adrenaline-fuelled chaos are limitless.
Hunt down and assassinate one of the game’s 50 military colonels; devastate military bases, bio fuel chambers, government infrastructure and more; hijack tuk tuks, military 4x4s, armoured vehicles, mopeds, helicopter gunships, light aircraft, mini vans and numerous other military and civilian vehicles; freefall from desert outcrops or from burning planes at 20,000 feet; and unlock one full, multi-stage mission, traversing the mountains to a heavily fortified government radar station and ending in an unforgettable desert car chase."
Just Cause 2 will be available for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC on March 23rd, 2010 in North America and on March 26th in Europe. Visit the official website at www.justcause.com for more details on Just Cause 2.
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Keep a lookout for a demo of Heavy Rain tomorrow, Feburary 11th, from the PlayStation Store. The playable demo for the PlayStation 3 exclusive game will include a couple of chapters. This is the same demo that was provided on other PlayStation Store locations around the world last week as part of the ‘Four Days’ online experience, only you won’t have to work for it.
Here are the details on what you’ll be able to play in the demo, as described on the US PlayStation Blog:
“This PlayStation 3-exclusive demo will feature two full chapters from the game, in which players will immerse themselves in the roles of Norman Jayden, a FBI profiler brought in to help local law enforcement find and capture the Origami Killer, and Scott Shelby, a private investigator hired by families of past victims to bring their killer to justice. Gamers will finally get the chance to try this psychological thriller where players make choices that will determine their story, all in the hopes of uncovering the mystery of Heavy Rain.”
Heavy Rain will be released exclusively on the PlayStation 3 on February 23, 2010.
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