Valve has sent out official release dates for the Left 4 Dead 2 Xbox 360 and PC demos. The majority of gamers will get them in early November, but those who pre-ordered will get them this month.

...and all over the Internet, at that! If you haven't already had the lead ahead of us, then you might want to check out Space Siege - the game that kept industry rockstar Chris Taylor busy while they planned their massive project with independent RTS experts Stardock Systems (the one you know only as Demigod). Just a little more details to be had at the full story, if you still have the patience to course through it.

As of press time, "soon" is ticking at T-minus 3 days and 16 hours. Gas Powered Games' Dungeon Siege-gone-zero gravity has been silent as of late in the press, but it seems that the developers have not been slacking in Space Siege's development. In a few days, we'll be able to see whether the time spent since the last gameplay montage has improved, and what the sci-fi action RPG has to offer us. On ot the full story for just a little more.

Capcom's tossed an e-mail our way saying that PC gamers will now have a chance to try out Devil May Cry 4 on their capable gaming rigs as soon as they can grab a demo copy off the Internet. The publisher says that it should be available over major download veins, and if you wait a little longer, it could be in your favorite one, too. But before you all go scurrying about Google, find out what's slated for you inside the free download at the full story.

Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis is now ready for your entertainment, at least via a playable demo. In this installation of the adventure/detective franchise, you will be going toe to toe with a cunning French thief. To know more what awaits you, read up by following the full article.

Sins of a Solar Empire may not be the most impressive of titles, but it is one of the top selling PC games out there. And we can't deny its attraction, either: in between epic bouts among mechanical commanders and conquering the galaxy one parsec at a time, we've been dunking our noggins into Ironclad Games' latest sci-fi real-time strategy game with a turn-based strategic difference. But you've gotta try it to believe it. Luckily, Stardock's got that handled easy. More at the full story.

Kaos Studios is sending word that they will be delivering a multiplayer demo for the PC port of Frontlines: Fuel of War by next month.

Prior to the demo release, the developers will also be shutting the game's open beta servers next week. More details on the demo are in the full article.

Looking for a firefight? Check out the playable demo that Pivotal Games and Eidos Interactive have released for the PC version of their upcoming first-person shooter, Conflict: Denied Ops (PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3). More details in the full article.

Atari and CD Projekt's action-RPG The Witcher has been available for quite a while now and just to let everyone know what's in the game if they don't have it yet, the makers have made a playable demo available for free download in their official site. It's a pretty hefty one and we've got details in the full article.

 

The moment of truth is at hand. If you didn't get to enter the few exclusive Beta tests of Crysis, then this news is for you. The Crysis demo was rescheduled for release today, and Crytek made good on their promise. Electronic Arts now has a taste of the PC community's most anticipated game for 2007 out on the most popular download portals in the Internet, and you could say hardcore gamers and hardware enthusiasts are flexing many a PC muscle in the 45-minute long, single-player demo.

As was reported a month back, the Crysis demo will sport the CryEngine 2 Sandbox editor, so budding modders and experienced modders can prime themselves for user-created content in the remaining weeks before the game hits shelves. Now servers around the world must feel the almost endless download strain once again, and avid torrent seeders will become the unsung heroes for those late in picking up the news.

Why? Because the demo, weighing in at a whopping 1.77 GB of compressed data, already has most of the popular, non-membership download sites at a crawl - which is an understatement in itself. This is why we've added a little treat for those who picked up this news here at QJ.NET: an FTP link to EA's own file hosting.