If you live near or in San Francisco and have some free time on your hands tonight, you may want to head over to San Francisco's Apple Store to watch an hour-long demo of the full game of Spore (PC, Nintendo Wii, DS, Mac, and Mobile), as hosted by Will Wright. The full details after the jump!

Much to the delight of motorheads here at QJ.NET, demos for Codemaster's Race Driver: GRID (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC) is now available for download. In case you want to find out more about the demos, head on over to the full article by clicking on the "read more" link below.

It took a long while, but 2K Games has finally released the first solid details on Mafia 2. They even threw in three new in-game screenshots. Check them out by following the "read more" link below.

Fresh from acquiring assets to dip themselves into the casual gaming market, "creative hub" publisher THQ will now set out to raise the curtains off their much broader lineup of games for fiscal year 2009. And aside from tending some exclusive titles for the Nintendo Wii, THQ has a couple of mainstream franchises piled up for a comeback. All these are to be demonstrated at the Game Press Event in San Francisco. Head to the full story for more info.

News about Codemasters and inXile Entertainment's HEI$T (Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3, PC) has been rather scarce the past few months. Until now, that is. A representative from Codemasters recently gave out a general time frame when we can expect this game to hit the stands. To find out more, check out the full article.

A Valve developer over at San Francisco's GDC grounds has confirmed that Portal 2 is in the company's plans. That aside, the developer also provided some interesting tidbits over how the game started out.

You can view them over in the video in the full article by clicking the "read more" link below.

It seems fitting that a survival-horror title will get a comic book of its own. That's exactly what will happen with Electronic Arts' Dead Space, as EA and Image Comics have joined forces to bring you the story behind the story.

More "comic" relief follows after the jump. Just click the "read more" link below.

During the Game Developers Conference 08 in San Francisco, the company Havok has released version 5.5 of its renowned game engine of the same name. The announcement was done by no less than Managing Director David O'Meara.

There have been many changes to the engine that promise to make gameplay experience more immersive. Know all about these changes after the jump!

Blizzard's coming to the 2008 Game Developers Conference and has a bunch of events lined up for the five-day gathering. The studio that brought us the Warcraft and StarCraft franchises will talk about the future of MMOs, show a new cinematic teaser for StarCraft II, and more besides. Check out the full article to find out what else they're bringing to the GDC.

The Game Developers Conference is gearing up not only for conferences and lectures but parties as well. We know that these game developers play hard and party even harder. General events are lined up for the whole week. Find out more on the events after the jump!