Experience the intensity of Cops versus Racers for the connected generation with one Hot Pursuit and one Race event that challenges each player to set the best times amongst their friends. These times are tracked via the groundbreaking Need for Speed Autolog, a new in-game technology that dynamically recommends personalised gameplay to players based on what their friends have been playing. Play the demo and you’ll receive 500 Cop Bounty and 500 Racer Bounty in the full game. Be sure to play the full game with the same EA Account you used to play the demo.

The demo for Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. will be coming this week for 360 and PS3, and later this month for PC:
Key features of the H.A.W.X demo:

• Co-op enabled for up to 4 players – Jump in/Jump out

• Gain experience points and unlock up to three real, licensed planes in the demo:
o F-16A Fighting Falcon
o SU-35 Super Flanker
o AV-8B Harrier II

• Choose between two different game modes:
o Normal – Default control type
o Expert – Allows full control over the aircraft in “Assistance Off” mode

• Two heart-pounding missions:
o Operation: Off Certification (Training mode)
• Learn the skills of an elite pilot in “Assistance Off” mode and pull extreme maneuvers

o Operation: Glass Hammer (Rio De Janeiro)
• Take flight over GeoEye technology (the world’s best satellite data), and witness Brazil like never before
• Learn to use the Enhanced Reality System in “Assistance On” mode, where your plane’s computer calculates the best interception course for you to follow to attack an enemy, evade a missile or hit a ground target
Check out the press release for all the details, and look for the full version of the game to hit mid-march.

Resident Evil 5 will launch on Friday, March 13th but you’ll be able to get your hands on a two-level playable demo the week of January 26th. According to Capcom, the demo will have has three levels of co-op play: single-player with AI support, two-player split-screen on a single Xbox 360 and two-player across Xbox LIVE. There are some trailers up on the Marketplace if you want to remind yourself how good this looked when we saw it at

Japanese gaming mag Famitsu has revealed that Xbox 360 owners will be getting a special holiday treat next week, as a co-op demo for Capcom's Resident Evil 5 drops on Friday, December 5th.

The demo will consist of two stages, most likely the ones we've seen played through at trade shows throughout the summer, playable in either single player or co-op modes. Also in the article is news that Resident Evil 5 (okay, Biohazard 5) is being pushed up a week exclusively in Japan, now slated for release on March 5th instead of the 12th.

Keep in mind that the announcement only covers Japan, and only regards the Xbox 360, so PlayStation owners and non-Japanese folk will just have to wait while we poke Capcom vigorously with a stick.

Content: Ninja Gaiden II Playable Demo
Price: Free
Availability: Canada and United States
Dash Text: [ESRB: M (Mature) BLOOD AND GORE,INTENSE VIOLENCE,PARTIAL NUDITY,SUGGESTIVE THEMES] The wait is over… Play as Ryu Hayabusa and experience the frenetic combat of Ninja Gaiden II. NGII launches the first week in June worldwide! Select English or Japanese voice with subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Korean, Japanese, or Trad. Chinese.

Content: Battlefield: Bad Company Demo
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) ALCOHOL REFERENCE,STRONG LANGUAGE,VIOLENCE] Battlefield: Bad Company follows a wayward band of ordinary soldiers who decide that sometimes the gratitude of a nation just isn't enough. Featuring a dramatic storyline loaded with a unique attitude, the game delivers the series' trademark sandbox gameplay in a universe where almost everything is destructible. The game also features the all new, objective based multiplayer game mode "Gold Rush".
Size: 1.50 GB

Content: Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution Demo
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions except Asia.
Size: 1.25 GB
Dash Text: [ESRB: E10+ (Everyone 10+) ALCOHOL REFERENCE,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES,VIOLENCE] Legendary game designer Sid Meier brings one of the greatest strategy games of all time to the Xbox 360 console! Built from the ground up for consoles, Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution challenges you to lead your chosen nation from the dawn of man to the space age on your quest to rule the world. Go head to head with history’s greatest leaders as you wage war, conduct diplomacy, discover new technologies and build the most powerful empire the world has ever known. The famously addictive gameplay, endless ways to play and Xbox LIVE multiplayer competitions, matchmaking, leaderboards, achievements and downloadable content will keep you coming back for more. This demo includes both single-player and multiplayer gameplay.

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Title: STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED

Content: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: The New Beginning (Web Doc 1)
Price: Free
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Dash Text: [PEGI: 16+] The Star Wars saga continues in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed! Learn of the origins of Darth Vader’s “Secret Apprentice” in a new chapter of the saga set during the largely unexplored era between Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.

Content: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Trailer
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Dash Text: [PEGI: 16+] Meet Darth Vader’s Secret Apprentice for the first time and feel the power of over-the-top Force powers and devastating attack combos. With new combined technologies, metal bends, wood splinters, and glass shatters with stunning realism as you attack enemies and unleash the Force like never before. Scour the galaxy and defeat Jedi Masters on new and familiar Star Wars worlds. Destroy all who stand in your way in your ultimate quest to do Darth Vader’s bidding. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed allows you to feel the power of the Force like never before in a brand new Star Wars story where your decisions could change the ultimate destiny of the galaxy.

Following last month's announcement of the game's release date and confirmation of a pre-release demo, Criterion Games now announced the date this demo will hit Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network.

On December 13, 2007, EA will release a playable demo of the fifth installment in the Burnout series, giving players license to wreak havoc in Paradise City, the ultimate racing battleground, with a massive infrastructure of traffic-heavy roads to abuse.

Gone is the need to jump in and out of menus and aimlessly search for fun like many open world games; in Burnout 5, every inch of the world is built to deliver heart-stopping Burnout-style gameplay. Every intersection is a potential crash junction and every alleyway is an opportunity to rack up moving violations.