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Foot-to-ball Head-thinks: FIFA Manager 2009

Written by Kieron Gillen on November 12, 2008.

It’s that time of year. The updates for the Football Management games are coming in. The just-shy-of-a-gig demo of EA’s FIFA Manager 2009 is now available to download. It’s only first divisions of six countries with a few stadium and no realistic 3D-noggins or commentary and similar, and ends after 90 days, but that’s still a lot of “Oooh - I think we need to go 4-3-3″isms for nowt. And, just to mix things up a little, here’s the German trailer for the game…
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The Witching 168 Hours: Left 4 Dead Demo

Written by Kieron Gillen on November 11, 2008.

The Until-launch Demo’s up for non-preorder users, apparently. Re-start Steam to get it if you can’t see it.

And remember: Don’t Startle The Witch.

Court By The Fuzz? Tennis Elbow 2009 Demo

Written by Kieron Gillen on November 11, 2008.

Ah, the Racquet-to-Ball game. The new and teeny-tiny 20Mb Demo of Tennis Elbow 2009 - sequel to many other Tennis Elbows of previous years - has just gone live, allowing you to play for fourteen days on a single court type minus career mode but with multiplayer. Which strikes me as a lot to cram into 20Mb. We didn’t even fit our last podcast into 20 Mb, and that’s just us and Erik having a good old yack. Anyway, it’s a Tennis game which can be got from here. What’s it like?
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The Only Thing Missing Is Janet Ellis

Written by John Walker on November 11, 2008.

I’m not going to hold it in any longer. I don’t care what anyone thinks, I’m just going to… bloody say it. I like jigsaw puzzles. There. Think what you like of me, I just like them, and I’m not going to change for you. That’s how come I just used up all of my free hour with Infinite Jigsaw Puzzle.

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Street Fighting Men: Iron Grip: Warlord Demo

Written by Kieron Gillen on November 8, 2008.

I noticed the Iron Grip: Warlord demo has gone live, weighing in at about 400Mb or so. Now, we’ve mentioned Isotx regarding their game manager/mod-updater thing CrosuS, but bar a name-check, I didn’t really pay any attention to this. I’ve been playing it solo for half an hour and it initially appears to fit into the Left 4 Dead co-op Zeitgeist particularly well. It’s basically Co-op Counterstrike with splashes of Team Fortress 2 meets Tower Defence. A brief overview, some initial tips and assorted thoughts beneath the cut…
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Left 4 Dead Demo Contains Playable Infected

Written by John Walker on November 7, 2008.

A couple of interesting hacks have appeared for the Left 4 Dead demo. People have found a way to get at the splitscreen mode, intended only for the 360 version, and more interestingly, how to play as the Infected.

It’s important to note that the latter isn’t a way to get Versus mode in the demo - instead it’s a very choppy console-command-led method that sort of lets you at least experience what it’s like to play as the Infected, albeit in a way that is nothing like the game proper.

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Left 4 Dead Early Access Demo

Written by Kieron Gillen on November 6, 2008.

Those who have pre-ordered Left 4 Dead will hopefully have noticed that the demo’s actually gone live. We only just managed it, as jetlag is preventing me noticing anything other than the taste of tea and Hobnobs. The demo is one and a half maps of NO MERCY - worth noting that the saferoom where it ends is one that’s been added for the demo - the full version of that level is a lot bigger. You can play single-player or co-op, but there’s no access to the versus mode. And everyone else gets a shot on November 11th.

However, it’s not entirely a smooth launch.

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Foot-to-ball-a-rama: Football Manager 2009 Demo

Written by Kieron Gillen on November 3, 2008.

Sitting in a darkened room in a distant country, in a place which seems to have taken pleasure in ignoring my need for tea, the news that there’s a demo out for the latest version of that most British of games, Football Manager, pleases me. Specifically, Football Manager 2009. It allows you to play a half season of the game to get a handle on the new features - including for the first time actual 3D in-game highlights. Which means we have to retire the old PC Gamer “Revolutionary 2D Match Engine” gag. Man! Anyway - the trailer and some gameplay videos are beneath the cut. Hurrahs and similar.
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Underworld, Overground, Tomb Raider Demo is Free

Written by Kieron Gillen on October 31, 2008.

Just about to run out the house to get to do my speech thing at Playful - clearly, I only actually wrote it this morning. Like, obv! - when I noticed the Tomb Raider: Underworld Demo has just gone live. I feel a bit sorry for it. In some ways, I share Walker’s sympathy for the game, thinking it a shame people are dismissing it through over familiarity. Admittedly, that’s not actually going to make it leap-frog spanglier, newer things to my “Actually playing it properly” pile. Anyway - get it from here and you’ll find some videos beneath the cut if you need a reminder of what Lara Croft looks like.
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World At War Beta Strikes

Written by John Walker on October 30, 2008.

Call of Duty: World At War, the fifth game in the CoD series, is now in multiplayer beta mode. The series has gone back to WWII for this instalment, developed by Treyarch (who take care of the odd numbered games, Infinity Ward doing the evens).

The game’s been betaing on the 360 for a couple of weeks, and now finally the PC version is ready to roll. You can get the 850mb of code here or here, but to be able to take part you’ll need to create an official account here.

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