Not many developers offer demos for their PSP games. Koei makes itself an exception today, as they announced that a playable demo of Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce is now available exclusively on PlayStation Network.

The PSP demo lets players team-up or fight alone on their quest to slay a monster. It offers a sample of the gameplay to be found in the full game which is due to hit stores beginning the week of April 28.

Telltale Games sent word that Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures, the new comedy game series based on the popular claymation duo, will premiere for PC on March 24. Episodes will be delivered monthly from the studio’s website; it will also be available from Xbox Live Arcade soon.

The four episodes will feature four brand new stories, setting the earnest inventor and his faithful canine companion embarking on new adventures. A demo offering a sampling of what’s to come has been released exclusively through Yahoo.

As a special preorder offer, those who get the full, four episode series on PC before March 23 will receive a 25% discount off the regular $34.95 price. Customers who preorder will also receive two free bonus episodes, one from Sam & Max and the other from Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People.

The English-language demo for Theatre of War 2: Africa 1943 has been released by 1C Company and Battlefront. It offers an all-new mission from the US campaign, as well as one tutorial mission. Grab it from Battlefront’s website, AtomicGamer, ComputerGames.ro, FileFront, Gamer’s Hell and Strategy Informer.

A playable demo for Hysteria Hospital: Emergency Ward is also now available. The full game is due out on PC and Wii this May. Grab the 74MB demo from AtomicGamer, FileFront and Gamer’s Hell.

Today’s last demo is of The Maw, offering a sample of the recently released action adventure game. Grab it from Greenhouse, AtomicGamer, ComputerGames.ro, FileFront and Gamer’s Hell.

Today’s first demo comes from Certain Affinity, who offers a playable peek at Age of Booty, their casual real-time strategy title. It’s a 103 MB download from AtomicGamer, ComputerGames.ro, FileFront, Gamer’s Hell and Strategy Informer.

The second demo is of Project Aftermath, which was recently updated to v1.16. The updated demo can be downloaded from AtomicGamer, FileFront, Gamer’s Hell, and Gamesonice, whereas the manual patch can be grabbed from FileFront and Gamer’s Hell.

Today’s last patch is of Grand Ages: Rome, which has been updated to v1.10. This version includes difficulty adjustments, UI improvements, multiplayer fixes and more. Grab it from AtomicGamer, FileFront, Gamer’s Hell, Gamesonice, Strategy Informer and The Patches Scrolls.

Missed the first MotorStorm: Pacific Rift demo? Well, Sony has heard you, as they have made available a new demo for the racing sequel that offers both single and multiplayer modes.

The demo features the Razorback track, chosen by the veterans from the game’s forums as their favorite from the 16 tracks included in the game. You will be able to race alone or against the AI, or challenge your friend in 2-player split-screen. There are three different race classes – bike, buggy and monster truck – all of which are available in the demo.

The PS3-exclusive racer is now available in stores.

A playable demo for Resident Evil 5 may be announced soon, according to game producer Jun Takeuchi.

Speaking to Eurogamer, Takeuchi mentioned that an announcement is coming “relatively soon”; he also mentioned that downloadable content for the game is also “possible,” though he wouldn’t elaborate.

He also talked about the hard drive install for the PS3 version of the game, noting that they are paying attention to player feedback from Devil May Cry 4, adding that they are coming up with “something that users will not criticize, but love.”

The game is due out sometime next year on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

First, the patches:

• ArmA: Armed Assault v1.14 on the game’s official wesbite
  
• Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars v1.5 on the game’s official website
  
• Sins of a Solar Empire v1.05 on the game’s official website
  
• Settlers 6 v1.6 on ActionTrip, FileFront and Gamer’s Hell

The recently released Race Driver: Grid playable demo has been downloaded over one million times, says Codemasters. The demo was launched on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on May 8.

They are currently having a competition using the demo to give players the chance to win a brand new BMW 3 Series car. All one has to do is beat the Fastest Final Lap Challenge for a shot at the car. The final date for playing is May 23.

First, the patches:

• Prey v1.4 on 3D Realms

• Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines v4.5 on The Patches Scrolls

• Arctic Stud Poker Run on AtomicGamer, FileFront and Gamer’s Hell

• PDC Darts 2008 on AtomicGamer, FileFront, FileShack and Gamer’s Hell

• StuntMANIA!pro on AtomicGamer, FileFront and Gamer’s Hell

• Universal Boxing Manager on AtomicGamer, FileFront and Gamer’s Hell

The lone demo:

• City Life Edition 2008 (490MB) on AtomicGamer, ComputerGames.ro, FileFront, Gamer’s Hell and PixelRage

• Guitar Hero 3 v1.1 on Rapidshare (direct download)
  
• World in Conflict v1.005 on Rapidshare (direct download)

The promised demo for LittleBigPlanet, the cute sandbox game that is in development at Media Molecule for the PS3, will not appear this year, according to SCEA PR Manager Ron Eagle who confirmed this to MTV.

“I can officially confirm that there won’t be a demo this year,” Eagle told Totilo, as reported on MTV’s Multiplayer blog.

He said that the game is still on schedule for release next year and that more of the game will be shown off in January. Eagle also claims that he has played through 60% of the game’s 50 pre-designed levels.

A second demo for Blacksite: Area 51, the upcoming shooter sequel to the Nevada military base alien infestation, has been released via Xbox Live. It weighs in at 988MB and offers two levels from the game’s single-player campaign. The full game itself is already available in stores for PC and Xbox 360, with a PS3 version coming soon.

In more demo news, a playable sneak peek for The Orange Box is now available on Xbox Live Marketplace, offering people a sampling of Half-LIfe 2: Episode Two. It’s a 724MB download. Interestingly, Valve refers to this as the first one, indicating that demos of Portal and Team Fortress 2 are also in the making. It is currently not known whether a PC demo will be released or not.

The other major new piece of content to be added to the service was a 1.92GB expansion pack for Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus. It adds new areas, missions, enemies, items and more for use in both single and multiplayer modes. The add-on is selling for 1600 Microsoft points.

Finally, the single-player demo of Crysis is now available for download. It is a huge 1.77GB download from 3D Downloads, 4players.de, ActionTrip, AusGamers, ComputerGames.ro, eXp.de, FileFront, Fragland, FileShack, FanGaming, FilePlanet, Gameguru Mania, Gamer’s Hell, Internode Games Network, OnlineWelten and PixelRage

This NVIDIA page offers beta 169.01 drivers for the Crysis demo. It is recommended

to apply the driver before playing the demo, as it has been optimized specifically for that game.

First, the demos:

• Juiced 2 on 3D Downloads, ActionTrip, ComputerGames.ro, FileFront, FileShack, Gamer’s Hell, Games32, Internode Games Network and PixelRage

• Warhammer 40,000 Squad Command (PSP) on Rapidshare (direct download)

• Command & Conquer 3 v1.09 on ActionTrip, FanGaming, FileFront, Gamer’s Hell and GameSpot

• Culpa Innata on FileFront and Gamer’s Hell

• Lord of the Rings Online Book 11 on GameSpot

• MotoGP ‘07 v1.1 on FileFront and Gamer’s Hell

• Rainbow Six Vegas v1.06 on 3D Downloads, FileFront, FileShack, Gamer’s Hell, Games32 and Strategy Informer

• World in Conflict v1.002 on FileFront and Gamer’s Hell

• The Witcher v1.1 on ActionTrip, FileFront, FileShack and Gamer’s Hell

According to a comment post on the official PlayStation Blog, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune has gone gold and is definitely headed for its November 20 release date. “We went “gold” last week,” wrote Naughty Dog AI and animation programmer Christian Gyrling. “Right now the game is in other words 100% done and is currently going through the approval process.”

He also noted that a demo of the game will be available for download through the PlayStation Store sometime before the full game is released. No exact date was offered though.