The demo for 8Monkey Labs' time-travelling shooter Darkest of Days has hit the Xbox Live Marketplace today, offering the tutorial and a slice of the Civil War battle of Antietam to Gold subscribers, while Silver members must wait until next Tuesday.

Darkest of Days' premise is simple--travel through time using ginormous weapons from the future against poorly-armed peoples of the past to save history as we know it. Read more »

Have you ever gone to a hunting resort in the age of dinosaurs and stepped on a butterfly? Have you ever visited Hill Valley in 1955 and cock-blocked your dad? If so, you've probably learned the one simple rule of traveling into the past: don't change anything or you'll wind up changing everything. But what if the past has /already/ been changed? Is it then okay to bring a sweet-ass assault rifle to the American Civil War and start chewing up Confederate soldiers with white-hot futuristic lead?

This question is handily answered in the time-bending Darkest of Days demo. It begins by plopping you into The Battle of Little Bighorn, where, after a few minutes of chaos you take an enemy arrow in the junk. Before you die, however, a space-age commando appears and whisks you away to the future, where you're recruited by a mysterious, mostly unseen woman to become a protector of the past. Read more »

A PC demo for 8Monkey Labs' Darkest of Days is now available from FileShack, providing an hour of gameplay from the time-bending, PhysX-enhanced shooter.

The 740MB download includes two major historical battles, Little Bighorn and Antietam, plus an armament of antique and futuristic weapons. "Yes, futuristic BFG's are now available to test-drive against Civil War soldiers," vowed publisher Phantom EFX. Read more »

Here's a humorous "weapons training" trailer for 8monkey Labs' time-traveling shooter Darkest of Days, meant to brief you on the various old-timey and futuristic weapons you'll be able to use while fighting in the American Civil War, World War I, and so forth.

It also shows what happens when you go up against Romans with an assault rifle (spoiler: what you'd expect). The game ships off in PC and Xbox 360 form September 8. Read more »

Tired of all those games that get caught up in the silly trappings of historical accuracy? Then you may want to check out 8monkey Labs' "historically-based" time-traveling shooter Darkest of Days, due for a September 8, 2009 release on PC and Xbox 360.

Rather than say anything else about the awe-inspiring concept, in which players travel back to major historical events and utilize futuristic weaponry to ensure an uncorrupted time stream, I'll let the press release and first trailer speak for themselves: Read more »

Replay Studios' stealth-action video game take on the real-life WWII exploits of British agent Violette Szabo will has gone gold, publisher SouthPeak has announced. In celebration of the accomplishment, a handful of new screenshots were provided.

With Velvet Assassin now in manufacturing, the publisher noted that the PC and Xbox 360 title will ship to North American stores on April 30. However, several retailers currently list the game as shipping out a few days earlier, on Tuesday, April 28.

The first half of this Velvet Assassin trailer sets up the story for the Replay Studios-helmed WWII spy game. The second chunk? All about the stabba, stabba, stabba.

Replay Studios' upcoming stealth-action title Velvet Assassin is shown off in the following screenshots. This one promises to bring a much-needed touch of atmosphere to the World War II genre, as is evidenced in the images.

Inspired by the real-life exploits of British agent Violette Szabo, Velvet Assassin is scheduled to hit the PC and Xbox 360 early this year.

The latest batch of screenshots from Replay Studios' Velvet Assassin aren't exactly good news for one unsuspecting bloke. The WWII-era stealth-action game, inspired by the real-life exploits of British agent Violette Szabo, hits PC and Xbox 360 early next year.

Straight from publisher Gamecock Media Group, the latest batch of screenshots from Replay Studios' Velvet Assassin (PC, 360) have arrived, offering another look at the World War II-era stealth action title.

Previously in development under the name Sabotage, Velvet Assassin is slated to hit retailers this fall.

Publisher Gamecock has issued a few more screenshots from Replay Studios' Velvet Assassin (PC, 360), the World War II-era stealth action antics of which were inspired by the real-life exploits of British agent and Nazi saboteur Violette Szabo.

Formerly known as Sabotage, Velvet Assassin arrives this fall.

Publisher Gamecock Media Group has passed in a new trailer from Replay Studios' World War II-era stealth action title Velvet Assassin (PC, 360).

Velvet Assassin is currently slated for a fall release.

Just four new screenshots comprise the latest offering of assets from Velvet Assassin (PC, 360), a World War II-era stealth action title from Replay Studios.

Published by the Gamecock Media Group, Velvet Assassin is scheduled for a fall release.

Here are a modest four new screenshots from Velvet Assassin, the Gamecock published WW2 action game in development at Replay Studios. The game is scheduled for a fall release on PC and Xbox 360.

Replay Studios founder Marc Moehring said that the company is sticking with console-only development after the completion of Velvet Assassin (PS3, X360) due to concerns with the PC gaming industry.

"Germany's famous for its PC market," Moehring told Gamasutra. "but we're planning on going to consoles more in the future. Our in-house technology works on Xbox 360, but it's not possible to port it to PS3, so we'll have to change things. We don't want to hire a whole team just for technology." Read more »