A 240.36MB demo of Nancy Drew: Ransom of the Seven Ships (PC) is now available on FileShack, allowing you to sample a portion of what publisher Her Interactive refers to as "the 20th installment of the best-selling adventure game series."

As past data has shown, Her Interactive isn't joking about with the "best-selling" part. This time around, Nancy's attempt at a vacation is sidetracked when her friend Bess gets kidnapped. No word if the plot was, in Law & Order tradition, "ripped from the headlines."

The latest adventure of the cultural icon arrives at North American retailers on July 14, with Her Interactive also revealing that male counterparts The Hardy Boys... Read more

Got Game Entertainment has announced that it will be the North America publisher of Bohemia Interactive's battlefield simulator ArmA 2, bringing it to retail shelves on July 7.

While ArmA 2 is already on sale in Europe--published by 505 Games--and will be available through Steam from Friday June 26, NA retail release details were unknown.

A post on Bohemia's forums reveals a demo is planned for release early this week, delayed slightly due to patching and testing. The demo is expected to be around 2GB.

A 1.68GB PC demo for Related Design's upcoming strategy title Dawn of Discovery--known internationally as ANNO 1404--is now available on FileShack.

The download offers up two campaign chapters and the "continuous game" mode, each restricted to one hour of playtime and sporting limits on attainments and civilization levels.

Published by Ubisoft, Dawn of Discovery is due in North American retailers next Tuesday, June 23, with Wii and Nintendo DS editions arriving alongside the PC release.

A list of the system requirements were also provided, and follow below... Read more

Continuing the increasingly popular trend, Electronic Arts today announced that it has partnered with GameStop to provide those that pre-order Madden NFL 10 from the retailer with an "exclusive demo" of EA Tiburon's August 14-due game.

Pre-ordering either the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 edition of the football game from GameStop should net you a download code, with the demo due "by the end of July."

Recreating the Super Bowl XLIII match between the the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers, the demo will offer gamers the chance to play four, 5-minute quarters.

No word yet as to if or when a downloadable Madden NFL 10 demo will be available to the general public, but we're checking in with Electronic Arts.

Available now on FileShack is The Path - Prologue, a demo of sorts for Tale of Tales' marvelous PC fairytale adventure, released in March to polar reactions of love and hate.

While much of the narrative and interaction is removed in this trial, you can wander freely in the enchanting forest and pick flowers to your heart's content. Those who have already walked The Path might fancy a potter to see what's new in the prologue's forest.

After a minor delay, time-twisting puzzle-platformer Braid arrives today on the PC, bearing gifts in the form of the trailer below and a demo available over on FileShack.

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As the trailer boasts, Braid was released on Xbox Live Arcade last year to much acclaim.

Braid costs $15 and is now available for download from Impulse, Greenhouse and Gamersgate, and on Steam with Steamworks achievements.

A demo for Digitalmindsoft's World War II real-time tactical title Men of War was released today. The demo contains the first level of the game, providing a look at the title's various systems. Grab the demo from FileShack. As in the previous title in the series, Soldiers: Heroes of World War II, Men of War features a "direct control" system, allowing players to control units as in a third-person action title.

Men of War hits stores later this year on PC.

Now available on FileShack is the English-language PC demo for NecroVisioN, a World War I-era shooter that has players exploring the depths of Hell while facing off against demons, zombies, vampires and giant robotic scorpions, among others.

Developed by The Farm 51--formed by two Painkiller veterans from People Can Fly--NecroVisioN hits Europe on February 20 and North America in the spring.

Now available on FileShack is the demo for Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box.

Less of a demo and more of a trial version, the 2.92 GB download actually contains the complete game, allowing players to check out a few cars and the racer's entire open-world setting, complete with the option to upgrade to the full version.

Alongside 120 single player challenges, the demo packs 8-person online multiplayer.

"You can go anywhere in Paradise City and check out everything on offer," developer Criterion previously explained. "Rather than restricting what you can do, we're letting you play through the start of the full game for a limited period."

"There's a limit to just how much you can do and for how long, but we hope you'll agree that there's plenty there to give you glimpse of what the full game has to offer."

Now available from FileShack is a 133MB demo for Puzzle Quest: Galactrix PC, allowing players to sample the latest puzzle-RPG hybrid from Infinite Interactive. The followup to Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords will be released as a PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 download in the "early 2009" timeframe, with a cartridge-based Nintendo DS edition shipping to North American stores February 24.

For more on Galactrix and the changes it brings to the match-three-or-more-blocks-of-the-same-color series, check out our preview coverage.

As had been expected, a F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin PC demo is now available and can be downloaded from FileShack. An Xbox 360 demo has been released as well, now available from the console's online marketplace, with a PS3 demo due later today.

The demo is a 1.76GB download and offers a glimpse at what you can expect from Monolith's horror action game sequel, which hits stores February 10 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Now available on FileShack is a free PC demo for Legendary. The Spark Unlimited-developed fantasy shooter, which explores the real-life consequences of reopening Pandora's Box, was released on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in November.

The demo weighs in at a legen...wait for it...dary 1.92GB.

As had been expected, a demo for the PC version of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is now available.

A 1.82GB download, the demo includes three tutorials and one mission from both the Soviet and the Allied campaigns. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 was released for PC October 28, and Xbox 360 November 11. A PlayStation 3 version is still in development.

As expected, a demo for the PC version of Tomb Raider: Underworld is now available. Like the Xbox 360 demo released earlier this week, the 1.20GB download offers an introductory level set in Thailand. Tomb Raider: Underworld will be released for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS November 18.

Traveller's Tales' newest building-block-inspired creation, LEGO Batman, hit stores just a couple weeks ago. If you haven't given it a spin, now's your chance: we're hosting the PC demo on FileShack.

The demo weighs a paltry 442 MB. If LEGO-ing on PC isn't your cup of tea, the game is also available now for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS and PSP.

Treyarch has released a new PC demo for its James Bond movie tie-in title Quantum of Solace. You can grab the 689mb demo here on FileShack.

The title will hit PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Wii, and Nintendo DS on November 4.

New at FileShack is a 1.86GB PC demo for Black Rock Studio's surprisingly awesome ATV racer Pure, which hit PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 earlier this month.

Even if you hate ATV games, Maarten and I encourage you to give Pure a shot. Similar to EA's beloved SSX series, the game rewards tricks with boost, providing additional depth beyond mere racing. More importantly, it's fun.

If you're a console owner, don't worry, you're not left out in the cold. PS3 and Xbox 360 demos can also be found in each system's respective online marketplace.

A demo is now available for the PC version of Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, the action RPG from Ascaron Entertainment.

The 1.71GB download includes several quests, one of the game's six player characters, and the game's High Elf region. Sacred 2: Fall Angel will be released this November for the PC, with PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 ports following in 2009.

The PC demo of Pandemic's Mercenaries 2: World in Flames has finally arrived to complement the Xbox 360 and PS3 demos that came out last week.

Offering many, many explosions and a sliver of the game's open world, the demo weighs 1.6 GB and can be downloaded now from FileShack.

A demo for Gas Powered Games' PC action-RPG Space Siege is now available to download on FileShack.

The single-player demo clocks in at 935mb.

Space Siege is currently scheduled for an August release.