Every week, Gaming Today brings you a list of all the demos and patches that have hit FileFront during the past seven days. Usually, if it is a major demo or patch we do an individual post on it because we feel it will be of special interest to our readers. However, big name games are not the only files worth mentioning and that is why we provide you with this weekly feature.

This week though, we are trying to consolidate the post by providing you with the demos and patches that have proved to be the most popular during the week–this way, you are not bombarded with loads of links to weed through. You can always view the full list for both demos and patches via FileFront, but this way we are saving you just a bit more time and also giving our readers a bit of insight into the minds of other gamers. It’s kind of scary what you see when you peak in there isn’t it?

Here are the most popular demos for the week:

• Strategic Command: WWII Pacific Theater: This demo includes three turn limited (1 game year each) playable campaigns: 1941 Operation Z is the main theatre campaign that starts on December 7, 1941 with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor followed by landings and advancement in South East Asia including Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, and the Dutch East Indies–1945 Operation Detachment was the United States capture of the island of Iwo Jima from Japan, producing some of the fiercest fighting in the Pacific Campaign of World War II.

• War Plan Pacific: Shrapnel Games has released a demo for War Plan Pacific, a turn-based computer war game for one or two players covering the entire war in the Pacific from 1941 until 1945.

• X-Motor Racing v1.11: Exotypos has released a new version of the X-Motor Racing v1.11 and the demo.

• RotoAdventures – 2 Chapters (Mac) (Windows) : From an enchanted forest to cybernetic mines and from school to a cursed castle, you will fight to survive and rejoin once again with your beloved owner. Only move a small nut to guide Momo thru its entire life choosing between the dark and bright side.

• Project Aftermath v1.1 Demo: Indie game developers Games Faction has released and updated demo of Project Aftermath, an arcade RTS game where you command up to four squads of soldiers in battles in a retro-futuristic world.

• Drakensang: The Dark Eye (English): dtp Entertainment has released an English demo for Drakensang: The Dark Eye.

• Jutland: Storm Eagle Studios has released a playable demo for Jutland. The JUTLAND Demo Edition features unlimited play of two Demo scenarios, including the multiplayer feature. An additional 17 scenarios can be previewed and played for 10 minutes while using the Demo Edition. These include 3 Jutland Scenarios.

• Legendary: Spark Unlimited’s FPS Legendary: The Box presents a world suddenly thrust into chaos and turmoil when ancient creatures of myth are unleashed into modern day society, and it is up to you, as the cause of it all, to stop it all.

Patches are listed after the jump.

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After periodically releasing information in bits and pieces over the past year and a half, Gamecock and Spark Unlimited have finally revealed the achievements list for the Xbox 360 version of their upcoming FPS Legendary.

Formerly known as Legendary: The Box (they dropped the later part of the title thankfully), the game tells the nightmarish story of Charles Deckard, an art thief duped into stealing Pandora’s Box. When he opens it up, a whole mess of werewolves, minotaurs, and griffins step out and start going Godzilla on the city and its unsuspecting inhabitants. To further complicate matters, secret societies have their hand in the chaos and it is up to Charles, since he opened the box, to try and contain the genocide happening around him.

While you are engaging in fire-fights, emptying your gun cartridges, and watching enemies tear apart a dynamic environment full of easily recognizable structures from around the globe, you will be earning special achievement points which are listed below.

• You Call This Security?: Bypass the electronic lock in Episode 1 (5 points)
• Heeeeeere’s Deckard!: Chop your way out of the Internet Café with the Fire Axe in Episode 1 (5 points)
• Death To Soda!: Create a ramp with the soda machine using your Pistol in Episode 1 (5 points)
• Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosey: Extinguish the doorway fire using the water valve in Episode 1 (5 points)
• Flashpoint: Complete Episode 1 on any difficulty (10 points)
• Upper Management: Unlock the warehouse exit in Episode 2 (10 points)
• Live Wire: Find the Black Order-eliminating electric switch in Episode 2 (10 points)
• Escape From…: Complete Episode 2 on any difficulty (20 points)
• Gum On My Shoe: Get stepped on by the Giant Golem in Episode 3 (5 points)
• Revenge Of The Soda!: Escape the Nari-possessed vending machine room in Episode 3 (10 points)
• Jazz Hands!: Look at all “The Great Langtini” posters littering Times Square in Episode 3 (15 points)
• Jack? Beanstalk, Beanstalk? Jack: Destroy the Giant Golem in Episode 3 (15 points)
• All Fall Down: Complete Episode 3 on any difficulty (20 points)
• Barf Piñata: Destroy a Blood Spider Queen in Episode 4 (10 points)
• Werewolf Whisperer: Defeat the first Alpha Werewolf in Episode 4 (15 points)
• Just Another Day At The Office:Eavesdrop on the Black Order as they cage up a Werewolf in Episode 4 (5 points)
• Full Moon: Complete Episode 4 on any difficulty (20 points)
• Tenderized!:Defeat the Minotaur in Episode 5 (20 points)
• Bull In A China Shop: Cause the Minotaur to destroy all Graveyard wall sections in Episode 5 (15 points)
• I Hate Ornithology:Defeat the Griffin in Episode 5 (25 points)
• Bullets & Blood: Complete Episode 5 on any difficulty (25 points)
• Science!: Run all Council Base lab experiments in Episode 6 (10 points)
• 10-Piece Bucket: Shoot down the low flying Griffins in Episode 6 (15 points)
• Counterstrike: Complete Episode 6 on any difficulty (25 points)
• Not OSHA Compliant: Cause the crane to drop the metal beams in Episode 7 (10 points)
• Power Outage: Take out the power to the Black Order outpost in Episode 7 (10 points)
• My Kind Of Town: Complete Episode 7 on any difficulty (25 points)
• DouBull TrouBull: Survive the double-Minotaur attack and terrible Achievement pun in Episode 8 (1 point)
• I Owe You An Apology: Unlock DouBull TrouBull (14 points)
• I Will Find You!: Free Vivian from captivity in Episode 8 (10 points)
• Endings & Betrayals: Complete Episode 8 on any difficulty (35 points)
• Petting Zoo: Complete game on Easy difficulty (50 points)
• Animal Control: Complete game on Normal difficulty (70 points)
• Savage Law Of The Jungle: Complete game on Hard difficulty (90 points)
• Bookworm: Collect 1/2 Of PDA Entries (20 points)
• Mint In Box: Collect All PDA Entries (40 points)
• Gun Nut: Fire all 8 projectile weapons in Single Player at least once (10 points)
• Axe-Wielding Maniac: Kill 25 enemies with the Fire Axe in Single Player (15 points)
• I Have A Problem With Intimacy: Use the Animus Pulse ability 10 times (15 points)
• Fair-Weather Friends: Use Animus to change the frequency of an Aniform Control Device in Single player (5 points)
• Walkies!: Start and finish a ranked Multiplayer match (5 points)
• Right Tool For The Right Tool: Fire every weapon available in any ranked Multiplayer match (10 points)
• Warm Fuzzy Feeling: Fill 50% of your machine with Animus in a ranked 4v4 Multiplayer match (15 points)
• Party Animal: Add 10 friends during ranked Multiplayer games (15 points)
• Zookeeper: Kill 10 Werewolves in a ranked Multiplayer match without being killed (20 points)
• Bounty Hunter: Kill 10 enemy players in a ranked Multiplayer match without being killed (25 points)
• Leader Of The Pack: Be first place in kills in 10 ranked Multiplayer matches in a row (30 points)
• Survivor: Survive a ranked 4v4 Multiplayer game without being killed (30 points)
• Combat Veteran: Played 200 ranked Multiplayer matches (45 points)
• King Of The Jungle: Win 50 ranked Multiplayer matches (55 points)

That’s 50 achievements worth a total of 1000 points, and that is all not all, because according to Xbox 360 Achievements, there are 10 secret ones waiting to be unlocked that range from 10 -35 points a piece. These will give you an extra 219 points.

Legendary is expected to land on shelves October 21 and will also be made available for the PC and PS3. If you happen to be a GameTap subscriber, you will also be able to digitally purchase Legendary online.

It’s Friday, and the 1UP Show is back. This week, the gang gets together to discuss Legendary: The Box, along with the game’s producer, John Garcia-Shelton. It’s essentially an FPS that has you fighting hordes of mythical creatures after they are unleashed from Pandora’s Box. Next up is Wheelman, based on the upcoming Vin Diesel movie, which is kind of similar to GTA, but with more emphasis on driving. They also take a look at the Metal Gear Solid 4 launch event and the Korg DS-10, which turns your Nintendo DS into a lean, mean, music-making machine. As always, you can download the show from Filefront by clicking the links below.

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I once dated a girl named Pandora. Never got to see her box though.

Okay, okay I know – but I just love the look on Rhys Ifans face when he says that line in Notting Hill.

Anyway, Legendary: The Box tells the story of Charles Deckard, an art thief who is duped into stealing Pandora’s Box. When he opens the box, he releases hordes of beasts thought to be fictional such as werewolves and gryphons into an unprepared modern world. A full scale war between man and myth begins, and it is quickly complicated by the actions of powerful secret societies. As the person responsible for releasing this terror, Deckard’s unwittingly become the only person capable of containing it once more and saving civilization from being destroyed by the terrifying creatures of the box.

Enjoy the screens and to find out more on the game click here.

Ok, obscure Young Frankenstein (that’s Frankensteen) aside for most of you too young to know what I am talking about, we received some new screens from Legendary to whet your appetite no matter what your age.

Formally known as Legendary: The Box, we have had absolutely no information on the game pop up since, thankfully, “the box” part of the name was dropped a few months back. So to refresh your memory, here is a little tidbit of information about this upcoming FPS from Spark Unlimited and Gamecock:

Legendary tells the story of Charles Deckard, an art thief who is duped into stealing Pandora’s Box. When he opens the box, he releases hordes of beasts thought to be fictional — werewolves and gryphons and all means of beast and demon — into an unprepared modern world. A full scale war between man and myth begins, and it is quickly complicated by the actions of powerful secret societies. As the person responsible for releasing this terror, Deckard’s unwittingly become the only person capable of containing it once more and saving civilization from being destroyed by the terrifying creatures of the box.

If you are interested in playing this, you will have three options to choose from when it is released on September 9th: PC, PS3 and the Xbox 360. European gamers can expect Legendary to arrive at retail on September 26th.

For more information, screens and trailer, look no further than our previous posts. You can also check out more of the new screens here.

We have finally been given a release date window for Legendary, the FPS from Gamecock and Spark Unlimited. It will be available for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 this summer, and while this release window is just for the UK; it is also being co-published by Atari so a North American release should happen around the same time.

Formally known as Legendary: The Box, they have dropped the later part of the title, thankfully, and hopefully this tale of an art thief and his idiotic idea to open Pandora’s Box will be a really cool game. It looks and sounds interesting anyway.

For more information on Legendary, we have been covering it on and off for months so click here, here, and here to get the full scoop.

It’s funny how whenever something isn’t meant to be opened, it always gets opened. Seriously, who decides just making something like that is a good idea? Anyway, Legendary: The Box, tells the story of an art thief named Charles Deckard who gets duped into stealing Pandora’s Box. As you can guess, the box gets opened and all manner of mythical beasts become unleashed upon the modern world. Thus, Deckard sets out to make it all right again, namely by shooting everything creepy and crawly in sight.

 Back in July, I posted some screens and a teaser trailer for Legendary: The Box, which tells the story of Charles Deckard, an art thief who is duped into stealing Pandora’s Box. When he opens the box, he releases hordes of beasts thought to be fictional – such as werewolves and gryphons – into an unprepared modern world. A full scale war between man and myth begins, and it is quickly complicated by the actions of powerful secret societies. As the person responsible for releasing this terror, Deckard’s unwittingly become the only person capable of containing it once more and saving civilization from being destroyed by the terrifying creatures of the box.

Game Features:

• A war of mythic proportions -Lead awe-inspiring fire-fights where high-caliber ordnance meets beak, talon, claw and fang. Dynamic environments crumble around you as you and your enemies tear an interactive, living, breathing environment apart in your battle to stay alive.
• Global combat in stunning locations – Devastation is realized on an unprecedented scale. See internationally recognized structures and monuments to mankind fall before the primal onslaught of titans. Every feature, every location is realized in breath-taking high-definition.
• Think fast or die combat – Man is no-longer top of the food chain and you are the hunted. Witness stunning artificial intelligence in action as packs of werewolves attempt to outflank you and giant gryphons tear through buildings to drag you screaming into their world.

There will be multiplayer available in the FPS as well as a single-player, but details on this aspect as sketchy at best. Spark Unlimited are keeping quite on certain aspects of the game until the release date looms a bit closer, so until then just check back often for information on Legendary: The Box. Gamecock Media states that the game will be available for PC and next-gen consoles in spring 2008.

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Being different is something gamers want and appreciate, according to Spark Unlimited lead designer John Garcia-Shelton. It’s also something beautiful.

“If I felt I was making a game like BioShock or Halo I would feel pressure to outdo them,” Garcia told Eurogamer. “But we bring something different to the table that they don’t and it’s that energy and intensity and experience for the player that we believe will make us stand out in our own way.”

“You can’t out-Halo Halo, and the same goes for BioShock, but being different is a beautiful thing that gamers want and appreciate.”

We’ll naturally be able to expect that Spark Unlimited’s upcoming FPS, Legendary: The Box (what is it with these box names of all of a sudden?), will be different… however you interpret that. Built on Unreal Engine 3 technology, maybe Spark will have had the time to create something “different” from what we already have in the FPS genre. It’ll be interesting, if nothing else, to look at the game from this angle upon its release to see if Garcia was being hypocritical.

It’s been anticipated for quite some time and certain companies already unintentionally confirmed its existence, but yesterday at Sony’s Tokyo Game Show conference Kaz Hirai confirmed a new Sixaxis controller with rumble – Dual Shock 3.

Kaz mentioned this being in response to what the fanbase was clamoring for. A number of titles at TGS are playable with rumble (in addition to Burnout Paradise) including Devil May Cry 4, Metal Gear Solid 4, Uncharted, and Rachet & Clank. Already-released games will support rumble; a full list of titles can be seen after the break.

The controller will be released in Japan this fall and in the spring for the US and Europe. If I was in the market for a PS3 this holiday season, I might hesitate knowing that next year there will be a superior controller released that I’ll then have to drop $50 on (which is presumably what the price of the controller will be) to get the best gaming experience. But, it’s likely this move is being made to sell through all Sixaxis controllers out there before the new wave hits.

Check after the break for a list of games that will support rumble.

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