The Week in Demos and Patches: June 15-21

While looking over the sad state of the demos list this week, I came to the realization that most game companies did not release a demo this week because they knew that the Spore Creature Creator demo would kill any chance they might have of getting thousands of gamers to download one of theirs. Of course, I could be wrong, but that would not be the first time one of my assumptions did not pan out, nor the second, twentieth, nor even the 300th.

Anyway, without further ado, here is the glorious list of demos for the week (the obvious included):

• X Motor Racing: An updated demo for X Motor Racing has been released. This version includes one track (highway) and one car with some physics profiles.

• Spore Creature Creator: The Spore Creature Creator gives fans the first hands-on opportunity to design their own species, share it with others, and imported them into the full retail version once released. This will allow you to play with the Spore creature creator and make your own critters, make a movie, upload it to youtube, take a snapshot an mail it to friends and eventually use it in the Spore game. This demo version is fully functional, but only contains 25% of the full version’s content. (MAC version)

• CustomPlay Golf 2: A demo allowing you to try out CustomPlay Golf 2 with an all new editor plus a few resources and the ability to test your creation. With 7 playable holes of Chestnut Plains course, playable in offline and online modes and choose the course setup, weather and time of day.

• French Street Racing: Once again you are challenged by the best of the best. This time you need to race throughout France to ensure your chance on the title. The showroom is filled with cars to meet your demands. Five hometown streetrace champions are looking for a new challenge, and founded the official “French Streetracing Competition”. The #1 street racers from Nice, Paris, Marseille, Toulouse and Lyon came together and set dates to race against each other in the hometown of each contender. Winner of all 5 cities becomes the official “French greatest streetracer of the year”. Being the sixth contender, are you ready to challenge these five experienced street racers? Can you defeat them in their own territory? The odds are against you, but perhaps you’ve got a chance.

• The Princess Bride Game: Download a free trial of The Princess Bride Game! Play the opening levels of all 5 Episodes for up to 30 minutes for free. Link to purchase directly from the game and receive an instant code to unlock the full version. Progress during trial games will be saved in the full version. The Princess Bride Game combines spectacular animation with the best of casual, narrative and adventure games – all based on the classic hit movie. Help Princess Buttercup and Westley manage life on the farm, defeat dastardly villains, survive the Fire Swamp, concoct miracle remedies, and vanquish the evil prince in order to live happily ever after.

• Cricket Coach 2007 v2.03 : A demo for Cricket Coach 2007, the most in-depth cricket simulation ever created.

Here are the patches (Diablo II !!)that hit FileFront this week:

• Galactic Command Echo Squad SE v2.10.09
  
• Myth War II v1.0.4.20
• Nitro Stunt Racing: Stage 1
• Sango 2 v1.5 English
• Supreme Ruler 2020 Patch 1
• Diablo II v1.12, Diablo II: Lord of Destruction v1.12
• Dreamlords v1.3.0.8661 to v1.3.1.8692
• Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword v3.17
• Universal Combat CE v1.00.07
• Conquer Online v5022 to v5028

As always, for the complete list of both demos and patches click here and here.