Capcom has announced today that the demo for Steel Battalion Heavy Armor is now available on XBOX Live. This game is exclusive to XBOX 360 consoles that have Kinect in them, so if you have the motion sensor technology, you will probably enjoy it. With Steel Battalion Heavy Armor you experience the true feeling of war by taking control of a Vertical Tank and getting introduced to your fellow crew members in the first two levels of the game.

If you follow the Max Payne series, you will probably be interested to know of some of the details that we found over at Pax East. As it turns out and chances are that you know this already, Max Payne is no longer a cop. He is a little bit older and pretty much an alcoholic spending most of his days drinking his life away. While at a bar, he runs into Raul Passos, who get’s him into all of this trouble and has him going around Sao Paulo and Brazil’s famous Favelas’.

Max Payne 3 is not an easy game and if you thought it was, we can assure you that it isn’t. This time around, Max uses painkillers as a way to heal himself, similar to the system seen in Kane & Lynch. With these painkillers he has the option to use 5 and re-charge them as the game progresses and in addition to that, you have bullet-time, which slows things up for you to make that perfect shot. If you shoot in the right location the bad guy dies faster and that is important to know.

We found that there were times in which it was hard to shoot and kill the bad guys even with bullet-time. To help with that, Rockstar added an auto-aiming system that allows you to aim better and that’s helpful in certain situations.

Max Payne 3 is an awesome game especially to those that are fans of the Grand Theft Auto series and that is because it uses R.A.G.E and the Euphoria engine. These game engines are the same used in GTA IV and Read Dead Redemption and will also be used in the upcoming GTA V game. With Max Payne being the third next-gen game coming from their studios, it is noticeable that the development team has put a lot of work on making this game.

My thoughts
While Rockstar Games is one of the best video game developers out there, there were some negative things noticeable with Max Payne 3. I personally never experienced this with them before and while there I felt like they lost touch with what the fans really want. The reality is that when you think of Rockstar Games, the first thing that comes to minds is GTA and this doesn’t mean that they should make one every year, but just offer more of that and occasional Max Payne, L.A. Noire and Red Dead Redemption.

Get us into these other franchises as slow as possible without forgetting that GTA is not Call of Duty. This means make a GTA every 2 or 3 years that way you keep things fresh and fun. The fanbase for Grand Theft Auto is getting older and soon the next generation of consoles will be coming out. Not everybody is going to buy one right away. After a while, older gamers are going to get tired of waiting and simply forget about the franchise.

In Conclusion
Go and get the game especially if you happen to be a fan of their Max Payne and the Grand Theft Auto series. It will be fun and it has an interesting story that the fans will like and most importantly, it’s a game coming from the same people behind GTA. It was really enjoyable and we’re sure that you will enjoy it as well while you wait for GTA V to come out.

For those of you out there that are interested in testing out Syndicate before actually buying you should know that your prayers have been answered. According to our sources the demo will be available in the North American PSN Store & XBL on January 31st. European PSN and XBL users will have to wait one day to get theirs hands on the 4 Player Co-Op demo. Be sure to check it out as it will help you make a decision on whether or not you want to spend your hard earned dollars on the full game.

They're like the A-Team but in space. And some are hot aliens.

When people think of February, specifically the 14th, one thought usually comes to mind: Valentine’s Day. Images of flowers, chocolates, cards, and romanticism fill the head, for better or for worse. This year though, Bioware is adding some new thoughts to people’s heads: gunning down hostiles, mass invasion of Earth, and blue-skinned alien boobs.

Bioware’s popular space RPG/FPS hybrid has the third installment coming out on March 6th, but if you’re either too impatient to wait until then or aren’t sure if you want to get in on the adventures of Commander Shepard and his spunky bunch of companions from across the galaxy, then you’ll be delighted to see the demo of Mass Effect 3 appear on Valentine’s Day. The demo shows off both single-player and multi-player gameplay, although if you didn’t get Battlefield 3 you’ll be having to wait until the 17th to dive into the multi-player portion, allowing players to get a taste of both types of play before the game is available on shelves. You’ll also gain access to additional content if you played the Kingdoms of Alamur demo that debuted a few days ago.

In a time when video games are being bought more on a trust basis than if you tried a demo and enjoyed it, it’s nice to see EA and Bioware bringing in a demo to both reassure gamers that their money will be well spent and whet their appetite for more Mass Effect goodness. I’m sure it will also help after the massive backlash that happened when multi-player was first confirmed to be included in the game as well. As for me, you’ll probably find me on my PC playing the demo on V-Day, then immediately running out to Gamestop to throw a wad of cash in their face to pay off the cool Collector’s Edition of the game.

Mass Effect 3 is rated M and will be available on X-Box 360, Playstation 3, and PC.

The folks over at Bethesda have announced today that the demo for Rage is now available on the Playstation Network. If you haven’t tried it, because of not having an XBOX 360 this is your chance. In total the demo is about 1896 MG of disk space so make sure that you have space available to download it. In case you were wondering, Rage is an action adventure first person shooter game and it’s probably one of the best looking next generation game out there.

Even though Rage did pretty well and it received positive review scores, the folks over at Bethesda will be releasing a demo that will be available in about two weeks. The demo will be on the Playstation store and XBOX live this December 6, 2011. According to our sources, Rage will be on sale in a few retail stores after Black Friday for about $29.99 US and we will be linking everyone to the Black Friday sales of that will be coming soon.