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Usually open world action games don't get the demo treatment but that apparently won't be the case with Just Cause 2. The upcoming sequel to the Avalanche Studios-developed game will indeed be getting a playable demo.

The info comes from the Twitter page of Eidos community manager Mike Oldman who later "tweeted" that the demo would indeed be released for the PC in addition to its console platforms. There's no word yet on when the demo will be released or what content will be contained in it although Oldman did say, in his humble opinion, that "it's awesome". The full game is still due to ship to store on March 23.

Gallery: Just Cause 2

Hitting PC and pretty much anything that has gaming functionality this fall is Lara Croft's latest adventue, Tomb Raider: Underworld. While sadly the game does not offer any battles versus a vampiric Kate Beckinsale, it will showcase Lara as she visits exotic new locales and tombs that, we can only assume, require raiding. From the screens released by Edios thus far the upcoming adventure looks very similar to Lara's Legend and Anniversary quests. However, Edios promises the latest installment of the franchise will captivate with an interesting story which revolves around the discovery of evidence that proves Norse mythology to be true as well as a certain mystical hammer belonging to the Norse god of Thunder, Thor.

Hey, as long as we're not raiding tombs that house violent Velociraptors we'll be OK. You can only suspend your belief so much. You know, besides the whole Norse thing that is. Tomb Raider: Underworld is being developed by Crystal Dynamics and is scheduled to ship this November.