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This is the playable demo for nail'd, the pulse pounding off-road stunt racing game with an awesome soundtrack that includes bands such as Deftones, Fear Factory, Hatebreed or Static X. The demo includes two tracks from the full game. System requirements are shown after the jump.

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Southpeak Games managed to sneak in its latest financial results late last week for the quarter that ended on December 31, 2010. For the time period the game publisher brought in revenues of $7.5 million compared to $10.1 million for the same period a year ago. The company recorded a let loss of $2.1 million for the quarter compared to a loss of $2.6 million for the same period a year ago.

In the press release, Southpeak stated that it has a "substantial investment" in the success of the fantasy RPG Two Worlds II which it co-published here in the US with TopWare. The release of that game, however, does not figure into the financial results it published last week. At the moment the only upcoming game that Southpeak has announced officially is the PC exclusive RTS title Stronghold 3 which is due out this spring.

The fantasy RPG sequel Two Worlds II has been released in parts of Europe for a while now but it will finally be released in the US soon. The game was originally set for release this week but today its co-publisher Topware announced it will finally be released in the US on February 4.

In the same press release, Topware announced that a limited Royal Edition of the game is now available for pre-order. The PC/Mac Royal Edition is apparently only accessible at Amazon.com where it shows only two copies are avaialble. The $79.99 Royal Edition includes the Reality Pump-developed game along with extras like a Dragon Queen statuette, a behind-the-scenes DVD, a double sided poster with a map of the game's fantasy world, an exclusive art book, playig cards and exclusive in-game weapons and items.

Two Worlds II, already released in parts of Europe last fall, is finally scheduled to show up for the US market in early February. In the first video developer diary released by its US publisher Southpeak Games, Scott Cromie, the creative director of the game's co-publisher TopWare Interactive talks about some of the game's new features compared to the original title.

Those features include the improved graphical engine which Cromie claims shows off the best visuals no matter which platform the game is made for. Players can also dismantle weapons in the game to upgrade equipment and the spell system can now be customized to make over 1 million potential spells available.

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While Two Worlds II has yet to be released here in the US, folks in Europe who have already bought the Reality Pump-developed fantasy RPG can now download files that will add native Mac support for people who purchased the Royal and Premium Edition of the game.

Owners of the game will have to put in the game's serial number and the included bonus code in order to download the Mac game files. The PC version must be in the PC's disk drive during the installation of the Mac files. The Mac retail version goes on sale on January 25 which is also the date that the game is released in the US.

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A little while ago we reported on a story that stated publisher Southpeak Games was under the scrutiny of the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Today we received a statement from Southpeak Games that clarifies its position on this current situation with the SEC.

As we reported, the SEC is looking into allegations that Southpeak Games violated the SEC's rules for revealing company details in the first quarter 2009 financial report. Soutpeak's statement, which can be read in full after the jump, gives its version of the events and also on whether the company's now former chief financial officer Reba McDermott is planning to file a lawsuit against Southpeak Games.

We haven't had much news lately about Stronghold 3, the upcoming medieval castle sim-RTS game from developer Firefly Studios. However the developer launched a new poll on its Facebook page asking its fans for their opinions on dead animals.

Before you run screaming to PETA, this is a poll for picking which dead animal will be used for the in-game trebuchets. The dead animal ammo was used in those times in the hopes of generating disease among the enemy and in the game the ammo will "cause a cloud of disease that seeps through castles, killing anyone in its path." The four choices in the poll are a Senile donkey, a cage of rabid otters,a retired dancing bear, and a aack of diseased badgers. We don't think you can go wrong with any of those picks.

Earlier this week, publisher Southpeak Interactive announced that the US release of the fantasy RPG sequel Two Worlds II was being pushed back from October to January 2011. At the time the publisher stated the delay was to give the game "heavyweight quality assurance." Now the game's co-developer TopWare Interactive claims otherwise, telling GameSpot that Two Worlds II was actually completed earlier this month.

According to TopWare, the game's delay in the US was actually because Southpeak felt the game might get lost in the shuffle of other RPG titles coming out this fall. Company spokesperson James Seaman states, " .. fans only have so much time to spend playing these content-rich games, and there were concerns our title could potentially be lost in the fanfare." The game's European publisher Zuxxez will still release Two Worlds II "in a handful of territories October 21", according to the report.

If you thought that the fall 2010 PC game schedule was finally all settled, think again. Our sister site Joystiq reports that Two Worlds 2, the sequel to the fantasy RPG from developer Reality Pump Studios, won't be out in October in the US. Instead the game will be released in January 2011.

In its official statement, Southpeak said the delay was to give the game "heavyweight quality assurance". That sounds an awful lot like, "We don't want any show stopping bugs this time." The new release date is apparently just confirmed for the US at the moment. Ship dates for other territories in the world will be announced later.

Chess is one of those classic games that everybody should learn to play. Just like checkers and Go, it provides plenty of strategic thinking while being fun in its own right. Naturally, gamers want something a little more visceral than simple capturing, and the result was Battle Chess. Now there is Battle Vs Chess, an update of the classic game that puts a new face to old pieces. This trailer shows some of the new environments, animations, and pieces, and we are positively stunned by how beautiful it is. It may be a re-skinning of chess, but that's fine with use. Lush environments, smooth animations, and timeless strategy are a dream come true!

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