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Haze, since its announcement in 2006, has gone through a lot. To begin with was a standard ‘not-ready-yet’ delay which set the game’s release as winter 2007, rather than its original date of summer 2007. Then Ubisoft announced that Haze would be a Playstation 3 exclusive, stating the development for the Xbox 360 and PC had been scrapped. Finally came a further delay to May this year. As customary with any new game, with only a couple of weeks left until the long awaited release, Free Radical have spat out a demo to finally show off what they’ve been up to over the last couple of years. The vital question is whether the game has the legs to stand up to the hype, justifying the constant delays.

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If Toca Race Driver and Colin McRae: Dirt had a clandestine liaison, resulting in a child, they’d be left with Race Driver: Grid. Grid is the latest racing game from Codemasters and judging by their most recent titles, like Turning Point, it’s about time something good came along. We’ve spent the day playing the Xbox 360 demo (as it was released on Live today) and are pleasantly surprised. Merging the all-encompassing racing styles seen in Toca and the arcade heavy smash-fest that is Dirt, Grid is hoping to appeal to both racing experts and part time racers. In the full game, there’s a multi-event, multi-vehicle single player career, online multiplayer, time trials and gorgeous replays. Until June 3^rd (when the game sees release), you’ll have to make do with the demo which samples two races, a drift event and the Xbox Live multiplayer.

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To appeal to a wide audience, it’s all too common for game developers / marketers to attach the term, ‘casual’ to their product. This supposedly indicates to the lesser intelligent of us that the game in question is all of a sudden accessible and appealing to your grandmother. While casual gaming seems to be the money-maker of this generation, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s an indication of quality. There are some superb ‘casual’ games out there, both with financial strength and mind-blowing addictive gameplay, but for every Bejewelled, there are ten failures accompanying. With this firmly in mind, excuse us if we’re slightly sceptical about another ‘casual’ game on our doorstep.

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You wait a life time for a decent game to be converted to the PC and then low and behold Devil May Cry 4 is announced as coming to PC this summer. The Devil May Cry series stars the half human half demon swordsman who travels the lands slaying demons like he’s caught in a Wachowski bros wet dream. Devil May Cry has seen huge popularity on PS2, PS3 and Xbox 360 with its visceral combat, infinitely challenging combo system and over the top storylines.

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We last looked at Hard to be a God over a month ago and then it was only in the form of a simple press release. Since then there’s been a steady amount of information released, as well as ample media all that can be found on the official site. Come this Friday, you’ll be able to walk into stores and pick up the title, if its release date of 11^th April stays firm. As a result, while we wait for our review copy to arrive, we’ve wetted our appetites with the demo available on the site. Will we be spending our money on the finished title or is being a god just too difficult? Read on to find out our views.

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For those who didn’t wallow in their parent’s basement dressed in cloaks with a homemade staff, Warhammer (Mark of Chaos / Battle March) and Warhammer 40,000 (Dawn of War) are completely different things. The model based table top games in which their based on are from the same company; Games Workshop but when it concerns the games, the developers, publishers, game universe and critical reception are as far apart from each other as possible. So ignore what standing you have about the Dawn of War series and it’s time to concentrate on Black Hole Entertainment’s Warhammer: Battle March. If you head over to http://www.markofchaos.com/ then you’ll be able to see their previous game, Mark of Chaos. Sadly, despite its ideas, its execution was depressingly average and disappointed much of the community. Luckily, the developers have been given another shot at the Warhammer genre and have come back fighting. We get a chance to play through the preview build in advance of its 14^th March release. If you played Mark of Chaos then you’ll be happy to know that there are many improvements over it, but if not (as Battle March is a standalone expansion) then it’s not too important.

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