Fracture, Mercs 2 demos now live

By Ellie Gibson Published 18 September, 2008

Download them, if you've got an Xbox 360.

Two new demos are now available for download from Xbox Live.

First up is Fracture, the third-person shooter that lets you deform the landscape. It's out on Xbox 360 and PS3 next month.

Or you could give Mercenaries 2 a go. The demo weighs in at 1.22GB, according to Major Nelson and the ESRB warns it features "TEEN-RATED LANGUAGE, USE OF ALCOHOL USE OF TOBACCO" and "VIOLENCE". Thanks for that.

Mercenaries 2 is out now on PC, PS2, PS3 and Xbox 360.

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About Ellie Gibson

Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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Comments (21) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • Darren #1 3 years ago

    Hurray for demos! It means I can try the games I have no intention of buying! :D

  • Luckyjim #2 3 years ago

    No Mercs 2 on PSN. I thought it was supposed to be out this Thursday.

  • Spazzfish #3 3 years ago

    Luckyjim
    It's coming on the american store today

  • Luckyjim #4 3 years ago

    Spazzfish

    Jolly good. Cheers.

  • dazrichards #5 3 years ago

    Funny how tobacco and alcohol are considered more of a hot potato than guns! Actually a hot potato can be quite dangerous too

  • menage #6 3 years ago

    Darren

    +1

    is the PSN updated yet?

  • Darren #7 3 years ago

    Someone said it'd been updated this morning... no Mercenaries 2 though but Fracture is there...

  • Madafunkola #8 3 years ago

    Is it just me or is Christmas starting earlier and earlier?

  • Gearskin #9 3 years ago

    Fracture is an MP demo is it not? I saw a video of the multiplayer... it looked freakin' ballistic! Nice modes too.

  • gav_and_the_gavster #10 3 years ago

    Pleasantly suprised by Fracture, better than I've been expecting. It does feel a bit contrived but hopefully this is down to it being a training level and the terrain deformation possibilities expand further than what you get to achieve in the demo, you know - let you be a bit more creative and freeform in your approach to tasks later on in the game. If not it's a missed opportunity and I'm sure EG will tell us so.

  • S.J.Rogers #11 3 years ago

    I have Mercs 2 and its Rubbish..!

    Will trade it and BF BC in and get Saints Row 2 when i get back from the USA...

  • penhalion #12 3 years ago

    Mercs 2 is kind of wierd.

    I got as far as the save the church mission and somehow in the course of saving a church from a bunch of tanks I managed to anger the faction I was working for. I didn't do this by killing any of them (that would have been too logical), nope instead I managed to do it by killing an enemy tank and having the faction guy walk into the explosion....yep you read that right apparently any suicide in the game is my mercs fault!

    Does anyone test these games!

    Edit: This is the retail version not the demo...the demo probably works better
    Edited by 1 at 18/09/08 @ 17:14

  • Hobo #13 3 years ago

    Fracture is immense, will pick it up when it comes down in price :)

  • Olemak #14 3 years ago

    Fracture is out on PSN too, downloading it now.

  • bag-in-box #15 3 years ago

    Both up on EU PSS, Mercs on US only.

  • Tyronne #16 3 years ago

    Out of the two of them , it was fracture which was the most fun to try and will no doubt buy it at some stage.

  • kingkatt #17 3 years ago

    Tried Fracture last night but couldn't understand why the game lets you deform the terrain only to put invisible walls everywhere to stop you exploring the level fully. That and the game constantly taking control away to highlight the next objective made it rather frustrating.

  • andywilkie35 #18 3 years ago

    I didn't think much of Fracture at all to be honest. Downloaded Mercs 2 last night, will play tomorrow, but not getting my hopes up for that either!

  • Marshall2008 #19 3 years ago

    Mercs is awful looking. Played 20 mins of the actual retail game and I was convinced my 360 had suddenly changed into a PS2.

    and what the fuck is with the controls??? you have to use face buttons for driving and not the triggers. This game should have been delayed further, maybe even indefinitely.

    I would have to say that this is sooo bad it doesn't even rate as being even a rental job.

  • Zebula77 #20 3 years ago

    Thought the Fracture demo looked decent enough, and the controls were responsive, but I was disappointed to find theat the terraforming weapon only worked in select areas. Sorta defeats the purpose imo. Design-wise and storywise it does seem a bit too generic. Doubt I'd be buying it, despite the demo being somewhat fun.
    I was having too much fun with the Burnout update to care, tho.

  • T4RG4 #21 3 years ago

    Tried Mercs - rubbish graphics, sloppy across all visuals bar front-end to be honest. Controls weird - thumbs down.