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We've been after this for a while.

A playable demo of Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy was the latest highlight of Microsoft's "Bringing it Home" promotion when it went live yesterday.

The campaign offers gamers a chance to see content unveiled at the Tokyo Game Show and Microsoft's imminent X06 event in Barcelona by downloading it from Xbox Live Marketplace, and coincides, until September 29th, with a week of free Xbox Live Gold access for everyone in Europe.

Now into its eighth day, Microsoft's Marketplace promotion yesterday saw the playable demo of Lego Star Wars II joined by trailers for Forza 2 Physics & Damage, NBA 2K7, Sonic The Hedgehog, Shrek 3, Just Cause, NHL 2K7, and The Darkness. Today's downloads include a playable demo of Sonic the Hedgehog and a trailer for Kane & Lynch: Dead Men.

With Lego Star Wars II managing to shift over 1.1 million copies after just one week on sale, and earning a more than respectable 8 out of 10 review score on that highly esteemed Eurogamer website, you should certainly download the demo if you haven't already.

About LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
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- Release date 10/09/2006
- Publisher LucasArts
- Developer Traveller's Tales
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Tejstar #1 5 years ago

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Super! \o/

Got the PS2 version, will see how the 360 version stacks up!
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Dezm0nd #2 5 years ago

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sonic next gen demo is also up

edit, bollocks it say it in the article

Edited by 1 at 27/09/06 @ 11:55
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escapedape #3 5 years ago

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So no new Live Arcade title this week?
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johnboy_johsnon #4 5 years ago

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Is there a Sonic demo there? Looking forward to trying Lego Star Wars 2 though. I'm thinking it'll be a cracker!!!!!!
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SpeedyThing #5 5 years ago

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Loving this game. Perfect one for me and the missus to play together
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Max_Powers #6 5 years ago

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I didn't 'get' the game from the demo I played last night. Maybe its because I'm neither a fan of Star Wars or Lego? Mmm, so I'm not a nerd after all.
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the_dudefather #7 5 years ago

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sonic needs some work to make it more playable, like upping the camera turn speed, lowering the movement turn speed and making the whole thing a bit more polished. as someone who loved SA1+2 im hoping it can better than the demo suggests
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korky #8 5 years ago

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Agree compleyely with the_dudefather - the sonic demo's controls and (inherently linked) camera interaction are bloody awful. REALLY bad. Coupled with a "seen it all before" gameplay mechanism I see little to warrant any move into "the next generation"
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peterfll #9 5 years ago

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I didn't think that much of the demo. WHat is that great about wondering around collecting nuts and bolts?

(I DO like Star Wars)
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absolutezero #10 5 years ago

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I thought "bottom-less pits" had become a gameplay mechanic of the past. Yet here they are in all their infuriating glory in Sonic.

What a horrible game.
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numptyboymatt #11 5 years ago

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The sonic demo is pitiful... truly awful
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