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In the aftermath of a great war, when your enemy has wiped out everything you hold dear, the time has come to regroup and strike back. Enlist in the Morphid army and use all the weapons and genetic powers at your disposal to eradicate the New Order menace!

Games Faction has released a playable demo for Project Aftermath, an Arcade RTS game where you command up to four squads of soldiers in exciting battles in a retro-futuristic world. Click here to download the demo.

Kotaku reports that Stan Bush, writer and creator of "The Touch" theme for the Transformers cartoon movie, is keen to get his classic cult track featured on Guitar Hero or Rock Band, and has sent a letter to Activision asking about the possibility.

"Yes, it would be wonderful to get "The Touch" in either one of those games. I've written to Activision, but wasn't able to get anywhere on it. I'd really appreciate any help," said Bush.

The publisher has announced that DLC for the upcoming action-adventure with Lady Croft in Underworld will pack some meaty downloadable extras.

The two chapters they plan to release will be only available to Xbox 360 gamers and should add around 6 additional hours of gameplay; one this holiday, the other in '09.

An invitation sent out apparently gives the greatest official nod yet to an actual Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic MMO game. Of course it could be something else.

The postcard proclaims that the "wait is over" and teases it'll blow open a project that's been "rumored about for years," but no exact reference on what.

There will be a second downloadable content expansion pack for Metal Gear Online released onto the PlayStation Network soon. It's believed that the content will be released on Thursday, but nothing has been confirmed yet.

Strategy Informer recently had the chance to ask Jorgen Tharaldsen, Product Director for Funcom, a few questions relating to the recently released MMO Age of Conan, which has been released on the PC, but is also expected for the Xbox 360.

We asked Jorgen about the recent server merges that had taken place, to see if he could enlighten some of the concerns that sparked from this announcement, because some people thought that this could be the beginning of the end for the MMO. Jorgen said that he was confident that people playing Age of Conan are happy about the news, and that it was requested from the playerbase.

If you like to chug down some Coke Zero than you could be in with a chance to get your 007 on early with access to the latest game's demo on PC.

Available to UK consumers who snap up promotional packs of the Coke Zero beverage, if you get a code then you enter it online. Caution - do not shake drink, but you can stir.

Crytek have announced that running from early October 10th through to late October 12th, gamers will get the chance at some free online Crysis.

For owners of the game already the team plans on "offering something extra special" during the trial weekend. Crysis Wars is the multiplayer mayhem component for Crysis.

The MMO will have its final online trek this November 9th with oblivion to greet the western servers the next morning.

The licensing deal between Codemasters Online Gaming and developer CCR has ended with neither side agreeing new terms for another contract.

According to a column piece in The Daily Star, a UK newspaper, BioWare is soon to start letting the secrets tumble out to the public.

Their reporter is off to "file an exclusive report on the game" in San Francisco next month. Knights of the Old Republic was a huge hit for BioWare, set 4,000 years before the films.