If you say Codemasters, I can't help but looking back and remembering those great games that once were all those in the Dizzy series, 750cc Grand Prix, or the TOCA Touring Car series. Obviously, we can't forget the more recent Colin McRae series, or games that don't have anything to do with cars, like the ArchLord MMORPG, or Clive Barker's Jericho. Anyway, today it's about racing, and I got some great news - Codemasters' upcoming title, Race Driver: GRID, promises to take things even further than Colin McRae: DIRT did, and the firt proof is already here...

...because the number of downloads of the demo versions of this game is already larger than 1,000,000!!

<-250x250 Square - left->On the other hand, you should know that GRID is already Gold, being expected to start shipping on the 30th of the month. The final car list is pretty long, including the Dodge Viper SRT10, Toyota Supra, BMW 320si, Porsche 911 GT3, Lamborghini Murcielago and many others, while the tracks available will be no less than 15, from Donington Park and the Nürburgring GP track, to San Francisco, Washington DC, or Long Beach.

Most people that played the demo already consider this game an impressive one, with amazing graphics that won't require you to upgrade your computer, as long as you have a decent gaming machine for the year 2008.

Now...what else can I say? The demo can be downloaded from every major gaming site, so choose the one which allows you the fastest download, because the demo has almost 900MB in size, and that's it. Godspeed!!!

According to Einstein, if I am not wrong, the 4th World War is going to be carried on with sticks and stones, if the 3rd one is started. Fortunately, the wars all over the world didn't turn into a world wide conflict, despite the so-called "war on terrorism" and its consequences. About six months ago, the 3rd World War was unleashed on computers, and this Fall will also start on gaming consoles. What am I talking about here? It's about World in Conflict, of course!

The action is set a bit back, placing the conflict in 1989, during the social, economic and political collapse of the Soviet Union. We all know this happened peacefully for the entire world, despite various local conflicts, but in the game, the plot uses an alternate history scenario where the Soviet Union pursued a course of war to remain in power.

While being generally considered a real-time strategy game, World in Conflict is a RTS which also includes gameplay typical to real-time tactical games. The part I like most is the lack of base-building and resource gathering parts you find in most RTS games, because I usually suck at those, and I end up beaten really bad by the AI. Anyway, back to Mr. Parker, now.

Who is Mr. Parker? Well, you are! In the game, I mean. First Lieutenant Parker is an United States Army officer, under the command of Colonel Sawyer, who was on leave in Seattle, when Soviet forces launch a surprise attack against the US.

During the single player campaign, you get to defend various key points, while the Chinese also enter the war, on the Soviet side. Well, this is not something to talk about, really - you have to experience it, and World in Conflict is a game you have to play, not read about!

While the initial release didn't allow you to play the Soviet side, a new edition, called World in Conflict: Soviet Assault, is going to solve the problem. Now you can finally invade the US and, hopefully, have a successful invasions. Oh, I miss Panzer General 2 and the invasion of the US in that game!

If you were wondering about system requirements, the official list says a 2GHz processor with 512MB of memory and a video card with 128MB video RAM and DirectX 9.0c support should be enough to play the game in Windows XP, I think at least a decent dual core CPU, 2GB of memory and a high end video card are required to allow a gamer to fully enjoy this game which deserves a Perfect 10 score, especially if we consider the upcoming Soviet Assault edition...

Afraid of starting your own business? Apart from money, you surely need some practice, before anything else, and while business simulation games may not teach you a big deal, they will surely help you get relaxed. Just hink about this - it's not about building a media empire, a restaurant, managing a hospital or a prison, and not even a zoo! Did I say "zoo?" Well, that's close...

This time, we're talking about managing a pet salon, and your competition with the evil Pet Corp. The purpose? To turn your small corner spa, Paradise Pet Salon, into a huge success, while having fun at the same time!Although it may sound like a child's game, I know a lot of adults who are into playing games without blood and gore, and since I am not crazy at all about Zuma and those like it, I suggest them to try Paradise Pet Salon.

The system requirements are decent, with Windows ME being on the supported operating systems list, and a 600MHz processor with 128MB being just enough to run the game!