Strategy First announces that Perimeter 2: New Earth is gold, and that KDV Games RTS terraforming sequel is due in North American stores on January 20, 2009, reports GameSpy. Here's the party line on the game: "Set in a future universe where Earth is dying, civilization is in a race against time to discover a new home planet and colonize it for suitable living conditions. In both single and multiplayer environments, you explore New Earth and battle against opposing forces, choosing either the Exodus or the Harkback, all in an attempt to acquire energy and claim the new home planet. Perimeter 2's gameplay involves strategic terraforming to acquire resources, projecting an impenetrable perimeter force shield to protect from attack, and transforming combat units through manipulative nanomorph technology."

Shrapnel Games now offers a playable demo for War Plan Pacific, about a week in advance of the retail release of this World War II turn-based grand strategy game. The single-player demo provides the chance to command either the Imperial Japanese forces from December 1941 through March 1942 or the Western Allied forces from August 1942 through November 1942. The full game features multiplayer and save-game support, but the demo has neither. Here's more on the retail version: "Inspired in part by the classic Avalon Hill board game on the subject, Victory in the Pacific, War Plan Pacific has a comfortable tabletop feel while embracing the digital experience. And just like that classic title, War Plan Pacific was designed from the ground up to be playable in a single session. Average play time is under three hours. And yes, that's from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay." Downloads of the demo are also mirrored on AtomicGamer, FileFront, FileShack, and Gamer's Hell.