Though it wasn’t available the moment the game released, the Worms Reloaded Steam page now carries a playable demo for the strategy title courtesy of Team 17.

No word yet on what the trial version of the game offers to interested parties, and whether that includes single-player, multiplayer or both. So dive right in if you get a chance and let us know, remember we’re all working together here.

The full version of the game is available for $20, while a discounted 4-pack is also being offered for $60 ($20 savings).

Frictional Games has passed along word that their highly-anticipated title Amnesia: The Dark Descent has gone gold. Following up their Penumbra series, Frictional claims to have taken “a giant leap forward compared to our previous games” with the first-person adventure horror game.

Immersion was a primary focus, with atmosphere and story coming first. This will all be aided by the fact that you as the player are almost entirely defenseless from your enemies, which the dev believes “not only makes the game a lot scarier, but also gives a vastly different experience” than what has been seen in the genre previously.

The game will be available on PC, Mac and Linux via the developer itself and “most major online retailers” on September 8 with a $20 price tag attached. From the specs:

Windows XP/Vista/7, OS X 10.5.8/10.6.4 or Linux distribution released in 2010.

NVIDIA GeForce 6 / ATI Radeon HD.

2.0 Ghz CPU.

2 GB RAM.

2.5 GB Free hard disk space.

[While our XBLIG Thursday feature fights against the main issue of Xbox 360’s Indie Games channel–gaming brilliance being lost in a sea of medicore titles and cheap apps–as good as anything out there, there’s just too many total releases for us to try them all.

That being said, we can still highlight them on a daily basis, and perhaps posting these new titles will benefit both player and developer by allowing a connection to be made before the game floats on down the river and into the backlogs of the channel. Whether it be an all-time great, a one time play-through or a complete lemon; all will have their chance to speak. Here are today’s releases.]

KALM (80 MS Points)”Run, Double Jump and Shoot Your Way Through Multiple Levels In This Awesome Platformer.”

Extreme Ball (80 MS Points)”You can demonstrate your ability and speed in this incredible game 3D.”

[While our XBLIG Thursday feature fights against the main issue of Xbox 360’s Indie Games channel–gaming brilliance being lost in a sea of medicore titles and cheap apps–as good as anything out there, there’s just too many total releases for us to try them all.

That being said, we can still highlight them on a daily basis, and perhaps posting these new titles will benefit both player and developer by allowing a connection to be made before the game floats on down the river and into the backlogs of the channel. Whether it be an all-time great, a one time play-through or a complete lemon; all will have their chance to speak. Here are today’s releases.]

Fork Lift (80 MS Points)
“Play as Charles the fork as you climb the never ending kitchen, but be careful of the broccoli that awaits above…”

Avatar Slam Dunk (80 MS Points)
“Slam Dunk fun for your avatars! Featuring slam dunks and free throw contests with local multiplayer support.”

Run Rectangle! Jump! Shoot! (80 MS Points)
“Run through hazardous levels, jump to avoid objects that would otherwise harm you, and shoot the many many enemies who want you dead for no real reason. Sidescrolling action with the left stick, 360 degree shooting with the right stick. Features medals and unlockable bonus levels (and yes it is possible to beat it without getting hit, good luck though).”

Little Green Men (80 MS Points)”Zap through moon rock with the Z-50 laser canon and blast through steel floors with the X-3 space drill! Cross vast distances using alien transporters and bridge gaps with the power of thought!! Just some of the tools required to guide the Little Green Men (LGM) to safety over Martian landscapes and extra-terrestrial obstacles. Make life and death decisions sacrificing a few to save the many.”

[While our XBLIG Thursday feature fights against the main issue of Xbox 360’s Indie Games channel–gaming brilliance being lost in a sea of medicore titles and cheap apps–as good as anything out there, there’s just too many total releases for us to try them all.

That being said, we can still highlight them on a daily basis, and perhaps posting these new titles will benefit both player and developer by allowing a connection to be made before the game floats on down the river and into the backlogs of the channel. Whether it be an all-time great, a one time play-through or a complete lemon; all will have their chance to speak. Here are today’s releases.]

King Spray (240 MS Points)
“Turn your xbox controller into a spray can and start creating masterpieces using spray paint, markers, rollers and stencils. Use the camera to take photos of your work to show your friends. The in-game old school Ghetto Blaster can be used to play your tunes. The Projector mode allows you to project and spray on real-life objects.”

Sword of Rapier -ソード オブ レイピア- (400 MS Points)”Rapier master Katharine goes looking for her lost memory. Fly up in the sky by the chase system. Soaring, New style Action RPG “Sword of Rapier”. This game is the Japanese version with English manual.”

Baby Soothing Machine (80 MS Points)
“Soothe your baby to sleep with this mobile and white noise player. This game is perfect for those late night feedings, when you need your infant to relax, so you can catch some zzzz’s. Dad created, baby approved!”

Castle Ninja (240 MS Points)
“Help a ninja on his adventure through plains, forests, caves and mountains collecting treasure on his way to the ultimate prize at the castle!”

The Endless Abyss (80 MS Points)
“The Endless Abyss, a tale of one warrior and an entire world to explore and defend. In this Action Role Playing Game adventure, take on beasts, wizards and bandits as the player traverses all four corners of the land known as the continent. Utilize swords, spells, bows and quick fingers to stay alive and beat the enemy to dust.”

Super Tricky (240 MS Points)
“Push your reflex’s to the limit as you work your way through 8 countries to complete the World Tour. Humiliate your friends locally or over xbox live with your talent. Kick it up a level as you take on the world and leave your mark on Super Tricky’s Global Scoreboard. You could become the greatest player of all time.”

It’s Thursday! Check out our XBLIG feature:

XBLIG Thursday: Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess
XBLIG Thursday: Watch Out for the Cannons… Castle Ninja

A couple of small but potentially significant (to some) updates have been released for Futuremark Games Studio’s FPS-in-space Shattered Horizon, now available for download on Steam.

The patches prep the game for the launch of the game’s localized German edition, arriving sometime today. The first patch also carries an interesting addition, the addition of Cooler Master branded containers; this being part of an upcoming sponsorship deal with the computer case manufacturer.

Owners of the game can grab the updates automatically by starting up the game. From the patch notes:

Shattered Horizon

1.2.2.33

• Prepares the game for the launch of the localized German edition on August 26
• Adds Cooler Master branded containers as part of an upcoming sponsorship deal

1.2.2.34

• This patch enables the game to be played with German language menus and text. To change language between English and German select the Language option under Settings from the main menu.

[While our XBLIG Thursday feature fights against the main issue of Xbox 360’s Indie Games channel–gaming brilliance being lost in a sea of medicore titles and cheap apps–as good as anything out there, there’s just too many total releases for us to try them all.

That being said, we can still highlight them on a daily basis, and perhaps posting these new titles will benefit both player and developer by allowing a connection to be made before the game floats on down the river and into the backlogs of the channel. Whether it be an all-time great, a one time play-through or a complete lemon; all will have their chance to speak. Here are today’s releases.]

Avatar Grand Prix (80 MS Points)
“Race your avatar across 8 themed tracks against 7 other cars, including up to 3 of your friends. Use the power ups to help you by taking out as many of them as you can! There are tons of extras: Grand Prix mode, 1-player Time Trials, test drives, “insane” power ups, mirror and reverse mode, track records, ghost cars and many more. 4-player splitscreen with insane power ups has to be tried!”

Jump’n Bounce (80 MS Points)
“Test your skill and learn to master the brain-racking world of spikes and sawblades in 50 levels of pure splatmania, including 10 additional hardcore “Director’s Cut” maps inspired by old arcade games from the 80s and modern platform games of today. Jump’n Bounce is a 1.00 dollar old-school platform game with modern-day gameplay featuring a bouncing emoticon with hardcore abilities.”

G! (80 MS Points)
“G! is a game based around the forces of Gravity. Collect Tokens while avoiding being hit by Comets and getting sucked into Gravity Wells! Challenge your friends with 4 player local multiplayer! Master all the Accomplishments to unlock the punishing ex7r3m3 difficulty mode! Only the most skilled players have a chance! Do you and your friends have what it takes?!”

Avatar Man (80 MS Points)
“It’s… AVATAR MAN. Survive the hordes of avatars that guard the forbidden labyrinths! Outrun and outsmart your opponents!”

Stick Massage (80 MS Points)
“Finally the massage you’ve been waiting for is here! Stick Massage lets you massage any way you want to! Want a bit more “game” in your massage? Play Massage For Money and see how skilled you are. Want a more “hands off” approach? Use automatic mode and let the game do the massaging for you.”

Balloon Boy (80 MS Points)
“A young boy has run away from his parents. Well not run away so much as fly away in a balloon. Guide the boy safely through the dangerous skies and away from his troubles. Compete against the world with global high scores. Only you can boost TV news ratings!”

When Zombies Meet Avatars (80 MS Points)”Fight against the zombies alone or with your friends in this 1-4 multiplayer deathmach while you dispute world best zombiekiller title. Missiles, grenades, energy balls… use what you need to obtain it!”

Bigger And/Or Better (80 MS Points)
“Welcome to the working world. We’re gonna leverage your synergy and have you shove some boxes around for some reason. There’s free coffee in the break room.”

Gravitron360 (80 MS Points)
“Gravitron is a retro styled arcade gravity shooter boasting stylized neon vector graphics in which you must pilot your way through some of the most devious terrains ever devised. Destroy subterranean bases and indigenous life forms while avoiding traps and depleting fuel. Rescue stranded scientists and get out of there before the planet explodes. Over 70 stages and 4 exclusive game modes.”

Astro Taxi 2 (80 MS Points)
“Astro Taxi 2 introduces the feature you could not even imagine in your wildest dreams: Multiplayer!!! Play the new duel mode and beat your friends or play the party mode with up to 8 Players and be the king of your Astro Taxi party.”

Team Garry’s pursuit of churning out updates for its physics sandbox imagineering title Garry’s Mod continues in relentless fashion with a new patch arriving for the game.

Eight items packed in the latest release, restoring the click delay on the physgun, an increased max Lua Particle Emitter limit and a handful of fixes as well.

The file can be had by owners of the game on Steam by opening the title on the games list.

From the change log:

Garry’s Mod

• Fixed viewmodel animations lagging
• Fixed weapons sometimes ejecting more than one shell at a time
• Fixed Lua errors caused by bad Voice entity
• Fixed physics crash due to dubious Lua coding
• Fixed cloudscript sometimes spawning the wrong entity type
• Restored click delay on physgun
• Increased max Lua Particle Emitter limit
• Added toybox_entity command to debug cloudscripts offline

Dedication Games has released the first update for its casual action title Swarm Arena, now available for owners of the game on Steam.

The patch adds a new fps option, brings improved performance and graphic driver compatibility and fixes some mouse issues on certain systems.

The organism controller is still running $1 off its $10 price tag as well. Check out our review of the game.

From the change log:

Swarm Arena

• Fixed mouse problems on some systems
• Improved performance
• Improved graphics driver compatibility
• Added “30 fps&quote; option

[While our XBLIG Thursday feature fights against the main issue of Xbox 360’s Indie Games channel–gaming brilliance being lost in a sea of medicore titles and cheap apps–as good as anything out there, there’s just too many total releases for us to try them all.

That being said, we can still highlight them on a daily basis, and perhaps posting these new titles will benefit both player and developer by allowing a connection to be made before the game floats on down the river and into the backlogs of the channel. Whether it be an all-time great, a one time play-through or a complete lemon; all will have their chance to speak. Here are today’s releases.]

Subliminal Suggestions (240 MS Points)
“Subliminal suggestions have been around for ages to help or hinder the public. Why not put them to use for your own good? Interactive backgrounds and soothing soundtracks help you relax while subliminal messages help you achieve your goals!”

THE ZOMBIE SHOTGUN MASSACRE (80 MS Points)
“RPG meets zombie apocalypse in this action packed 2D retro styled adventure. Play as Alice, a young woman with a huge shotgun and a green bikini. Blast zombies away, find collectables to exchange, carry out dangerous missions to advance the plot and try to escape the massacre. Good Luck!”

Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess (240 MS Points)
“Take control of the massively awesome and super sexy aristocratic demon known only as “The Duke” in an upwards-scrolling platformer where chasing down giant fleeing monsters is the business at hand. Build combos to unleash increasingly magnificent finishing moves on the (most likely) guilty monsters – and impress your adoring fans.”

Amazing Facts (80 MS Points)
“Enjoy the beautiful HD graphics and music while being astonished at over 500 amazing and incredible facts. You can even send them to your friends!”

Got Balls? (80 MS Points)
“Got Balls to get the highest score? Test your ability in five simple, but addictive ball related levels that require speed and accuracy.”