This coming Thursday (4th March) we’ll be able to get our grubby mitts on a rather tasty looking demo for Eidos’ upcoming Just Cause 2. The demo alone will feature 35 square miles of island to explore.

Hunt down and assassinate one of the game’s 50 military colonels; devastate military bases, bio fuel chambers, government infrastructure and more; hijack tuk tuks, military 4x4s, armoured vehicles, mopeds, helicopter gunships, light aircraft, mini vans and numerous other military and civilian vehicles; freefall from desert outcrops or from burning planes at 20,000 feet; and unlock one full, multi-stage mission, traversing the mountains to a heavily fortified government radar station and ending in an unforgettable desert car chase.

“The Just Cause 2 demo is simply massive and with so much to do, the replay value is enormous,” said Lee Singleton, General Manager of Square Enix London Studios. “It’s easily one of the biggest freeroaming demos of all time and for fans of openworld games, it’s unmissable.”

As far as demos go, this one looks to be shaping up very well indeed. I’m certainly looking forward to seeing what improvements have been made from the first game. If the gameplay can match the lofty assertions of the developers then we are in for a treat indeed.