The dark days of pre-order exclusivity have passed, and the demo for Red: Faction Guerrilla is now available to all that would venture onto Xbox Live or the PlayStation Network to find it.

In a show of supreme confidence in their game, THQ releases the single player demo for the next game in the Red Faction series into the wild, letting PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 players sink their teeth into the experience far ahead of the title's June 2nd release.

"The press and consumer buzz for Red Faction: Guerrilla continues to build, as gamers prepare for a new standard in open-world, destruction-based game-play," said Kevin Kraff, vice president of worldwide marketing, THQ. "The single-player demo will give consumers an exciting taste of what the full game will offer on June 2nd."

Which is exactly what a demo is supposed to do. Go get it, and report back here with your findings.

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