Another surprise demo arrived today on the Japanese Marketplace, that of Vampire Rain. As ever, the workaround works just fine and is downloadable for anyone with a Japanese account. There is also an update on the Shadowrun demo too.

Courtesy of Major Nelson:

• Name: Vampire Rain Demo
• Price: Free
• Availability: Japan
• Dash Details: Vampire Rain combines stealth, survival horror and shooter aspects of your favorite games as you lead a black ops unit to secretly eliminate the deadliest supernatural enemies you’ve ever faced. Nightwalkers are intensely fast with super agility and they are converting humans to their kind at an alarming rate. Traverse all areas of an eerie and rain soaked city by moving across rooftops and through back alleys to avoid detection and enable the best strategic use of your weapons. It’s up to you to protect the innocent and find the evil source of this invasion before it’s too late. Demo includes 2 full missions and 2 experience trials along with an Xbox Live multiplayer experience unlike any other where you can experience the power of a Nightwalker first hand.
• Size: 844.7 MB (approx.)

The demo is, very helpfully, completely in English, audio and all. Word on the street is that this game is pretty poor and not worth the hassle of making a new account, but it’s free and there’s no harm in trying it. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

Whilst on the topic of demos, we were promised last week that a demo of Shadowrun would be available on the 6th. As the 6th draws to a close here in Europe, there is no sign of it. Thankfully the official forum of the game has updated us and we will now see the demo tomorrow instead. Just a little longer to wait then.