As another week fades by and E3 continues to grow closer, our anticipation for the next hot PC titles grows furiously. But we can feed your need in the meantime with some great new downloads on our site this week.

Leading the pack this week is an all new demo from CDV for Cossacks II: The Naopleonic Wars, a strategy game that takes a historical look back at some massive battles from ages past.

Don't forget that we've also got a sweet Pariah multiplayer demo worth downloading, a first person shooter from the folks at Groove Games that looks to have massive appeal. It's shipping in early May, so take a look and check out what could be the next great FPS.

Also in our demo section, we have Majesco's Psychonauts, a thrilling adventure from the mind of Tim Schafer and the team at Double Fine; Crystal Dynamics' take on first-person shooting thrills with Project Snowblind; and learn the dark side of the force with a shortened Darth Vader in Lego Star Wars from Eidos.

As far as new trailers, we have plenty. The world is yours with a new teaser trailer for the forthcoming VU Games' effort Scarface; the new Next Gen Madden trailer is available for your viewing pleasure; and Shadow the Hedgehog returns with an adventure of his own, coming this fall to consoles and PC.

With new releases, PC fans should be quite simply in heaven. NC Soft's Guild Wars ships this week, in either a regular edition or a new collector's edition; Dreamcatcher unleashes a little role-playing magic with Dungeon Lords; VU Games lets loose with the strategic Empire Earth II; and Globalstar's budget-priced strategy game American Civil War: Gettysburg takes to the battlefield.

That's it for the PC column this week, but more's coming next week, so keep it here for the latest coverage!