Atari's latest RTS, Act of War, is set to cause a bit of a stir. Set in the very near future, with real life locations and basing the storyline on current and possible future political situations, this is one to keep an eye on.

But we don't have to look at the lovely screenshots any longer, as Atari have released a demo which you can grab here.

And just to help convince you it's worth a download, here's a few choice screenies... looking at these, perhaps the RTS is coming of age and following in FPS footsteps with the realism angle?