An updated version 1.0.8.0 playable demo is now available for Star Ruler, the space-based 4X strategy game from Blind Mind Studios. Here's a bit on the game: "In Star Ruler, players take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard their species from total extinction in a unique galaxy (3D or flat) with as many stars as their PC can handle (even 10.000+)! Prove your species' ingenuity through a deep and intricate combat system where anything (from individual components on ships to the stars themselves) is a target of opportunity." The download is available from AtomicGamer, Gamer's Hell, Joystiq, and Softpedia.