For the Xbox 360 owners out there, the Resident Evil 5 demo is now available on the marketplace. If you’re a PS3 owner, I don’t know what to tell you; I’m not really up to date on PS3 demo dates.

UPDATE: It looks like the demo is only available for Xbox Live Gold members, not Silver members. Silver members should get the demo in the next week or so. PS3 owners will get the demo on February 2nd.

The download size is 478MB, and only takes a couple minutes if you’re using a decent connection.

You get to play 2 levels, but there’s only about 10 or 15 minutes of gameplay. As soon as the demo started, I noticed the new inventory menu. In previous Resident Evil games, when you brought up the inventory, the game paused, and you could change guns, heal, or whatever you wanted to do. In this game, the inventory pops up in a little box, but the game does not stop. That means, if you’re about to die, good luck healing fast enough or switching to a better weapon.

The full game hits shelves in Japan on March 5th, and in North America on March 13th.