[Update] The demo for MotorStorm Apocalypse is now up on the European PlayStation Store! [End of Update]

Matt Southern at developer Evolution Studios has just announced a fantastic piece of news: A demo for the company’s insane-looking action racer MotorStorm Apocalypse will be hitting the European PlayStation Network today!

Writing on the European PlayStation Blog, Southern revealed that a track called ‘Mainline’ will be present in the MotorStorm Apocalypse demo, and you’ll be able to play one of the 40 races present in the full game (‘Off the Rails’), gain access to two of the thirteen vehicle classes (Supercar and Superbike) and have the option of playing in stereo 3D “or (up to) 1080p full High Definition depending on your set-up.”

Try to grab that demo before the scheduled PlayStation Network maintenance, you hear?

In addition, a set of PlayStation Network Avatars and a dynamic theme will make their way onto the PlayStation Store today, which you can check out at the PlayStation Blog.

MotorStorm Apocalypse is scheduled for release March 16th in Europe and the UK (next week!), and then on April 12th in North America.

Lisa got some extended hands-on time with MotorStorm Apocalypse at the PlayStation Experience event in February – read her awesome write-up on the game over here, and be sure to browse through El33tonline’s past looks at MotorStorm Apocalypse for extremely healthy batches of screenshots, in-game videos and more information.