Take Two have revealed to Gamespot today that they will be releasing a single and multiplayer demo of Civilization Revolution through Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network this Thursday. The demo will be available through Xbox Live at 2 a.m. (US), and will appear on Thursday as part of Sony’s weekly PSN update in North America. Take-Two also revealed however that PS3 PAL owners will need to wait a while longer.

The demo itself allows players to take the role of Caesar’s laurel wreath as the head of Rome or Cleopatra’s crook and flail as Egypt’s pharaoh. Players can either play against the game’s computer controlled opponents up to 1250 AD or head online to battle it out with humans over the same time period. The demo with a tutorial for those unfamiliar with Civilization’s turn-based gameplay.