Pole Position 2012 is now available as a digital download, allowing you to take a leadership role on a Formula 1 racing team. You won't actually drive the vehicles on your team, but you will decide who to hire, who to train, which parts to tune, and how best to spend your precious, precious money. Will your racing team make you proud during each weekend event?

People seem to like to blast each other with tanks online, engage in aerial dogfights with planes online, so why not participate in submarine warfare online? That's the reasoning behind Silent Hunter Online, part of a grizzled simulation series that began pinging sonars in 1996.

The most surprising part is not that the game is going the free-to-play route (hopefully that won't mean charging by the torpedo), but that it's going to be playable through your browser. You can apply to become a beta tester on Silent Hunter Online's official website.

Electronic Arts is sitting on a library of franchises that have suffered from neglect over the years. While construction has finally started on the next SimCity, Wing Commander has been mothballed in some empty space hanger.

That is, until now. In development for an astonishing ten years, Wing Commander Saga: The Darkest Dawn is a fan-made, free-to-play space sim designed for those who miss the simple pleasures of blasting away cat-like Kilrathi.

Become the head of your very own record label in Music Wars Rebirth 2, a music management sim from Wolverine Studios. While the game is still currently in development, those who opt to purchase the game before its release will receive 15% off the purchase price and be able to download the beta version to play immediately.