The Best Of Big Download: June 8-14, 2008

0 Comments by John Callaham Jun 14th 2008 2:00PM
Filed under: PC, Meta (about Joystiq)

Did you have a good week? We had a terrific one at Big Download but with the release of Spore Creature Creator next week it promises to be an even busier time for our site. In the meantime here are the highlights from the past week

Exclusive Features

Interview: Vic Davis of Armaggedon Empires: We chat with the creator of the acclaimed indie turn based strategy PC game.
MODverlous Monday: This week we examine two custom mad maps for Blizzard's classic RTS game Starcraft.
Casually Speaking: We take a look at the "death" of the video arcade.
Freeware Friday: This week's free featured game is the nearly graphics-free RTS/RPG title Dwarf Fortress
Big Iron: Our regular hardware column takes you through some video card basics

Downloads

GRID downloads: Three major new downloads for Codemasters' racing game were released this week, including a new eBay Motors demo, a new retail game patch, and a new version of the original demo.
Sim City Societies demo: Several months after the game was released, Electronic Arts finally produces a demo for the city sim game.
Supreme Ruler 2020 demo: Check out a taste of the upcoming strategy game from Battlegoat Studios.
Universe at War patch 3: This patch for Petroglyph's 2007sci-fi RTS finally adds cross-platform multiplayer with its Xbox 360 counterpart.
Hellgate London Abyss Chronicles trailer: Check out footage of the next content update to Flagship's action-RPG.

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Tags: alone-in-the-dark, armaggedon-empires, big-download, civilization iv, CivilizationIv, codemasters, grid, hellgate-london, portal, supreme-ruler-2020

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