The Best of Big Download: October 6-12

by Joystiq Staff { Oct 12th 2008 at 8:30PM }

Geeze...what a busy week...full of ups and downs...and the stock market was busy too. We kid. Anyway, check out our highlights over at Big Download for the past week.

Exclusive features

BlizzCon: Check out our coverage of the Diablo III class panel and the DVD production panel and stay tuned for more BlizzCon coverage next week.
Interviews: We had Pete Hines talk about Fallout 3, Tilted Mill chatted about Mosby's Confederacy and American McGee talked about American McGee's Grimm.
Neverware: Cancelled PC Games Part One: Check out part one of our look at various cancelled PC games over the years.
Video Game Cosplay Gallery: We are getting close to Halloween so here are some video game related costumes you might want to check out.
MacMonday: This week's look at Mac gaming takes a look at the puzzle title Magic Match Adventures
MODMonday: Our look at Max Payne mods takes a look at the total conversion Polar Paradise
Big Ideas: Should technology drive the PC game industry? Our latest look at themes in the industry says, "No".
Big Iron: Our weekly hardware column asks the question: "32-bit or 64-bit?"
Alt-Tab: Our weekly column takes a hands-on look at the Demigod beta test.
Freeware Friday: Our weekly look at free games is for a title that's just hard to describe:Barkley, Shut Up And Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1 of the HoopZ Barkley SaGa
Virtual Bargin Bin: Our weekly look at cheap games is for BioShock and the Grand Theft Auto Collection

Downloads

Free full games: Download the free (ad-supported) versions of Area 51 , Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War and Full Spectrum Warrior
Quantum of Solace demo: Download and play a brief portion of the upcoming James Bond first person shooter from Activision
Dynasty Warriors 6 demo: Check out a portion of the Koei tactical fighting game
America's Army Deploy Client: Download this small client to grab the latest version of the free multiplayer shooter from the US Army
Starcraft 2 Trailers: Check out the new trailers for Blizzard's upcoming RTS game
Diablo III Trailers: It's some new gameplay trailers for Blizzard's upcoming action-RPG
Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II trailer: Check out this trailer for the upcoming THQ RTS game

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Thatoneguy64 @ Oct 12th 2008 8:44PM

Dynasty Warrios is a "tactical strategy game"?

Anticrawl @ Oct 12th 2008 9:08PM

A quote from America's Army EULA

"This product is owned by the government of the United States of America and Pragmatic Solutions, Inc. and its use and reproduction are governed by the terms of this Licensing Agreement. By installing this game you hereby agree to join the US Army and volunteer for deployment in Iraq."