The Best of Big Download: November 10-16
Exclusive features
- Playing Together: Co-op in PC FPS Games: Doom started the whole co-op mod in PC shooters and we look back at the trend on the eve of the launch of Left 4 Dead.
- Microsoft talks about Games For Windows Live plans: Microsoft's Michael Wolf gives us the 411 on their plans to revamp their Games For Windows Live service include their upcoming Marketplace additions.
- America's Army AA3 screenshot comparisons: America's Army is developing an Unreal Engine 3 revamp of their free multiplayer shooter and we have detailed screenshot comparisons of both the current and upcoming versions.
- League of Legends interview: We chat with Riot Games about their upcoming multplayer fantasy action-strategy game.
- Reviews: We review the latest American McGee's Grimm episode King Midas
- MODMonday: Our mod column this week is about a graphical revamp of Wolfenstein 3D, WolfGL
- Big Iron: Our hardware column this week takes a look at the perils of system restores in PC rigs
- Mac Monday: This week's look at gaming on the Mac takes a look at the recent fantasy RPG Kivi's Underground.
- Independent Minds: Our regular look at the indie game scene takes a look at titles made with the Unity platform.
- Boot Disk and Virtual Bargain Bin: Both our retro gaming and value priced game columns this week are about the turn based strategy game Disciples: The Sacred Lands.
- Big Ideas: Our regular look at trends in gaming is all about game reviews and how useful they really are.
- Freeware Friday: Our regular look at free games this week is about the procedural RTS game Dyson.
- BigCast: Our weekly podcast on PC gaming has some guest chatters this time round from sister sites Joystiq and GameDaily.
- Contests: We are giving our readers a way to win one of three copies of the PC version of Quantum of Solace and we still have beta codes to give out for Battleforge.
Downloads
- MotoGP 08 Demo: Try out this latest game in the motocycle racing sim series from Capcom
- FIFA Manager 09 Demo: It's the demo for the latest in the series of soccer management sim games
- Call of Duty: World at War Patch: Download this first patch for the just released Activision WWII shooter
- Virtual Skipper Online Full Game: Check out the full free version of this sailing sim title
- Sacred 2 Intro Trailer: Check out the intro to CDV's new action-RPG.
- Tomb Raider Underworld Sinking Ship Trailer: It's a sinking feeling for this trailer to the Eidos action-adventure game.
- Ubisoft buys World in Conflict developer Massive Entertainment
- Oddly named strategy game gets new title
- Richard Garriott departs NCsoft
- Supreme Commander 2 to be published by...Square Enix? Yep.
- The Wheel of Time games, including an MMO, announced
- Games for Windows Live gets long awaited revamp
- Battlefield Heroes beta to shut down until early 2009
- 2D Boy: 90 percent of World of Goo PC players pirated the game
- Rumor: Brash Entertainment done?
- Tropico 3 announced by Kalypso Media
- No Huxley US launch in 2008
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Envoy @ Nov 16th 2008 9:10PM
buying presidents for your mother-in-law? 1 Obama and 1 McCain pleze!
The Fatass of Kickassness @ Nov 16th 2008 9:18PM
Where would I go to find one of these Ron Paul things I've been hearing so much about?
Necki @ Nov 17th 2008 8:13AM
I Noticed this too lol.
And I think the majority of the American Public have already expressed their wish for a lack of McCain Presidents this Christmas.