The Best of Big Download: December 29-January 4

by Joystiq Staff @joystiq on Jan 4th 2009 8:30PM

While the holiday period made it a slow week for news Big Download was busy with a number of forward looking feature articles that give our picks for the games and events of 2009. As always let's look back on the past seven days on our site:

Exclusive Features

2009 previews: We concluded our 2009 preview feature with looks at strategy, RPG-MMO and other games. We also gave our predictions for 2009 and picked our top 10 games we most want to play this year.
Mac Monday: Our look at Macintosh games this week is a big one; a hands-on preview of the upcoming Mac version of City of Heroes/Villains.
Independent Minds: In a departure, our weekly look at indie games takes a look at some staples of certain genre games.
Big Ideas: Our weekly look at game themes takes a look at the (often annoying) game cutscene.
Freeware Friday: Our weekly look at free games takes a look at Area 51, the Midway shooter that was recently released as a free (ad-supported) download.
Virtual Bargain Bin: Our look at games on the cheap returns with a look at the Oddworld series of titles.