The Best of Big Download: January 5-11

by Joystiq Staff @joystiq on Jan 11th 2009 9:00PM

The first full week of 2009 got Big Download back in full steam with lots of news, downloads and features to make it a pretty busy week. Let's check out the highlights from the last seven days:

Exclusive features

Console games that should be PC games: We give our picks on which 2008 console exclusive games should come to the PC and which 2009 console titles should do the same.
Even more Black Ops PC games: We head to the secret well to get some info on the PC games that are under development that you may not know about.
10 Comics we want to see made into games: There's lots of comic books that would be perfect for games; we just picked 10 of them.
Quake Live preview: We go hands-on with id Software's upcoming free version of Quake III Arena.
Rise of the Argonauts review: We review this recent action-RPG from Liquid Entertainment and Codemasters.
Mac Monday: Our weekly Macintosh column takes a look at the sim game Floating Kingdoms.
Big Ideas: Our weekly look at game themes takes a gander at body types in games.
Indie Showcase: Our weekly look at indie games is something special: Our picks for the best independent games released in 2008.
Big Iron: Our weekly hardware column returns with a look ahead to the next year.
Freeware Friday: Our look at free games this week offers up the sandbox-like sci-fi title Transcendence.
Virtual Bargain Bin: Our cheap games column returns with a look at the 1998 shooter SiN and its 2006 sequel SiN Episiodes: Emergence.

Downloads

Prototype Reveal Trailer: Take a look at new footage from the upcoming open world action game from Radical and Activision.
Space War Commander demo: Play a sample of this recent space strategy game.
Brainpipe: A Plunge to Unhumanity demo: Try out a sample of this indie shooter game
Crayon Physics Deluxe demo: It's the demo for the award-winning 2D physics puzzle game.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky patch: Patch up the post-apocalypse shooter with this latest download.
Dawn of War II trailer: Check out new gameplay footage from the upcoming Relic-THQ RTS title.