The Best of Big Download: February 16-22

by Joystiq Staff @joystiq on Feb 22nd 2009 10:30PM

It's been an extremely busy week, especially for breaking news, over at Big Download this week. In case you missed it here are the many highlights from the past seven days:
Exclusive features

Unreal Tournament III Titan Pack hands-on preview: We get some playing time with Epic's upcoming free expansion for their 2007 shooter.
First look at NASA's MMO project: We have some of the first concrete info on the upcoming MMO project funded by NASA; Astronaut: Moon, Mars and Beyond.
Puzzle Quest: Galactrix impressions: We go hands-on with a build of the PC version of Infinite Interactive's sci-fi puzzle-RPG.
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box review: Did Criterion Games' first PC title hit the mark? We give our final verdict on the results.
Mac Monday: Our latest look at gaming for the Mac takes a look at the kingdom sim KingMania.
Independent Minds: Our look at indie games this week takes on the issue of comparing a game concept to a full version
Big Ideas: Our look at game themes this week is all about how much developers owe gamers and vice versa
Freeware Friday: Our weekly free game is a 2D shooter inspired by Team Fortress 2 called Gang Garrison 2

Downloads

Men of War demo: Check out a single player sample of the upcoming WWII RTS game from Best Way and 1C Company
Red Alert 3 patch: We have the latest update to EA's RTS game to download
Crysis Warhead 1.1 hotfix patch: Download this quick update to Crytek's FPS game
Black Rock Studios teaser trailer: It's the first brief footage from the still mysterious racing game
Mass Effect 2 trailer: Check out this first footage from BioWare's sci-fi RPG sequel; that ending is a trick . . .isn't it?