The Best of Big Download: February 23-March 1

by Joystiq Staff @joystiq on Mar 1st 2009 6:30PM

We leave the short month of February behind and embrace the long month of March. Big Download had a lot to report in the last week so let's get to it:
Exclusive features

Quake Live open beta launch: We give our impressions of the beta launch and chat with id Software's Marty Stratton on the issues they encounted in the first hours of its release.
The top PC game news events of February 2009: We pick our top 10 biggest PC games news happenings in the past month.
Money Matters - Finances and PC games: In these bad economic times, can playing a PC game teach you about how to handle your money?
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II review: We give the final verdict on this long awaited sci-fi RTS game from Relic and THQ.
Mac Monday: We check out this Wizard of Oz-themed adventure game Emerald City Confidential.
Indie Showcase: This week's indie games column checks out a number of new titles.
Big Ideas: Our weekly look at game themes takes another look at storytelling in games.
Big Iron: Our regular PC hardware column talks about what to do with your hardware when it has reached the end of its useful life.
Freeware Friday: Our weekly look at free games takes a look at the puzzle-platformer Jed.

Downloads

The Last Remnant demo: Try out a sampler of the upcoming PC version of Square Enix's fantasy RPG
Monsters Vs. Aliens demo: It's a short free sample of the upcoming game based on the Dreamworks Animation movie.
League of Legends trailer: Check out this first gameplay trailer from the forthcoming Riot Games developed multiplayer RTS-RPG.
Call of Juarez: Bound In Blood trailer: It's the first glimpse of this Wild West shooter from Techland and Ubisoft.
World of Warcraft Ulduar trailer: Check out this teaser footage showing off the new content coming in the next World of Warcraft patch.
Singularity trailer: More debut gameplay footage, this time of the upcoming temporal themed game from Raven and Activision
Dante's Inferno trailer: It's the first cinematic to EA's upcoming action game.
City of Heroes Captain Dynamic trailer Part 1: No gameplay footage here; just some funny comedy that promotes the upcoming mission editors for NCsoft's super hero MMO.