The Best of Big Download: April 13-19

by Joystiq Staff @joystiq on Apr 19th 2009 10:00PM

Tons of interesting news and a couple of big demos and patches were a part of the past week for PC gamers. As always Big Download now looks back at the past seven days:
Exclusive features

Battlefield Heroes hands-on: We get a chance to play with the upcoming free-to-play FPS from Digital Illusions and EA
City of Heroes Mission Architect review: We give our final verdict on the recent mission editor for the NCsoft MMO
Mac Monday: Our weekly Mac game column takes a look at the casual game title Westward 2.
Boot Disk: Our retro games feature this week is all about the classic action-RPG Deus Ex.
Independent Minds: Our weekly indie games feature looks at the need for mod support in games
Big Ideas: Our weekly column on game themes is a little different as the column questions how long Penny Arcade can stay popular.
Freeware Friday: Our weekly free games column is all about the recent puzzle game DUOtris.

Downloads

Dawn of War 2 single player demo: Play a sample of the recent sci-fi RTS game from Relic and THQ.
World of Warcraft 3.1 patch: This major update for Blizzard's MMO adds new content and more to the game.
F.E.A.R 2. 1.03 patch: This patch for the recent Monolith FPS adds three new multiplayer maps to the game
Starcraft II Battle Report 2 video: Check out over 20 minutes of gameplay from Blizzard's upcoming RTS game.
RUSE gameplay trailer: It's the first real gameplay from Ubisoft's unusual WWII RTS game
Order of War teaser trailer: It's the first footage from the upcoming WWII RTS game from Wargaming.net and Square Enix
F.E.A.R. 2 Miniature Replica Soldier music trailer: Check out this catchy tune that promotes the recent map pack for Monolith's FPS
Forged By Chaos tech demo trailer: It's some impressive footage from this CryEngine based fantasy action-RPG.