The Best of Big Download: May 11-17

by Joystiq Staff @joystiq on May 17th 2009 11:59PM

With E3 now just two weeks away the rumors and the announcements will be coming in quickly. Big Download is on top of things on the PC gaming side and we will have extensive coverage of the show. But until then we will have some pre-E3 features alongside our regular news and feature coverage. Let's look at the past seven days on the site.
Exclusive features

Countdown to E3 2009: We begin our series of pre-E3 features this week with an overall primer to the show and our wish list of first person shooter games we would like to see at E3.
First anniversary contests: You still have time to win one of 10 $25 game codes from Nexon America in celebration of Big Download's first anniversary.
Mac Monday: Our weekly Macintosh feature reviews the Popcap tower defense game Plants Vs Zombies.
Boot Disk: Our retro games feature is about the Interplay 3D FPS Descent.
Big Ideas: Our weekly game theme column looks at why non-gamers still see games as juvenile and even harmful
Freeware Friday: Our weekly free game column takes a look at the free engineering-based game Infiniminer.

Downloads

Need For Speed Undercover patch: You can now update EA's recent racing game which adds a new Challenge mode and 50 new events
Dragon Age Origins Violence trailer: This new trailer for BioWare's upcoming fantasy RPG isn't for the kiddies.
Modern Warfare 2 teaser trailer: It's just a few seconds of footage from Infinity Ward's upcoming FPS.
City of Heroes: Going Rogue trailer: It's the first cinematic trailer for NCsoft's next commercial update to their super hero MMO game.
Mass Effect 2 Prelude to E3 trailer: BioWare gives some hints at to what they will show at E3 from their sci-fi R{G sequel.