The Best of Big Download: May 18-24

by Joystiq Staff @joystiq on May 24th 2009 10:00PM

It's a long holiday weekend which means watching basketball and racing on TV, going to the movies or for some of you reading Big Download's highlights from the past 7 days (and you are a sad lot if that's the case). Check it out now.

Exclusive Features

Countdown to E3 2009: We continue our gallery features leading up to next month's trade show with a look at the action games we want to see at E3.
NASCAR iRacing Interview: We get the co-founder of iRacing to talk about his plans for returning NASCAR licensing racing sims to the PC in 2010.
Reviews: We have verdicts on the co-op shooter Killing Floor and the Thrustmaster T.16000M Joystick
Mac Monday: Our Mac column reviews the recent port of the odd adventure game The Path.
Boot Disk: Our regular retro games feature takes a look at the original Command and Conquer RTS game.
Indie Showcase: Our indie games column this week takes a look at three games that are still in beta form: Aces Wild, Arc & Malice and Minecraft.
Big Ideas: Our column on game themes takes a look at why game adaptation of movies don't usually turn out well.
Big Iron: Our PC hardware column this week looks at input devices and how they hearken back to old fashioned tech.
Freeware Friday: In a bit of a twist, this week's look at free PC games is also a retro feature on Grand Theft Auto 2.

Downloads

Sherlock Holmes Vs Jack The Ripper demo: Try a sample of this new adventure game from developer Frogwares.
World of Warcraft 3.1.2 patch: Download the latest patch for Blizzard's hit MMO game.
Team Fortress 2 "Meet The Spy" trailer: Check out the latest hilarious cinematic for Valve's multiplayer shooter.
Blur Teaser Trailer: It's the first teaser for Bizarre Creations' upcoming driving-action game.
Aliens Vs. Predator Teaser Trailer: Its the first glimpse of this revival of the FPS series from Rebellion and Sega.
Battlefield Bad Company 2 E3 2009 trailer: It's the first gameplay footage from DICE's FPS sequel.