The Best of Big Download: June 15-21

by Joystiq Staff @joystiq on Jun 21st 2009 10:30PM

For some reason this week was a big one for demos and full games including the America's Army 3 release. Let's look, as we always do on Sundays, at the highlights of the past seven days:
Exclusive Features

Top 10 Most Anticipated Summer 2009 PC Games: We give our pics for the games we most want to play this summer.
Interviews: We get some answers about America's Army 3's launch issues and chat with Transformers actor Shia LaBeouf on his gaming habits (he loves Civilization).
The Virtual US Open: We have a feature on the new web-based PC-Mac game that gives players a chance to play in an official online version of the US Open.
Contest: You can still register to win one of 25 keys for the full version of Say2Play software along with one of five ay2Play Ear Force HPA2 Headsets.
Mac Monday: Our weekly Mac gaming column takes a look at the time management title Mystic Emporium.
Boot Disk: Our weekly retro games column takes a look at Blizzard's classic RTS game Warcraft 2.
Big Ideas: Our weekly look at game themes looks at how games could contribute to a new mythology.
Boot Disk: Our PC hardware column takes a look at how server farms don't need to be super-cooled any more.
Freeware Friday: Our latest column on free PC games takes a loot at the genre-mixing title Triangle Wizard.

Downloads

America's Army 3 Deploy Client: This is the way to download the full free multiplayer shooter from the US Army.
Dawn of Discovery demo: Try a sample of the upcoming historical trading-strategy game from Ubisoft
Street Fighter IV PC Benchmark Tool: See if your PC can handle the graphics of Capcom's fighting game.
All Aspect Warfare demo: Download this demo to 3000AD's upcoming sci-fi action game.
Grand Theft Auto IV patch: Download the latest update to Rockstar Games' recent open-world action game.