The Best of Big Download: June 22-28

by Joystiq Staff @joystiq on Jun 28th 2009 6:30PM

We actually thought news would be slow this past week; boy were we wrong. Let's check out the big events and exclusive content for the past seven days at Big Download!
Exclusive features

Reviews: We give our final verdicts for Prototype and Fallout 3: Point Lookout
Happy 13th Birthday Quake: We look back at the id Software FPS franchise
The big PC game acquisitions: In the way of id Software's purchase by ZeniMax, we take a look at other PC game industry purchases.
Mac Monday: Our weekly Mac games column takes a look at the life sim Spouts Adventure.
Boot Disk: Our weekly look at retro gaming centers on the classic action-RPG System Shock 2.
Big Ideas: "Can a game make you cry?" That's the topic of our latest weekly game theme feature.
Freeware Friday: This week our free PC game feature is about the unusual puzzle game Chauk.
Contest: You still have time to enter our contest where we are giving away some cool Turtle Beach headsets and Say2Play PC game voice command software products

Downloads

ArmA II demo: Try out this sample of the massive military shooter from Bohemia Interactive.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince demo: It's a free sample of the latest movie-based game from EA.
Trine demo: It's a cool sample of the upcoming action-puzzle game from Frozenbyte.
The Sims 3 patch: Download the latest update to the recent people sim game.
Red Alert 3 patch: It's the latest update for the alternate history RTS game
Spore patch: Grab the latest update for EA's alien evolution sim game
StarCraft II Battle Report 3 movie: Check out this 19 minute gameplay film from Blizzard's upcoming sci-fi RTS sequel.
Dawn of War II Battle Reports: Check out part one and part two of gameplay from the upcoming major DLC expansion to Relic's RTS game