The Best of Big Download: June 22-28
by Joystiq Staff 
{ Jun 28th 2009 at 6:30PM }
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
- 3D Realms/Apogee reveals Duke Begins game in lawsuit response
- Empire: Total War patch released; new separate paid download adds units
- Command and Conquer 4 mentioned in new EA online survey
- Star Wars: The Old Republic wins Best PC Game in for Games Critics E3 2009 awards
- Novint Falcon controller support added to The Orange Box
- Bethesda Softworks' parent company acquires id Software
- BioWare co-founder now in charge of Mythic; Mythic co-founder Mark Jacobs departs
- Battlefield Heroes officially launches
- Serious Sam: The First Encounter remake coming to the PC
- Gathering of Developers-Gamecock co-founders form Devolver Digital
- Obsidian finally confirms Aliens RPG cancelation
- New Everquest and Everquest II expansions announced
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Shagittarius @ Jun 28th 2009 7:44PM
Billy Mays died!
Let's all pause for a moment of shouting...
Rest in Peace.
RedSonRising @ Jun 28th 2009 10:53PM
try to stay on topic..
Starcraft 2 gameplay!! i dont pc game anymore but SC2 could bring me back from the console vacuum..