The Best of Big Download: July 13-19

by Joystiq Staff @joystiq on Jul 19th 2009 11:00PM

We may be in the summer doldrums in terms of new releases but there's a lot of new news and major files to talk about this week. Let's look at what happened in PC gaming in the past seven days:
Exclusive Features

The Top 2009 PC Games (So Far): We look back at the first half of the year to give our picks for the best PC games released so far and also pick a couple of game that didn't meet our high expectations.
Rebellion CEO reveals plans for new entries in former Vivendi Universal games: We got Rebellion's head man Jason Kingsley to give us the heads-up on plans for new games for Empire Earth, Ground Control and other game series.
Street Fighter IV PC review: We give our final verdict on the PC port for Capcom's hit fighting game.
Time Gentlemen, Please! review: We let you know what we think about this new indie retro-style adventure game from Zombie Cow
Mac Monday: Our regular look at Mac games goes old school with a review of the Mac version of te classic RTS game Warzone 2100.
Boot Disk: Our retro games column takes a look at Relic's debut title, the 3D RTS game Homeworld.
Big Ideas: SEX SEX SEX! Now that we have your attention, our weekly look at game themes deals with sex in games.
Freeware Friday: Our weekly look at free PC games takes a look at the recent free release of the classic RPG Daggerfall.

Downloads

Resident Evil 5 3D Demo Benchmark: If you have the right hardware you can check out this 3D supported demo-benchmark for Capcom's upcoming PC port of the survival horror game.
Call of Duty: World at War 1.5 patch: Download this new patch for Activision's WWII shooter with three new multiplayer maps and a new zombie map. You can also download new mod tools for the game.
Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising Armoury video: Check out some new gameplay from the upcoming Codemasters military shooter.
Mafia II Walkthrough video: Check out 15 minutes of gameplay from 2K Games' upcoming open world crime game.
Wolfenstein Animated Video 2: Check out the second in a series of animated shorts based on the upcoming Activision shooter.