The Best of Big Download: August 24-30

by Joystiq Staff @joystiq on Aug 30th 2009 11:00PM

The last full week of August has news and downloads take something of a breather compared to the past few weeks, but there was still plenty to report on in the PC gaming world. As usual we break down the last seven days on our site for you.
Exclusive Features

Fall 2009 For PC Games: We are on the edge of the biggest part of the year for new PC games. Check out Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of our feature that looks at the entire list of games and also check out our top 10 most anticipated PC games on our list.
Reviews: Check our our verdicts on the second chapter of Tales of Monkey Island along with the indie game Osmos.
Team Fortress 2 Hats Checklist: Want to know what hats are available in Valve's multiplayer shooter? We got you covered (so to speak).
Mac Monday: This week Mac gamers have two games to check out: Big Kahuna Words and Mega Brickbash 3000.
Boot Disk: Our retro games column this week looks at a true PC game classic: Outcast.
Big Ideas: Our weekly look at game themes takes on the question on how old can you be to get into playing PC games.
Playing For Free: It's the debut of a new column that looks at the growing genre of free-to-play online games. This week we look at Quake Live.
Freeware Friday: Our weekly look at conventional free games takes a look at a classic title: Starsiege Tribes.

Downloads

Mass Effect 1.02 patch: Players of BioWare's sci-fi RPG will want this latest update to the game
Diablo 3 Monk trailer: Check out the intro to the new character in Blizzard's upcoming action-RPG
Serious Sam HD Supermercial trailer: Check out one of the best trailers ever made for a game . . . really
Dragon Age: Origins voice over trailer: It's a behind-the-scenes look at voice overs for BioWare's fantasy RPG
Dawn of War II The Last Stand trailer: Check out the first footage for the upcoming DLC to Relic's RTS game