The Best of Big Download: October 12-18
by Joystiq Staff 
{ Oct 18th 2009 at 11:59PM }
Exclusive Features
- A Brief History of Windows Gaming: We look back at the various versions of Windows as they related to PC gaming history.
- Black Ops Games Redux Part 1: In the first installment of this multi-part series, we look back at some former games that were unannounced last year that finally were officially announced.
- Hands-On with Torchlight: We got to play the upcoming downloadable fantasy action-RPG from Runic Games before its release on October 27 and wrote up our impressions!
- Big Versus: City of Heroes Vs Champions Online: Our Versus feature returns as we compare the new super hero MMO with the first one.
- All You Need To Know: This week our game info feature looks at Bioware's upcoming RPG Dragon Age: Origins.
- Mac Monday: Our weekly Mac column takes a look at two titles this time out: Machinarium and QuantZ.
- Boot Disk: Our weekly retro game feature looks at the classic Shiny Entertainment-developed title, Earthworm Jim.
- Playing For Free: Our weekly look at free-to-play online games checks out the space-based title DarkSpace.
- Freeware Friday: Our always popular free PC games column checks out a game with the unusual title RRRRRPG.
Downloads
- Dragon Age: Origins Character Creator: Make your RPG character now before BioWare releases their title on November 3.
- Wolfenstein Demo: Check out a brief portion of Raven Software's FPS that was released back in August.
- Football Manager 2010 Demo: We have both the "vanilla" and "strawberry" demos for the upcoming management sim game
- Grid 1.3 patch: Download the latest patch to Codemasters' 2008 released racing game.
- CryEngine 3 Beauty trailer: It's the latest trailer to show off Crytek's new game graphics technology.
- Aliens Vs Predator "Alien" Trailer: Check out what it's like to play as an Alien in the upcoming FPS.
- Remedy to revamp Death Rally . . . kind of
- Look for two years of Dragon Age: Origins DLC
- Former Microsoft Flight Sim devs form new studio
- Left 4 Dead 2 boycott group breaks up
- Galactic Command officially revealed
- Dragon Age Flash game coming
- Borderlands goes to the zombies for first downloadable expansion
- January 26 release date for Mass Effect 2; pre-order specials revealed
- Only PC version of Dragon Age: Origins has top-down viewpoint
- John Romero's MMO game company suffers layoffs
- PC version of Saw to be exclusive to Steam
- No dedicated servers for Modern Warfare 2 PC; Infinity Ward to run matchmaking service
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Monica Dickey @ Oct 19th 2009 12:41AM
that cryengine trailer is insane! Of course I'd never be able to run it though :)
AVP looks awesome. I was hoping they'd update that franchise.
Jonah @ Oct 19th 2009 2:22AM
Six days would've been really unique. I was crossing my fingers to see its making. Its too bad, though. This war has affected a lot of people, though. Perhaps someday we can make a game that expresses the true reality of war and people will more supportive of the idea. Cryengine will be awesome. I can't wait to see what developers will make with it.
sniperewin @ Oct 19th 2009 6:36AM
I wonder why most CryEngines trailers are FPS and not another type of game like racing etc.
Cheesus Crust @ Oct 19th 2009 3:49PM
They had one REALLY nice adventure game in there.
Lu Galasso @ Oct 19th 2009 10:09AM
Can't believe those boycott nerds got flown out to Valve!
Thomaslachowsky @ Oct 19th 2009 3:06PM
because cryengine is designed for FPS obviously