The Best of Big Download: October 26 - November 1
by Joystiq Staff 
{ Nov 1st 2009 at 11:30PM } 
Exclusive features
- Reviews: We give our final verdicts to Tropico 3 , Eufloria and Cities XL along with impressions of the Left 4 Dead 2 PC demo
- Orson Scott Card Interview: The best selling novelist talks about his love of games and reveals a dream game project he would like to make.
- Natural Selection 2 Interview: We chat with Unknown Worlds about their upcoming and long awaited FPS-RTS game on the occasion of the release of the game's first screenshots.
- Guide to Team Fortress 2 Scarechievements: Valve released a new Halloween themed update to Team Fortress 2 and we have the skinny on the five new achievements added to the game.
- How 10 US cities would fare in the zombie apocalypse: Left 4 Dead 2 is set in New Orleans, but what if it was set in other major metropolitan areas? We speculate on what might happen.
- An Open Letter to Infinity Ward: We give the Modern Warfare 2 developer our feelings on how we think the PC community has been marginalized by their recent actions.
- The Top 10 PC Game News Stories for October 2009: We look back in the past 31 days for the big stories that affected the PC game industry.
- Mac Monday: Our weekly Mac game feature this week looks at two titles: Grappling Hook and The Three Musketeers.
- Playing for Free: Our latest look at a free-to-play online game is with the RPG La Tale.
- Boot Disk: Our latest retro PC game column takes a look at the FPS title Uprising.
- Big Ideas: Our weekly look at game themes checks out if games are less challenging now than they were in the past.
- All You Need to Know: Our latest 411 article on upcoming games gives all the info on EA's WWII action game The Saboteur.
- Freeware Friday: Our popular weekly look at free PC games checks out the odd platformer We Want YOU!.
Downloads
- New Painkiller Resurrection demo: It's an improved version of the previously released FPS demo from JoWood.
- Unity Game Development Tool: It's a free version of the popular game engine software.
- Torchlight launch trailer: It's the launch trailer to the newly released RPG from Runic Games.
- Left 4 Dead 2 TV commercial: It's a pretty funny trailer to Valve's upcoming shooter.
- Battlefield Bad Company 2 Limited Edition trailer: Check out what you get when you buy the Limited Edition of EA's upcoming FPS.
- Dragon Age: Origins TV commercial: BioWare's upcoming RPG gets a TV commercial too.
- Rumor: Zenimax looking to buy Valve?
- Battlefield devs take aim (again) at the PC dedicated server debate
- Babylon 5 creator to write Shattered Union movie
- X-Com revival rumors resurface
- Interplay released first concept art for possible Fallout MMO
- Could PC fans get a chance to play Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine?
- Jagex cancels MechScape in favor of new secret game
- AO-rated version of Manhunt 2 PC to be released next week
- Painkiller Resurrection co-op feature: Not so much?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
SpyderTaco (PSN: Ar4chNova89) @ Nov 1st 2009 11:41PM
[Insert Infinity Ward Rant Here.]
CheeziePotato @ Nov 2nd 2009 12:23AM
No
Azerael @ Nov 2nd 2009 4:35AM
You're pretty bad as far as trolls go. Try creating a popular franchise, then taking away some key features and calling it an improvement. Now that's effective trolling.
Einhanderkiller @ Nov 1st 2009 11:49PM
ITT: We hype Dragon Age: Origins.
CheeziePotato @ Nov 2nd 2009 12:17AM
das troo
Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 2nd 2009 12:21AM
I can't wait for DA to come out.
iHavepants {SteamPSN: Arkanti} @ Nov 2nd 2009 5:58AM
I've been waiting 5 years, these last few days are killing me.
ZaxCG2 @ Nov 2nd 2009 12:19AM
So ehhh... when you guys going to give us PC gamers some community love? I mean... come on, at least give us a reply function!
victormofjell @ Nov 2nd 2009 6:55AM
I really love all these downloads...but......
WHERE THE HELL IS THE MICHAEL JACKSON BASEMENT MMORPG DEMO????