The Best of Big Download: December 28-January 3

We're lucky that the period between Christmas and New Year's Day is a tad on the slow side in the news department. Quite frankly, New Years partying combined with the disassembling of holiday decorations and removal of festive trees (we usually get four or five) has us exhausted and a little melancholy. Oh, and we also wrote a whole mess of content over the last week just for you, in case you were wondering. Hit the break for news items and peep some original features below:
Exclusive features

• 2010 Previews: We conclude our look ahead at the next year in PC games with a RPG-MMO preview and an RTS-other games preview. Plus we pick our top 10 most anticipated PC games of 2010, give our predictions for the next year, pick some 2010 console games that should be PC games and offer up some 2010 wishes for the PC game industry.
• Top 10 PC Gaming Related Failures Of The Decade (2000-2009): Sometimes things just don't go off as planned. We examine some of the biggest failures of the past decade in the PC game industry.
• Team Fortress 2 Demoman-Soldier Achievements. We conclude our look at the new additions to Team Fortress 2 with part six and part seven of the Demoman achievements and part six and part seven of the Soldier achievements.
• All You Need To Know: Our 411 column checks out the upcoming BioWare RPG Mass Effect 2.

News

• More info on Mass Effect's save system in Mass Effect 2
• Crysis-based MechWarrior mod released
• Command and Conquer coming to "new medium" in early 2010
• Report: Modern Warfare 2 PC most pirated game in 2009?
• Epic Games/People Can Fly secret shooter's title revealed?
• The Sims 3 wins PETA "Proggy" award
• Rumor: Dragon Age: The Awakening expansion revealed?
• StarCraft II to include Protoss mini-campaign in Wings of Liberty