The Best of Big Download: January 25 - 31

by John Callaham @ on Jan 31st 2010 11:59PM

January 2010 ended with the release of one of the best games of the year in Mass Effect 2. At least -- we assume it's one of the best games of the year. If they get much better than this, we're going to be in good shape. However, PC gamers have even more goodness in store for February. Before we enter a new month let's look back at the events of the last seven days in January.

Exclusive Features

Independent Games Festival 2010: We look at all of the nominees entered into the annual celebration of indie games. Check out part one, part two, part three, part four and part five of the series.
Interviews: We chat with the co-founder of CD Project on GoG.com and more and with Gas Powered Games' Chris Taylor on Supreme Commander 2.
Opinion: Apple's iPad - threat or help to PC gaming? - We give our opinion on if the new Apple device will affect PC gaming.
Boot Disk: Our retro games feature checks out the original Tropico.
Freeware Friday: Our weekly feature on free PC games checks out the rogue-like Tiny Crawl.

Downloads

Batttlefield Bad Company 2 Multiplayer Beta Client: If you have an invite, download the full client to the first person shooter beta from Digital Illusions.
Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising Patch and Overwatch DLC: Codemasters' latest patch for the first person shooter adds new missions and content to the game.
Divinity 2 1.03 patch: This patch updates the recent RPG from Larian Studios.
James Cameron's Avatar The Game 1.02 patch: Update your movie-based action game with this latest patch from Ubisoft.

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