The Best of Big Download: May 3 - 9

by John Callaham @ on May 9th 2010 11:59PM

This week we finally got a release date for StarCraft 2, and its smack-dab in the middle of summer -- a period not known for too many big game releases. Smart marketing or a risk? You be the judge. In the meantime let's look back at Big Download's highlights from the past seven days. (Hey, we've officially been live for two years now. Wow.)

Exclusive features

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City: We give our final verdict to the PC release of this Xbox 360 expansion for GTA IV.
Warriors of Elysia Interview: We chat with the man behind this upcoming sequel to the Syfy Saturday movie-like game Bikini Karate Babes.
Boot Disk: Our retro games feature checks back with Grand Theft Auto 3, the game that started the open world genre trend in games.
All You Need To Know: We give you all we currently know about the upcoming strategy game Civilization V.
Freeware Friday: Our free PC games feature this week checks out the newly free version of MechWarrior 4 Mercenaries.

Downloads

Angels Fall First: Planetstorm UDK demo: This is a stand alone UDK game demo based on the award winning Unreal Tournament 3 sci-fi action mod.
Star Trek Online demo installer: Download this client to grab an unlimited but restricted demo for Cryptic's recent MMO game.
MechWarrior 4 Mercenaries installer: Download this program to get the files for the free version of the 2002 mech action game.
Trine 1.07 patch: This new patch for the puzzle-action game adds a new level to the title.
Splinter Cell Conviction 1.02 patch: This patch updates Ubisoft's stealth action game to the latest version.
Call of Duty: Black Ops trailer: It's the first teaser to Activision's next game in the shooter series.