The Best of Big Download: May 24-30

by John Callaham @ on May 30th 2010 11:30PM

After Memorial Day is over we will have just two weeks before E3 2010 officially begins, so have fun now because a swarm of news, rumors, and game announcements are on the way. In the meantime, kickback with a cold beverage and enjoy the last seven days from Big Download:

Exclusive features

Reviews: We give our final verdicts for Split/Second and Beat Hazard.
Boot Disk: We look back in our latest retro games feature at the original Empire Earth.
All You Need To Know: We give you the 411 on all we have on the upcoming shooter Bulletstorm.
Freeware Friday: Our latest look at free PC games checks out the free-to-play online game League of Legends.
Contest: We have teamed up with Gala-Net to offer a special item kit for the free-to-play MMO Rappelz.

Downloads

SBK X demo: Try out a sample of this motorcycle racing sim game.
Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage demo: It's a free slice of the upcoming horror-themed adventure game.
Aliens Vs Predator DirectX11 benchmark: See if your PC can handle this newest benchmark based on the recent first person shooter.
Splinter Cell Conviction patch: It's the latest update to Ubisoft's recent stealth action game.
Half-Life 2 Free Yourself trailer: It's Valve take on Apple's 1984 TV ad to introduce Half-Life 2 to the Mac.
Mafia 2 PhysX trailer: See some of the PC specific physics effects in 2K Games' upcoming crime action game.
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition Documentary trailer: Take a look behind the scenes for this look at the upcoming revamp of the classic LucasArts adventure game.