The Best of Big Download: August 23 - 29

It's been a relatively slow news week compared to the past couple of weeks, but the next seven days should see some interesting PC game related news coming just before and during PAX Prime. In the mean time, let's check out what the last week gave us, shall we?

Exclusive Features

• Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days review: We give our final verdict for Io Interactive's sequel to its third person action game

• Razor2: Hidden Skies review: It's our verdict for the recent indie arcade shooter.

• Freeware Friday: Our popular column returns with a look at the game Goblin Camp.

• Contest: There's still plenty of time to enter our latest giveaway where we will award three $200 Best Buy gift cards

Downloads

• R.U.S.E. demo: Check out this single player demo for Ubisoft's upcoming RTS game.

• Metro 2033 demo: Several months after the full game was released you can now try out a free taste of the first person shooter.

• ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead 1.54 patch: It's the latest update to the military shooter that also adds content from the British Armed Forces DLC

• Portal 2 trailers: Check out new gameplay trailers from Valve's upcoming puzzle shooter for the Aerial Faith Plate, Repulsion Gel and co-op teaser features.

News

• Neverwinter officially announced by Cryptic Studios and Atari

• Demigod sequel talk coming from Gas Powered Games
  

• UDK demo Dungeon Defense to morph into full game Dungeon Defenders

• Dead State revealed

• Elemental to be updated and expanded no matter the reviews or sales

• Mytheon delayed until 2011; Petroglyph no longer involved
  

• Stargate Resistance dev team hit with lawsuit over game's assets

• Deep Black announced
  

• Huxley goes back into Webzen's publishing hands; still no release date in sight