The Best of Big Download: November 1 - 7

The first week of November had unexpected game announcements, new demos and more news for PC gamers. As we always do, let's go over the last seven days together, shall we?

Exclusive Features

• Nimbus Review: We review the very unique puzzle-racing indie game.

• Freeware Friday: The weekly column returns with a look at the arcade game Super Crate Box.

Downloads

• The Ball Demo: It's a free slice of the cool new puzzle-shooter game from Teotl Studios

• HAWX 2 PC Benchmark: See if your PC can handle the upcoming port of Ubisoft's flying action game

• Medal of Honor R7 patch: Download the latest patch for EA's recent shooter.

• Borderlands 1.41 patch: This new patch for Gearbox' 2009 shooter raises the game's level cap

• The Witcher 2 Dev Diary video: Check out this exclusive to Big Download video dev diary about the upcoming fantasy RPG.

• Battlefield Play4Free Announcement trailer: It's the first look at EA's upcoming free-to-play shooter.

News

• Bejeweled 3 announced

• Super Meat Boy coming to PC in late November

• Civilization V for the Mac to be released November 23

• THQ exec hints at using Games For Windows Live for PC again

• The Cursed Crusade announced

• Battlefield Play4Free announced
  

• Minecraft in-game computer is done