The Best of Big Download: July 20-26
E3 may be over (and it may have not been the greatest installment of the event) but Big Download has some more game impressions from the show plus some other original features to check out. Here are the highlights from the past week:
Original Features
- E3 Impressions: Check out our impressions of games from E3 like Dark Void, Damnation, Operation Flashpoint 2, and Tomb Raider Underworld
- Here There Be Heroes: Exploring the Champions universe: Take a look at the history of this super hero pen-and-paper RPG and forward to the upcoming Champions Online MMO.
- Indiedaze:TIGSource Procedural Generation Competition: Take a look at the indie games who were the winners of a recent game development contest.
- Interview: Microsoft's Kevin Unangst: We chat with the Games for Windows general manager about their decision to make Games for Windows Live free and offer the first screenshot of the revamped UI for the service.
Downloads
- Far Cry 2 E3 trailer: Check out the shoot-em-up action in this trailer promoting the Ubisoft FPS
- Project Origin E3 trailer: It's both exciting and scary at the same time. It's footage from the Monoloth shooter sequel
- Dragon Age: Origins Trailer: Check out the first gameplay footage from Bioware's long-in-development RPG
- Dawn of War II Gameplay Trailer: Check out footage from this upcoming sci-fi RTS from Relic and THQ
- DC Universe Online E3 trailer: It's the first footage from Sony Online's upcoming super hero MMO
News
- EA extends Take Two deadline yet again
- Mythos development halted
- Games for Windows Live goes completely free
- Too Human to PC?
- Microsoft announces DirectX11 details
- Watchmen game confirmed; to be downloadable title
- ESA: E3 2009 will happen
- Sacred 2 to be optimized for Centrino 2 laptop PCs
- Namco Bandai to save Hellgate: London?
- Telltale's next game? Wallace and Gromit