The Best of Big Download: March 23-29
The Game Developers Conference generated a lot of news and features, especially for the PC platform. Let' s look back at Big Download's coverage of GDC for the past seven days:
Exclusive Features
- GDC 2009: Big Download coveraged the OnLive press event (along with exclusive reactions from Stardock CEO Brad Wardell) and we have some GDC coverage of games like America's Army 3.0, CrimeCraft, Majesty 2 and Mount and Blade: Warband. We also have coverage of the new features shown at GDC for Unreal Engine 3.
- Red Alert 3 Uprising Review: We have our final verdict on EA's downloadable RTS game.
- Mac Monday: Our weekly Mac column takes a look at Parallels 4.0 which allows people to run Window games on the Mac.
- Boot Disk: Our retro games column returns with a look back at the original X-Com: UFO Defense
- Independent Minds: Our indie games column takes a look at user interfaces in games
- Big Ideas: Our weekly look at game themes takes at look at (shutter) cheating
- Freeware Friday: Our weekly look at free games takes a gander at the puzzle game Blocksum.
Downloads
- Wanted: Weapons of Fate demo: Play a sample of the new action game from GRIN based on the recent film
- Flock demo: It's a free sample of the upcoming downloadable action-puzzle game from Capcom
- Burnout Paradise The Ultimate Box 1.1 patch: Download this patch for Criterion's racing game and then you can purchase new cars for the title.
- R.U.S.E. trailer: Check out this teaser trailer for the upcoming Ubisoft RTS game
- Need For Speed Shift trailer: It's the first gameplay glimpse at EA's latest game in their long running racing game series.
- Modern Warfare 2 teaser trailer: It's the teaser for the next shooter game from Infinity Ward and Activision
- CryEngine 3 GDC trailer: Check out some demo footage from Crytek's next game engine
- 10 Reasons to have Prototype trailer: Check out some hot footage from Radical Entertainment's upcoming open world action game. If you have a powerful PC check out the Super HD 1 GB version of the trailer.
News
- Max Payne 3 finally announced for the PC
- New report on PC game industry released
- Bigfoot Networks announces new Killer Xeno gaming network card
- Games for Windows Live to add new features
- Ubisoft announces new WWII RTS game R.U.S.E.
- Guitar Hero World Tour officially coming to the PC
- Ouch! Combat Arms adds the "Nut Shot" to its FPS game
- Stardock unveils Goo for Impulse
- Lighthouse Interactive shuts down
- Modern Warfare 2 (no more Call of Duty) gets official; due on Nov. 10
- GoG.com adds Ubisoft to list of publishers
- The Sims 3 to use disk-based copy protection
- Rumor: Is Blizzard working on a new non-MMO mystery game?
- Mysterious Project Offset comes out of the shadows?
- PC Braid delayed until April 10 (not August 10)
- More Fallout 3 DLC is on the way
- Another new game announcement from BioWare this year