The Best of Big Download: April 6-12
We thought Easter week would be slow but it turned out to be a pretty busy week for news, features and download. As always we have the highlights of the past week for you:
Exclusive Features
- Interviews: We chat with the head of the PC Gaming Alliance again and also find time for an interview with the VP of the upcoming streaming game service OnLive.
- Mac Monday: We examine the kids game Wandering Willows in our regular Mac column.
- Boot Disk: Our retro game feature looks at the original release of Unreal Tournament.
- Independent Minds: Our indie games feature takes a look at time management when making games.
- Big Ideas: Our weekly look at game themes is all about failing while playing games.
- Big Iron: Our weekly hardware column is a little different as we review a new Alienware PC system.
- Freeware Friday: Our look at free PC games takes a gander at the arcade game DUO
Downloads
- X-Blades demo: Try a sample of the recent action-fighting game from Southpeak
- Braid demo: The acclaimed puzzle-platformer has been released for the PC and we have a free taste of it.
- Call of Duty: World at War 1.4. patch: This new patch for the Treyarch WWII shooter adds three new multiplayer maps and a new Nazi Zombie map
- Batman: Arkham Asylum trailer: Take an extended look at gameplay from the upcoming Eidos action game.
- Dragon Age: Origins GDC trailer: It's a long look at gameplay from BioWare's upcoming RPG title.
- The Secret World cinematic trailer: It's the first CGI trailer for Funcom's upcoming MMO.
News
- Six Days in Fallujah revealed
- 1993 film shows Doom gameplay before release
- Timegate files lawsuit (again) over Section 8 title
- Stargate Worlds dev team: "The lights here are still on"
- Will Wright to leave EA to work at Stupid Fun Club
- BioWare signs up beta testers for Dragon Age: Origins toolkit
- Leaked screenshots and trailer of Big Huge Games RPG hit the Internet
- DRM set-up for Chronicles of Riddick angers some PC owners
- Painkiller: Resurrection revealed
- New Dawn of War II map coming Monday with patch
- Rumor: More S.T.A.L.K.E.R. coming?