The Best of Big Download: April 20-26

As we get closer to E3 we are starting to see new game announcements become more frequent in the news. While we still have a few weeks to go before the E3 info dam bursts, we can look back at the previous seven days over at Big Download:
Exclusive Features

• We Love The 90s (for PC Games): We look back fondly at the decade that some consider to be the golden age for PC gaming. Check out 1990-1991, 1992-1993, 1994-1995, 1996-1997, and 1998-1999.
• Reviews: We give our final verdicts for Demigod and Zeno Clash.
• Mac Monday: Our regular Mac feature takes a look at two games this week; Pixie and Rubber Ninjas.
• Boot Disk: Our weekly retro games feature takes a look at the original StarCraft.
• Big Ideas: Our weekly feature on game themes takes a look back at the text adventure game and if it can make a comeback.
• Big Iron: Our weekly hardware feature is all about sound and speaker set-ups for PC games.
• Freeware Friday: Our weekly free game feature takes a look at the free music title osu1.

Downloads

• Elven Legacy demo: It's a sample of the recent fantasy strategy game from Paradox Interactive.
• Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor patch: It's time to update the recent WWII RTS game from Relic and THQ
• Battlefield 1943 trailer: Check out the newest footage from the upcoming DICE-EA downloadable multiplayer game.
• Crysis Wars Runis map trailer: Take a look at the new map coming in the next patch for the Crytek multiplayer shooter.

News

• Fallout: New Vegas announced
• Rail Simulator 2 announced
• Eidos now a part of Square Enix
• SimBin to release free Volvo racing game in May
• Former Mythos team members reveal new project: Torchlight
• Confirmed: Star Trek D.A.C. coming to the PC
• Final American McGee's Grimm episode released on GameTap
• So why is Battlefield 1943 not coming out until September for the PC?
• Theatre of War 2 released
• Empire Interactive to shut down?
• Preview the upcoming Starcraft comic book