The Best of Big Download: September 7-13
Another seven days has gone by and Big Download had yet another busy week of features, news, and downloads. Let's look and see all we did, shall we?
Exclusive features
PAX 2009: We still have some Penny Arcade Expo 2009 features, including impressions of Borderlands, Elemental, Supreme Commander 2, Global Agenda, All Points Bulletin, Mass Effect 2, and The Secret World.
Champions Online review: We give our final verdict to Cryptic Studios' latest super hero MMO. Also we examine what you need to know about the game.
Looking back: Prepare for the release of Red Faction Guerrilla with a retrospective of the first two Red Faction games. Also we look back at the Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series on the eve of their digital download re-release.
Mac Monday: Our Macintosh gaming column this weeks looks at two games: Mad Skills Motocross and Monopoly Build-a-lot Edition.
Boot Disk: Our retro games feature looks at the historical strategy title Conquest of the New World.
Big Ideas: Our weekly game theme column looks at making games for different age groups.
Playing for Free: Our weekly look at free-to-play online games looks at the recently released MMO Runes of Magic.
Freeware Friday: Our always popular column on free PC games looks at the action-puzzle game Solar Plexus.
Downloads
Tropico 3 demo: Check out this playable sample of the upcoming island dictator sim game.
Cities XL US demo: It's the US demo of the upcoming city sim game.
Twin Sector demo: It's a sample of this interesting physics-themed action game.
America's Army 3 update: Download the newest version of the free FPS.
Deathspank trailer: It's the first real look at Hothead's action-RPG designed by Ron Gilbert/
Borderlands Claptrap video: Check out this humorous look "behind the scenes" at the upcoming FPS.
Lucidity trailer: It's the first look at gameplay from LucasArts' upcoming downloadable puzzle game.
News
