The Best of Big Download: March 1-7
It's been an incredibly busy and surprising week for PC games — and GDC hasn't even started yet! Let's check out what's been happening in the last seven days, shall we:
Exclusive features
- Star Trek Online review: We give our final verdict to Cryptic's latest MMO effort.
- Boot Disk: Our retro games feature checks out Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2.
- All You Need To Know: We give you the big facts surrounding Command and Conquer 4.
- Freeware Friday: This week's free PC game is the unusual indie title Rescue: The Beagles.
- Contests: We still have a few beta keys to give away for Mytheon.
Downloads
- Clover: A Curious Tale demo: Try out this sample of the PC port of the 2D political allegory game.
- Rise of Prussia demo: Try out this free section of the historical strategy game from Paradox Interactive.
- Flotilla demo: Check out this sample of the unusual space combat-adventure game.
- Silent Hunter 5 1.1 patch: Update your Ubisoft WWII navel sim game with this first patch.
- Assassin's Creed 2 1.01 patch: It's the first patch for the PC port of Ubisoft's open-world action game.
- Just Cause 2 Nvidia features trailer: Check out the advanced PC graphical features for the upcoming open-world action game.
News
- Tropico 3 gets an "Absolute Power" expansion pack in May
- Mysterious Portal update on Steam has us stratching our heads
- Blacklight turns into downloadable first person shooter
- Diablo 3's male Wizard class revealed
- Indie Fund launched to help fund indie game projects
- Activision reveals future Call of Duty plans; confirms Infinity Ward departures
- Sam Suede game being revived by Apogee and Icarus Studios
- Test Drive Unlimited 2 announced
- R.U.S.E. gets June 3 release date; open beta to begin March 9
- Blur gets May 25 release date; multiplayer beta is for Xbox 360 only
- Valve sending web sites hints about big Apple-Mac announcement
- Yet another delay announced for Mafia II's release
- Ex-Infinity Ward heads file lawsuit against Activision
- Divinity II expansion pack announced
- Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light downloadable game announced
- The Sims 3 Ambitions expansion pack announced
- Nexon America launches $1 million indie game publishing effort
- Rumor: Fable 3 coming to the PC?
- Portal 2 officially announced; arriving "this coming holiday season"
- Rumor: LucasArts to announced Monkey Island 2 remake soon?