The Best Of Big Download: January 3 - 9

The first full week of 2011 was unusually busy for Big Download, considering that there wasn't much in terms of new games released. Unsurprisingly, though, CES 2011 yielded a few interesting news tidbits. Let's take a look at these tidbits, arranged in an orderly fashion after the jump!

Exclusive features

• The Code Black PC games of 2011 - There are a ton of PC games we know are being made but haven't been announced yet. Take a look at just some of them with part one and part two of our article

• Interviews: We chat with the folks behind Anomaly: Warzone Earth, Tropico 4, Total War Shogun 2, and Monday Night Combat. Plus a chat with Stardock CEO Brad Wardell on Elemental's future and other stories.

• Greed Corp Review - We give our final verdict for the PC port of this turn-based strategy game

Downloads

• Zombie Driver Patch - Update to the newest version of this cool driving-zombie action game

• Guild Wars Retrospective Video - Look back at how ArenaNet started making its hit multiplayer action-RPG game series

• Dragon Age 2 The Exiled Prince DLC Trailer - The game's not out yet but you can check out the first footage of the RPG's first DLC release

• League of Legends Season One Blooper Real Trailer - It's time for some funny stuff in this footage from Riot Games' hit free-to-play action-RPG

News

• Minecraft and Amnesia The Dark Descent lead 2011 IGF nominations

• APB Reloaded targeting late February for closed beta test

• Civilization V's lead designer hired by Stardock

• Paradox to announce new games at this month's Paradox Convention press event

• Razer announces concept for Switchblade mobile gaming PC device

• Civilization Network for Facebook becomes Civilization World
  

• Amnesia The Dark Descent sales go over 200,000 units; dev team praises PC platform

• Pixel Force Halo coming January 18