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The Best of Big Download: November 17-23
Killing zombies is fun, whether they're the fast Left 4 Dead variety or the slow Nazis in Call of Duty: World at War. While we go back to some undead-shooting fun, you can check out Big Download's features and highlights from the past week.Exclusive features Reviews: We give our final verdicts on Left 4 Dead, Sacred 2, Quantum of Solace, Strong Bad Episode 4 and American McGee's Grimm: Cinderella. Things we love (and hate) about Left 4 Dead: Our gallery feature takes a look at the highs and lows of Valve's latest first person shooter. Beyond mods: Our gallery feature takes a look at first person shooter mods that have changed into full fledged retail game titles. Mac Monday: Our weekly look at Macintosh gaming is the casual city sim Jane's Reality. Boot Disk: Our weekly look at retro gaming takes a look at the original King's Quest. Independent Minds: Our weekly indie games feature takes a look at originality in game titles. Big Ideas: Why are so-called horror games not that scary? Our weekly look at game trends tries to answer this question. Freeware Friday: Our weekly look at free games is all about the strategy-sim title Simutrans. Contests: You still have time to enter our contests to win copies of Left 4 Dead, Sacred 2 and beta codes for Battleforge.
The Best of Big Download: November 10-16
The holiday shopping season is about kick into high gear....keep your stress down about buying presents for your mother-in-law by checking out a week's worth of highlights from Big Download:Exclusive features Playing Together: Co-op in PC FPS Games: Doom started the whole co-op mod in PC shooters and we look back at the trend on the eve of the launch of Left 4 Dead. Microsoft talks about Games For Windows Live plans: Microsoft's Michael Wolf gives us the 411 on their plans to revamp their Games For Windows Live service include their upcoming Marketplace additions. America's Army AA3 screenshot comparisons: America's Army is developing an Unreal Engine 3 revamp of their free multiplayer shooter and we have detailed screenshot comparisons of both the current and upcoming versions. League of Legends interview: We chat with Riot Games about their upcoming multplayer fantasy action-strategy game. Reviews: We review the latest American McGee's Grimm episode King Midas MODMonday: Our mod column this week is about a graphical revamp of Wolfenstein 3D, WolfGL Big Iron: Our hardware column this week takes a look at the perils of system restores in PC rigs Mac Monday: This week's look at gaming on the Mac takes a look at the recent fantasy RPG Kivi's Underground. Independent Minds: Our regular look at the indie game scene takes a look at titles made with the Unity platform. Boot Disk and Virtual Bargain Bin: Both our retro gaming and value priced game columns this week are about the turn based strategy game Disciples: The Sacred Lands. Big Ideas: Our regular look at trends in gaming is all about game reviews and how useful they really are. Freeware Friday: Our regular look at free games this week is about the procedural RTS game Dyson. BigCast: Our weekly podcast on PC gaming has some guest chatters this time round from sister sites Joystiq and GameDaily. Contests: We are giving our readers a way to win one of three copies of the PC version of Quantum of Solace and we still have beta codes to give out for Battleforge.
Outbreak reminder: Left 4 Dead demo is now public
Not just for the pre-order folks anymore, the Left 4 Dead demo is now ready to infect the general population. Try to survive one level in Valve's zombocalypse simulator with up to three other friends online across Xbox Live (1.21 GB needed) or PC.The demo also includes the panic-inducing intro cinematic that sets the stage for the action FPS. The full game will have us running and gunning for our lives starting Nov. 18. Remember, when playing the demo: Stick together or die alone.[Via X3F]
