The Big Round-up: Monday, July 14

Posted Jul 14th 2008 12:00PM by Dan O'Halloran
Filed under: Biz, Downloads, Demos, Features, Meta BD, Far Cry 2

Your daily wrap-up of the hottest stories in PC gaming over the weekend.

	Big Download's most anticipated PC games of E3 2008: 5-1 There have been tons of great cliffhanger endings in history. Will Han Solo get out of that carbonite casing? Will Captain Picard get free of the Borg? Who shot J.R. Ewing? Who is the final undiscovered Cylon? We can now add one more cliffhanger to this list. "What games will Big Download pick as the five most anticipated PC games for E3 2008?"
	Big Download's most anticipated PC games of E3 2008: Wild Cards In the past five days we have revealed our picks for the 25 most anticipated games that might be shown at E3 2008. However there are a number of other titles that we are looking forward to seeing at the show as well that didn't quite make the list. There are also some games that might be officially revealed at the show for the first time.
	Big Download's E3 Week Prediction Bingo Come join Big Download in our first annual game of PC E3 Announcement bingo, where we fill a bingo card with some of the likely (and unlikely) things that could happen in the world of computer gaming.
	Big Versus: Civilization IV and Revolution Since the early 1990s, Sid Meier's Civilization franchise has challenged strategy enthusiasts to shape an empire and make their mark in virtual history. While PC gamers enjoy the latest expansion for Civilization IV, Beyond the Sword, they may not realize Firaxis Games has been hard at work redefining the conventions that made the original series so popular in the console exclusive, Civilization Revolution.
	Freeware Friday: I Wanna Be The Guy There's always a lot of nostalgia going on in the freeware scene. From developers taking inspiration from classic games, to outright stealing their concepts, it's not too uncommon to find a game of the kind that you loved so many years ago. This game, however, is not to be loved. No, this week I'm going to tell you about a game that reduces most gamers to tears because of its difficulty. This game, the one that will drive you insane, is I Wanna Be The Guy.

	Hinterland announced Big Download was the first web site to break the news that developer Tilted Mill (Children of the Nile, Sim City Societies) was going to start releasing new original games on their own. Today the developer has announced the first game in their new plan. Hinterland is a fantasy strategy RPG that they plan to release sometime in summer 2008 via digital download for under $20.
	Code of Honor 2 demo available for download Need a new game demo to tide you over until next week's tidal wave of gaming news? Give City Interactive's Code of Honor 2: Conspiracy Island FPS a whirl! It's a bit hefty at 515MB, but should provide a good deal of entertainment.
	No Far Cry 2 demo planned If you were looking forward to test driving Ubisoft's upcoming first person shooter Far Cry 2 in a demo before it's release, we have some bad news. According to a new chat in Eurogamer Ubisoft rep Clint Hocking has revealed that the developer/publisher has no current plans to provide such a demo.