The Best of Big Download: October 6-12

Posted Oct 12th 2008 5:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Meta BD

Geeze...what a busy week...full of ups and downs...and the stock market was busy too. We kid. Anyway, check out our highlights for the past week.

Exclusive features

BlizzCon: Check out our coverage of the Diablo III class panel and the DVD production panel and stay tuned for more BlizzCon coverage next week.
Interviews: We had Pete Hines talk about Fallout 3, Tilted Mill chatted about Mosby's Confederacy and American McGee talked about American McGee's Grimm.
Neverware: Cancelled PC Games Part One: Check out part one of our look at various cancelled PC games over the years.
Video Game Cosplay Gallery: We are getting close to Halloween so here are some video game related costumes you might want to check out.
MacMonday: This week's look at Mac gaming takes a look at the puzzle title Magic Match Adventures
MODMonday: Our look at Max Payne mods takes a look at the total conversion Polar Paradise
Big Ideas: Should technology drive the PC game industry? Our latest look at themes in the industry says, "No".
Big Iron: Our weekly hardware column asks the question: "32-bit or 64-bit?"
Alt-Tab: Our weekly column takes a hands-on look at the Demigod beta test.
Freeware Friday: Our weekly look at free games is for a title that's just hard to describe:Barkley, Shut Up And Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1 of the HoopZ Barkley SaGa
Virtual Bargin Bin: Our weekly look at cheap games is for BioShock and the Grand Theft Auto Collection

Downloads

Free full games: Download the free (ad-supported) versions of Area 51 , Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War and Full Spectrum Warrior
Quantum of Solace demo: Download and play a brief portion of the upcoming James Bond first person shooter from Activision
Dynasty Warriors 6 demo: Check out a portion of the Koei tactical fighting game
America's Army Deploy Client: Download this small client to grab the latest version of the free multiplayer shooter from the US Army
Starcraft 2 Trailers: Check out the new trailers for Blizzard's upcoming RTS game
Diablo III Trailers: It's some new gameplay trailers for Blizzard's upcoming action-RPG
Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II trailer: Check out this trailer for the upcoming THQ RTS game

News

Tags: blizzcon, demigod, diablo-iii

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