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<p>It's an extended holiday weekend, which means you can catch basketball games and racing on television or at the movies, or read Big Download's highlights of the past 7 days. https://hackmd.io/@mapledesign03/By_5vXW-i You can read it right now. </p> <p>Exclusive Features </p> <p>Countdown to E3 2009 - We continue our gallery feature leading to next month's tradeshow with a look into the action games we want at E3. </p> <p>NASCAR iRacing Interview with the Co-Founder: We speak with the co-founder and CEO of iRacing about his plans to bring NASCAR licensing racing simulations back on the PC in 2010. </p> <p>Reviews: We have verdicts on the Killing Floor co-op shooter and the Thrustmaster T.16000M Joystick </p> <p>Mac Monday: Our Mac column reviews The Path, an odd adventure game. </p> <p>Boot Disk The regular retro games feature looks at the original Command and Conquer RTS game. </p> <p>Indie Showcase: Our Indie column this week looks at three games that are still in beta form: Aces Wild, Arc & Malice and Minecraft. </p> <p>Big Ideas Our column on game themes provides into consideration the reasons why games adaptation of movies don't usually work out as well. </p> <p>Big Iron: Our PC hardware column this week focuses on input devices and how they can harken back to the old technology. </p> <p>Freeware Friday In a bit of a twist this week's look at free PC games is also an old-fashioned feature on Grand Theft Auto 2. </p> <p>Downloads </p> <p>Demo of Sherlock Holmes Vs Jack The Ripper: Get a taste of this brand new adventure game developed by Frogwares. </p> <p>World of Warcraft 3.1.2 patch Download the most current patch for Blizzard's cult MMO game. https://txt.fyi/-/22257/b2da50dd/ </p> <p>Trailer for Team Fortress 2 "Meet The Spy" This is a hilarious trailer for Valve's multiplayer shooter. </p> <p>Blur Teaser Trailer - This is the first teaser trailer trailer for Bizarre Creations' new driving-action game. </p> <p>Aliens Vs. Trailer for Predator Teaser This is the first glimpse at the revival of the FPS series from Rebellion and Sega. </p> <p>Battlefield Bad Company 2 E3 2009 trailer It's the first gameplay footage of DICE's FPS sequel. </p> <p>NASCAR will return to the PC with iRacing online racing series in 2010 </p> <p>3D Realms responds; says studio is not closed and will defend Take-Two's lawsuit </p> <p>Robot Chicken to work on free scenarios for Spore Galactic Adventures </p> <p>Two additional Fallout 3 DLC expansions have been announced </p> <p>Blur officially announced for the PC </p> <p>Zeno Clash 2 announced </p> <p>Terminator Salvation PC retail copies recalled </p> <p>Red Faction Guerrilla delays for PC </p> <p>Popcap game hint: </p> <p>Empire: Total War will receive new units free of charge </p> <p>New Diablo III screenshots show off The Fallen Ones </p>
