The Best of Big Download: May 18-24

It's a long holiday weekend, which means you can watch basketball or racing on television or go to the movies, or check out Big Download's highlights from the past 7 days. Go through it now.

Exclusive Features

Countdown to E3 2009 - We continue our gallery features that will lead up to the tradeshow next month with a look into the action games we want at E3.

NASCAR iRacing Interview The co-founder of iRacing to discuss his plans for returning NASCAR licensing racing simulations to the PC in 2010.

Reviews: We have our verdicts on the co-op shooter Killing Floor and the Thrustmaster T.16000M Joystick

Mac Monday: Our Mac column reviews The Path, an odd adventure game.

Boot Disk The regular retro games feature looks at the first Command and Conquer RTS game.

Indie Showcase: Our indie games column this week looks at three games that are in the process of being tested: Aces Wild, Arc & Malice and Minecraft.

Big Ideas Our column on game themes provides into consideration the reasons why games adaptations of movies rarely result in a good outcome.

Big Iron The column this week on PC hardware is focused on input devices and how they're reminiscent of old-fashioned tech.

Freeware Friday: In a bit of a twist, this week's look at free PC games also includes an old-fashioned game on Grand Theft Auto 2.

Downloads

Sherlock Holmes Vs Jack The Ripper demo: Test a sample of this new adventure game from the developer Frogwares.

World of Warcraft 3.1.2 Patch Download the most recent patch to Blizzard's smash MMO game.

Team Fortress 2 "Meet The Spy" trailer: Check out the latest hilarious trailer for Valve's multiplayer shooter.

Blur Teaser Trailer The trailer is the first teaser for Bizarre Creations' upcoming driving-action game.

Aliens Vs. Trailer for Predator Teaser: This is the first glimpse into the revival of the FPS series from Rebellion and Sega.

Battlefield Bad Company 2 E3 trailer for 2009 - This is the first footage of Battlefield Bad Company 2's FPS sequel.

NASCAR will return to the PC with iRacing online racing series in 2010.

3D Realms replies; says studio isn't closed and that it will fight Take-Two lawsuit

Robot Chicken will work on Spore Galactic Adventures scenarios for no cost

Two more Fallout 3 DLC expansions have been announced

Blur officially announced to be available on the PC

Zeno Clash 2 announced

Terminator Salvation PC retail copies recalled

Red Faction Guerrilla delays for PC

A hint of the next Popcap game revealed

New free units will be released for Empire: Total War

New Diablo III screenshots showcase The Fallen Ones