The Best of Big Download: April 5-11

As of this writing, we're just over two months away from the start of E3 2010. As usual during this time of year, we're seeing a smattering of new games being announced that will get their first big public viewing at the show. And while we're just as excited as you'd imagine to get our hands on those games, we've got quite a bit of writing to do between now and then. For now though, we've got the past seven days of news and features for you, just below:

Exclusive features

• Reviews: This week we give our final verdicts for S.T.A.L.K. E.R: Call of Pripyat, Just Cause 2 and Mass Effect 2: Kasumi Stolen Memory
• Boot Disk: This week's retro games feature checks out the original Heroes of Might and Magic.
• All You Need To Know: We give you the 411 on the upcoming shooter MMO APB.
• Freeware Friday: Our popular column on free PC games checks out the tower defense game Drone.

Downloads

• Trine 1.06 patch: This new patch for Frozenbyte's puzzle-platformer removes the DRM set up.
• F.E.A.R. 3 announcement trailer: It's the first reveal of the first-person shooter sequel from Day 1 Studios.
• Crysis 2 'The Wall' Trailer: The first teaser trailer for Crytek's shooter sequel has arrived.

News

• Hearts of Iron 3 Semper Fi expansion pack announced
• Afterfall Insanity announced
• Ron Gilbert departs Hothead Games; hints about PC Deathspank?
• Doctor Who free downloadable PC-Mac games announced
  
• StarCraft II Collector's Edition announced
• F.E.A.R. 3 becomes official; due out this fall with John Carpenter's help
• P.B. Winterbottom coming to PC via Steam April 20
• Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package map pack coming to PC May 4
  
• Alex St. John: OnLive is "doomed"
  
• Bulletstorm officially revealed via Game Informer mag cover