The Best of Big Download: Jan. 31 - Feb. 6

The Super Bowl's on! And you're not watching? Well then, you must be looking to catch up on the past week's PC gaming news, instead:

Features

• Big Download reviews Breach, Monday Night Combat, Magicka and Dead Space 2

Downloads

• Duty Calls (game) – the greatest five-minute military shooter of all time
• Yars' Revenge Art of Yars (trailer) – the first gameplay footage of the shoot-em-up remake
• Battlefield 3 (teaser trailer) – a tiny glimpse of gameplay from the next Battlefield

News

• Section 8 developer Timegate working on another "work for hire" game
• Line of Defense announced
  
• Company of Heroes Online to shut down March 31
  
• Painkiller Redemption announced with "over 6000 enemies"
• Jagged Alliance 2 Reloaded now called Jagged Alliance Back in Action
  
• Battlefield 1943 PC port officially cancelled
• Dungeons Siege III gets pre-order bonuses and May 31 release date
  
• Kings and Castles currently "on hold" says Gas Powered Games CEO
• Riot Games has majority stake acquired by China's Tencent for $400 million