Introducing Big Download (beta), the newest site in the Joystiq network
by Mike Schramm 
May 8th 2008 at 12:30PM
Our good friends at Joystiq are passing out the cigars today -- the newest site in the Joystiq network (which WoW Insider is a part of, within Weblogs, Inc., which is a division of AOL) is called Big Download, is in beta, and is open right now for your browsing and file grabbing pleasure. We'll direct you to the most important part of the site, the World of Warcraft page, where you can grab Blizzard's latest patch and trailer at your convenience (in case you haven't gotten them yet), but the site's got lots of other good stuff, too, including that sweet looking Mirror's Edge gameplay video everyone's going gaga over, and even full MMO clients like Dream of Mirror Online and EVE Online.The site's got a decidedly PC bent, which we're big fans of, obviously, and there's a news page which will cover PC and game file news from 1 to 100% downloaded. And with a feature called "My Tracker," you can sign in and every time there's a new file for a game you want (say, a certain 10 million player fantasy MMO that you just can't get enough of), they'll tell you right away.
Looks cool to us. The site is still in beta, as we said, so stay tuned for more updates and features all the time. And what's that you say? You want a place where you can get up-to-date, virus-free WoW addons, a place that never goes down and charges no fees and requires no registration to download from? Patience, my friends. In time, good things will come.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, WoW Insider Business, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
frank May 8th 2008 12:39PM
Keylogger.
John May 8th 2008 12:49PM
I would love a virus-free addon d/l site that never goes down and has no fees or registration!
andy May 8th 2008 12:52PM
"And what's that you say? You want a place where you can get up-to-date, virus-free WoW addons, a place that never goes down and charges no fees and requires no registration to download from? Patience, my friends. In time, good things will come."
What, you mean like wow.curse.com, wowace.com, wowinterface.com, etc, etc? These sites are just as prone to/protected from down-time and viruses as any other site. They don't require registration and don't charge a fee for their addons. Depending on which site(s) the authors of addons use, those sites will have up-to-date versions of the addons as well. Promising something that already exists (the never-down part is impossible to promise, and the up-to-date addons part is only possible to promise if you keep addon authors locked up in your corporate dungeons or something) doesn't strike me as a good way to end an article.
Anyhow...end of rant.
Other than the last paragraph, good write-up! :)
Andreith May 10th 2008 3:15PM
Is that Strong Sad in the "Big download" logo? Nevermind.
pudds May 8th 2008 2:03PM
They're logo looks like Strong Sad.
pudds May 8th 2008 2:03PM
Dammit, I didn't stop my typo quickly enough ;)
pudds May 8th 2008 2:03PM
Their logo looks like Strong Sad.