14 DAY TRIAL // It’s no prank or joke, we have a Quick Look ready to go for Defenders of Ardania, a tower defense game with a twist from Paradox Interactive, and a Preview for Confrontation, a more tactical and fantasy-themed take on the concept pioneered by Dawn of War II.
We also deliver more Gamer Diaries linked to Mass Effect 3, some of which veer into spoiler territory, so be careful if you have not yet finished the BioWare game.
Our Weekend Reading features talk about the opportunities games offer to introduce ourselves as characters in the stories they tell and about the new rumored PlayStation console and its alleged anti-used-games mechanism.
We also have an EndWeekGame piece and we have a selection of the most interesting pieces of news from the week that was.
On Monday, a host of details linked to Grand Theft Auto V from Rockstar appeared, although none of them was officially confirmed, while a leaked set of footage linked to the Team Assault first-person shooter for the Mass Effect franchise also appeared.
On Tuesday, Ubisoft detailed the various Special Edition for the upcoming Assassin’s Creed III, each of them coming with a number of bonuses for dedicate fans, while GOG relaunched and revealed a new focus on indie games and a lack of interest in deep price-based promotions.
On Wednesday, we found out that Hitman Absolution has borrowed some elements from Kane & Lynch while the developers at Vigil Games talked about the risks linked to the launch of the original Darksiders.
On Thursday, information leaked about Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, including a possible launch date and the changes made to the multiplayer side, while EA Sports announced that Euro 2012 would be added as downloadable content for FIFA 12 during April.
On Friday, THQ confirmed that Dark Millennium Online was no longer an MMO just as more rumors appeared about the new Orbis home console from Sony.
On Saturday, Microsoft denied that any personal data was left on refurbished hard drives while Activision confirmed new free modes for Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer.