14 DAY TRIAL // This week we deliver two full reviews: the first one for Fez, the indie platformer and puzzle game that is available on the Xbox Live Arcade, and another for Tribes: Ascend, the free-to-play multiplayer first person shooter from Hi-Rez Studio.
We also have Quick Look for Legends of Grimrock and for Trials: Evolution.
We also have the set of Gamer Diaries for Mass Effect 3, which is winding down, and another series of personal reports for Crusader Kings II, the grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive.
We also have the usual two Weekend Reading features: one about the way reviews cannot evaluate the potential of a game and another about the upcoming release of Diablo III.
As always we deliver the usual EndWeekGame piece about our own free time and a selection of the most interesting news from the past week.
On Monday Ubisoft revealed a new set of screenshots for Assassin’s Creed III, with hunting at the forefront, while Bethesda detailed the Kinect powered update for open world Skyrim.
Tuesday we talked about Crysis 3, with both details about the gameplay and screenshots offered by developers Crytek, while Media Molecule announced a new update for Little Big Planet 2 which eliminates the Boo feature.
Wednesday we found out that Halo 4 will be out on the Xbox 360 on November 6 of this year while an analyst wondered whether the upcoming Nintendo Wii U home console can succeed without third party support.
Thursday the existence of God of War: Ascension was revealed while Activision talked about 007 Legends, which is set to celebrate 50 years of James Bond movies.
On Friday developers talks about Thief 4 and its new tricks besides stealth while BioWare announces that Mass Effect 3 Operations will be launched every two weeks.
Saturday we talked about new Dota 2 and how it will encourage players to be nice to each other and about EA’s plan to make its big series online focused.