14 DAY TRIAL // This week the review section of Softpedia Games delivers long-form evaluations for: Saturday Morning RPG, an interesting take on the genre with some classic references, Masters of the World – GeoPolitical Simulator 3, a complex but hard-to-play title, Oniken, Line of Defense Tactics and the Oculus Rift headset virtual reality solution.
We also have the traditional Weekend Reading features: one talking about the limited variety of the MOBA experience and the appeal of streaming and another about Titanfall and the exclusivity battle between Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
We also deliver a look at the biggest titles that are coming this year in the Incoming 2014 Games series and we have a series of Gamer Diaries about the Conquest of Paradise expansion for Europa Universalis IV.
The EndWeekGame piece talks about the way we plan to game our way through the weekend and we also have a selection of this week’s most important pieces of news.
On Monday, an analyst explained that a Kinect free version of the Xbox One was set to be launched on all markets before the end of this year while the team working on Batman: Arkham Origins explained that it was focusing on DLC and no longer working on patches for the title.
Tuesday saw Rockstar announce a special Valentine’s Day Massacre for GTA Online, complete with retro items, and Activision offer a little more details about the Sledgehammer made Call of Duty title, which will focus on the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4.
On Wednesday, a beta for Titanfall was confirmed as starting on February 14 on the PC and the Xbox One and Obsidian revealed that Pillars of Eternity would be launched in the winter of this year.
On Thursday, Respawn talked about the quality of textures for Titanfall on the PC and the leader of SOE revealed that he believed The Elder Scrolls Online would have a big content problem after being launched.
On Friday, a voice actor talked about the Halo 2 Anniversary and about Halo 5 and the first big firmware update for the Xbox One was once again delayed.
Saturday saw the Titanfall servers down and then restored by Microsoft and Respawn, and the first two Witcher titles offered for free on Steam, with a Valentine's Day set of offers also activated.