14 DAY TRIAL // This week the review department of Softpedia Games delivers long-form evaluations for: Sins of a Solar Empire – Rebellion: New Frontiers Edition, which brings some new concepts to the classic space-based strategy title, Battleplan: American Civil War, Concursion and Infinity Runner.
We also have the long-running diary that tracks a virtual version of Le Tour de France created using Pro Cycling Manager 2014 just as the competition is taking place in the real world.
Another Gamer Diary talks about the time I have spent with Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion – New Frontiers Edition.
The weekly editorials talk about the difference between a virtual simulation of a sport and a real world competition and about the Destiny beta.
We also have a Weekend Reading feature about the future of Warhammer 40,000 and the way Relic can impress with Dawn of War 3.
The EndWeekGame piece talks about our free time and how we plan to spend it and we also have a selection of the most important news from the past seven days.
On Monday, Tekken 7 was revealed, designed to use the Unreal Engine 4, a Super Smash Bros. announcement revealed three new characters that players would be able to control and FIFA 14 celebrated the Germany win at the World Cup with a new version of Mario Gotze.
On Tuesday, a set of new images were launched for the new Batman title, showing the Knight and the Batmobile, Bungie talked about transferring the Destiny beta progress to the full game, and EA Sports revealed that Lionel Messi was once again on the cover of FIFA 15.
Wednesday saw the Dig Site map from the new Titanfall DLC get more details via images, Sony delivering a short gameplay trailer for the PlayStation 4 version of The Last of Us and Microsoft announcing a combo of military-themed controller and headset for the Xbox One.
Thursday Blizzard revealed a new battleground for Heroes of the Storm, The Last of Us Remastered was revealed to get a day one patch with a photo mode and Microsoft explained how the layoffs would affect the Xbox One division.
On Friday, the NPD Group revealed that the PS4 sold better than the Xbox One in June in the United States, the Doom reboot was officially revealed with some limited detail and the Halo series for the Xbox One was unaffected by the recent Microsoft layoffs.
Saturday saw the delivery of a new trailer for FIFA 15, showing off the emotional side of players, and Naughty Dog talk about future DLC for The Last of Us.