14 DAY TRIAL // This week, the review department of Softpedia Games delivers long-form evaluations for: Civilization V – Brave New World, an expansion that redefines the turn-based strategy experience from Firaxis, Shadowrun Returns, the Harebrained Schemes title that brings back the classic universe, and The Raven – Legacy of a Master Thief.
At the same time, we have a Gamer Diary that explains more about the core ideas of Brave New World, while chronicling my world domination attempt playing as Brazil.
As always, there are two Weekend Reading features to explore: one about time and the Steam Summer sale and another about Shadowun Returns and saved games.
Our sole Quick Look talks about Race to Mars and we have an exclusive interview with the team working on Satellite Reign.
Our EndWeekGame piece talks about our free time and we also have a selection of the most important news of the week.
On Monday, Sony revealed that the PlayStation 4 could record fifteen minutes of gameplay, while Blizzard offered people at Comic-Con the first look at the World of Warcraft movie.
On Tuesday, an analyst talked about potential launch shortages for the Xbox One and the PS4 and Valve talked about its future plans for Steam and Greenlight.
On Wednesday, Treyarch talked about death threats and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 updates and Microsoft revealed how the Xbox One could be used as a game development platform.
On Thursday, Microsoft revealed that the Xbox One could be used as a game development platform and Sony confirmed the existence of a Gran Turismo movie.
On Friday, Activision revealed that World of Warcraft subscription numbers dropped to 7.7 million, while The Creative Assembly delivered a new diary for Total War: Rome II featuring Carthage.
On Saturday, Sony talked about the RAM allocation for the PS4 and the LeBron James approved NBA 2K14 soundtrack was revealed.