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Mar 2, 2014 09:36 GMT  ·  By

This week, the review department of Softpedia Games delivers long-form evaluation of the following titles: Thief, the reboot of the stealth title starring Garrett and his wit from Eidos and Square Enix, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, which uses the franchise to create a team-based first-person shooter experience, Super League Football, the pinball that focuses on clubs like Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, or Juventus, and Talisman: Digital Edition.

We also have two gaming-related Editorials in the special section of Softpedia: one dealing with the way the Xbox One price cut in the United Kingdom is unfair to early adopters and another about multiplayer gaming and consoles.

The Weekend Reading features are also alive and well, and this week one of them explains why the blurred line between developers and gamers needs to remain strong.

We also have an exclusive interview with the team at Paradox working on the Rajas of India expansion for Crusader Kings II.

We also have a look at how we plan to spend our free time in EndWeekGame and a look at the most interesting news of the past seven days.

On Monday, Blizzard talked about the new environments that will be included in the Warlords of Draenor expansion for its World of Warcraft MMO, and an achievement list was leaked for the upcoming Titanfall, with no included spoilers.

The biggest news of the day was the reveal of an official Xbox One bundle that also includes the new shooter from Respawn and Electronic Arts.

Tuesday, free Pokemon X & Y was offered by Nintendo to all those who are willing to buy the 3DS and register it, and a leak offered information on the new Assassin’s Creed title for this year, which will be set against the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution.

At the same time, Microsoft talked about the increase in value that gamers in the UK will get after the Xbox One price cut.

Wednesday, a date was announced for the closed beta of the coming Nosgoth, and Failbetter Games revealed it was working on a mystery title with BioWare.

At the same time, the patch 2.0.1 was delivered all over the world for Diablo 3.

Thursday, the beta stage for Infinite Crisis was revealed as coming on March 14, while Respawn announced that Titanfall is currently Gold and ready to launch.

Also, we found out about 10 new jobs that are available in GTA V Online.

On Friday, the European Commission talked about free-to-play and in-app purchases, GTA V announced yet another DLC update, and Irrational talked about the 1998 Mod for the second episode of the Burial at Sea content for BioShock Infinite.

Saturday, the Xbox Games with Gold for March were revealed, and Naval Strike for Battlefield 4 received more details.