14 DAY TRIAL // The review department of Softpedia Games is delivering long-term evaluations for the following titles this week: Castlevania – Lords of Shadow 2, the new Konami title that tries to make Dracula interesting again, The Walking Dead – Season 2: A House Divided, which introduces more story to the long-running series, the Dragonfall campaign for Shadowrun, Infested Planet, a cool little strategy experience, and South Park: The Stick of Truth, the Obsidian-made role-playing game based on the animated series.
We also deliver game-related editorials: one of them dealing with the potential of the Oculus Rift virtual reality solution and another about the amount of new releases coming in March.
A Weekend Reading piece talks about the way the new Evolve title from Turtle Rock could be the shooter surprise of the year, capable of drawing in my own group of gaming friends.
We also have an exclusive interview about the upcoming Hearts of Iron IV and one linked to the Wealth of Nations expansion for Europa Universalis IV and another about Hearts of Iron IV.
We also have a Game Diary focused on the Stick of Truth and its unique take on the cartoon universe
The EndWeekGame piece talks about how we spend out free time and we also have a selection of the most important news from the past seven days.
On Monday, all the 15 Titanfall maps have received more leaked information while the Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II received a new trailer focused on runecrafting.
At the same time the Xbox One March content update was revealed not to include friend notifications.
Tuesday's first information concerned the Batman: Arkham Knight title from Rocksteady, which would conclude the series, and the Xbox One Project Spark which has entered the beta stage.
Meanwhile, it was revealed that the last two DLC packs for Battlefield 4 would be created by the DICE team in Los Angeles.
Wednesday saw the Business Update for the Online mode for Grand Theft Auto V launch, complete with bug fixes, and we also heard from Hideo Kojima about the appeal that Ground Zeroes would have among young gamers.
We also found out more about Batman: Arkham Knight and its story and mechanics.
On Thursday, the launch date for War of the Vikings was confirmed for April 15 and developer Respawn Entertainment and publisher Electronic Arts confirmed the existence of a Season Pass for Titanfall that would include three paid DLC deliveries.
On Friday, the Naval Strike Carrier Assault game mode received full details from the team at DICE and Activision and Infinity Ward countered by revealing the new Devastation DLC for Call of Duty: Ghosts.
Saturday Titanfall was revealed as already being playable on the PC with some modified files and Electronic Arts talked about a potential future price drop for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3.