14 DAY TRIAL // It’s the first day of September but the reviews the Games department of Softpedia is delivering are still from August: The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, a rather bad take on the familiar universe that Firaxis has already explored, Rayman Legends, a platformer with some pretty intense sections, and Lost Planet 3, the ice planet romp from Capcom.
We also have the traditional Weekend Reading features: one about the way Splinter Cell: Blacklist separates between play styles and another about Gamescom.
We also have the final installments of the Gamer Diary dealing with Europa Universalis IV, the grand strategy title from Paradox Interactive.
Finally, our EndWeekGame piece talks about how we plan to spend our time and we also have a selection of the most important news from the past week.
On Monday, Sony and Rockstar responded to the news that GTA V was leaked over PSN while the development team explained that Need for Speed: Rivals runs at 30 FPS in order to power AllDrive.
Tuesday, a report that was later disproved stated that the Xbox One was set to launch on November 8 of this year and Rockstar revealed the Special and the Collector’s Edition for GTA V, with added content for the base game and Online.
Wednesday, the team at Ubisoft revealed that The Division takes place in Manhattan and Mark Cerny talked about the way the potential of PlayStation 4 would be unlocked in a few years.
Thursday, Nintendo announced a price cut for the Wii U and Maxis talked about characters getting fat in The Sims 4.
On Friday, the story of Halo for the Xbox One was leaked and the team at BioWare offered a number of details about the romance mechanics introduced in Dragon Age: Inquisition.
Saturday, a Doritos campaign talked about an Xbox One launch in late November and BioWare talked about the dragon battles in their new Inquisition.