14 DAY TRIAL // This week, our review department delivers long-form evaluations for: Total War: Rome II, the historical strategy game from developer The Creative Assembly and publisher SEGA, for Saints Row 4, the open world action game from Volition and Deep Silver, Divekick, a weird little fighter, and Outlast, a horror game.
Our Weekend reading feature is also present, dealing with the launch dates for the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4 and with the importance of GTA 5.
A Gamer Diary for Total War: Rome II is also running, detailing my adventures with Carthage with some game commentary mixed in.
We also have the usual EndWeekGame piece that talks about our plans for our weekend free time and a selection of the most important news of the past week.
On Monday, Rockstar revealed some snippets from the radio stations that will be offered in the coming Grand Theft Auto V while the team at Respawn Entertainment admitted that Call of Duty: Ghosts on the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4 resembled an awkward first date.
On Tuesday, a contest for the Banshee Sportcar in GTA V was revealed by GameStop and a development diary of Saints Row 4 developer Volition talked about mods and the future.
On Wednesday, Microsoft announced that the official launch date for the Xbox One was set for November 22 and Sony talked about the decision not to bundle the PlayStation 4 with the Vita handheld.
On Thursday, CD Projekt talked about how The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt would run on the Xbox One and the PlayStation 3 and EA Sports revealed the ratings for the top 50 players that would be featured in FIFA 14.
On Friday, Rockstar offered more information on the car and animations in GTA V, while Eidos said that the Xbox One would improve the stealth of Thief.
On Saturday, GTA V was described as a next-gen game by Rockstar.