14 DAY TRIAL // This week, the review department of Softpedia Games is ready to deliver long-form evaluations for: Ronin, a delightful mix of action, stealth and turn-based combat, Devouring Stars, an innovative title, and Legends of Eisenwald, which offers an interesting take on the mechanics of fantasy turn-based combat.
We also have the traditional Editorials about the world of gaming, one dealing with the way the Steam Summer Sale needs to evolve to make gamers more engaged with the titles offered, and another about the problems that Batman: Arkham Knight had on the PC and why it was not delayed.
The Gamer Diaries continue to deliver more focused looks at certain game elements, and this week, I begin my quest to simulate the Tour de France 2015, as it happens in the real world, using Pro Cycling Manager 2015 from Cyanide.
An EndWeekGame piece talks about how I plan to spend my free time, and we also have a look at the most important news that appeared during the previous week.
From Monday to Friday
On Monday, 343 Industries offered more lore info about the bosses that would be part of Warzone for Halo 5: Guardians, and Bethesda talked about a scraped multiplayer mode for Fallout 4.
On Tuesday, a leak talked about the player stars for Barcelona and Real Madrid in FIFA 16, with Messi better than Cristiano Ronaldo, while Halo 5: Guardians was revealed not to have any sort of split screen.
On Wednesday, Troy Baker talked about his lack of information about The Last of Us 2, after Nolan North revealed the existence of the title, and a range of details about Dark Souls 3 leaked, including info about mechanics and characters.
On Thursday, EA Sports opened the voting process for the FIFA 15 Futties while alpha PC gameplay linked to Star Wars: Battlefront appeared just as the testing phase for the title launched.
On Friday, Bungie talked about The Taken King, offering a full list of the included game features, and the launch date for the Batgirl DLC for Batman: Arkham Knight was revealed.
On Saturday, the Destiny Red Bull promotion was affected by problems, and EA Sports showed how Lionel Messi would appear on the cover of FIFA 16.