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A Gamer’s Week: February 12

This week we have two very different reviews on Softpedia: one for King Arthur II – The Role-playing Wargame, a strategy and text adventure mix from Neocore Games and Paradox Interactive, and another for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, the action and role playing mix published by Electronic Arts and created by 3...

12 February 2012
05:31 GMT

A Gamer’s Week: February 5

This week we have a Softpedia review of Shinobi and our series of articles about the video games that will arrive during this year continues under the Incoming 2012 tag.When it comes to Quick Looks, we have three of them out this week: one which deals with the multiplayer-oriented demo for Syndicate, the reboot from ...

5 February 2012
04:51 GMT

A Gamer’s Week: January 29

Dustforce might just be an indie game about cleaning levels with a cast of weird characters, but it is certainly an engrossing experience and that means we have delivered a full Softpedia review for the game. We also have a Quick Look for The Darkness II, one for Unstoppable Gorg and one for Ballistic, the firs...

29 January 2012
05:11 GMT

A Gamer’s Week: January 22

We’re nearing the end of January, which means that we are close to the launch dates for some pretty interesting games, but in the meantime we invite you to check out our rather extensive Incoming 2012 series in order to learn what great games we will get to play this year.We also have a full Softpedia review fo...

22 January 2012
05:21 GMT

A Gamer's Week: January 15

2012 is finally starting to become interesting in terms of video games and, apart from some significant announcement about future releases, this week we managed to get out gaming hands on Asura’s Wrath, which is very anime influenced, and on Final Fantasy XIII-2, which appears to be an evolution of the series c...

15 January 2012
04:41 GMT

A Gamer's Week: January 8

It’s the first full week of the new year and 2012 is shaping up to be one of the biggest years for video game releases in recent memory, a fact that we are ready to celebrate by launching a new series of articles, under the tag Incoming 2012, which will look at the upcoming releases and at why they matter to pl...

8 January 2012
04:51 GMT

A Gamer's Week: January 1

This is the last A Gamer’s Week round-up of 2011, yet it appears on the very first day of 2012 because of the quirks of the calendar and it comes complete with the final few entries of our Softpedia 2011 Game of the Year series and with a full review for Anno 2070, the rather impressive city builder from Ubisof...

1 January 2012
03:41 GMT

A Gamer's Week: December 25

It’s much too close for Christmas to review video games and a parched desert largely devoid of new releases lays ahead of us for the first few weeks of 2012, but we have kept up with our Softpedia Game of the Year 2011 series, talking about concept, gameplay and exclusive releases in our articles.We also have t...

25 December 2011
07:11 GMT

A Gamer's Week: December 18

The only two reviews we have so late in the year are one for the PC version of Sonic Generations, which can be summed up as a fun and speedy Sonic game that fails to take the platform it launched on in consideration, and one for the beautiful Trine 2, which mixes color and puzzles in surprising ways.To compensate we ...

18 December 2011
06:41 GMT

A Gamer's Week: December 11

December is well underway, although there is no snow around yet, but the launch season is well behind us and we get a respite ahead of a pretty busy first few months of 2012, which means we have no new reviews to deliver for the week.Instead, we have started a Softpedia branded Game of the Year series which looks bac...

11 December 2011
06:21 GMT

A Gamer's Week: December 4

This week we only have two big Softpedia reviews to talk about, one for GoldenEye 007: Reloaded, a port of a remake that fails to make a big impression, and Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, the game which ends Ezio’s story while allowing players to explore Istanbul.We also have a Quick Look for Sonic Genera...

4 December 2011
04:51 GMT

A Gamer's Week: November 27

As we are getting ready to step out of November and into the last month of the year things are starting to calm down a little on the video game front, with just three Softpedia reviews for last week, one for Need for Speed: The Run, the racing game from Electronic Arts and Black Box, one for Saint's Row: Th...

27 November 2011
05:01 GMT

A Gamer's Week: November 20

We've had another big week, playing mostly The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim from Bethesda, for which we have a full Softpedia review, but we also found the time to sneak in a review for the iOS powered Shadowgun.We also have three Quick Looks, one for Need for Speed: The Run, the racing game created by Black Box and ...

20 November 2011
07:41 GMT

A Gamer's Week: November 13

Thirteen might be an unlucky number to some but here at Softpedia we had another very busy gaming week, with a full review now available for the just launched Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the first person shooter from Infinity Ward, Raven and Sledgehammer Games and publisher Activision Blizzard.We also have a Quic...

13 November 2011
07:31 GMT

A Gamer's Week: November 6

Another pretty packed week here at Softpedia, with full reviews delivered for Might & Magic Heroes VI, a turn based strategy that could have done more with its history, Ratchet & Clank All 4 One and, a cute cooperative platformer, and, the big one, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.We also have two Quick Looks for ...

6 November 2011
07:31 GMT

A Gamer's Week: October 30

This week has again been a busy one in the world of video games and, here at Softpedia, we have managed to get out four full review for some major games, starting with the excellent Batman: Arkham City, continuing with the first person shooter RAGE, then the simulation Football Manager 12 and ending with the DICE and...

30 October 2011
05:11 GMT

A Gamer's Week: October 23

Hello and welcome to a new edition of A Gamer's Week, our own special feature where we recap the most important news from the gaming industry in the last seven days, as well as our own original content.Once again we've been very busy here at Softpedia Games, posting two big reviews, for Orcs Must Die and Ge...

23 October 2011
05:01 GMT

A Gamer's Week: October 16

This week we delivered two full Softpedia reviews, one for Dead Island, a game that mixes paradise, zombies and foot kicks, and one for Sengoku, a Paradox Interactive made grand strategy that puts more emphasis on covert operations than on open warfare.We also have a Quick Look for the demo of Football Manager 2012, ...

16 October 2011
06:01 GMT

A Gamer's Week: October 9

This week we have been football crazy, with a full review of FIFA 12 from EA Sports up on Softpedia, but we also had the time to play and comment on other video game launches.We have also created Quick Looks for RAGE, with some included bugs, for the Hearts of Iron - The Card Game and for the demo version of Might & ...

9 October 2011
05:41 GMT

A Gamer's Week: October 2

It's been another rather busy week for the Games section of Softpedia as the flow of new titles seems ready to overpower even the most dedicated of gamers.We have full reviews for Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad, the realism and multiplayer focused title from Tripwire Interactive, Driver: San Francisco, th...

2 October 2011
05:21 GMT

A Gamer's Week: September 25

We're nearing the end of September and we are knee deep in big releases, which means that we have been busy with diaries, review and Quick Looks during this week.I have written a couple of entries for the Deus Ex: Human Revolution Gamer Diaries while my colleague Andrei Dobra has created a full Softpedia review ...

25 September 2011
06:21 GMT

A Gamer's Week: September 18

Hello and welcome to a new edition of A Gamer's Week, our special column where we highlight the biggest news from the gaming industry, as well as our own original features on the subject. As always, we've been keeping ourselves busy with a variety of things here at Softpedia Games, so read on to catch up wi...

18 September 2011
07:31 GMT

A Gamer's Week: September 11

Hello and welcome to a new edition of A Gamer's Week, our own special feature where we recap the biggest gaming events from the past 7 days as well as our own special coverage ran here at the Games section of Softpedia.We've been quite busy this week, publishing not just a full pledged review of Resistance ...

11 September 2011
05:51 GMT

A Gamer's Week: September 4

We've been very busy this week playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution and we have a Quick Look, a series of Gamer Diaries and one full Softpedia reviews to show for our efforts. Readers can also check out a review of indie wonder Bastion. We've also got a competition giving out codes for some Paradox Interacti...

4 September 2011
05:41 GMT

A Gamer's Week: August 28

The big news this week is that the fall launch season for big name video games is finally starting up, with the Eidos Montreal developed and Square Enix published Deus Ex: Human Revolution the first game to come out. But before we start to talk about the likes of Battlefield 3, Gears of War 3 or Call of Duty: Mode...

28 August 2011
05:31 GMT

A Gamer's Week: August 21

This was the week of Gamescom 2011, the Cologne, Germany based trade event which provides the European counterpart to the United States E3 trade show and we have quite a few news and on the scene reports gathered under our Gamescom 2011 label.We have Hands On and Off articles for games like: Mario Kart 7, Batman: Ark...

21 August 2011
05:01 GMT

A Gamer's Week: August 14

For this end of the week round up we have a Weekend Reading feature that deals with the way the future of gaming might look if all games become, at the same time, platforms for the sale of more content and a EndWeekGame piece that tells the world what we are planning to engage with during our extended weekend.We also...

14 August 2011
07:01 GMT

A Gamer's Week: August 7

This week has been dominated by the announcements that Blizzard has made about Diablo III, from the fact that the game will require an always-on Internet connection to run to the fact that there will be no mods allowed for it. But we also managed to deliver a Softpedia review for Pro Cycling Manager 2011 this week...

7 August 2011
04:21 GMT

A Gamer's Week: July 31

This is my first week back, doing the Gamer's Week roundup after two weeks away and I must say that it's a good week to come back, just before the beginning of August and the important game releases that it is set to bring.This week we have created a full Softpedia review of Alice: Madness Returns and a Qui...

31 July 2011
07:41 GMT

A Gamer's Week: July 24

Hello and welcome to a new edition of A Gamer's Week, our own special feature where we look back on the last 7 days and highlight the most important gaming news from the industry, as well as the original content we posted here at the Games section of Softpedia. Once again, we've been quite busy, posting ...

24 July 2011
05:01 GMT

A Gamer's Week: July 17

Hello and welcome to a new edition of A Gamer's Week, our regular round-up of the most important pieces of news in the gaming industry as well as the most important original features we ran here at the games section of Softpedia.First up, you can check out the review of the surprisingly interesting Harry Potter ...

17 July 2011
05:31 GMT

A Gamer's Week: July 8

It has not been a very busy week in the world of gaming and that has enabled us here at Softpedia to dedicate some time to simulating the first time of Le Tour de France using Pro Cycling Manager 2011 for a series of Game Diaries, at the same time as the real world competition is taking place. We have also created a...

10 July 2011
06:01 GMT

A Gamer's Week: July 3

It's the start of July and this month is best known in the video game world for offering the last chance for a pause in gaming before the big line ups of the fall season come closer and closer. But there's no time to rest here at Softpedia as we deliver a review for Duke Nukem Forever and one for Red Fac...

3 July 2011
06:01 GMT

A Gamer's Week: June 26

Once again, gamers have been keeping busy this past week, as plenty of big news appeared, including major announcements, releases and big statements from industry leaders.First up, however, you can enjoy two new reviews that we published this week, one for the older Aliens vs Predator and one for Dungeon Siege III. Y...

26 June 2011
04:11 GMT

A Gamer's Week: June 19

It's been a rather busy post E3 2011 week here at Softpedia and, despite being a little bit tired after the huge event, I managed to deliver a Quick Look for the recently launched Dungeon Siege III from developer Obsidian and publisher Square Enix and for the strategy game Pride of Nations from Paradox Interacti...

19 June 2011
07:31 GMT

A Gamer's Week: June 12

It's been a pretty busy week for gamers from all around the world, as the E3 2011 conference brought forth a huge amount of brand new announcements, fresh details for already known titles, as well as quite a few surprises.We've been covering the event all week, and you can enjoy all of our E3 2011-related s...

12 June 2011
03:21 GMT

A Gamer's Week: June 5

It's the week before the E3 industry trade show, which usually means little in the way of very important news as everybody is keeping their powder dry for the floor and press conferences, but we still managed to post a Quick Look for Dungeons & Dragons – Daggerdale, one for Hunted: The Demon's Forge a...

5 June 2011
06:01 GMT

A Gamer's Week: May 29

This week we have been review happy here at the Games section of Softpedia, delivering lengthy evaluation of Brink, the multiplayer-oriented title from Splash Damage and Bethesda, of SEGA Rally Online Arcade and, finally, of The Witcher 2, the role-playing game from CD Projekt RED. And if you like to read about Th...

29 May 2011
08:21 GMT

A Gamer's Week: May 22

It's been a big week for gaming and especially for those who are in love with the first-person shooter genre as a very big information dump from inside developer Infinity Ward showing what the team was doing with the single-player portion of the game and what additions are coming to the multiplayer side. On the...

22 May 2011
05:31 GMT

Gamer's Week: May 15

The week that passed us by continues to be dominated by the ongoing problems with the PlayStation Network, but our attention here at Softpedia was focused on the next Call of Duty and on a recent release, The First Templar, for which we have a full review. We also reviewed MotorStorm Apocalypse, the quake delayed di...

15 May 2011
08:51 GMT

A Gamer's Week: May 8

It's been another busy week for gamers around the world, as Sony was struck by another hacker attack, Nintendo made a price cut to its Wii and EA made quite a few announcements. First off, we took a quick look at The First Templar this week, complete with a gameplay video of the action adventure title, and yo...

8 May 2011
05:31 GMT

A Gamer's Week: May 1

It's been a pretty hectic week for gamers, especially PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Portable owners, who still couldn't access the PlayStation Network, but did manage to finally find out some details from Sony itself about the problem.First up, however, you can enjoy our ongoing Gamer Diary series focusing o...

1 May 2011
05:11 GMT

A Gamer's Week: April 24

Portal 2 is the biggest launch of the week, with the entire Potato based alternate reality mode making the community excited long before the actual launch of the game, and we at Softpedia managed to take a Quick Look at the game before delivering a full review for the latest offering from Valve.We also put up a Quick...

24 April 2011
09:51 GMT

A Gamer's Week: April 17

This week we managed to put up a full review for Yakuza 4, a video game which includes a variety of Japanese themes and is pretty different from the Western action adventure genre, and also a Quick Look at Darkest Hour, a strategy title that is created using the Europa engine and makes World War I an attractive econo...

17 April 2011
08:41 GMT

A Gamer's Week: April 10

The big launch month of March is now behind us, which means that we had time to look a little closer at games like Crysis 2, the shooter from Crytek, for which we have a full Softpedia review and a set of Gamer Diaries, and Shogun 2: Total War, which also has some new Diaries. We also have both an early Quick Look a...

10 April 2011
10:31 GMT

A Gamer's Week: April 3

Another week has passed and we have a new series of diaries, linked to Total War: Shogun 2, the strategy game from SEGA and The Creative Assembly, and Crysis 2, from Crytek and Electronic Arts.We also have a Weekend Reading feature that talks about how the Dragon Age series, no matter how it might progress, needs to ...

3 April 2011
09:31 GMT

A Gamer's Week: March 27

This week was all torn between strategic movement and tactical battles, which means we have a full review of Total War: Shogun 2, the latest game from The Creative Assembly and publisher SEGA. We also found time for some North Korean future conflict, with a full review of Homefront. The THQ shooter also receive...

27 March 2011
09:41 GMT

A Gamer's Week: March 20

This week Dragon Age 2, the role-playing and action mix between BioWare and Electronic Arts, was still the main game being played here at Softpedia, but Total War: Shogun 2, from SEGA and The Creative Assembly, also made an appearance and will get more heavy play this weekend.We have a full review of Dragon Age 2 for...

20 March 2011
10:21 GMT

A Gamer's Week: March 13

The video game that took up most of my time this week was Dawn of War II: Retribution, the new strategy game from Relic and THQ, which got a review from Softpedia and a series of Gamer Diaries.We also have a review for the High Definition remake of Beyond Good & Evil and have started a new set of diaries that focus o...

13 March 2011
08:41 GMT

A Gamer's Week: March 6

This week, two first-person shooters grabbed most of the space in the Gaming section of Softpedia, with reviews delivered for both Bulletstorm, the more experimental game from People Can Fly and Electronic Arts, and for Killzone 3, the more traditional shooter from Guerrilla Games and Sony.We also have a set of Gamer...

6 March 2011
06:01 GMT


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