Delivering news, reviews, columns and Gamer Diaries

Jun 13, 2015 21:53 GMT  ·  By

This week, the review department of Softpedia Games is delivering long-form evaluations for: Kholat, a gook looking exploration game that lacks some coherence, Europa Universalis IV - Common Sense, the most recent expansion for the grand strategy title, and Audiosurf 2.

We also have an Editorial about the gaming world, dealing with the Xbox Live Gold requirement for the cooperative campaign in Halo 5: Guardians and the way Microsoft could try and deliver more value to players.

The Gamer Diaries series offers a more in-depth look at titles like Galactic Civilizations III, The Witcher 3L Wild Hunt, Heroes of the Storm and more.

The EndWeekGame piece talks about the titles that will occupy my free time, and we also offer a look at the most important pieces of news that were recently delivered.

From Monday to Friday

On Monday, 343 Industries used the Hunt the Truth campaign for Halo 5: Guardians to offer even more details about the core story of the title, and DICE talked about the variety that Star Wars Battlefront will offer and the presence of C3PO.

On Tuesday, Wargaming announced that it was ready to deliver a reboot of the classic Master of Orion strategy experience, and Microsoft announced a new version of the Xbox One, with a 1 TB hard drive, set to arrive later in the month.

On Wednesday, a rumor suggested that E3 2015 would be the moment when a re-designed version of The Last Guardian gets revealed, and Rockstar delivered the Ill Gotten Gains update for the Online element of Grand Theft Auto V.

On Thursday, the Oculus Rift consumer version was announced, coming with an Xbox One controller and streaming capabilities, and Valve launched the Steam Summer Sale, with some solid price cuts.

On Friday, Bungie said that a 1.2.0.3 update for Destiny would be coming next week, while Konami delivered more information about Pro Evolution Soccer 2016.

Finally, on Saturday, a TV spot was revealed for Batman: Arkham Knight and we also got an official map for the new Trials of Osiris battleground in Destiny.