14 DAY TRIAL // This week, the review team at Softpedia Games delivers long-form evaluation for video games including: the Supremacy downloadable content pack for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Heroes of the Storm, the new Multiplayer Online Battle Arena experience from Blizzard, and Massive Chalice, the Double Fine title that mixes genres in interesting ways.
We also have two Editorials dealing with the newly announced XCOM 2, which has the potential to tweak the classic formula in interesting ways, and with the always online nature of the new Need for Speed and how Electronic Arts seems to be determined to make the same mistakes yet again.
The Gamer Diaries continue to deliver a more in-depth look at titles like Heroes of the Storm, Galactic Civilizations III, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
The EndWeekGame piece details about the way I plan to spend my free time during the weekend, and as always, we also have a selection of the most interesting pieces of news about video games that appeared in the past week.
From Monday to Friday
On Monday, XCOM 2 was revealed, set to arrive on the PC in November of this year, and Rockstar talked about a new update for Grand Theft Auto V, set to be introduced on June 10 with a range of new content.
On Tuesday, two new versions of the PlayStation 4 were revealed by the FCC, one of them with a 1 TB hard drive, and the full changelog of Destiny update 1.2.0.2 was delivered.
On Wednesday, a Red Bull promotion confirmed the existence of The Taken King expansion for Destiny, and Fallout 4 received the first details and a launch date.
On Thursday, 343 Industries revealed about the multiplayer lists that would be included in Halo 5: Guardians at launch, and a new Uncharted: Nathan Drake Collection was officially revealed.
On Friday, Bungie discussed the quitter issue in Destiny, and The Witcher 3 got a new patch.
On Saturday, more details were offered about Rise Against the Empire for Disney Infinity 3.0, and Rocksteady talked about the story of Batman: Arkham Knight.