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May 9, 2015 22:51 GMT  ·  By

This week the review department of Softpedia Games delivers long-form evaluations for: Wolfenstein: The New Blood, Order of Battle: Pacific, Project Cars, Zen Pinball 2: Star Wars Rebels and Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown.

We also have Editorials about the world of gaming, one dealing with the Steam limited accounts launch and their impact on the service, and another about the way more video games would benefit from a period in Early Access.

The Gamer Diary series offers a more in-depth look about a range of titles, including Vietnam '65, Pillars of Eternity or Europa Universalis IV.

We also have an EndWeekGame piece about the games that will dominate the weekend, and we also have a selection of the news that appeared during the previous seven-day period.

From Monday to Friday

On Monday, EA Sports launched the cover vote for Madden NFL 16, featuring four huge athletes, more details were offered about Rock Band 4 and Valve talked about the restrictions it is placing on gift giving.

Tuesday FIFA 15 got new purple items for the Ultimate Team mode, including players like Eden Hazard and Harry Kane, and GOG Galaxy went into an open beta period.

Wednesday Bungie explained that it was not activating the update 1.2.0 changes for Destiny and details were also offered on the Prison of Elders mode in House of Wolves.

At the same time, Electronic Arts predicted big sales for the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4.

Thursday Ubisoft talked about the music to be included in The Division, and Rockstar said that no bans would be handed out for those who use single player mods for GTA V.

A new update for League of Legends was also introduced, with the new Champion Mastery System.

On Friday the Hunt the Signal ARG was launched for Halo 5: Guardians, Rockstar talked about future content for GTA V and Nintendo detailed how it pictured the future of its mobile games initiative.

Saturday a new House of Wolves video was delivered by the team at Bungie and confirmation arrived that the name of the new Assassin's Creed title will be Syndicate and not Victory.