14 DAY TRIAL // This week, the review department of Softpedia Games delivers long-form evaluations for titles including: Galactic Civilizations III, the impressive new turn-based strategy title from Stardock, Freaking Meatbags, Lux Delux, Spirit of War, and VoidExpanse.
We also have a set of Editorials that deal with big issues linked to the video game industry, including one about fan reactions and the reveal of Assassin's Creed Syndicate and another one about The Witcher 3 and the way it is judged before gamers have had a chance to play it.
The Gamer Diary series continues to talk about the experiences we are having with titles like Order of Battle: Pacific, Vietnam '65, Pillars of Eternity and more.
The EndWeekGame piece talks about the plans we are making for our free time in terms of video games, and we also have a look at the most important pieces of news that appeared during the past seven days.
From Monday to Friday
On Monday, an Xbox One with a 1 TB hard drive was briefly shown on an official website and it was announced it might arrive in late June, while Microsoft launched a new May firmware update that introduces a number of new features to the console.
At the same time, rumors talked about a reveal trailer for Fallout coming at E3 2015, which was created by Guillermo del Toro.
On Tuesday, EA Sports delivered more purple items for FIFA 15, Ubisoft officially revealed the new Assassin's Creed Syndicate and its London setting, and DICE talked about the Millenium Falcon being a playable ship in Star Wars Battlefront.
On Wednesday, 343 Industries offered more details about the May update for Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Rockstar explained that it has no way of eliminating cheating in the Online mode for GTA V.
Naughty Dog talked about improved animations for Uncharted 4.
On Thursday, Odell Beckham Jr. was revealed as the cover star for Madden NFL 16, and a short gameplay video was launched for the sim.
At the same time, Blizzard banned a huge number of World of Warcraft accounts because of bots, and the company also talked about the future changes coming to Diablo 3.
On Friday, it was revealed that the Xbox One managed to outsell the PlayStation 4 in April in the United States and Bungie finally delivered the 1.2.0 update for Destiny.
Microsoft also banned those who leaked info about Gears of War from Xbox Live.
Finally, on Saturday, six songs were revealed for Rock Band 4, and more details about the Battlefield 4 spring patch were offered.