14 DAY TRIAL // This week the review-focused department of Softpedia Games delivers long form evaluations for titles like: Starpoint Gemini 2, a space sim with some cool graphics and solid combat, LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, which offers a wide variety of characters to unlock, Tales for the Borderlands, the new Telltale Games title with some cool humor, and Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon, a turn-based tactical take on the classic universe.
We also have an editorial talking about the gaming world, dealing with the way the size of Dragon Age: Inquisition affects its quality and what that means for the future of gaming.
This week, The Gamer Diaries talk about Dragon Age: Inquisition, with details about its mechanics and influences, This War of Mine and Football Manager 2015.
The Weekend Reading piece focuses on the way unhappiness can make This War of Mine a game that can teach while remaining engaging in the long term.
Finally, our EndWeekGame piece talks about the way we plan to spend our free time and we also have a selection of the most important pieces of news that were delivered during this festive week.
On Monday, Rocksteady and Warner Bros delivered a video for the new Batman title, which shows the character and his Batmobile in action, and we found out that the Steam digital distribution service would get a new sale starting November 26.
On Tuesday, Activision explained why it was eliminating both cheat and exploit videos linked to Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare to avoid effects for multiplayer and the new Scholar of the First Sin edition for Dark Souls 2 was announced for the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4.
On Wednesday, Bungie delivered a new video for The Dark Below expansion for Destiny which talks about the new items included and Assassin’s Creed Unity received a new update 3, with more than 300 fixes.
On Thursday, 343 Industries delivered a new Halo The Master Chief Collection update which is supposed to deal with some of the matchmaking issues, and Ubisoft apologized for the problems faced by Assassin’s Creed Unity by offering free DLC for some gamers and a full game for Season Pass holders.
On Friday, Telltale Games revealed that it would deliver its new Game of Thrones series on December 2 on most platforms, and while From Software explained how it was improving the new Dark Souls 2 for the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4.
On Saturday, we learned more about the monster creation process in Evolve and The Creative Assembly talked about the political and diplomatic mechanics of Total War: Attila.
