14 DAY TRIAL // This week, the review department of Softpedia Games is delivering long-form evaluations for the Reckoning downloadable content pack for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Nom Nom Galaxy, and Adventure Lib.
We also have an editorial that explains why Microsoft would be better served by launching more bundles for the Xbox One than by focusing on exclusive titles, regardless of whether they are created by first- or third-party developers.
The Gamer Diary series continues to offer a more in-depth look at the mechanics of some new titles, with the most recent entries allowing gamers to see how Le Tour de France played out in Pro Cycling Manager 2015 from Cyanide.
The EndWeekGame piece explains how I plan to spend the free time of the weekend, and we also have a selection of the most significant news stories that have appeared during the previous week.
From Monday to Friday
On Monday, Crystal Dynamics talked about Rise of the Tomb Raider and its power to compete with Fallout 4, which launches on the same day, while The Coalition announced that all the Gears of War titles could be played by those who pick up the new Ultimate Edition for the first title.
On Tuesday, Konami discussed the PC version of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and the support that it will receive, whereas Microsoft revealed that The Creative Assembly was working on Halo Wars 2.
On Wednesday, EA Sports explained information about the new features of the Career Mode in FIFA 16 just as Blizzard offered details on the new map and heroes that are coming to Heroes of the Storm.
On Thursday, Phil Spencer talked about Sony and its purchase of exclusives for the PlayStation 4, while the new Legion expansion for World of Warcraft was revealed, along with the Demon Hunter class.
On Friday, Paradox confirmed that it was bringing grand strategy to space with the new Stellaris, while CD Projekt delivered the 1.08 patch for The Witcher 3.
On Saturday, Microsoft pointed out that it did not want to directly compete with Steam but wanted it to run well on Windows 10, and the company also explained that, at the time, Mojang was not working on a new version of Minecraft.