14 DAY TRIAL // This week the review department of Softpedia Games delivers long-form evaluations of: Sorcerer King, an asymmetric and engaging turn-based strategy from Stardock, the Horse Lords expansion for Crusader Kings II, the new Ant-Man Pinball table, Luckslinger, Zenzizenzic and No Time To Explain Remastered.
We also have the Editorials linked to the gaming world, one talking about the legacy of Satoru Iwata and the way the industry will evolve and another about the way more and more titles are launching with issues despite the fact that they are not in Early Access.
The Gamer Diary series continues to be focused on Pro Cycling Manager 2015, showing how the cycling sim can deliver interesting results when it runs in parallel to the real world Tour de France.
The EndWeekGame piece explains how I plan to spend my free time, and we also have a selection of the most important news from the past seven-day period.
From Monday to Friday
On Monday, Nintendo announces that its long-term president Satoru Iwata has died after a battle with illness and the most recent update for the Online mode in GTA V was blamed for problems with framerate.
Tuesday Firaxis offered more information about the Ranger character class in the coming XCOM 2 while 343 Industries suggested that gamers should spend time to savor the story of Halo 5: Guardians and the way it reveals new info about Master Chief.
Wednesday Yager was dropped from the development process for Dead Island 2 by Deep Silver, and the power of the PlayStation 4 was revealed as a solid way to boost the Uncharted 4 experience.
Thursday a new Warhammer 40,000 title called Inquisitor: Martyr was announced by NeocoreGames and rumors talked about a September launch date for the PC based set of updates for Batman: Arkham Knight, which should make the experience playable on more machines.
On Friday Blizzard announced that it was introducing a new Mercenary Mode for the PvP side of World of Warcraft while Bethesda said that it might revisit the idea of paid mods after the launch of Fallout 4.
Saturday The Creative Assembly launched the first in-engine trailer for Total War: Warhammer, which focuses on the legendary figure of Emperor Karl Franz, the leader of men.