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Oct 19, 2014 07:45 GMT  ·  By

This week the review department of Softpedia Games is delivering full length evaluations for: Legend of Grimrock 2, which seems to offer an improved take on the core mechanics that made the first game in the series a success, Runers and on Futuridium EP Deluxe.

We also have an editorial which explores the way violence expressed in the video game medium can be a problem for the public, especially when it is seen as being justified because it does not affect the real world in any way.

A Weekend Reading feature talks about the way the industry deals with history and why playing cannot match experiencing the past in an actual city like Vienna.

On Monday, Sledgehammer Games talked about the Democracy speech in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and about its sources of inspiration while the team at Bungie talked about a new update for their Destiny title, which is designed to tweak core mechanics and to maybe add voice chat for teams of players.

Tuesday the FIFA 15 title update that arrived on the PC was also launched on the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One, improving some of the core game features while eliminating some recurring bugs, and a hotfix for Destiny was introduced in order to reduce the power of automatic rifles in combat.

Wednesday saw BioWare and Electronic Arts deliver a new cinematic trailer for their upcoming Dragon Age: Inquisition which focuses on the hero of Thedas and Ubisoft talk about the way Far Cry 4 improves the core elements of the first-person shooter experience while introducing an updated take in the storytelling.

On Tuesday Valve launched a new type of promotional event for Steam, which allows gamers to experience ten titles for free, and Microsoft delivered the October update for the firmware of the Xbox One, which introduces improvements to Snap and adds support for DLNA streaming for the home console.

On Friday, a new loot cave was discovered by gamers in Destiny and it seems to be delivering even better results than before and Sony introduced the 2.0 firmware update for the PlayStation 4, with both improvements and new features for gamers to experience.

Saturday we found out more details about the way siege battles will work in Total War: Attila and about the role that fire will play in the title, and gamers can also take a look at the way EA Sports is working to make the core defensive features of NBA Live 15 work closer to the way basketball does in the real world.