14 DAY TRIAL // This week we have three full reviews for you to enjoy: Mario & Sonic at the 2012 Olympic Games on the Nintendo 3DS, from SEGA, the new Trials Evolution on the Xbox 360 and Legend of Grimrock on the PC, the indie revival of the classic role-playing mechanics.
When it comes to have two Gamer Diaries, the old one linked to Mass Effect 3, now focused mostly on the multiplayer side of the game, and a new one which takes a closer look at Crusader Kings II, the grand strategy family-focused title from Paradox Interactive.
We also have a plethora of Quick Looks: the beta stage of Diablo III, Battleship, the movie companies from Activision, Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery EP, Naval War: Arctic Circle, BloodForge and Dragon’s Dogma.
When it comes to feature articles, you can enjoy two Weekend Reading pieces, one about the new employee handbook that Valve made public and another about art games and their level of fun.
As always, we also have a look at the news of the week that was and an EndWeekGame piece about how we spend our own gaming time.
On Monday we got new screenshots and new artwork for Halo 4, the upcoming Xbox 360 exclusive, while Starbreeze offered some reasons for the limited sales success of the Syndicate reboot that launched earlier during the year.
On Tuesday one of the developers from the now defunct Ensemble has revealed how he managed to make the first release of Age of Empires a success via carefully seeded review terms while a new leak suggested how the multiplayer side of Black Ops 2 might work.
On Wednesday BioWare delivered yet another update for the multiplayer side of Mass Effect 3 while Konami offered the first full details for Pro Evolution Soccer 2013.
On Thursday EKGaming revealed plans for a new used game sales system, which offers a percentage to publishers just as the developers at Crytek said that an anti-used game technology would be welcomed for next-gen consoles.
Friday brought us more info about potential DLC for Skyrim, which might include the Snow Elves, and Human head talked about potential Rune 2 features.
On Saturday a pre-order ad suggested that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 would arrive on November 13 just as Ken Levine spoke about the Vita version of BioShock.