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Dec 1, 2013 13:51 GMT  ·  By

November is now done and dusted and we are moving quickly towards the end of 2013, which means that there are less high profile releases to review, but we still have Tank Operations: European Campaign, a turn-based strategy World War II experience, Nihilumbra, a very interesting platformer, and Pandora: First Contact.

We also have the traditional Weekend Reading features: one about the sales number of the new Xbox One and PlayStation 4 and another about the next-gen consoles and their need for improvement.

The Gamer Diary talks about Pandora: First Contact and its strategy similarities to Alpha Centauri.

The EndWeekGame piece talks about how we will spend our free time and we also have a rundown of the most interesting pieces of news from the past seven-day period.

On Monday, a Blizzard survey revealed potential new features for Heartstone, including microtransactions, while a new Halo bundle was announced, which mixes Reach with the original game in the series.

On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it would give a free digital game to all Xbox One owners affected by Blu-ray issues and a new prototype for a Steam machine was announced by iBuyPower.

On Wednesday, leaked information suggested that GTA V could get new casino-based downloadable content and a voice actor offered some more information about the coming Uncharted 4.

On Thursday, EA revealed that it wanted to become the best company in the United States in a few years and a bug was discovered for GTA V that changed faces and genders in multiplayer.

On Friday, a few more details were offered about Halo 5 and its core features, while a new update for Battlefield 4 was revealed as coming next week to Xbox One and PS3.

On Saturday, logins for the PSN were affected by the European launch of the PlayStation 4 and Microsoft revealed how the 360 was important to the creation of the Xbox One.