Delivering news, a Quick Look, reviews and columns

Jul 29, 2012 10:31 GMT  ·  By

The two Softpedia reviews for this week are: Civilization V: Gods & Kings, the turn-based strategy from Firaxis, and Dead Trigger.

When it comes to Quick Looks, we have one for Orcs Must Die 2.

We also have the two Gamer Diaries, one wrapping up our almost month-long look at cycling with PCM 2012 and another linked to Sins of a Solar Empire- Rebellion, the solid strategy title that was launched by Ironclad.

As always, we also deliver Weekend Reading features dealing with the way a Nvidia GTX 670 can influce one’s experience of The Secret World and with the exploits that affect Diablo III.

We also take a look at our own gaming time with EndWeekGame and we deliver a selection of the most interesting pieces of news from the last seven days.

On Monday, Nintendo talked about the coming launch of the Wii U and how it would not be impacted by announcements from Sony and Microsoft, while gamers revealed a new glitch for Diablo III, which allowed wizard characters to become invulnerable.

Tuesday was dominated by FIFA 13, with the development team at EA Sports offering information on the Career Mode just as one of the producers revealed that he was interested in working with the Wii U and the Xbox SmartGlass.

On Wednesday, we learned that God of War: Ascension would deliver a Kratos more relatable and easier to understand, and analysts talked about the potential impact of the coming PlayStation 3 SuperSlim home console from Sony.

On Thursday, publisher Capcom teased information on a possible Western adaptation for one month-long Monster Hunter title and Gabe Newell, the leader of Steam creator Valve, declared that the coming Windows 8 was a catastrophe for PC gaming because it was a closed system.

On Friday, DICE revealed information about the Aftermath expansion for Battlefield 3 and EA Sports talked about cheating in FIFA 13.

On Saturday, the developers offered more information about Dishonored, while Capcom talked about zombies in Resident Evil 6.