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Mar 24, 2013 10:01 GMT  ·  By

When it comes to reviews, we deliver full Softpedia ones for Sword of the Stars: The Pit, a roguelike experience from Kerberos that uses a science fiction setting, and for The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, the first-person action title based on the series of comic books from Activision.

We also have the traditional Weekend Reading features, one of them focused on how the PlayStation Network needs to evolve on the next Sony hardware and another one about pre-orders and BioShock Infinite.

As always, Gamer Diaries are also present, talking about SimCity and my experiences with the 150,000 people city and about Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm and the differences between essence extraction and evolution.

In the Quick Look department, we have articles linked to the Defiance beta and The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age.

The EndWeekGame piece talks about our busy schedules for the free time on Saturday and Sunday and a selection of the most interesting news from the week that passed us by.

On Monday, NetherRealms revealed new footage for Injustice: Gods Among Us that showed battles including Green Lantern, Batman and Superman, while the Phantom Pain spin-off linked to Metal Gear received a new teaser complete with a mystery code.

On Tuesday, Ubisoft talked about Watch Dogs and how it would please gamers both on current hardware and on next-gen consoles and Electronic Arts revealed the list of video games that was available for redemption to those who bought SimCity.

On Wednesday, a leak suggested that the Xbox 720 from Microsoft would receive a new Kinect sensor and would have mandatory installs for games and a rumor linked to Battlefield 4 talked about 64 player maps and a Commander Mode.

On Thursday, Sony delivered new firmware for the PS3 and Valve revealed the Early Access program for indie Steam titles.

On Friday, a leak talked about the possible Ghost name for the new Call of Duty, while Ptolemaic Egypt was revealed as the final faction for Total War: Rome 2.

On Saturday, Rockstar talked about GTA V details and Telltale revealed that Walking Dead was heading to the Vita.