14 DAY TRIAL // The review department of Softpedia Games has been pretty busy this week and delivers long-form evaluations for: Metro: Last Light, the post-apocalyptic narrative-driven shooter from 4A Games and Deep Silver; Anomaly 2, a new tower defense experience; Sanctum 2, a mix of shooter and tower defense, and Leviathan: Warships, a naval combat title.
We also have the usual Weekend Reading features: one dealing with the decision to put Gran Turismo 6 on the PlayStation 3 rather than the PS4, and another about next-gen consoles and E3.
The open beta period of the Neverwinter MMO from Cryptic means that we also have a set of Gamer Diaries associated with the experience.
Our EndWeekGame piece talks about how we plan to spend our gaming time, and we also have a selection of the most interesting news from the past week.
On Monday, a leak offered more information on the mechanics and DLC plans for Battlefield 4 while Blizzard announced that it would donate to charity all gold earned during a glitch in Diablo III.
Tuesday, Gearbox launched the Krieg character for Borderlands 2 and offered info on its skilltree, and 2K Marin talked about the way The Bureau will turn shooter lovers into tactics fans.
Wednesday, Valve added the Trading Cards feature to Steam and Gran Turismo 6 was finally revealed officially via a Silverstone event, set to launch on the PS3 in winter 2013.
Thursday, Metro: Last Light received an update to fix FOV issues and add more support for AMD, while Sony talked about the way GT6 will show off the power of the PlayStation 3.
On Friday, Rockstar delivered a number of new images for Grand Theft Auto V while Diablo III for the PS4 got another developer video focusing on controller changes.
Saturday, EA confirmed that it had no Wii U games in development, and rumors talked about a new dashboard being introduced ahead of the Xbox 720 launch.