14 DAY TRIAL // The review department of Softpedia is delivering long form evaluations for: Guardian of Middle-earth, the MOBA attempt that uses Tolkien characters, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, a charming coop experience played with one controller, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, a new horror title, and Aarklash: Legacy.
As always, we also have two Weekend Reading features, one of them dealing with the rivalry between FIFA 14 and PES 2014, and another about the launch of GTA V.
The Gamer Diaries for Total War: Rome II continue to talk about the core mechanics of the game and my attempts to dominate the world with the Carthaginians.
We have Quick Looks for three titles: Door Kickers, FIFA 14, and PES 2014.
The EndWeekGame column talks about how we plan to use our free time and we also have a selection of the most important news of the past seven days.
On Monday, Sony announced the PlayStation Vita TV and a full list of features for the new device, and Kojima talked about the way player choice will be important in the coming Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
Tuesday, the official map for GTA V was leaked online, showing the area around Los Santos, and EA Sports revealed the top twenty free kick takers for its new FIFA 14.
Wednesday, Rockstar explained that a GTA movie was not interesting to the company and Mark Rubin talked about the potential use of Kinect in Call of Duty.
Thursday, more screenshots for GTA V were delivered via a spoof website, and BioWare defined the structure of Dragon Age: Inquisition as being multi-region rather than open world.
On Friday, Gran Turismo 7 was revealed as potential release on the PlayStation 4 in 2014 or 2015, while a new video for Battlefield 4 showed the power of the new Frostbite 3 engine.
Saturday, GTA V was the star and received more details about the Social Club rewards alongside a new video and set of screenshots.