A round-up of the latest reviews, columns and news from the Games section

Sep 4, 2011 09:41 GMT  ·  By

We've been very busy this week playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution and we have a Quick Look, a series of Gamer Diaries and one full Softpedia reviews to show for our efforts.

Readers can also check out a review of indie wonder Bastion.

We've also got a competition giving out codes for some Paradox Interactive titles, so check out all the details if you want to win one of them.

We have also posted a Weekend Reading piece about the limits of the free-to-play business model for social games and MMOs and an EndWeekGame article which details how we also plan to spend our weekend with the new Deus Ex.

And, as always, we have a selection of the most important stories of the week.

On Monday, the Ubisoft developers of Assassin's Creed: Revelations have said that about 7 out of 10 of the questions that players have about the franchise will be answered by the new game.

At the same time the Infinity Ward team working on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has talked about weapon mods like folding scopes and grenade launchers.

On Tuesday, the creators of the other big shooter of the fall, Battlefield 3, talked about why they chose to lock their game at 30 FPS rather than aim for 60 and also offer explanations for the mod support which is lacking on launch but might be added later.

On Wednesday, Rocksteady offered some more information for Batman: Arkham City, saying that it will be using Games for Windows Live on the PC and that it will have a New Game+ mode.

On the same date, DICE talked about how it has not included an option to shoot civilians in Battlefield 3 in order to avoid any controversy.

On Thursday, Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 was revealed to be getting an online version in 2012 while a rumor talked about a possible 3D update for the Xbox 360.

On Friday, Mass Effect was rumored to arrive on Facebook while Infinity Ward put out a multiplayer video for Modern Warfare 3.