A Gamers Week: June 2


When it comes to video game reviews, you can read some for: Resident Evil: Revelations, a port of an older title for the 3DS, Expeditions: Conquistador, a solid indie title that blends exploration and tactical battles with a historic theme, GRID 2 and Wargame AirLand Battle, a real-time strategy title that takes gamers to a World War III that never happened.

We also have the usual two Weekend Reading features: one about the way the pre-order policy for Total War: Rome 2 is disrespectful towards fans and another about the battle between the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4.

We also have a Gamer Diary linked to Expeditions: Conquistador, exploring some of the concepts behind the game.

Our EndWeekGame piece shows what kind of titles we are planning to enjoy during our free time and we also have a round-up of all the most interesting info from the past week.

On Monday Microsoft confirmed that all Xbox One home console will be region locked to prevent importing of hardware and games and Nintendo revealed a new NERD team that’s working to use the cloud in order to enhance the power of the Wii U.

Tuesday Sony responded to the pleas of gamers about the use of DRM on the PlayStation 4 while Obsidian explained how it would use the new cloud features of the Xbox One.

Wednesday the Microsoft home console was still in the spotlight as Microsoft confirmed that the Kinect sensor can be turned off to give customers complete privacy while also talking about it future support for indie games.

Thursday Microsoft revealed how much money it is ready to invest in the creation of Xbox One titles and the company also announced it was monitoring reactions to its used game announcements.

On Friday Trophies were revealed for The Last of Us and Take Two talked about the way GTA V will change the open world experience.

Saturday Sony reiterated that the PlayStation 4 does not need a constant Internet connection while rumors talked about a Prey 2 reboot being created by Arkane.

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