The Recap – 03/11/13 ‘EA not buckling down under the SimCity pressure’

Welcome to another Recap episode where we go over the day's biggest headlines, making sure that you're caught up in all things video games.

EA has no intention of offlining SimCity despite online petition

The experience is improving, but it's still far from where it should be. A lot of features were removed to help server stability, like Cheetah speed, while there's still a lot of bugs and features that are broken. For example, I wouldn't build a gambling city any time soon…

The Defiance ‘Gun Mods’ trailer is full of options

Much like Dead Space 3, true weapon customization feels good when it’s done right. Defiance will introduce a gun mod system to make sure you’re firing exactly what you want.

World of Warcraft patch 5.2 focuses on class balance

Altering the mechanics of a game never comes easy. There is the 'do changes need to be made' step, followed by research, followed by programming adjustments, followed by play testing, etc

New melee character class teased for Borderlands 2

At SXSW Interactive festival over the weekend, Gearbox teased a new playable class coming to Borderlands 2.

Game Release to watch out for this week!

• Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 this Tuesday

• StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm this Tuesday

• God of War: Ascension also due out Tuesday as an Ps3 exclusive 

• Dead Space 3 DLC Awakened is also due out this Tuesday