{"id":101220,"date":"2016-08-15T12:59:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T10:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=101220"},"modified":"2016-08-15T13:00:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T11:00:24","slug":"games-you-can-play-this-week-ballerinas-and-bots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/101220-games-you-can-play-this-week-ballerinas-and-bots","title":{"rendered":"Best games you can play this week &#8211; ballerinas and bots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From barcoded assassin&#8217;s to ballerina heroes, this week&#8217;s game releases have a little bit of everything.\u00a0Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s arriving this week, 15-19\u00a0August 2016:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Bound<\/h3>\n<p><strong>16 August 2016 (PS4)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While we&#8217;ve become so used to having a marine or rugged badass as our video game protagonists, Bound is a stylish\u00a03D platformer starring a ballerina &#8211; yeah, that&#8217;s right. Bound is designed with a focus on narrative to tell a &#8220;mature story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The art house project has a gorgeous visual style to match, with environments inspired by modern art. There&#8217;s also an element of danger in the game, and players will have to use their grace and wit to outsmart enemies.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bound - E3 2016 Trailer | PS4\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aE37l6RvF-c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Grow Up<\/h3>\n<p><strong>16 August 2016 (Xbox One, PS4, PC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grow Up is the sequel to last year&#8217;s, Grow Home, Ubisoft Reflections&#8217; surprisingly solid robot-starring platformer. The follow-up marks the return of B.U.D., the tiny climbing robot who starred in Grow Home, and this time, he&#8217;s heading to the moon.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s set to be a whole lot more climbing, jumping, and exploring, with players having to once again control B.U.D&#8217;s two hands individually to grab the environment, which makes for a lot of fun.<\/p>\n<p>The sequel has a lot at stake for B.U.D. though, as he is searching for M.O.M., the spaceship that took care of him in the last game. He has to explore and scale environments to find the missing pieces and rebuild his ship.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GROW UP - Announcement Trailer E3 2016\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kVXUPxgZO-0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">More game releases:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/75670-games-you-can-play-this-week-contract-killing-and-careless-carnage.html\/attachment\/pc-platform-tag-2#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-75676\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75676\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PC-platform-tag.jpg\" alt=\"PC-platform-tag\" width=\"180\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nGrow Up<br \/>\nHitman: Episode 4 &#8211; Bangkok<br \/>\nF1 2016<br \/>\nThe Huntsman &#8211; Winter&#8217;s Curse<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/60349-games-launching-this-week-2.html\/attachment\/xbox-one-platform-tag#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60361\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60361\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Xbox-One-platform-tag.jpg\" alt=\"Xbox One platform tag\" width=\"180\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Grow Up<br \/>\nHitman: Episode 4 &#8211; Bangkok<br \/>\nF1 2016<br \/>\nThe Huntsman &#8211; Winter&#8217;s Curse<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/60349-games-launching-this-week-2.html\/attachment\/ps4-platform-tag#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60358\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60358\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PS4-platform-tag.jpg\" alt=\"PS4 platform tag\" width=\"180\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bound<br \/>\nGrow Up<br \/>\nHitman: Episode 4 &#8211; Bangkok<br \/>\nF1 2016<br \/>\nThe Huntsman &#8211; Winter&#8217;s Curse<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Originally published on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.menstuff.co.za\/games\/game-releases-in-sa-this-week-15-august-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"canonical\">MenStuff.co.za<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Which brand of graphics card should you buy?\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/98724-which-brand-of-graphics-card-should-you-buy.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Which brand of graphics card should you buy?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Highest-rated video games of 2016 (so far)\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/99002-highest-rated-video-games-of-2016-so-far.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Highest-rated video games of 2016 (so far)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to How to buy an Oculus Rift in South Africa: what it will cost\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/99350-how-to-buy-an-oculus-rift-from-south-africa-what-it-will-cost.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">How to buy an Oculus Rift in South Africa: what it will cost<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s arriving this week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":101222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[20868,20584,20870,749,14630,21200],"class_list":["post-101220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-bound","tag-f1-2016","tag-grow-up","tag-hitman","tag-releases","tag-the-huntsman-winters-curse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101246,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101220\/revisions\/101246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}