{"id":105375,"date":"2016-09-27T12:57:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T10:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=105375"},"modified":"2016-09-27T12:58:37","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T10:58:37","slug":"best-games-you-can-play-this-week-dives-and-drives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/105375-best-games-you-can-play-this-week-dives-and-drives","title":{"rendered":"Best games you can play this week &#8211; dives and drives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week is permanently circled for most football fans, as it has become customary for EA Sport&#8217;s colossal footie franchise to get\u00a0a new entry.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, one of gaming&#8217;s biggest and best racing franchises also gets a new instalment this week.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>FIFA 17<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>29\u00a0September 2016 (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>EA Sports is bringing some of the biggest changes to the FIFA series when it launches this week,\u00a0including a new engine (EA&#8217;s Frostbite engine which powers the Battlefield series) and a brand new story mode which will see gamers take control of a 17-year-old player called Alex Hunter and guide him through his rise to football stardom.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be the ability to play as some of the game&#8217;s greatest legends, and\u00a0squad building challenges, such as forming a starting XI with just two different nationalities and a chemistry rating of over 60, as well as an FUT \u201cChampions League\u201d of sorts, in which gamers can compete for in-game rewards via a global leaderboard.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Football, Powered by Frostbite - FIFA 17 Official Gameplay Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yYjD78X1d9Q?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\"><strong>Forza Horizon 3<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>27 September 2016 (PC, Xbox One)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft\u2019s open-world racing spn-off Forza Horizon gets a new sequel this week. This time, the game is set in the lush areas of Australia, offering gamers wide open-roads to put the largest\u00a0Forza Horizon car roster to the test.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign also features 4-player co-op, which is quite interesting for a racing game. We\u2019re excited to see how it all works when Forza Horizon 3\u00a0is unleashed this week!<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fTSUgXkfooA<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">All game releases this week:<\/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><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">FIFA 17<\/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;\">FIFA 17<br \/>\nForza Horizon 3<br \/>\nXCOM 2<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/60349-games-launching-this-week-2.html\/attachment\/xbox-360-platform-tag#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60360\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60360\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Xbox-360-platform-tag.jpg\" alt=\"Xbox 360 platform tag\" width=\"180\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">FIFA 17<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><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;\">FIFA 17<br \/>\nXCOM 2<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/60349-games-launching-this-week-2.html\/attachment\/ps3-platform-tag#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60357\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60357\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PS3-platform-tag.jpg\" alt=\"PS3 platform tag\" width=\"180\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">FIFA 17<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/60349-games-launching-this-week-2.html\/attachment\/3ds-platform-tag#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60354\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60354\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/3DS-platform-tag.jpg\" alt=\"3DS platform tag\" width=\"180\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sonic Boom: Fire &amp; Ice<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Article originally\u00a0published on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.menstuff.co.za\/games\/4-great-games-releasing-in-sa-this-week\/\">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>Here are the games are hitting local stores and online retailers this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":105377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,3,11681,4],"tags":[987,19167,19711,4552,1157,14214],"class_list":["post-105375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-pc","category-playstation","category-xbox","tag-fifa","tag-fifa-17","tag-forza-horizon-3","tag-game-releases","tag-video-games","tag-xcom-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105375","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=105375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105391,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105375\/revisions\/105391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}