{"id":114507,"date":"2017-01-09T13:08:21","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T11:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=114507"},"modified":"2017-01-09T13:09:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T11:09:08","slug":"best-games-you-can-play-this-week-guns-and-gore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/114507-best-games-you-can-play-this-week-guns-and-gore","title":{"rendered":"Best games you can play this week &#8211; guns and gore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the whirlwind that was 2016&#8217;s end-of-year release schedule, it&#8217;s no surprise that things will get off to a bit of a slow start in January.<\/p>\n<p>There aren&#8217;t too many big-name game releases arriving this week, but there are a few interesting smaller titles worth checking out.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Rise &amp; Shine<\/h3>\n<p><strong>13 January 2016 (PC, Xbox One)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rise &amp; Shine is a true &#8220;think and gun&#8221; experience that combines elements of arcade shooters, bullet hells, and puzzle platformers to create a new blend of strategy and viscera.<\/p>\n<p>Switch between Shine&#8217;s add-ons to solve puzzles that redefine what bullets can do. Guide projectiles through intricate mazes, electrify damaged equipment to discover new pathways, and juggle 8-bit fruit, because why not?\u00a0Rise &amp; Shine is also gorgeously animated to boot!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rise &amp; Shine Coming January 13th | Adult Swim Games\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hXYQ4iunOSo?start=31&#038;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\">Super Death Arena<\/h3>\n<p><strong>11 January 2016 (PC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Super Death Arena is an online horde mode survival game where you fight increasingly larger waves of mutants. Survive ten waves to win, and level up to get loot boxes with new fun gear to customise your character.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a fun, shoot-first, no questions, kind of game, and looks to be a great distraction for FPS fans this week.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wts2km5n-iM?feature=oembed\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">More game releases this week<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/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=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PC-platform-tag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Super Death Arena<br \/>\nRise &amp; Shine<br \/>\nAcorn Assault Rodent Revolution<br \/>\nDead Effect 2<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/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=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PS4-platform-tag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dead Effect 2<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/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=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Xbox-One-platform-tag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Acorn Assault Rodent Revolution<br \/>\nDead Effect 2<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Article\u00a0courtesy of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.menstuff.co.za\/games\/game-releases-9-jan-2016\/\">MenStuff.co.za<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Now read:\u00a0<a title=\"Permalink to The most badass vehicles in video games\" href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/113567-the-most-badass-vehicles-in-video-games.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">The most badass vehicles in video games<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What games are hitting local stores and online retailers this week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":114509,"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":[3,11681,4],"tags":[23849,23845,15397,1853,23847,23851,10065],"class_list":["post-114507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","category-playstation","category-xbox","tag-acorn-assault-rodent-revolution","tag-dead-effect-2","tag-pc","tag-playstation4","tag-ryse-and-shine","tag-super-death-arena","tag-xbox-one"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114507","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=114507"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114511,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114507\/revisions\/114511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}