{"id":119702,"date":"2017-08-07T15:04:39","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T13:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=119702"},"modified":"2017-08-07T15:05:07","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T13:05:07","slug":"best-games-you-can-play-this-week-axes-and-arenas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/119702-best-games-you-can-play-this-week-axes-and-arenas","title":{"rendered":"Best games you can play this week &#8211; Axes and arenas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week sees the return of a caped crusader, a hellish Viking adventure, and a gravity-defying royal rumble. Here are our picks for the games releasing 7-11 August 2017:<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Lawbreakers<\/h3>\n<p><strong>8 August 2017 (PS4, PC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coming from the mind of Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski, Lawbreakers is a team-based arena shooter.<\/p>\n<p>This PC and PS4 only title focuses on futuristic law enforcement officers attempting to repel marauding gangs which have clubbed together and attempted to take the US. The moon was also the subject of clandestine testing and has shattered, leading to pockets of zero-gravity which can be exploited.<\/p>\n<p>It looks and sounds pretty interesting, and with the creative talent behind it, we\u2019ll be keeping a close eye on Lawbreakers.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LawBreakers &quot;Between Our Guns&quot; Gameplay Trailer [Official]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-uX9iY-KJQw?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<h3 class=\"my-4\">Hellblade: Senua\u2019s Sacrifice<\/h3>\n<p><strong>8 August 2017 (PS4, PC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coming from the team behind the underrated Enslaved: Oddysey to the West and the brilliant Devil May Cry reboot,\u00a0Hellblade: Senua\u2019s Sacrifice is a third-person action game set in the Viking age.<\/p>\n<p>Players take control of Senua,\u00a0a broken Celtic warrior who embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover.<\/p>\n<p>Strategic yet brutal melee combat is the order of the day in Hellblade, with strong elements of psychosis, so expect some trippy moments throughout the game.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hellblade: Senua&#039;s Sacrifice - Official Trailer | PS4\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fBJ0ifVtK5c?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<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">More games releases this week:<\/h3>\n<p><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\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hellblade: Senua\u2019s Sacrifice<br \/>\nBatman: The Telltale Series &#8211; Episode 1<br \/>\nLawbreakers<br \/>\nMega Man Legacy Collection 2<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><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\" \/><br \/>\nBatman: The Telltale Series &#8211; Episode 1<br \/>\nMega Man Legacy Collection 2<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><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\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hellblade: Senua\u2019s Sacrifice<br \/>\nBatman: The Telltale Series &#8211; Episode 1<br \/>\nLawbreakers<br \/>\nMega Man Legacy Collection 2<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Article courtesy of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.menstuff.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MenStuff.co.za<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Now read:\u00a0<a title=\"Permalink to Are we ready for self-driving cars?\" href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/119441-are-we-ready-for-self-driving-cars.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Are we ready for self-driving cars?<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s arriving on shelves and digital stores this week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":119704,"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":[20524,4552,24906,15565,24853],"class_list":["post-119702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","category-playstation","category-xbox","tag-batman-the-telltale-series","tag-game-releases","tag-hellblade","tag-lawbreakers","tag-mega-man-legacy-collection-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119702","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=119702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}