{"id":120234,"date":"2017-08-28T15:08:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T13:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=120234"},"modified":"2017-08-28T15:08:57","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T13:08:57","slug":"best-games-you-can-play-this-week-kung-fu-and-crossovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/120234-best-games-you-can-play-this-week-kung-fu-and-crossovers","title":{"rendered":"Best games you can play this week &#8211; Kung Fu and crossovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week sees the end of August and the start of September, but before the month rolls over, there are some exciting new games arriving on the scene, including a potential-packed fighting sim, as well as a crossover we never thought we&#8217;d see.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Absolver<\/h3>\n<p><strong>29\u00a0August 2017 (PS4, PC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Absolver is a hand-to-hand fighting game where players collect moves over time, and then string them together to create personalised fighting styles. The development team itself has a few members that are very deeply into mixed martial arts, and the animations show it.<\/p>\n<p>Absolver\u00a0even takes player stances into account, and every move in the game considers which direction the player starts off facing in.<\/p>\n<p>New players, called Prospects, can even become mentors to other players that they meet. By remaining loyal to their mentors, new players will be able to draw from an expanded moveset.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Absolver - Official Combat Overview\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PgOVrCEoIao?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\">Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle<\/h3>\n<p><strong>29 August 2017 (Switch)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is unlike any other Mario game as\u00a0it\u00a0features\u00a0turn-based\u00a0combat, in addition to the franchise&#8217;s elements of exploration.<\/p>\n<p>The bizarre yet interesting mashup game features eight playable characters:\u00a0Mario,\u00a0Luigi,\u00a0Princess Peach, and\u00a0Yoshi\u00a0from the\u00a0Mario\u00a0franchise, and four\u00a0Rabbids\u00a0dressed as the former.<\/p>\n<p>The characters wield guns that shoot laser beams. The game also features two-player\u00a0local cooperative\u00a0play, which is a bonus too.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle - Official Game Trailer - Nintendo E3 2017\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DqH-iwA0ZmU?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 game releases<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><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;\">Ark: Survival Evolved<br \/>\nAbsolver<br \/>\nReCore Definitive Edition<br \/>\nSonic Mania<\/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\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ark: Survival Evolved<br \/>\nAbsolver<br \/>\nReCore Definitive Edition<\/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;\">Ark: Survival Evolved<br \/>\nAbsolver<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Article originally published on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.menstuff.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"canonical noopener\">MenStuff.co.za<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Now read:\u00a0<a title=\"Permalink to OpenAI takes on professional Dota 2 players\" href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/119908-openai-takes-on-professional-dota-2-players.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">OpenAI takes on professional Dota 2 players<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s coming to the SA gaming market this week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":120236,"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],"tags":[24863,13838,4552,24655,14416,20748],"class_list":["post-120234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-absolver","tag-ark-survival-evolved","tag-game-releases","tag-mario-rabbids-kingdom-battle","tag-recore","tag-sonic-mania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120234","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=120234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120238,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120234\/revisions\/120238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}