{"id":121176,"date":"2017-10-09T12:41:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T10:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=121176"},"modified":"2017-10-09T12:42:39","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T10:42:39","slug":"best-video-games-you-can-play-this-week-mordor-and-monsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/121176-best-video-games-you-can-play-this-week-mordor-and-monsters","title":{"rendered":"Best video games you can play this week \u2014 Mordor and monsters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s releases sees a healthy dose of action and horror, with Orcs and bubbling monstrosities headlining the big arrivals.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Shadow of War<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>10 October 2017 (Xbox One, PS4, PC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fans of 2014&#8217;s surprisingly-brilliant Shadow of Mordor will have Shadow of War in their sights this week.<\/p>\n<p>The Lord of the Rings spin-off sequel expands upon the open-world action formula of the first, throwing players back into the role of\u00a0Talion, who returns from the first game, to give the armies of Sauron some serious stick.<\/p>\n<p>The Nemesis system returns (whereby your enemies remember you and your actions), but in contrast to the previous game, which was more of a\u00a0hack and slash, Shadow of War will have an action role-playing approach, creating a more personalised experience for each player.<sup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>It will also feature dynamic weather system as well as day-night cycle which affects the gameplay and enemy behaviour.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Official Shadow of War 101 Trailer feat. Bruz the Chopper\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ijI9lQtv8vI?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\"><strong>The Evil Within 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>13 October 2017 (Xbox One, PS4, PC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bethesda have hopes of giving us new nightmares this month, as The Evil Within 2, the sequel to 2014\u2019s brilliant survival horror revival from the mind of\u00a0Resident Evil\u00a0creator Shinji Mikami, creeps out from the shadows.<\/p>\n<p>The Evil Within 2\u00a0picks up after the events of the first game, where no one believes the horrors that Detective Sebastian Castellanos experienced. But when\u00a0Castellanos is\u00a0given a chance to save his daughter, he must descend once more into the nightmarish world of STEM.<\/p>\n<p>Expect lots of eerie corridors, grotesque monsters and walls that don\u2019t act like walls.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Evil Within 2 | Race Against Time [Gameplay Trailer]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/STYQwzceWUM?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;\"><strong>More game releases this week<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-75676 aligncenter\" 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;\">The Evil Within 2<br \/>\nShadow of War<\/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;\">The Evil Within 2<br \/>\nShadow of War<br \/>\nFriday the 13th: The Game<\/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;\">The Evil Within 2<br \/>\nShadow of War<br \/>\nFriday the 13th: The Game<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Article originally published on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.menstuff.co.za\/games\/6-most-anticipated-games-of-october-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"canonical noopener\">MenStuff.co.za<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gaming\/232069-xbox-one-x-south-african-pricing-and-launch-date.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Xbox One X \u2013 South African pricing and launch date<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What can you expect from this week&#8217;s game releases?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":121178,"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":[24295,4552,24075,24651],"class_list":["post-121176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-friday-the-13th-the-game","tag-game-releases","tag-shadow-of-war","tag-the-evil-within-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121176","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=121176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121180,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121176\/revisions\/121180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}