{"id":123052,"date":"2018-01-22T12:10:56","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T10:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=123052"},"modified":"2018-01-23T14:21:06","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T12:21:06","slug":"games-you-can-play-this-week-balls-and-blades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/123052-games-you-can-play-this-week-balls-and-blades","title":{"rendered":"Games you can play this week \u2014 balls and blades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a relatively easy start to 2018, but things are now heating up as we head into the latter part of January, which brings some massive game releases for us to indulge in.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Dragon Ball FighterZ<\/h3>\n<p><em>Release date: 26 January 2018 (Xbox One | PS4 |PC)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With <em>Tekken 7<\/em> and <em>Injustice 2<\/em> shaking up the fighting genre in 2017, <em>Dragon Ball FighterZ<\/em> is the next big release throwing its weight into the ring this week.<\/p>\n<p>Set in the beloved Dragon Ball Z universe, <em>FighterZ<\/em> takes the tried-and-tested DBZ fighting games back to a 2D plane, resembling the animated series more than ever.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a huge roster of fighters and some incredibly cinematic moves to unleash on your poor younger brother or unsuspecting friends. This should be a goodie.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dragon Ball Fighter Z | Character Trailer | PS4\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YNAfOG4GfFQ?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\">Monster Hunter: World<\/h3>\n<p><em>Release date: 26 January 2018 (Xbox One | PS4)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bring one of the biggest releases this side of 2018, <em>Monster Hunter World<\/em> is the long-awaited, current-gen jump of the franchise to the PS4, Xbox One and PC.<\/p>\n<p>Giant, seamless maps. 4-player online co-op, and of course, a ton of colossal monsters to hunt down and kill in what&#8217;s looking to be the series&#8217; most ambitious to-date.<\/p>\n<p>Along with being able to play with friend across the globe for the first time, players will also be able to dive into a world-spanning single-player campaign.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Monster Hunter: World Announcement Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ro6r15wzp2o?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<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>More game releases this week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Xbox One<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dragon Ball FighterZ<br \/>\nMonster Hunter: World<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>PS4<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dragon Ball FighterZ<br \/>\nMonster Hunter: World<br \/>\nThe Inpatient<br \/>\nLost Sphear<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>PC<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dragon Ball FighterZ<br \/>\nRailway Empire<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Switch<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Chromagun<br \/>\nLost Sphear<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Article courtesy of\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 10 games we cannot wait to play in 2018\" href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/122327-10-games-we-cannot-wait-to-play-in-2018.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">10 games we cannot wait to play in 2018<\/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":123053,"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":[25537,5482,4552,25590,24729],"class_list":["post-123052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-dragon-ball-fighterz","tag-dragon-ball-z","tag-game-releases","tag-monster-hunter","tag-monster-hunter-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123052","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=123052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}