{"id":42087,"date":"2012-07-30T10:24:16","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T08:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=42087"},"modified":"2012-07-31T02:49:10","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T00:49:10","slug":"games-you-can-play-this-week-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/42087-games-you-can-play-this-week-14","title":{"rendered":"Games you can play this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s video game releases have something for everyone: Piratey action in Risen 2, co-op destruction in Orcs Must Die! 2, and some downloadable games that are worth stocking up on online credits for.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Risen 2: Dark Waters<\/h3>\n<p>After releasing in April on PC, the pirate-themed RPG sequel makes its way to consoles to the delight of all peg-leg and parrot loving gamers.<\/p>\n<p>Deep Silver\u2019s plundering Risen 2: Dark Waters has received a fairly positive reception compared to the original game, and even MyGaming\u2019s Chris Kemp found some mixed-love within the swashbuckling adventure: <a title=\"Risen 2: Dark Waters review (PC)\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/reviews\/38695-risen-2-dark-waters-review-pc.html\"><strong>Risen 2: Dark Waters review (PC)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOverall, Risen 2 is a decent game. The pirate theme is fun and refreshing, the environments are vast and beautiful and the vulgar style is humourous and fits with the well-executed theme. The game doesn\u2019t ask a lot of you, with an accessible interface and structure and a fairly linear path of progression.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/503xNfuicoE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Orcs Must Die! 2<\/h3>\n<p>PC gamers can rejoice as the sequel to the Orc-killing simulator is making its way to the platform this week.<\/p>\n<p>Orcs Must Die! 2 is an action-strategy game that challenges players and a friend to team up and defend a world constantly under siege.<\/p>\n<p>Orcs Must Die! 2 begins just days after the ending of the original game. With the rifts closed and the magical Order dead, the War Mage finds himself suddenly thrust into a new battle against the mindless orc mob. He has a powerful, if questionable, new companion in the Sorceress, an ex-War Mage responsible for the destruction of the Order.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-s9wkicuXog\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Game releases this week<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/release_ps3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-25515\" title=\"release_ps3\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/release_ps3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"31\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/release_ps3.jpg 340w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/release_ps3-300x44.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/release_ps3-250x36.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nRisen 2: Dark Waters<br \/>\nGrand Theft Auto III (PSN)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/release_xbox360.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-25517\" title=\"release_xbox360\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/release_xbox360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"31\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/release_xbox360.jpg 340w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/release_xbox360-300x44.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/release_xbox360-250x36.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Risen 2: Dark Waters (3 August)<br \/>\nDeadlight (XBLA)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/release_PC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-25513 aligncenter\" title=\"release_PC\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/release_PC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"31\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/release_PC.jpg 340w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/release_PC-300x44.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/release_PC-250x36.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a>Orcs Must Die! 2<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related articles<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/reviews\/38695-risen-2-dark-waters-review-pc.html\">Risen 2: Dark Waters review (PC)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/42015-top-gaming-news-this-week-4.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Top gaming news this week<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/42075-wii-u-price-rumoured-to-be-299.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Wii U price rumoured to be $299<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/42074-far-cry-3-writer-lends-insight-on-protagonist.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Far Cry 3 writer lends insight on protagonist<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/reviews\/41839-madagascar-3-the-video-game-ps3.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Madagascar 3: The Video Game (PS3)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/42051-ea-promises-battlefield-3-support-after-battlefield-4-release.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>EA promises Battlefield 3 support after Battlefield 4 release<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eye-patches and Orc punching await us in this week&#8217;s game releases<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":42088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[5415,5282,4407,21,5358,5676,2555,3196],"class_list":["post-42087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-august-games","tag-deadlight","tag-games-you-can-play-this-week","tag-headline","tag-july-games","tag-orcs-must-die-2","tag-risen-2","tag-risen-2-dark-waters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42087","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=42087"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42090,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42087\/revisions\/42090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}