{"id":50708,"date":"2013-02-18T10:17:03","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T08:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=50708"},"modified":"2013-02-18T10:18:12","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T08:18:12","slug":"games-you-can-play-this-week-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/50708-games-you-can-play-this-week-35","title":{"rendered":"Games you can play this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following on from the week of soppy love, its time to get down to business, and Crysis 3 is bringing the maximum manliness, while Metal Gear Rising is set to prove that you can solve anything with a ninja sword.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Crysis 3\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0(22 February 2013)<\/h3>\n<p>Crysis returns this week, and PC gamers should be enjoying some one-on-one time with their rigs before they\u2019re put to the test.<\/p>\n<p>The third primary instalment of the Crysis series (a spinoff, Crysis: Warhead, was released after the first game) will pick up after the events of Crysis 2, where Prophet is on a revenge mission after uncovering the truth behind Cell Corporation\u2019s motives for building giant, area-separating quarantine, Nanodomes, which are the corporation\u2019s attempt to seize valuable technology for their own use.<\/p>\n<p>In order to deal with the threats that lie within the domes, Prophet will have to make use of a combination of high-tech human and alien weaponry, including the lethal composite bow.<\/p>\n<p>Check out more <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/tag\/crysis-3\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Crysis 3 coverage<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r9bD0AVIu8w\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0(22 February 2013)<strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Instead of Snake, Raiden will step into the limelight in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, and players can soon get their hands on some sword-slashing action when it drops this week.<\/p>\n<p>Being developed by <a title=\"Platinum Games\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/24429-Platinum-Games\">Platinum Games<\/a> (Vanquish, Bayonetta), the goal for Rising was to allow players to actually do the things that gamers could only watch in cutscenes in previous Metal Gear games.<\/p>\n<p>So prepare to slice through walls, enemies, helicopters and just about anything you can imagine.<\/p>\n<p>SA gamers will be glad to know that the <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/47730-metal-gear-rising-revengeance-limited-edition-confirmed-for-sa.html\" target=\"_blank\">Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Limited Edition has been confirmed for SA<\/a>. There are <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/47730-metal-gear-rising-revengeance-limited-edition-confirmed-for-sa.html\" target=\"_blank\">two different pre-order options available<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out more <strong><a title=\"Metal Gear Rising news\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/tag\/metal-gear-rising\" target=\"_blank\">Metal Gear Rising: Revengence coverage<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HhwDWTOICug?list=UUwkUBN7foWU9GcY5cFmso-Q\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/PC-release-tag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44687 aligncenter\" title=\"PC release tag\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/PC-release-tag.jpg\" alt=\"PC release tag\" width=\"180\" height=\"39\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Crysis 3<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/PS3-release-tag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44689 aligncenter\" title=\"PS3 release tag\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/PS3-release-tag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"39\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Crysis 3<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Xbox-360-release-tag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44690 aligncenter\" title=\"Xbox 360 release tag\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Xbox-360-release-tag.jpg\" alt=\"Xbox 360 release tag\" width=\"180\" height=\"39\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Crysis 3<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news and features:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/50657-weekend-gaming-news-roundup.html\">Weekend gaming news roundup<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/50479-spider-mans-dark-secret-and-other-weird-superhero-facts.html\">Spider-Man\u2019s dark secret, other weird superhero facts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/50662-watch-dogs-launch-info-leaked.html\">Watch Dogs launch info leaked<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/videos\/50545-watch-this-weeks-biggest-gaming-videos.html\">Watch this week\u2019s biggest gaming videos<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cyborg ninja and maximum maximumness return this week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":50709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3372,813,8633,6436,5532,4407,21,4660,819],"class_list":["post-50708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-crysis-3","tag-electronic-arts","tag-february-games","tag-game-releases-this-week","tag-games-this-week","tag-games-you-can-play-this-week","tag-headline","tag-metal-gear-rising-revengeance","tag-ster-kinekor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50708","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=50708"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50710,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50708\/revisions\/50710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}