{"id":53816,"date":"2013-05-13T12:11:58","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T10:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=53816"},"modified":"2013-05-13T12:15:44","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T10:15:44","slug":"games-you-can-play-this-week-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/53816-games-you-can-play-this-week-47","title":{"rendered":"Games you can play this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May is hitting the midway point this week, and with it comes one of the prettiest, yet grittiest, games around &#8211; Metro: Last Light.<\/p>\n<p>To bolster this week\u2019s releases, we are also treated to CCP Games\u2019 long-awaited PS3-exclusive, Dust 514.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Metro: Last Light<\/h3>\n<p>Expect more crazy weapons, creatures and locations when Metro: Last Light arrives this week.<\/p>\n<p>The franchise will return on PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms, and should push the current-gen systems given that the original game became well-known for its great visuals.<\/p>\n<p>Metro: Last Light is set in 2034 and after the events of the original game, where humanity have been pushed into the Metro underground of Moscow, fighting for survival against grotesque creatures and enemies.<\/p>\n<p>As humanity makes its last stand, they also search for a doomsday device that could be the key to their victory.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nwvNPZSpqbU\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Dust 514<\/h3>\n<p>Dust 514 is a spin-off of the EVE franchise, and takes the form of a free-to-play first person shooter with MMO elements thrown into the mix.<\/p>\n<p>The game features a number of unique maps from a variety of planets in the EVE Online universe. Players can customise their soldier, weapons and vehicles to get the upper hand in a number of different modes.<\/p>\n<p>The exciting link between Dust 514 and EVE Online sees the actions in one game affecting the political and economic status of the other.<\/p>\n<p>Another connection between the two games allows Dust 514 players to call in an \u201corbital bombardment\u201d, which allows an EVE Online player, controlling a starship, to fire at the planet to destroy enemy troops.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xnt1tTlnqfY\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">All this week\u2019s game releases<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44687\" alt=\"PC release tag\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/PC-release-tag.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"39\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Metro: Last Light<br \/>\nDungeon Gate<br \/>\nSudden Strike Anthology<\/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=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44690\" alt=\"Xbox 360 release tag\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Xbox-360-release-tag.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"39\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Metro: Last Light<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44689\" alt=\"PS3 release tag\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/PS3-release-tag.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"39\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Metro: Last Light<br \/>\nDust 514<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming features:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/53348-best-cyborg-heroes.html\">Best Cyborg heroes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/53323-star-trek-enterprising-shooter-or-phaser-set-to-fail.html\">Star Trek: enterprising shooter or phaser set to fail?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/53196-whats-wrong-with-gamings-heroes.html\">What\u2019s wrong with gaming\u2019s heroes?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radioactive rats and intergalactic conflicts arrive this week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":53817,"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_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[2303,4407,21,4255,9958,2094,6578],"class_list":["post-53816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-dust-514","tag-games-you-can-play-this-week","tag-headline","tag-may-games","tag-may-releases","tag-metro-last-light","tag-this-weeks-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53816","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=53816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53833,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53816\/revisions\/53833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}