{"id":55564,"date":"2013-06-24T10:15:36","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T08:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=55564"},"modified":"2013-06-24T10:17:45","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T08:17:45","slug":"games-you-can-play-this-week-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/55564-games-you-can-play-this-week-53","title":{"rendered":"Games you can play this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, a fast-talking anti-hero finally gets his time in the limelight, while a classic strategic war-monger returns to PCs.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Deadpool<\/h3>\n<p>Deadpool finally has his own game, and it\u2019s about damn time. The tongue-in-cheek anti-hero has made a number of cameos in other games, but it\u2019s now his time to show the world that his over-the-top violence and snappy one-liners have been sorely missing in the gaming world.<\/p>\n<p>Developed by Transformers Fall of Cybertron devs, High-Moon Studios, the game is an action-packed hack-\u2018n-slash shoot-\u2018em-up mixture of chaos and comedy. High Moon have definitely done the \u201cmerc-with-a-mouth\u201d justice.<\/p>\n<p>MyGaming got a chance to check out the new game ahead of its release, and listed <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/55344-5-awesome-things-about-the-deadpool-videogame.html\" target=\"_blank\">5 awesome things about Deadpool<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SdFvPvdpVHA\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Company of Heroes 2<\/h3>\n<p>Company of Heroes 2 is dropping this week and follows up from the critically-acclaimed 2006 strategy game, which garnered a huge cult following from its release.<\/p>\n<p>Officially announced back in May 2012, the sequel will feature a new campaign following the battles across the Eastern Front of Europe in World War II, a new Essence 3.0 Engine, and a \u2018True Sight\u2019 game mechanic, through which players will only be able to see what their controlled soldiers see, leaving what may be behind the next building or treeline unknown.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?s=company+of+heroes+2\" target=\"_blank\">Company of Heroes 2 is also in its open-beta\u00a0<\/a>now, allowing players to have a chance at the military strategy game ahead of its release.<\/p>\n<p>The game is dropping on 25 June 2013, so if you\u2019re quick about it, you can check out<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/55502-company-of-heroes-2-preorder-roundup.html\" target=\"_blank\">MyGaming\u2019s Company of Heroes 2 pre-order roundup<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and find the best place to grab your game.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gi8_N2Hom4Y\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">All game releases this week<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/PC-release-tag.jpg\"><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\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dark<br \/>\nDeadpool<br \/>\nCompany of Heroes 2<br \/>\nRide to Hell<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><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\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Deadpool<br \/>\nRide to Hell<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><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;\">Deadpool<br \/>\nRide to Hell<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47808\" alt=\"Wii U release\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Wii-U-release.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"40\" \/> Game &amp; Wario<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44688\" alt=\"PS Vita release tag\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/PS-Vita-release-tag.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"39\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Jak &amp; Daxter Trilogy<br \/>\nEpic Mickey 2<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming features:<\/h3>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/reviews\/55094-should-you-care-about-grid-2.html\">Should you care about Grid 2?<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/videos\/55551-xbox-one-ps4-demoed-by-jimmy-fallon.html\">Xbox One, PS4 demoed by Jimmy Fallon<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/videos\/55548-biggest-game-trailers-this-week.html\"><b>Biggest game trailers this week<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/55400-popular-games-on-mweb-servers-revealed.html\">Popular games on Mweb servers revealed<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-hero narcissism and war-time strategies return this week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":55565,"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":[4033,10035,5690,4552,4407,21,4557,10392,4906,10391],"class_list":["post-55564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-company-of-heroes-2","tag-dark","tag-deadpool","tag-game-releases","tag-games-you-can-play-this-week","tag-headline","tag-june-games","tag-ride-to-hell","tag-video-game-releases","tag-weekly-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55564","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=55564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55566,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55564\/revisions\/55566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}