{"id":55705,"date":"2013-07-01T10:32:17","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T08:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=55705"},"modified":"2013-07-01T10:33:29","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T08:33:29","slug":"games-of-july-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/55705-games-of-july-2013","title":{"rendered":"Games of July 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

July is finally here and we\u2019re officially at the half way mark of 2013. While there\u2019s no colossal-sized and over-publicised games releasing this month, there are some interesting titles that could steal the your attention.<\/p>\n

Mortal Kombat (PC) – 3 July 2013<\/h3>\n

Even though it\u2019s long overdue, Mortal Kombat is hitting PCs fashionably late in July.<\/p>\n

The game will release on 3 July through digital distribution, with a physical release dropping on 6 August.<\/p>\n

The Komplete Edition features all previously released DLC, which includes the additional characters of Skarlet, Kenshi and Rain, as well as the iconic horror star, Freddy Krueger.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the game offers 15 Klassic Mortal Kombat Skins and three Klassic Fatalities (Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Reptile).<\/p>\n

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Scourge: Outbreak (XBLA, PSN, PC) – 3 July 2013<\/h3>\n

Scourge: Outbreak may not be the most well-known game this month, but it does look like third-person enthusiasts may find some fun in this sci-fi co-op shooter.<\/p>\n

Scourge: Outbreak challenges up to four players to fight aliens and military personnel using each character’s unique weapons, stats and abilities.<\/p>\n

As XP is earned in the game’s single-player campaign, new rewards are also unlocked in the Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch and Capture-the-Flag multiplayer modes.<\/p>\n

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Dark (PC, Xbox 360) – 5 July 2013<\/h3>\n

Hiding in the shadows is Dark \u2013 a stealth action role-playing game from German developer Realmforge Studios, releasing on 5 July.<\/p>\n

Dark follows Eric, a vampire who can take control of some impressive supernatural abilities, such as teleportation, invisibility, and the ability to see in the dark and slow down time.<\/p>\n

As you\u2019d expect, players can regenerate the vampiric abilities by drinking the blood of enemies.<\/p>\n

The game looks interesting and hopefully lives up to its promise.<\/p>\n

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Shadowrun Returns (PC) – 25 July<\/h3>\n

The Kickstarter success story of Shadowrun Returns will make a debut this month, and take the\u00a0cyberpunk tactical role-playing series back to its turned-based roots.<\/p>\n

It will also feature a robust editor, where creations can be shared through Steam Workshop.<\/p>\n

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Sir, You Are Being Hunted (PC, Mac, Linux) – July TBA<\/h3>\n

One of the quirkier and more interesting games dropping in July is Sir, You are Being Hunted.<\/p>\n

The game is an open-world survival shooter, where you\u2019ll have to try and survive in an open hunting ground populated by \u201cHunters\u201d, who are robots dressed as Victorian gentlemen.<\/p>\n

You can use traps and items in order to help you survive and escape the devilish blood-sport going on.<\/p>\n

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Other notable releases:<\/strong> Dynasty Warriors 8, Civilization V: Brave New World, Napoleon: Total War, Shin Megami Tensei IV, Mario & Luigi: Dream Team<\/p>\n

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5 awesome things about the Deadpool videogame<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Games that rewrote history<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What gaming goodies are on the horizon for July?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":55823,"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":[10035,10454,21,10453,5358,10452,601,10455,2690,2691],"class_list":["post-55705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-dark","tag-games-in-july","tag-headline","tag-july","tag-july-games","tag-metal-gear-solid-the-legacy-collection","tag-mortal-kombat","tag-plants-vs-zombies-2-its-about-time","tag-sir","tag-you-are-being-hunted"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55705","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=55705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55824,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55705\/revisions\/55824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}