{"id":60082,"date":"2013-11-11T13:09:31","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T11:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=60082"},"modified":"2013-11-11T13:10:11","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T11:10:11","slug":"games-launching-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/60082-games-launching-this-week","title":{"rendered":"Games launching this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The big games this week include XCOM: Enemy Within, Ratchet &amp; Clank: Into the Nexus, SimCity: Cities of Tomorrow, World of Warplanes, and Baldur&#8217;s Gate 2: Enhanced Edition.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">XCOM: Enemy Within &#8211; 15 November 2013 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)<\/h3>\n<p>This is a standalone expansion to 2012&#8217;s fantastic XCOM: Enemy Unknown. It will stick to the core storyline, and introduce new weapons and technologies to discover and research, suped up robotic units, and a new enemy faction named EXALT.<\/p>\n<p>There will be over 30 new maps, and the old maps will be spiffed up as well.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GVGjWJ34OFw\" height=\"340\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">SimCity: Cities of Tomorrow &#8211; 15 November 2013 (PC)<\/h3>\n<p>The SimCity expansion Cities of Tomorrow will give players the tools to build a futuristic city in their SimCity universe, such as new MegaTowers that will dwarf your SimCity skyscrapers, futuristic vehicles, and service drones.<\/p>\n<p>Players will have to choose whether to go for corporate consumerism or a green utopia by aspiring towards resource-hungry mega corporations or using clean technology to create a shiny, tree-hugging eco-city.<\/p>\n<p>Being 50 years in the future, there will also be new futuristic disasters, such as a giant robot which will arrive to destroy your city.<\/p>\n<p>The Cities of Tomorrow Limited Edition expansion is priced at R269.99 on Origin.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K6sqFYQqPuQ\" height=\"339\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Baldur&#8217;s Gate 2: Enhanced Edition &#8211; 15 November 2013 (PC)<\/h3>\n<p>Beamdog will return gamers to the Forgotten Realms with their HD remake of\u00a0 Baldur\u2019s Gate II &#8211; it includes the adventures Shadows of Amn and Throne of Bhaal, and an arena combat mode, The Black Pits 2: Gladiators of Thay.<\/p>\n<p>The original game launched in September 2000 and became a classic of that era of CRPG. The Enhanced Edition features full HD resolution support, area art remastered from the original renders, and lighting tweaks.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the game bundles four new allies &#8211; including Hexxat &#8211; each with their own unique quest storylines.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8bHwTDl231A\" height=\"340\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">All game releases this week<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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;\">The Bridge<br \/>\nDeadfall Adventures<br \/>\nXCOM: Enemy Within<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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;\">Ratchet &amp; Clank: Into the Nexus<br \/>\nBlood Knights<br \/>\nWonderbook: Book of Potions<br \/>\nXCOM: Enemy Within<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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;\">PixelJunk Shooter<br \/>\nBlood Knights<br \/>\nSimCity: Cities of Tomorrow<br \/>\nWorld of Warplanes<br \/>\nBaldur&#8217;s Gate 2: Enhanced Edition<br \/>\nContrast<br \/>\nX Rebirth<br \/>\nXCOM: Enemy Within<br \/>\nDeadfall Adventures<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/60054-warlords-of-draenor-unveiled-at-blizzcon-2013.html\">Warlords of Draenor unveiled at BlizzCon 2013<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/60052-call-of-duty-game-confirmed-for-2014.html\">Call of Duty game confirmed for 2014<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/59995-did-infinity-ward-ripoff-its-own-ending-for-ghosts.html\">Did Infinity Ward rip off its own ending for Ghosts?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/59964-ps3-console-and-game-lifetime-sales-revealed.html\">PS3 console and game lifetime sales revealed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Classics remade, long-running favourites, and bold new sorties hit the gaming world this week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":60096,"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":[11694,4552,6436,21,10648,11693,8206,10898],"class_list":["post-60082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-baldurs-gate-2-enhanced-edition","tag-game-releases","tag-game-releases-this-week","tag-headline","tag-ratchet-clank-into-the-nexus","tag-simcity-cities-of-tomorrow","tag-world-of-warplanes","tag-xcom-enemy-within"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60082","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\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}