{"id":70990,"date":"2014-12-18T07:56:20","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T05:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=70990"},"modified":"2014-12-18T07:57:54","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T05:57:54","slug":"the-best-pc-exclusives-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/70990-the-best-pc-exclusives-around","title":{"rendered":"The best PC exclusives around"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although the Xbox One and PS4 are getting a lot of the gaming world&#8217;s attention right now, PC is still the platform of the chosen Master Race.<\/p>\n<p>Why do PC gamers stick to their keyboards and mice instead of getting a control in their hands? Well, in part, because of the games.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some PC-exclusive titles which keep the consoles at bay.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Linchdom: Battlemage (Steam)<\/h3>\n<p>If Skyrim and Bulletstorm had a love child it would be named Lichdom: Battlemage. This intense first person spell making blood fest is a mash up of adventure and epic spells, and contains a loot system which\u00a0revolves around your level &#8211; which is great.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2D4ZawOhglc?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Divinity: Original Sin<\/h3>\n<p>Divinity: Original Sin is the prequel to Divine Divinity &#8211; the classic RPG of 2002. Partially funded by Kickstarter, the game features\u00a0to two heroes: a warrior, and a heroine who\u00a0has mysteriously been restored to life.<\/p>\n<p>Original Sin ships with its highly-acclaimed modding tools as well as its creation tools, allowing players to create their own scenarios.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mea7Pa3rhJU?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Sid Meier\u2019s Civilization: Beyond Earth<\/h3>\n<p>The Civilization series has always been\u00a0on the forefront of great turn-based strategy, and now the team at 2K has created a classic with a spin.<\/p>\n<p>This time around the game takes place in the future, where mankind must travel through\u00a0space to find\u00a0new planets to call home.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4FdH1V3Z7YQ?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">The Sims 4<\/h3>\n<p>A PC-only list would not be complete without The Sims 4. If you are bored of being yourself and need a change in life, well, you should probably take action to improve your situation through hard work and dedication.<\/p>\n<p>If that sounds too difficult, then just play The Sims 4 &#8211; now with pools.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zN0snD577tc?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Wildstar<\/h3>\n<p>Probably the greatest MMO released during 2014, Wildstar takes place on the planet of Nexus where a powerful race once known as the Eldan has\u00a0disappeared. Wildstar takes the traditional MMO traversing system and puts a spin on it with its fast-paced exploration and combat.<\/p>\n<p>Double jumping, dashing, and sprinting through the world and taking on massive foes in your quest to explore the Nexus is just plain awesome.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hnXjw4whVwI?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Ed&#8217;s note: I am sure the Dota 2 players will have something say, along with Arma gamers. If you feel your favourite PC-exclusive game has been left out, let us know in the comments and forum.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/70960-new-pc-overclocking-world-record-set-see-the-hardware.html\">New PC overclocking world record set \u2013 see the hardware<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/70862-steam-now-lets-you-broadcast-and-stream-gameplay.html\">Steam now lets you broadcast and stream gameplay<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/70654-how-much-mygaming-readers-spend-on-their-pcs-survey-results.html\">How much MyGaming readers spend on their PCs: survey results<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And, cue the comments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":71058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[21,807],"class_list":["post-70990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-headline","tag-pc-gaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70990","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\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71060,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70990\/revisions\/71060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}