{"id":74383,"date":"2015-04-20T10:30:42","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T08:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=74383"},"modified":"2015-04-20T13:41:16","modified_gmt":"2015-04-20T11:41:16","slug":"games-you-can-play-this-week-vehicular-chaos-and-ancient-assassins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/74383-games-you-can-play-this-week-vehicular-chaos-and-ancient-assassins","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: Games you can play this week &#8211; vehicular chaos and ancient assassins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Edit: <\/strong>So apparently Jeremy&#8217;s eye wasn&#8217;t on the ball because he completely missed the fact that <em>Carmageddon: Reincarnation <\/em>has been delayed until May 21st.<\/p>\n<p>Rest assured, Jeremy will be whipped, and not the good kind of whipping.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Original Story:<\/strong> This week we&#8217;ve got a host of games coming our way, many of them exciting, including some vehicular mayhem from a returning veteran, as well as a few sneaky assassinations from a new, more colourful perspective.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Carmageddon: Reincarnation<\/h3>\n<p>April 23rd (PC, Mac, Linux)<\/p>\n<p>&#8217;90s gamers will be ecstatic to know that Max is back &#8211; as <em>Carmageddon<\/em> lifts itself from the gaming grave for a new generation of vehicular carnage.<\/p>\n<p>Funded by an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/stainlessgames\/carmageddon-reincarnation\">uber-successful Kickstarter campaign<\/a>, <em>Reincarnation<\/em> reunites the original developers to bring another driving carpocalypse where pedestrians (and cows) equal points and your opponents are a bunch of crazies in a twisted mix of automotive killing machines. It\u2019s the antidote to racing games.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H8Fpho8G1SQ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Chronicles: China<\/h3>\n<p>April 22nd (Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC)<\/p>\n<p><em>Assassin&#8217;s Creed Chronicles: China<\/em> is a digital-only release in the beloved <em>Assassin&#8217;s Creed<\/em> franchise that puts you in charge of Shao Jun, the last remaining assassin of the Chinese Brotherhood.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Chronicles<\/em> series is set on a 2.5D plane like <em>Assassin&#8217;s Creed II: Discovery<\/em> and will be followed by similar games in India and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Gamers have been promised the chance to scout, sneak and hide to avoid detection, while also being given the tools to fool enemies using whistles and disguises. And don&#8217;t forget to keep an eye out for <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/73837-assassins-creed-chronicles-is-yet-another-trilogy-gasp.html\"><em>Assassin&#8217;s Creed Chronicles: India<\/em> and <em>Russia<\/em><\/a>; they&#8217;re sneaky assassins after all.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C-iq1BQ4jn4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Other game releases this week<\/strong><\/p>\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\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/PC-release-tag.jpg\" alt=\"PC release tag\" width=\"180\" height=\"39\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Killing Floor 2<\/em> (Steam Early Access)<br \/>\n<em>Dungeons 2<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Slow Down, Bull<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/PS3-release-tag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/PS3-release-tag.jpg\" alt=\"PS3 release tag\" width=\"180\" height=\"39\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Shovel Knight<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Xbox-One-platform-tag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Xbox-One-platform-tag.jpg\" alt=\"Xbox One platform tag\" width=\"180\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Shovel Knight<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PS4-platform-tag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PS4-platform-tag.jpg\" alt=\"PS4 platform tag\" width=\"180\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Infinity Runner<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Shovel Knight<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PS-vita-platform-tag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PS-vita-platform-tag.jpg\" alt=\"PS vita platform tag\" width=\"180\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Shovel Knight<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Are there any games you&#8217;re particularly looking forward to? Do let us know. We&#8217;d love to discuss them with you.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Article originally published on <a title=\"MenStuff.co.za\" href=\"http:\/\/www.menstuff.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">MenStuff.co.za<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s heading our way this week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":74385,"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":[13597,4162,3180,4552,1966,2664,2163],"class_list":["post-74383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-assassins-creed-chronicles-china","tag-carmageddon-reincarnation","tag-feature","tag-game-releases","tag-games","tag-gaming","tag-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74383","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=74383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74387,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74383\/revisions\/74387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}