{"id":74744,"date":"2015-04-28T10:30:56","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T08:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=74744"},"modified":"2015-04-28T10:49:19","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T08:49:19","slug":"games-you-can-play-this-week-zombie-hordes-and-tyrannical-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/74744-games-you-can-play-this-week-zombie-hordes-and-tyrannical-leaders","title":{"rendered":"Games you can play this week &#8211; zombie-hordes and tyrannical leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we&#8217;ve got a host of games coming our way. One includes a little tyrannical strategising from a returning veteran, and another involves some jazzed-up zombie-surviving for the new generation.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition<\/h3>\n<p><em>28 April (Xbox One)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Zombie fans will get their fix this week\u00a0with <em>State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition<\/em>. It&#8217;s a revamped version of the surprise Xbox 360 hit, but as you&#8217;d expect, the visuals have been improved.<\/p>\n<p><em>Year-One Survival Edition<\/em> uses the same engine as the 360 version, Crytek&#8217;s CryEngine 3, but with improved animations, an array of bug fixes, texture bumps, a better draw distance and a 1080p resolution. In addition to the bumped-up visuals and animations, Undead Labs also added a new mission type as well as a new user interface for this version of the simulation-driven, open-world zombie survival game.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lxMD4lRupDk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Tropico 5<\/h3>\n<p><em>28 April (PS4)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a lot to like about <em>Tropico 5<\/em>, which released last year on the PC. For one, you get to be a pretty awesome, albeit tyrannical, dictator\/president. Secondly, you get to rule your colony starting from the colonial era all the way through to the present.<\/p>\n<p>It has 4-player multiplayer for the first time in the franchise\u2019s history, allowing you to smash your foes in an online battle.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VRenUG1aPCE\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Magicka: Wizard Wars<\/h3>\n<p><em>28 April (PC)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Magicka: Wizard Wars<\/em> is a free-to-play PvP action game based around the iconic <em>Magicka<\/em> spell-casting system from Paradox Interactive.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a ton of game modes to choose from, including the \u201cSoul Harvest\u201d game mode, which challenges wizards to handle maps, longer rounds and several new accidental team-based immolations. Best of all, it&#8217;s completely free.<\/p>\n<p>So if you&#8217;re into the launching of flaming boulders, electrified death beams and hapless imps, you should definitely check this one out. It&#8217;s a blast, literally.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/shxoBgtvKTA\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>More game releases this week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/PC-release-tag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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>Magicka: Wizard Wars<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Broken Age &#8211; Act 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Chroma Squad<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/PS-Vita-release-tag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/PS-Vita-release-tag.jpg\" alt=\"PS Vita release tag\" width=\"180\" height=\"39\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Project Root<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Broken Age &#8211; Act 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/iOS-release.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/iOS-release.jpg\" alt=\"iOS release\" width=\"180\" height=\"39\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Broken Age &#8211; Act 2<\/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>Tropico 5<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Project Root<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Broken Age &#8211; Act 2<\/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>State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Project Root<\/em><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Article courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.menstuff.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">MenStuff.co.za<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s most anticipated titles are all about creating or managing chaos. Fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":74746,"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":[4552,1966,10029,5794,2163,13666,2040],"class_list":["post-74744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-game-releases","tag-games","tag-magicka-wizard-wars","tag-sa-news","tag-south-africa","tag-state-of-decay-year-one-survival-edition","tag-tropico-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74744","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=74744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74748,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74744\/revisions\/74748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}