{"id":75268,"date":"2015-05-11T10:30:14","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T08:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=75268"},"modified":"2015-05-11T10:43:41","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T08:43:41","slug":"games-you-can-play-this-week-returning-veterans-and-outer-space-shenanigans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/75268-games-you-can-play-this-week-returning-veterans-and-outer-space-shenanigans","title":{"rendered":"Games you can play this week &#8211; returning veterans and outer-space shenanigans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A host of new games will hit our consoles and PCs this week, as is the case every week I suppose, including a return from a Japanese RPG stalwart and a solitude space-adventure.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Final Fantasy X\/X-2 HD Remaster &#8211; 15 May (PS4)<\/h3>\n<p>An updated version of the\u00a0<em>Final Fantasy X\/X-2 HD Remaster<\/em> drops this week, and this latest PS4 version contains beautiful HD graphics, all of the International Edition and extra content previously released on PS3, as well as cross-save functionality with the PS3 and PS Vita\u00a0versions.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll also be offered the option to switch between the remastered and original music of\u00a0<em>Final Fantasy X<\/em>. It&#8217;s a nice touch.<\/p>\n<p>The first game follows Tidus, a young man who finds himself in a mysterious world ravaged by a monster called Sin. The follow-up featured only three playable characters, and introduced an innovative variation on the job system.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mJ8KU3XPfhk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Lifeless Planet &#8211; 13 May (Xbox One)<\/h3>\n<p><em>Lifeless Planet<\/em> is a third-person action-adventure that features an old-school sci-fi story and spectacular environments in the spirit of classic action-adventures, and we get to play it this week.<\/p>\n<p>You play as an astronaut on a deserted planet, trying to figure out what happened to the colony there. It\u2019s kind of a mystery game, so to say more would spoil the plot. Your best bet is to watch the trailer above and see if it piques your interest.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kk6Ztep7ymg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>More gaming releases:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PS3-platform-tag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PS3-platform-tag.jpg\" alt=\"PS3 platform tag\" width=\"180\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Last of Us: Left Behind (standalone version)<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Color Guardians<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<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>The Last of Us: Left Behind (standalone version)<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Color Guardians<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Lost Orbit<\/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>Color Guardians<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PC-platform-tag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PC-platform-tag.jpg\" alt=\"PC platform tag\" width=\"180\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lost Orbit<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Color Guardians<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/3DS-platform-tag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/3DS-platform-tag.jpg\" alt=\"3DS platform tag\" width=\"180\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains<\/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>Any excuse to play Final Fantasy X again, is good enough for us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":75270,"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":[3180,13810,4552,1966,2664,13808,5793,5794],"class_list":["post-75268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-feature","tag-final-fantasy-xx2-remaster","tag-game-releases","tag-games","tag-gaming","tag-lifeless-planet","tag-sa-gaming-news","tag-sa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75268","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=75268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75272,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75268\/revisions\/75272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}