{"id":75670,"date":"2015-05-18T10:30:03","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T08:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=75670"},"modified":"2015-05-18T10:54:04","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T08:54:04","slug":"games-you-can-play-this-week-contract-killing-and-careless-carnage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/75670-games-you-can-play-this-week-contract-killing-and-careless-carnage","title":{"rendered":"Games you can play this week &#8211; contract-killing and careless carnage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Most gamers would have had this particular week earmarked for months, as <em>The Witcher 3<\/em>, one of the most anticipated games of the year, hits store shelves, but there are some other titles worth checking out too.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt &#8211; 19 May (Xbox One, PS4, PC)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Easily the biggest release of the month, and quite possibly the year, <em>The Witcher 3<\/em> is <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/reviews\/75376-the-witcher-3-review-roundup.html\" target=\"_blank\">already getting the praise<\/a> we expected it to, with some critics calling it &#8220;one of the best games ever made&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The epic fantasy action RPG is set to bring the monumental journey of the legendary monster hunter Geralt of Riviato a climactic close.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The game contains over 200 hours worth of content, as the no-nonsense hero becomes embroiled in the goings on of the mysterious and otherworldly Wild Hunt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/74784-everything-we-know-about-the-imposing-the-witcher-3.html\" target=\"_blank\">The world of <em>The Witcher 3<\/em><\/a> will be full of distractions, giving players the chance to race horses, play cards, get into fights, hunt treasure and even join in ancient rituals, and of course, hunt down some grotesque monsters and frightening creatures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1-l29HlKkXU\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Carmageddon: Reincarnation &#8211; 21 May (PC)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">After an initial delay, 90s gamers will be ecstatic to know that Max is back \u2013 as <em>Carmageddon<\/em> lifts itself from the gaming grave for a new generation of vehicular carnage this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Funded by an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/stainlessgames\/carmageddon-reincarnation\" target=\"_blank\">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. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">It\u2019s the antidote to racing games, so start up your engines, sharpen your blades, and get ready for the <em>Carmageddon<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H8Fpho8G1SQ\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>More gaming releases:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>Farming Simulator 15<\/em> (Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4, PC) &#8211; 19 May<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PC-platform-tag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75676\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PC-platform-tag.jpg\" alt=\"PC-platform-tag\" width=\"180\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>Neon Struct<\/em> (PC) &#8211; 20 May<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>Interloper<\/em> (PC) &#8211; 21 May<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Wii-U-platform-tag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75678\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Wii-U-platform-tag.jpg\" alt=\"Wii-U-platform-tag\" width=\"180\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>Swords &amp; Soldiers II<\/em> (Wii U) &#8211; 21 May<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Games released in weeks prior<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/75268-games-you-can-play-this-week-returning-veterans-and-outer-space-shenanigans.html\">Games you can play this week \u2013 returning veterans and outer-space shenanigans<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/74892-games-you-can-play-this-week-shiny-supercars-and-stubborn-nazis.html\">Games you can play this week \u2013 shiny supercars and stubborn Nazis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/74744-games-you-can-play-this-week-zombie-hordes-and-tyrannical-leaders.html\">Games you can play this week \u2013 zombie-hordes and tyrannical leaders<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Article courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.menstuff.co.za\" target=\"_blank\">MenStuff.co.za<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A dose of monster-hunting, vehicular chaos and agriculture awaits us in this week&#8217;s big game releases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":75672,"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":[4162,13982,4552,2664,5793,5794,2163,8657],"class_list":["post-75670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-carmageddon-reincarnation","tag-faming-simulator-15","tag-game-releases","tag-gaming","tag-sa-gaming-news","tag-sa-news","tag-south-africa","tag-the-witcher-3-wild-hunt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75670","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=75670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75674,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75670\/revisions\/75674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}