{"id":79685,"date":"2015-08-05T11:30:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T09:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=79685"},"modified":"2015-08-05T11:45:51","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T09:45:51","slug":"4-epic-games-we-cant-wait-to-play-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/79685-4-epic-games-we-cant-wait-to-play-this-month","title":{"rendered":"4 epic games we can&#8217;t wait to play this month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With a new month, there&#8217;s a number of new and exciting games on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>Among those games, there are a few that we&#8217;re particularly keen on getting our hands on, so we thought we&#8217;d shared those with you<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s four we can&#8217;t wait to get our hands on:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Zombi &#8211; August 18th<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>(PC, Xbox One, PS4)<\/p>\n<p>Ubisoft is bringing their Wii U exclusive (or rather former exclusive) survival horror game <em>ZombiU<\/em> to current-gen consoles.<\/p>\n<p><em>Zombi<\/em> doesn\u2019t look like a complete overhaul of <em>ZombiU<\/em>, but rather a polished and updated port, something we&#8217;re happy to see.<\/p>\n<p>The game itself was well received by critics on Nintendo\u2019s console, so we\u2019re excited to see what it brings to the Xbox One, PS4 and PC.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pIX5PNOyzTM?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Submerged &#8211; August 4th<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>(PS4, Xbox One, PC)<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s becoming less rare these days, but it\u2019s still not every day you come across a third-person game that doesn\u2019t feature combat of any kind.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Submerged<\/em>, you play as a girl named Miku whose brother is seriously injured. You arrive by fishing boat in a flooded city, and your job is to explore the environment for supplies in order to save your brother.<\/p>\n<p>As you play, you\u2019ll gradually piece together the story of what happened to the city and the world you\u2019re in. Sometimes a relaxing game like this is exactly what you need after a long day.<\/p>\n<p>More than anything, we imagine you&#8217;ll want to check out <em>Submerged<\/em> for its narrative, unveiling just where you are and why.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m4--Tfz5H3k?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Rare Replay (Banjo-Kazooie, to be exact) &#8211; August 4th<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>(Xbox One)<\/p>\n<p>Beloved developer Rare is celebrating its 30 year anniversary with this collection of iconic Rare games.<\/p>\n<p>The games include celebrated classics such as <em>Perfect Dark<\/em>, <em>Conker\u2019s Bad Fur Day<\/em>, <em>Battletoads<\/em> and <em>Banjo-Kazooie<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We never got the chance to play good ol&#8217; Banjo back on the Nintendo 64, so we&#8217;re pretty excited to delve into his adventure and its sequel, <em>Banjo-Tooie<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AaieVt3M72c?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Everybody\u2019s Gone to the Rapture &#8211; August 11th<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>(PS4)<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese Room is returning to their roots in thoughtful, story-driven games with their next project, a spiritual successor to <em>Dear Esther<\/em> called <em>Everybody\u2019s Gone to the Rapture<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the large majority of apocalypse-themed video games we get each year, this is a quiet apocalypse and doesn&#8217;t feature zombies in the slightest.<\/p>\n<p>Fans of atmospheric games should keep an eye on this one.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3rY-u-OYk8Q?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>\u00a0Article courtesy of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.menstuff.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">MenStuff.co.za<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>More features worth reading<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/79217-the-games-of-august-goats.html\">The Games of August \u2013 GOATS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/78941-its-not-too-late-to-buy-an-xbox-360-or-ps3.html\">It\u2019s not too late to buy an Xbox 360 or PS3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/78218-some-of-the-rarest-and-most-expensive-collectors-editions.html\">Some of the rarest and most expensive Collector\u2019s Editions<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/78909-xbox-one-price-cut-announced-for-sa-save-as-much-as-r800.html\">Xbox One price-cut announced for SA: save as much as R800<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which games have got our tongues wagging and fingers twitching?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":79687,"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":[10903,15021,1966,2664,15019,15023,15175],"class_list":["post-79685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-august","tag-everybodys-gone-to-the-rapture","tag-games","tag-gaming","tag-rare-replay","tag-submerged","tag-zombi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79685","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=79685"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79689,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79685\/revisions\/79689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}