{"id":85003,"date":"2016-01-06T11:30:29","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T09:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=85003"},"modified":"2016-01-06T11:52:39","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T09:52:39","slug":"4-overlooked-games-releasing-this-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/85003-4-overlooked-games-releasing-this-january","title":{"rendered":"4 overlooked games releasing this January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January is already getting off to a good start, being jam-packed with some <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/84859-games-of-january-and-so-it-begins.html\" target=\"_blank\">pretty impressive titles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are a few smaller games that shouldn&#8217;t be overlooked; here&#8217;s four we can&#8217;t wait to get our hands on:<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Zombi<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VHACUoTl0wM?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>January 21, 2016 (PC, Xbox One, PS4)<\/h4>\n<p>While the Wii U isn\u2019t necessarily known for its mature games, one of the standout titles was the gory survival horror <em>ZombiU<\/em>, which released during its launch period.<\/p>\n<p>The game was ported to PC, Xbox One and PS4 (albeit with some slight visual and feature enhancements) but was only available via digital download. Now, however, the game is getting a physical release this January.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Zombi<\/em>, you have to battle through a hellish London overrun by a zombie apocalypse, using nothing else but some melee weapons, a handful of guns and a crafting system to survive.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>This War of Mine: The Little Ones<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HHqQ5p5H3_w?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>29 January (PS4, Xbox One)<\/h4>\n<p><em>This War of Mine: The Little Ones<\/em> explores the hardships of wartime survival as seen from an entirely new perspective: that of a child.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the award-winning <em>This War of Mine<\/em>, <em>The Little Ones<\/em> puts you in charge of a group of adults and children stuck in the middle of hell, trying to survive in a besieged city and struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger.<\/p>\n<p>The question is: how far will you go to make it just one more day?<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Darkest Dungeon<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KM6ZmtE4FKE?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>19 January\u00a02016 (PC)<\/h4>\n<p><i>Darkest Dungeon<\/i> is a roguelike, dungeon crawler video game created by indie game developer Red Hook Studios.<\/p>\n<p>The game\u00a0has the player manage a roster of heroes who are tasked with exploring the dungeons below a gothic mansion the player has inherited.<\/p>\n<p>Played out in a mix of real-time movement and turn-based combat, a core feature of <i>Darkest Dungeon<\/i> is the stress level for each hero that increases with further exploration and combat.<\/p>\n<p>A character sustaining a high stress level may gain afflictions that will hamper, or possibly enhance, their performance as an explorer. We&#8217;re talking depression, fear and confidence playing a role in your dungeon crawl.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Resident Evil 0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8i23-QWPIzs?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>19 January\u00a02016\u00a0(PS4, Xbox One, PC)<\/h4>\n<p><em>Resident Evil 0<\/em> is a prequel to the classic <em>Resident Evil<\/em> game that follows Rebecca and Billy on their misadventures through the hellhole that is Raccoon City.<\/p>\n<p>Mutant experiments and undead citizens haunt the city streets as well as underground below, and our protagonists must fight and survive to uncover the truth behind the outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>This remaster of the Wii U title includes updated visuals, as well as new game modes that freshen the experience.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Article originally published on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.menstuff.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">MenStuff.co.za<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>You\u2019ll also definitely want to read<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/84781-5-most-anticipated-games-of-2016.html\">5 games coming out in 2016 that deserve some more hype<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/84843-5-games-coming-out-in-2016-that-deserve-some-more-hype.html\">5 most anticipated games of 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/84757-biggest-disappointments-of-2015.html\">Biggest disappointments of 2015<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t let these January releases slip under the radar; they promise more than their fair share of enjoyment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":85023,"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":[16835,3180,16837,15397,1239,1853,15687,16839,10065,15175],"class_list":["post-85003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-darkest-dungeon","tag-feature","tag-january","tag-pc","tag-playstation-4","tag-playstation4","tag-resident-evil-0","tag-this-war-of-mine-the-little-ones","tag-xbox-one","tag-zombi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85003","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=85003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85025,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85003\/revisions\/85025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}