{"id":85155,"date":"2016-01-11T11:30:06","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T09:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=85155"},"modified":"2016-01-11T11:33:55","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T09:33:55","slug":"games-you-can-play-this-week-ancient-wars-and-harrowing-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/85155-games-you-can-play-this-week-ancient-wars-and-harrowing-stories","title":{"rendered":"Games you can play this week \u2013 ancient wars and harrowing stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a fairly quiet start to 2016, the gaming landscape begins to heat up with a number of exciting titles launching this week.<\/p>\n<p>From a new <em>Assassin&#8217;s Creed<\/em> spin-off to an emotional adventure game, here are the biggest game releases this week:<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Assassin\u2019s Creed Chronicles: India \u2013 January 12<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>(PS4, Xbox One, PC)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v-XxcaMjIGM?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s unknown whether we will or won&#8217;t be getting another full-blown <em>Assassin&#8217;s Creed<\/em> game later this year, thanks to a couple rumours floating about, fans of roof-jumping and stabbing things can keep themselves busy with <em>Assassin&#8217;s Creed Chronicles: India<\/em>, one of the spin-off games in the <em>AC<\/em> universe.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the <em>Assassin&#8217;s Creed Chronicles<\/em> series, the game will differ stylistically from most previous entries in the franchise, being set on 2.5D plane.\u00a0Players take control of a new assassin,\u00a0Arbaaz Mir, in Amritsar 1841, in the midst of a war between the Sikh Empire and the East India Company, but of course, those pesky Templars are up to no good and it&#8217;s up to Arbaaz to foil their plans.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>That Dragon, Cancer \u2013 January 12<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>(PC)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/60ZCaupyHhc?rel=0\" width=\"600&quot;\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>One of the most interesting games releasing this month is that of <em>That Dragon, Cancer<\/em>. The game is\u00a0going to lay some heavy decisions and difficult subject matter on gamers. How do you deal with a terminal cancer diagnosis for your twelve month old child?<\/p>\n<p>It presents you with the decisions you\u2019d have to make in such a harrowing situation, similar to those that developers Ryan and Amy Green had to make in real life.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>More game releases<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/75670-games-you-can-play-this-week-contract-killing-and-careless-carnage.html\/attachment\/pc-platform-tag-2#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-75676\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter 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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Assassin&#8217;s Creed Chronicles: India<\/em><br \/>\n<em> That Dragon, Cancer<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Tharsis<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Oxenfree<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/60349-games-launching-this-week-2.html\/attachment\/xbox-one-platform-tag#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60361\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60361\" 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>Assassin&#8217;s Creed Chronicles: India<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Gone Home<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Oxenfree<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/60349-games-launching-this-week-2.html\/attachment\/ps4-platform-tag#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60358\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60358\" 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>Assassin&#8217;s Creed Chronicles: India<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Gone Home<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Tharsis<\/em><\/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>We take a look at the 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