{"id":85793,"date":"2016-02-01T11:30:10","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T09:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=85793"},"modified":"2016-02-01T11:45:33","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T09:45:33","slug":"games-you-can-play-this-week-alien-oppressors-and-the-zombie-menace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/85793-games-you-can-play-this-week-alien-oppressors-and-the-zombie-menace","title":{"rendered":"Games you can play this week &#8211; alien oppressors and the zombie menace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a pretty meaty week for gaming releases, getting February under way with a good start. Here&#8217;s our pick of the bunch:<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Call of Duty Black Ops 3: Awakening DLC &#8211; February 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>(Xbox One, PS4, PC)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The first of four planned DLC map packs, <em>Awakening<\/em> arrives for <em>Call of Duty: Black Ops 3<\/em> players this week and features 4 new multiplayer maps \u2013 Skyjacked, Rise, Splash, and Gauntlet \u2013 as well as the next chapter in the Zombie saga, Der Eisendrache.<\/p>\n<p>This should reinvigorate the game just enough that\u00a0<em>Call of Duty<\/em> players are kept busy for quite some time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xX_pzLnnmE8?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>XCOM 2 &#8211; February 5<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>(PC)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In this sequel to the highly strategic, turn-based tactical title <em>XCOM: Enemy Unknown<\/em>, an unpleasant group of aliens has invaded Earth and set up a tyrannical government meant to keep us lowly humans in our place.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not how you roll, so it\u2019s time to fight back by guiding a group of rebels as they fight to take the planet back, one turn at a time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j0qHZG1-rEg?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/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>XCOM 2<\/em><i><br \/>\nCall of Duty Black Ops 3: Awakening DLC<br \/>\nCobalt<br \/>\n<\/i><\/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>Call of Duty Black Ops 3: Awakening DLC<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Cobalt<\/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>Call of Duty Black Ops 3: Awakening DLC<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Gravity Rush Remastered<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Not a Hero<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Crypt of the NecroDancer<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/60349-games-launching-this-week-2.html\/attachment\/ps-vita-platform-tag#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60356\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60356\" 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>Crypt of the NecroDancer<\/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>In other news<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/85683-rise-of-the-tomb-raider-a-comparison-between-console-pc-and-high-and-low-settings.html\">Rise of the Tomb Raider: a comparison between console, PC and High and Low settings<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/ps4\/85679-playstation-plus-for-february-includes-persona-4-arena-ultimax-and-hell-divers.html\">PlayStation Plus for February includes Persona 4 Arena Ultimax and Hell Divers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/85673-xbox-lives-games-with-gold-for-february-styx-master-of-shadows-gears-of-war-2-and-more.html\">Xbox Live\u2019s Games with Gold for February \u2013 Styx: Master of Shadows, Gears of War 2 and more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/85609-games-of-february-too-much-to-choose-from.html\">Games of February \u2013 too much to choose from<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out what&#8217;s hitting your local game stores this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":85801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[17123,13497,451,3180,4552,17125,17055,14214],"class_list":["post-85793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-awakening-dlc","tag-call-of-duty-black-ops-3","tag-dlc","tag-feature","tag-game-releases","tag-gravity-rush","tag-gravity-rush-remastered","tag-xcom-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85793","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=85793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85799,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85793\/revisions\/85799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}