{"id":86426,"date":"2016-02-22T11:30:45","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T09:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=86426"},"modified":"2016-02-22T11:34:43","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T09:34:43","slug":"games-you-can-play-this-week-sabre-toothed-tigers-and-sunflowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/86426-games-you-can-play-this-week-sabre-toothed-tigers-and-sunflowers","title":{"rendered":"Games you can play this week &#8211; sabre-toothed tigers and sunflowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week sees the return of an FPS veteran, albeit slightly stripped-down, archaic and decidedly brutal.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also a sequel\u00a0for those who love zombies and\/or gun-toting flowers. Check out the games releasing this week:<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Far Cry Primal &#8211; February 23<\/h3>\n<p><em>(Xbox One, PS4), 1 March (PC)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/00xvrGHrSRg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Far Cry\u00a0Primal<\/em> takes the beloved FPS series back to the Stone Age, stripping away the automatic weapons and focusing on the player&#8217;s relationship with the world around them.<\/p>\n<p>Sabre-toothed tigers, woolly mammoths and other frightening creatures of old will be hunting you down, but there&#8217;s a twist: you&#8217;ll be able to control them too.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the most interesting releases this year, and we can&#8217;t wait to see how it pans out.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 &#8211; February 23<\/h3>\n<p><em>(PS4, Xbox One, PC)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t-iw842y9WM\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The original <em>Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare<\/em> was a refreshing take on the popular tower (lawn) defense series with class-based gameplay that took its inspiration from greats like <em>Team Fortress 2<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Garden Warfare 2<\/em> is back to expand upon an already successful franchise with new classes, modes, crossovers and even loyalty rewards.<\/p>\n<p>With more generous pacing and worthwhile single-player content, <em>Garden Warfare 2<\/em> is a robust shooter with a strong level of\u00a0diversity that all but guarantees you&#8217;ll encounter something new every round you play.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>More game releases this week<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><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=\"size-full wp-image-60361 aligncenter\" 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>Far Cry Primal<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Mega Man Legacy Collection<\/em><br \/>\n<em> The Walking Dead: Michonne &#8211; Episode 1<\/em><\/p>\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>Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2<\/em><br \/>\n<em> The Walking Dead: Michonne &#8211; Episode 1<\/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>Far Cry Primal<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Hitman Go<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Mega Man Legacy Collection<\/em><br \/>\n<em> The Walking Dead: Michonne &#8211; Episode 1<\/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>Hitman Go<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/60349-games-launching-this-week-2.html\/attachment\/3ds-platform-tag#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60354\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60354\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/3DS-platform-tag.jpg\" alt=\"3DS platform tag\" width=\"180\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Mega Man Legacy Collection<\/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-360-platform-tag#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60360\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60360\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Xbox-360-platform-tag.jpg\" alt=\"Xbox 360 platform tag\" width=\"180\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Walking Dead: Michonne &#8211; Episode 1<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/60349-games-launching-this-week-2.html\/attachment\/ps3-platform-tag#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60357\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60357\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PS3-platform-tag.jpg\" alt=\"PS3 platform tag\" width=\"180\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Walking Dead: Michonne &#8211; Episode 1<\/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\/features\/86323-moments-in-gaming-we-immediately-regret.html\">Moments in gaming we immediately regret<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/86285-fallout-4s-season-pass-commits-the-same-sin-sounds-great-though.html\">Fallout 4\u2019s season pass commits the same sin: sounds great though<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/86299-3-violent-comic-book-games-worth-playing.html\">3 violent comic-book games worth playing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/columns\/86269-there-are-reasons-to-be-upset-over-quantum-break-but-not-good-ones.html\">There are reasons to be upset over Quantum Break, but not good ones<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week sees the return of an FPS veteran, albeit slightly stripped-down, archaic and decidedly brutal, and then there are those beloved zombies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":86428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[16030,17310,14314,15397,14378,1239,1853,16611,10065],"class_list":["post-86426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-far-cry-primal","tag-hitman-go","tag-mega-man-legacy-collection","tag-pc","tag-plants-vs-zombies-garden-warfare-2","tag-playstation-4","tag-playstation4","tag-the-walking-dead-michonne","tag-xbox-one"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86426","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=86426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86436,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86426\/revisions\/86436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}