{"id":86744,"date":"2016-03-07T11:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=86744"},"modified":"2016-03-07T11:21:06","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T09:21:06","slug":"games-you-can-play-this-week-blizzards-and-barcodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/86744-games-you-can-play-this-week-blizzards-and-barcodes","title":{"rendered":"Games you can play this week \u2013 blizzards and barcodes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another notable week for game releases this month, with some big-name titles seeing their anticipated releases, but there are also some smaller games worth noting too.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s our picks of the week:<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Tom Clancy&#8217;s The Division \u2013 March 8<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\">(Xbox One, PS4, PC)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s4kWQFDLnU0?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This one has been a long-time coming, but it&#8217;s finally here this week.<\/p>\n<p><em>Tom Clancy&#8217;s The Division<\/em> is a tactical third-person shooter set in a\u00a0post-apocalyptic open-world New York that has been ravaged by a deadly outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>Players can customise\u00a0their character, backpack and level up weapons, gear and skills in order to survive the dangers of New York and its &#8220;Dark Zone&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Dark Zone is an\u00a0online PvP arena, throwing players into a cordorned off section of the city that\u00a0contains all the really good loot, but it also has all the other players that really want that loot too.<\/p>\n<p>The game also features a dynamic, time based weather system\u00a0in the winter-swept NY, which players\u00a0can use for strategic advantage.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Hitman: &#8220;Intro Pack&#8221; \u2013 March 11<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>(Xbox One, PS4, PC)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kA_Mx3-ZMGE?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The new <em>Hitman<\/em> game is\u00a0finally getting a release this week, but we won&#8217;t be getting the full game yet, as this time around, the bald-headed assassin&#8217;s latest adventure will be an episodic one.<\/p>\n<p>The first section debuts this week, and this only includes the prologue missions and the Paris contract.<\/p>\n<p>More cities will be added in the following months, with the entire planned game getting released by the end of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no doubt players will\u00a0be thrown into some pretty complex murderous conundrums, with massive open environments filled with possibilities and the ability for players to choose their approach.<\/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\/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=\"size-full wp-image-75676 aligncenter\" 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>Tom Clancy&#8217;s The Division<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Hitman<\/em><br \/>\n<em> The Culling<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Ori and the Blind Forest &#8211; Definitive Edition<\/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>Tom Clancy&#8217;s The Division<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Hitman<\/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>Tom Clancy&#8217;s The Division<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Hitman<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Samurai Warriors 4 Empires<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Rise of the Kasai<\/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>Here&#8217;s the games you should be taking note of this week&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":86746,"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":[749,751,13622,14630,17442,17440,211,17438,10299,4431,733,3068],"class_list":["post-86744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-hitman","tag-io-interactive","tag-ori-and-the-blind-forest","tag-releases","tag-rise-of-the-kasai","tag-samurai-warriors-4-empires","tag-square-enix","tag-the-culling","tag-the-division","tag-tom-clancy","tag-ubisoft","tag-ubisoft-massive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86744","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=86744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86748,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86744\/revisions\/86748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}