{"id":86956,"date":"2016-03-14T12:30:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T10:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=86956"},"modified":"2016-03-14T17:08:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T15:08:00","slug":"games-you-can-play-this-week-punches-and-pikachu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/86956-games-you-can-play-this-week-punches-and-pikachu","title":{"rendered":"Games you can play this week &#8211; punches and Pikachu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a fight, this week&#8217;s video game releases will give you more than enough ways to deliver a beat-down &#8211; whether it be in an octagon or battle arena and dungeon.<\/p>\n<p>Here are our picks of the week:<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>EA Sports&#8217; UFC 2 &#8211;\u00a015 March\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>(PS4, Xbox One)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bringing the pain this week is\u00a0<em>UFC 2, which<\/em>\u00a0follows-up the original game with new innovations,\u00a0stunning character likeness and new animations, adding an all new Knockout Physics System and authentic gameplay features.<\/p>\n<p>There are also five brand new game modes, a revamped Career Mode (which introduces the option to create female fighters for the first time in a <em>UFC<\/em> game), and a new Title Chase system for Online Championships.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4xTFuu-v5gE?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Pokk\u00e9n Tournament &#8211;\u00a018 March\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>(Wii U)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Essentially a bizarre baby between <em>Tekken<\/em> and <em>Pok\u00e9mon<\/em>, <em>Pokk\u00e9n<\/em> <em>Tournament<\/em> is a new fighting game that lets players use their favourite Pok\u00e9mon characters to battle it out in fighting arenas.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the <em>Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> fighting game we\u2019ve wanted since the first episode of the anime debuted, and its use of tried-and-tested fighting mechanics gives it a great chance of impressing.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8EF92j3g1pE?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>More game releases this week<\/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>Salt and Sanctuary<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Need for Speed<\/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>EA Sports&#8217; UFC 2<\/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>EA Sports&#8217; UFC 2<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Salt and Sanctuary<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Samurai Warriors 4 Empires<\/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>Mario &amp; Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/75670-games-you-can-play-this-week-contract-killing-and-careless-carnage.html\/attachment\/wii-u-platform-tag-2#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-75678\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75678\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Wii-U-platform-tag.jpg\" alt=\"Wii-U-platform-tag\" width=\"180\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Pokk\u00e9n Tournament<\/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<p><em>Please note: Prices and availability may vary<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>In Other News<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Permalink to Get a mechanical keyboard with customisable switches\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/86866-get-a-mechanical-keyboard-with-customisable-switches.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Get a mechanical keyboard with customisable switches<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permalink to Telkom\u2019s new Gaming League comes to rAge Cape Town\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/86860-telkoms-new-gaming-league-comes-to-rage-cape-town.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Telkom\u2019s new Gaming League comes to rAge Cape Town<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permalink to The Division is the fastest selling game in Ubisoft\u2019s history\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/86854-the-division-is-the-fast-selling-game-in-ubisofts-history.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Division is the fastest selling game in Ubisoft\u2019s history<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permalink to ASRock circumvents overclocking restrictions on non-K Skylake CPUs\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/86848-asrock-circumvents-overclocking-restrictions-on-non-k-skylake-cpus.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">ASRock circumvents overclocking restrictions on non-K Skylake CPUs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the games you should be playing this week&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":86970,"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":[17380,3180,10523,4552,1966,2664,17382,17486,17484],"class_list":["post-86956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-ea-sports-ufc-2","tag-feature","tag-features-2","tag-game-releases","tag-games","tag-gaming","tag-pokken-tournament","tag-salt-and-sanctuary","tag-ufc-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86956","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=86956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86972,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86956\/revisions\/86972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}