{"id":92399,"date":"2016-05-16T13:01:06","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T11:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=92399"},"modified":"2016-05-16T13:02:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T11:02:00","slug":"games-you-can-play-this-week-rebellions-and-rage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/92399-games-you-can-play-this-week-rebellions-and-rage","title":{"rendered":"Games you can play this week &#8211; rebellions and rage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that Uncharted 4 and Doom have landed, the upcoming weeks\u00a0have a lot to live up to. This week, we get a long-awaited sequel to a shooter that had a lot of promise but ultimately underachieved, and a reboot of an old classic that will give gamers the chance to unleash their inner-beast.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Homefront: The Revolution<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Release date: 20 May 2016 (PC, PS4, Xbox One)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Set four years after the original Homefront (which while having a compelling story, did leave some mixed reviews),\u00a0Homefront: The Revolution follows protagonist Ethan Brady as he struggles to reclaim the city of Philadelphia from an alternate, reunified Korea, which is using the city as its central base after invading the country years ago.<\/p>\n<p>This first-person shooter promises a large, open world and a variety of tasks to discover and complete, along with a multiplayer component to keep gamers coming back for more.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZCK0DZE27aw?rel=0\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Shadow of the Beast<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Release date: 17\u00a0May 2016 (PS4)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new Shadow of the Beast is based on the 1989 Amiga game, which many remarked was quite challenging and equally as brutal for its time.<\/p>\n<p>The super-slick 2.5D slash-&#8217;em-up throws\u00a0players into the beastly shoes of\u00a0Aarbron, who was kidnapped as a child and corrupted through magic into a monstrous warrior-servant.\u00a0The result is a vicious\u00a0side-scroller that iterates on the combat of the original, introducing rhythm action-esque timing challenges as you power through enemy hordes, softening them up with light attacks before getting lead character Aarbron&#8217;s claws out for more savage flurries.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H7ozYyRKn1E?rel=0\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">More game releases<\/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;\">Homefront: The Revolution<\/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;\">Homefront: The Revolution<br \/>\nShadow of the Beast<br \/>\nValkyria Chronicles Remastered<br \/>\nShadwen<a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/60349-games-launching-this-week-2.html\/attachment\/pc-platform-tag#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60355\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60355\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PC-platform-tag.jpg\" alt=\"PC platform tag\" width=\"180\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Homefront: The Revolution<br \/>\nPostal Redux<br \/>\nShadwen<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Article\u00a0originally published on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.menstuff.co.za\/games\/game-trailers-you-need-to-watch-this-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"canonical\">MenStuff.co.za<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink 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