{"id":14505,"date":"2017-01-17T12:08:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T17:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=14505"},"modified":"2017-06-26T11:27:20","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T16:27:20","slug":"games-galore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2017\/01\/17\/games-galore\/","title":{"rendered":"Games galore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p3\">While the main entertainment topic most people are talking about this year seems to be the new movies coming to theaters such as \u201cJustice League,\u201d \u201cStar Wars: Episode VIII,\u201d \u201cSpiderman: Homecoming,\u201d etc., here is another topic that is just as popular &#8211; video games.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">This year in 2017, video game companies are churning out new games by the dozens.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Some are sequels of old favorites; others are completely new.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Companies like Nintendo are also planning on phasing out some of their game system lines and replacing them with brand new ones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">If you\u2019re planning on looking for something for the holiday season, a birthday or even just for the heck of it, then keep your eyes peeled and gaming fingers ready for some of these anticipated games:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (January 24 for Windows, PS4, PSVR and XBox One): Taking place four years after the last Resident Evil game, you\u2019ll play as a new protagonist, Ethan Winters, who is searching for his wife amid the chaos and horror of a world gone mad. With the last film of the Resident Evil live-action franchise, \u201cResident Evil: The Final Chapter,\u201d coming out January 27, it will quite possibly be a best seller.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14506\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2017\/01\/17\/games-galore\/attachment\/videogames-residentevil\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/VideoGames-ResidentEvil.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,315\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VideoGames-ResidentEvil\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/VideoGames-ResidentEvil-300x158.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/VideoGames-ResidentEvil.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14506\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/VideoGames-ResidentEvil-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/VideoGames-ResidentEvil-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/VideoGames-ResidentEvil.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Star Trek: Bridge Crew (March 14 for PSVR and Vive): This game, created exclusively for VR, is a little late (originally, it was for last year\u2019s holiday season), but it looks like it\u2019s worth the wait. Letting up to four people take command of their own Starfleet ship, just like the characters from the series, you can boldly search out new discoveries in an uncharted region of space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Mass Effect: Andromeda (March 21 for PS4, XBox One and PC): Though a sequel to \u201cME3,\u201d it technically takes place separately during \u201cME2.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In this game, you play as one of two siblings tasked with being Pathfinders, an operative tasked with finding a new planet to live on, meaning you can now travel in open environment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Injustice 2 (May 16 for PS4 and XBox One): Taking place after the first game, your favorite DC heroes and villains are back to punch, kick and pound their way through a world still recovering from Superman\u2019s reign of terror as ruler.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14508\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2017\/01\/17\/games-galore\/attachment\/videogames-zelda\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/VideoGames-Zelda.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,381\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VideoGames-Zelda\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/VideoGames-Zelda-300x191.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/VideoGames-Zelda.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14508\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/VideoGames-Zelda-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/VideoGames-Zelda-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/VideoGames-Zelda.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (TBA in 2017 for Wii U and Nintendo Switch): The newest game in the ever popular franchise has Link waking from a hundred year sleep to find the kingdom of Hyrule destroyed by nature after Ganon attacked.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Link must now stop his arch-foe once and for all before it\u2019s too late.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Aside from amazing graphics and a new open-world environment, it is also noticeable as one of the last games to be made for the now unpopular Wii U (said by Nintendo to be ending production soon) and one of the first for the newly anticipated Switch system which is set for release in March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Video games are always changing and it\u2019s always exciting to see which new ones will come out.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>To all you gamers out there, happy playing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><strong>Jacob Kusnerik<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Intern<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the main entertainment topic most people are talking about this year seems to be the new movies coming to theaters such as \u201cJustice League,\u201d \u201cStar Wars: Episode VIII,\u201d \u201cSpiderman: Homecoming,\u201d etc., here is another topic that is just as popular &#8211; 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