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"Looking for an easier way to stay cool this weekend than sticking your head in the freezer? Why not staying inside and play some games? \nWhile this week was lighter on the new release games, we found five suggestions to tide you over until next week's game release explosion. There's something here for everyone, whether you want to play alone or with friends, on PC, tablet or console.\nSee also: 'Plants vs. Zombies 2' Is Even More Addicting Than the First\nWhat are you playing this weekend? We love all game suggestions, so please share them in the comments below.\n\n\n5 Games You Should Play This Weekend (8/17/2013)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Payday 2\n\n\nCooperative shooter fans should rejoice at this week's release of Payday 2. This sequel to Payday: The Heist brings back everything fans of the original love.\nPayday 2 is a cooperative crime game, where you and up to three other masked friends take on a variety of jobs. The game isn't just about running and gunning through missions -- though there is plenty of that -- as you have to sneak into places while avoiding detection, manage hostages and slip out before hordes of police show up. You'll have to cooperate with your friends every step of the way, so pick your partners well, just like a real bank heist.\nPayday 2 is out this week for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Gone Home\n\n\nEvery once in a while, an indie title comes out of nowhere to grab everyone's attention. This is the case for Gone Home, the first game for the four-person team at the Fullbright Company.\nGone Home is an adventure game about exploration. You return home after a year to find your family missing, and must search the home for clues to their disappearance. The home is scattered with artifacts from the 1990s, each created with great detail. It's an in-depth game, and worth spending the time to play through.\nYou can pick Gone Home through Steam or The Fullbright Company's website.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Pirate Legends TD\n\n\nIf you fancy yourself a seafaring scallywag, you might enjoy picking up newly released Pirate Legends TD on iOS.\nThis tower-defense game has you stopping enemy ships from attacking your pirate booty. You'll have to defend from waves of creatures with different upgrades to your ship, as well as unique powerups. The game is unique for its creative and bright art style, and the fact that the in-game currency is toes. Yes, toes. Each of the game's 12 missions also offers a side-quest that gains you extra loot for an additional challenge.\nPirate Legends TD is $3.99 for iOS [iTunes link].\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Knights of the Old Republic on iPad\n\nOlder PC and console games are seeing a great revival on touch devices, and BioWare's Knights of the Old Republic can be added to that list.\nIf you've never played Knights of the Old Republic -- commonly abbreviated as KOTOR -- it's probably one of the best games set in the Star Wars universe. This role-playing game takes place almost 4,000 years before the movies, as you play a fledgling Jedi tasked with stopping the reign of terror caused by Darth Malak. The game was incredible for its time, presenting a fleshed-out morality system that reflected on both your actions and dialog decisions. As you became either a light or dark Jedi, the game would give you powers appropriate for each.\nKOTOR looks great on the iPad, and the port has touch controls that work smoothly, though there is a tiny learning curve. For $9.99, you'll get hours and hours out of it, and is a great buy whether you want to remember a classic fondly or play it for the first time. [iTunes link]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Saints Row: The Third\n\n\nFinally, if you're excited for the release of over-the-top Saints Row IV next week, you should spend some time this weekend enjoying Saints Row: the Third.\nSaints Row: the Third is an open-world game with a off-the-wall personality. The franchise has differentiated itself by letting you inhabit a street gang that has transformed into more of a corporation. The game allows you to pull off ridiculous missions, customize your characters to be as weird as possible, and participate in a silly amount of side activities that dip into the truly bizarre. There are also carry overs in the story to the upcoming Saints Row IV, so it's worth getting caught up or refreshing yourself.\nYou can also port your character into the upcoming Saints title, another reason it's worth looking playing this weekend.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHompage Image: Overkill Software"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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