The 2013 holiday season was a glorious time to be a gamer. There were two home-video game console launches (PlayStation 4£399.00 at Very and Xbox One£392.50 at Amazon),
and tons of impressive titles that kept us entertained from November
through January. Guess what? It's about to happen again! Okay, maybe not
on the same scale as we saw around the holidays, but March 2014 will
see many highly anticipated titles hitting retail outlets.
While there are many games slated for release this month, we're
focusing here on the titles that we feel will keep gamers giddy for the
next 30 days. The six games listed below represent six radically
different types of play. There's an action RPG for masochists,
open-world superheroics, cinematic stealth-action, an RPG based on a TV
show, mech warfare, and the return of an egg-shooting dinosaur that
protects babies.
Even better, only one title we selected is a next-gen exclusive, so
you don't have to plunk down cash for new hardware to play the majority
of these games. Your Nintendo 3DS, PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 still
have plenty of life in them.
Spoiled gamers will certainly decry this second glut of good games
when they haven't made their way through the holiday season backlog (our
tears are flowing for you, really), but old schoolers who remember the
'90s spring and summer video game droughts really appreciate publishers'
more balanced release approaches in recent years.
But enough with the blabbering. You're ready to check out March's
most anticipated games, yes? Then do so, by all means. Oh, and don't
forget to leave a comment below either praising the selections, or
putting them on blast. Really, there's no other way to comment on the
Internet, right?
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Dark Souls II
$59.99
March 11, 2014
PC
$49.99 at Amazon, PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360
$59.99 at Amazon
Dark Souls II isn't directly related to its predecessor, but the
action-RPG has one thing in common with Dark Souls that should be
apparent as soon as you boot it up: hard-as-nails difficulty. In fact,
developer From Software stated that Dark Souls II will be even harder
than the very challenging Dark Souls due to smarter A.I. enemies, Hollow
invasions, and scarcer Life Gems (though I'm sure the monstrous bosses,
character hallucinations, and other obstacles factor into increased the
difficulty, too). Fortunately, Dark Souls II has greater character
customization than the original to help you combat the deadly forces.
Gamers, prepare to die again on March 11, 2014.
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Infamous: Second Son
$59.99
March 21, 2014
PlayStation 4
$59.99 at Amazon
Sucker Punch Production's next-gen Sony exclusive continues the
open-world superhero action that has become the series' trademark. After
Seattle resident Delsin Rowe accidentally gains super powers, the
Department of Unified Protection—a government organization designed to
eliminate super-humans—designates him a "bio-terrorist" and begins the
hunt. But who cares about that, really? It's all just an excuse to
parkour through stages, set enemies aflame with Rowe's fire powers, and
cause general havoc. Infamous: Second Son rages against the machine on
March 21, 2014.
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Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
$29.99
March 18th, 2014
PlayStation 3
$29.96 at Amazon, PlayStation 4
$29.99 at Amazon, Xbox 360
$29.96 at Amazon, Xbox One
$29.99 at Amazon
Kojima Production's open-world stealth-action title focuses on Big Boss
as he infiltrates a remote Cuban prison camp in this Metal Gear Solid:
Peace Walker follow-up that also serves as a prologue to the upcoming
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. The new, much-hyped Fox Engine
enables day and night cycles, and weather conditions that dynamically
affect gameplay. Ground Zeroes will be available on multiple platforms
on March 18, 2014.
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South Park: The Stick of Truth
$59.99
March 4, 2014
PC
$59.96 at Amazon, PlayStation 3
$59.96 at Amazon, Xbox 360
$59.96 at Amazon
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park's mad scientists, lend their
demented storytelling and familiar voice work to developer Obsidian
Entertainment's take on the popular Comedy Central show. The Stick of
Truth is a role-playing game (complete with class systems and other
genre staples) set in a 2D world that duplicates the cartoon's unique
cutout look. If you're concerned that the game will be a watered-downed
version of the show, fear not. The Stick of Truth will be censored in
several countries, though it will be sold uncut in the U.S. Cartman
demands you respect his authoritah on March 4, 2014.
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Titanfall
$59.99
March 11, 2014
PC
$59.96 at Amazon, Xbox 360
$59.99 at Amazon,
Xbox One
$59.96 at Amazon
Armed-to-the-teeth soldiers? Check. Free running? Check. Mechs? BIG
CHECK. Giant monsters? EVEN BIGGER CHECK. Developer Respawn
Entertainment takes several popular video-game elements and combines
them into a first-person shooter that looks to breathe new life into the
stale, stagnant first-person shooter genre. Titanfall places an
emphasis on movement and speed—even the game's towering mechanical war
machines are surprisingly agile. Titanfall is slated to drop on March
11, 2014.
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Yoshi's New Island
$39.99
March 14, 2014
Nintendo 3DS
$39.99 at Amazon
Nintendo recently struck gold by tapping its past to create new, innovative titles (see Super Mario 3D World
$52.97 at Amazon and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
$40.00 at Amazon),
and it may have done so again with Yoshi's New Island. The
action-platformer is the sequel to the SNES' Super Mario World 2:
Yoshi's Island and features a similar crayon-like visual design that
simply oozes charm. The gameplay focuses on Yoshi escorting
babies—including the incredibly cute Baby Mario—and swallowing enemies
to make eggs that act as projectiles. You can take a trip to Yoshi's New
Island on March 14, 2014.
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