The 5 best new video games coming out in March 2018

The 5 best new video games coming out in March 2018

Even during the slowest months of the year, you’ll find release lists stocked with literally hundreds of games across consoles, PC, and mobile. It’s madness. Worry not: to help you sort the gaming goodness from the thumb-mashing mediocrity, here’s our pick of the five best games hitting consoles this month.

KIRBY STAR ALLIES – 16 MARCH

Everyone’s favourite pink puff finds a new home on Nintendo Switch this month in Kirby Star Allies, a side-scrolling game that’ll look awfully familiar at first but puts a new emphasis on co-op play for up to four players. In Star Allies, you can convert enemies into allies that fight alongside you, with both classic and new copy abilities in play as Kirby absorbs foes.

BURNOUT PARADISE REMASTERED – 16 MARCH

Criterion’s brilliant Burnout franchise is finally back… with a remastered decade-old game. But while it might not be the new entry we’ve been craving for ages, Burnout Paradise Remastered does revive one of the greatest racing experiences of all time for Xbox One and PS4. In addition to 4K support and visual enhancements, Remastered bundles in all of the bonus DLC for a complete, lightly modernised package.

SEA OF THIEVES – 20 MARCH

Sea of Thieves looks like Rare’s most exciting new game in ages, as this Xbox One/PC game drops you into a motley crew of cartoonish pirates. It’s been a while since we first went hands-on with Sea of Thieves, but the ability to work together with online partners, battle rival crews, and create your own wacky adventures grabbed us hard from the start.

A WAY OUT – 23 MARCH

Easily one of the coolest games debuted at least year’s E3 show, A Way Out is a new kind of cooperative action game for PC, PS4 and Xbox One, tasking you with breaking out of jail with a partner and staying safely on the lam once you’re on the outside. A Way Out has no solo component: you can play couch or online co-op, with a split-screen view always showing your duo as they fight for their lives and freedom.

FAR CRY 5 – 27 MARCH

Done with drug lords and maniacal jungle-dwellers, Far Cry 5 has settled on the series’ most terrifying villain to date: American religious extremists in Montana. Yeah, it’s a real trip. From our hands-on time with it, Far Cry 5 (for PC, PS4 and Xbox One) seems more focused on action than survival this time around, but the open world looks appealing and the series hasn’t disappointed us yet.