Top New Game Releases Out On Switch, PS4, Xbox One, And PC This Month — March 2020

A whole new month has arrived, and March has so much to play that this episode of New Releases is highlighting six games instead of the normal five. March has Nioh 2 for action junkies, MLB The Show 20 for sports fans, and Doom Eternal for those of you with an itchy trigger finger. If you’re looking for something more chill, there’s also Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX and Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Nintendo Switch. Finally, Xbox One and PC players can get their Metroidvania fix with Ori and the Will of the Wisps.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX — March 6

Available on: Switch

Remember Red and Blue Rescue Team on the Game Boy Advance? Well this Switch re-release includes everything in those dungeon crawlers, coated in a new watercolor-like art style. It also adds Mega Evolutions introduced in Pokémon X and Y. An Eshop demo is available now if you wanna try it out without spending your hard-earned money.

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Diablo 3 Season 20 Kicks Off This Month–Here’s What To Expect

Diablo III is still going strong nearly eight years after release, with Season 20 set to begin on March 13, and players on PC, Switch, PS4, and Xbox One will be able to experience it. The new season will be known as the Season of the Forbidden Archives, and will have a lore focus on Kanai’s Cube, as well as “the equally celebrated and reviled Horadrim, Zoltun Kulle,” who will help you tap into some tremendous powers.

During Season 20, you’ll be able to equip three additional Legendary powers into the slots of Kanai’s Cube, with no category restrictions for what you can do. You’ll be able to mix and match between Weapon, Armor, and Jewlry powers, meaning you could have, for instance, three Weapon powers if you wanted to.

The seasonal cosmetic rewards will be the same ones that players got their hands on back in Season 8, many years ago. They’re pictured below.

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Call Of Duty: Zombies Director Leaves Activision

The Call of Duty franchise has lost one of its most veteran developers who helped create the fan-favorite Zombies mode. Jason Blundell, a 13-year veteran of Treyarch, said in a statement that he enjoyed working at the studio over the past decade-plus, and he was particularly happy and excited about his contributions to the Zombies mode.

“[The Zombies team is] comprised of some of the most creative and talented developers in the industry, many of whom you never see because they’re behind the scenes shaping the direction of each experience,” Blundell said.

Blundell also thanked the Zombies community directly, saying he appreciates their “passion, enthusiasm, and frankly, your craziness.”

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Trackmania Nations Is Being Remade As A Live Service Game

Trackmania is returning with a remake of Trackmania Nations, the free-to-play sequel from 2006. The new game, announced during the Trackmania Grand League Finals in Lyon, France, will include a season campaign and will operate as a live service game, rotating which tracks are available each day.

The Trackmania series is built around wild track designs, with plenty of loops, corkscrews, and jumps, as well as the ability for players to create and distribute their own tracks. The Trackmania Nations remake will include new blocks and surfaces to build with.

Ubisoft has published an interview with Florent Castelnerac, the managing director at developer Ubisoft Nadeo, where he delves into the project further. He says that the series has lost some of its simplicity over time, and he would “like to combine depth, beauty, and lightness” for this new release. “I think it is what people expect from modernity: to be powerful yet simple,” he says.

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