New games releasing this week: March 27 – April 2

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Dark Souls comes to an end at last, MLB The Show makes its yearly appearance, and Rain World makes a bid for indie of the week-slash-year.

The Q1 barrage has paused slightly, perhaps to take a breath at the end of a very busy three months, but there’s still a lot to take in this week. Top of our priorities list around here is The Ringed City, the final DLC for Dark Souls 3 – and for the series overall. In equal first, there’s a new story chapter of Final Fantasy 15, focused on Gladio, and of course the huge Destiny content update to take us right through to sequel hype.

Elsewhere in triple-A, look for the latest MLB The Show release in North America, as well as yet another compilation re-release of the Kingdom Hearts series everywhere Square Enix thinks it can convince you to buy these games again.

The indie scene is bursting with treasures this week. The long-awaited Rain World drops, as does Rob Gilbert’s Thimbleweed Park. Sumo’s Snake Pass makes its way to almost everything, including Switch, and Vikings – Wolves of Midgard is here at last.

Souls-alike Salt & Sanctuary hits Vita, a great platform for it, and Punch Club finally comes to PS4.

There’s also a new episode of Telltale’s The Walking Dead: A New Frontier and, for some reason, a PS4 port of APB: Reloaded, the project that will apparently never die.

Monday, March 27
Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Volume 2 (PS2 Classic)

Tuesday, March 28
Dark Souls 3: The Ringed City DLC (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Final Fantasy 15: Episode Gladio DLC
(PS4, Xbox One)
Destiny: Rise of Iron – Age of Triumph content update (PS4, Xbox One)
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix (PS4)
MLB The Show 17 (PS4)
Rain World (Mac, PC, PS4)
Salt and Sanctuary (Vita)
Vikings – Wolves of Midgard (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier – Episode 3 Above the Law (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Anoxemia (PS4)
Ballistic Overkill (PC)
Fated: The Silent Oath (PSVR)
Has Been Heroes (PC, PS4, Switch)
Heroes of the Monkey Tavern (PS4)
Horse Racing 2016 (PS4)
Korix (PSVR)
Narcosis (PC, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift)
Nightmares from the Deep 2: The Siren’s Call (PS4)
Old Time Hockey (PC, PS4)
R.B.I. Baseball 17 (PS4)
We Are The Dwarves (PS4)

Wednesday, March 29
Snake Pass (PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One)
Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Special Edition (PS2 Classic)

Thursday, March 30
Thimbleweed Park (Linux, Mac, PC, Xbox One)
Wonder Boy Returns (PS4)

Friday, March March 31
APB: Reloaded (PS4)
Punch Club (PS4)
SkyKeepers (PS4)