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It's time for action with this week's new releases! Super TIME Force leads the way on Xbox One and Xbox 360, as Capybara introduces a new army of time-manipulators into a 2D run-and-gun formula. PC is getting an onslaught of games, led by Battleblock Theater, The Last Tinker: City of Colors, and Chronology. Borderlands 2 makes its debut on Vita and Mega May continues on 3DS.
The first full week of May is here to remind you that baseball season is in full swing when the long-awaited PlayStation 4 version of MLB 14: The Show takes the field on Tuesday. PC players will get Age of Mythology: Extended Edition, along with Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure, which should arrive without any further delay. There's also God of War Collection on Vita, Bound by Flame, Sportsfriends, and more!
April is ending with a bang, with several anticipated titles hitting most major platforms this week. Among the headliners are Ubisoft's gorgeous RPG Child of Light, the procedurally-generated horror game Daylight, the web-slinging Amazing Spider-Man 2, the handheld golf romp Mario Golf: World Tour, and the whimsical Kirby Triple Deluxe.
This upcoming week is filled with a smorgasbord of fine games coming to various platforms, whether it be Trials Fusion on PC, Octodad: Dadliest Catch on PS4, NES Remix 2 on Wii U, or The Walking Dead: Season Two on Vita. But let's face it, people. If anyone's followed this site and its community for any amount of time, you know that there's only one new release that matters. That's right. This is the week that Dark Souls II arrives on PC.
If you're playing Final Fantasy XIV on PS3, this is the week to finally move over to PS4, as Square Enix's MMO makes the jump to next-gen this Tuesday. If trying (and failing) to make daring motorcycle jumps is more your thing, Trials Fusion will ride in this week on consoles. PC players won't get it until next week, but they have plenty to choose from this week, with Wargame: Red Dragon, War of the Vikings, and Max: The Curse of Brotherhood among the many PC games set to arrive.
In the middle of the earth, in the land of the Shire, there's a brave little Hobbit whom we all admire! And on Tuesday, LEGO The Hobbit brings Bilbo's Lego-fied tale onto PC and most consoles. This week also sees the official release of the free-to-play Ghost Recon Phantoms on PC, while Bigby Wolf continues his investigation in the third episode of The Wolf Among Us. Kinect Sports Rivals brings next-gen sportiness to Xbox One, but if that isn't your cup of tea, you can launch yourself into space
New release Tuesday just happens to fall on April 1 this year, but this week's slate of games are no joke. The Major League Baseball season kicks off with MLB 14: The Show on PS3 and Vita, while the Dark Knight revisits his post-Arkham Origins adventure with Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate Deluxe. The week ends with the long-running Elder Scrolls series officially stepping into the MMORPG realm with The Elder Scrolls Online on PC.
Diablo III continues its story on PC this week with the long-awaited expansion Reaper of Souls finally arriving. Those not so much into the Diablo thing can pick up Mercenary Kings from Tribute Games. Console gamers will receive Fez on PlayStation platforms, while BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma will arrive on North American shores months after releasing overseas. And Vita owners will get a fresh free-to-play fix with Destiny of Spirits. All this and more, after the break!
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes will sneak in next week, then blow the gates wide open to release a militia of new games including inFamous: Second Son, Deus Ex: The Fall's PC edition, dogfight 'em up Luftrausers, Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z, Men of War: Assault Squad 2, the HD remasters of Final Fantasy X and X-2, and loads more.
Oh, happy days! Next week will finally bring the launch on Dark Souls II, on consoles at least. We're also seeing the PC and Xbox One launch of Titanfall, Yoshi's New Island for 3DS, TowerFall Ascension on PC and PS4, and oh, some other pretties too.
