Welcome back to New Week, New Games, our little weekend feature that provides you with a little knowledge on next week’s games that will be releasing on Xbox One, Xbox Series S & X, Game Pass, Cloud and Windows 10 PC, between March 2nd and March 6th.
So, without further adieu, why not grab your favourite beverage and have a look at the games mentioned below. Hopefully you will find something that’s just right for you, in next week’s batch of newly released games just waiting to be grabbed and downloaded.
Marathon Deluxe Edition
Marathon – March 5
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Infil into the dark sci-fi world of Tau Ceti IV: A derelict colony rife with rival Runners, hostile UESC security forces, and hazardous environments. As you scavenge its zones for valuables with a crew or alone, tense moments of exploration break into fast-paced PvP combat where gunplay is responsive, time to kill is low, and preparation is rewarded. Exfil to advance your seasonal power, earn cosmetics for your achievements, and assemble stronger builds with your stolen loot. Then put your gear back on the line to seek even greater fortunes in your next run.
Planet of Lana II – March 5
Game Pass / Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
On Lana and Mui’s home planet, new technology brings progress but also stirs greed and imbalance. As different tribes adopt it in their own ways, tensions grow and the world’s harmony begins to shift. When those seeking power push too far, Lana and her little companion are pulled into a journey that reveals long-buried truths about their planet and about themselves. Journey across frozen peaks, deep oceans, and forgotten ruins in a hand-painted world where nature meets technology. With no spoken dialogue, characters express themselves through an alien language, letting the world, music, and your choices carry the story and inviting you to find its meaning for yourself.
Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered – Deluxe Edition
Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered – March 3
Return to the dark world of Nosgoth as you take control of both the vampire Kain and his betrayed lieutenant Raziel, two powerful entities bound by the conflict between free will and fate. Armed with legendary blades and supernatural abilities, battle through towering gothic spaces filled with enemies, puzzles, and long-buried secrets – where no victory comes without a cost. Experience a timeless dark fantasy reborn for a new generation.
Scott Pilgrim EX – March 3
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Scott Pilgrim EX is an action-adventure game where players can fight as Scott Pilgrim, Ramona Flowers and more as they battle through the fractured time and space of Toronto. The combat gameplay is driven by instinct and improvisation – a hectic ballet of fists and flair that rewards strategy, spontaneity, and a good bit of brawling chaos. String together stylish combos, experiment with wacky weapons and unleash over-the-top special attacks. Characters can be upgraded with special badges that enhance their stats and grant special bonuses. Players will explore a whole city of interconnected levels to meet old and new faces, complete quests, and discover hidden areas. Multiplayer co-op, local or online, lets up to four players join in on the action, making it a fun, dynamic experience.
Vampire Therapist – March 5
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Guide vampires through centuries of emotional baggage, decades of delusions and the odd bout of self-loathing with real cognitive behavioral therapy concepts and become a Vampire Therapist! Even vampires need a shoulder to cry on when a neck to bite just won’t do.
Alex the Rabbit is a classic, fun, and challenging 2D platformer. Join Alex, a brave rabbit, on an action-packed adventure through colorful and dangerous worlds. Your goal is to collect all the carrots scattered across the map, overcome obstacles and enemies, and find the Golden Carrot, located at the end of each level. The game features 20 carefully crafted levels, increasing the challenge with each level, as well as 4 epic boss battles that will test your skills and reflexes. If you enjoy retro-style platformers with classic gameplay and engaging progression, Alex the Rabbit is the perfect choice!
Cryptical Path – March 3
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
Cryptical Path is an action-packed roguelite where you control the dungeon. Step into the role of the Architect, the creator of the mysterious Hexium, and shape your own path while battling the vengeful souls trapped within your creation. Here, the power is yours. Choose, combine, and build rooms to transform the labyrinth every run. Craft unique strategies, personalize your journey, and explore thousands of possibilities in this innovative roguelite-builder, where you don’t rely on luck—you create the challenge.
Meowgic Mix – March 3
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Welcome to Meowgic Mix, an adorable pixel art puzzle where a floating cat on a living book must mix potions and deliver them to the correct cauldrons. There are 30 stages inside a magical academy, with challenges that require strategy, logic, and a good dose of feline cleverness.
Cozy and colorful city building puzzle where every move counts. By merging three matching tiles, you’ll gradually transform a humble settlement into a thriving metropolis—growing your world from adorable beginnings to awe-inspiring skylines. With no timers or pressure, you’re free to build, relax, and shape your town at your own pace.
Ultimate General: Civil War – March 3
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Xbox Play Anywhere
Fight in the American Civil War campaign (1861-1865) – from small engagements to massive battles that can last several days over hundreds of square miles of terrain. Based on your successes and reputation you might get access to more corps, divisions and brigades. Keep your soldiers alive and they will learn to fight better, turning from green rookies to crack veterans. The Officers rank up based on their units’ performance, but it’s war and they can be wounded or even get killed in action. There is a huge variety of Civil War weaponry from mass-produced Enfield pattern rifles to rare Whitworths. Use every opportunity to overthrow your enemy and win the battle.
Avenue Escape – March 4
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
Bring order to the urban chaos as you solve traffic jams in brainteasing puzzle action! Are you clever enough to clear the streets? Avenue Escape is a puzzle game that challenges you to direct traffic jams and safely move cars through busy cityscapes! Each of Avenue Escape’s 50 levels features a bustling scene packed with cars, pedestrians and traffic lights. It’s up to you to figure out the perfect sequence to move every vehicle to its destination.
Cubic Figures – March 4
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
Cubic Figures is a minimalistic puzzle game where you need to make up different figures from a number of given shaped blocks. Take the block, rotate if needed and put it into the outlined figure to fill it. Repeat until all the blocks will be revealed and the outline of the figure will be filled with shaped blocks. Take your time: there’s no need to hurry.
Discolored 2 – March 4
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
All the colors have gone missing from the world. While on a mission to bring them back you discover you are being hunted by those who would see the colors banished. Your only hope is a woman in red who may be holding the key to preventing the world from becoming discolored. Discolored 2 is a first-person puzzle horror filled with mystery and suspense. Taking place in a world where color is power, your task is to use your puzzle-solving skills to protect it from a sinister organization.
King Slime in Cashtle – March 4
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
King Slime in Cashtle is a precision 2D platformer where you play as the ruler of the slime kingdom on a very important mission: collect every last tax coin left behind in your own castle. Jump, dodge, and maneuver through dangerous castle biomes filled with traps, challenges, and tight platforming sequences.
Lantern Push – March 4
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Light the right path in Lantern Push, a charming puzzle game where you control a red panda pushing paper lanterns onto Magical Ember Seals scattered across the ground. When a lantern reaches a seal, magic happens: it lights up, floats gently, and marks another step toward the perfect solution.
Messy Up – March 4
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
Take on the role of cats and dogs and go wild, wreaking havoc at home! Each pet possesses unique abilities and skills, with various types of pets waiting for you to explore. When other pet companions are caught, you can go to rescue them. Either cause mayhem alone or collaborate with friends to create trouble for the owner. Up to three players can cooperate in dismantling the house. Play as either the owner or a pet, deciding whether to demolish or defend the furniture and lock up the mischievous pets.
Pixel Into the Galaxy – March 4
Come along on this adventure and help an explorer reach his destination. Run, jump, and dodge obstacles to reach your goal: Earth.
Aery – The King’s Messenger – March 5
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
You start in the middle of a colorful fantasy world right in front of a small village. You are a little bird that moves continuously forward and are free to fly wherever you want. After you have played around a little and enjoyed the sensation of flying you start to discover the nearby areas and hidden secrets. You fly towards a giant building with many decorations and lights on it. Once you come closer you see a bright shining memory shard right in front of you. The memory shards are hidden all over the different worlds and contain memories and information that the little bird requires to explore the world and rescue the king’s kingdom. You fly towards the shard and collect it. Once you have found a certain amount of memory shards you will be able to enter the next area and the story continues.
Beyond Words – March 5
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
From the creators of GoldenEye & TimeSplitters comes Beyond Words the genre-defining fusion of roguelike strategy and word-crafting. Build powerful combos, unlock upgrades, and master a challenge where victory is spelled one letter at a time. Build powerful word combos, unlock game-changing upgrades and journey through a living puzzle shaped by your decisions. Every choice, every letter, every placement matters.
Docked – March 5
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Docked is a realistic simulator where you operate heavy machinery, restore and develop the port’s infrastructure, and manage day-to-day operations to help your port expand and thrive. Pre-order Docked to unlock the Premium Reach Stacker vehicle, a sleek, modern upgrade you can switch to at any time. Enjoy a distinctive three-tone body color design, a boosted engine, quicker acceleration and braking, and a boom lift that’s 15% faster.
Extra Coin – March 5
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
They replaced the old world with a new one, a better one. As wars tore the globe apart and overpopulation pushed humanity to the brink, a lifeline emerged: The Arcade, a virtual world offering escape. In this digital utopia, everything is vibrant and shiny, everything runs smoothly… or so we’ve been led to believe. Mika never trusted The Arcade’s ads, but her parents did. Hoping for a better life, they left without an explanation. Now, she’s stepping into The Arcade to find them and uncover the truth behind its glossy facade.
Shrink Rooms – March 5
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Run! The room is collapsing! This is a box-pushing puzzle escape game set in a collapsing room. You’ll need to count your moves precisely, dodge bottomless pits and traps, use all kinds of mechanisms in the room, and push crates to solve puzzles—escape before the walls crush you into a puddle!
Slide Viking: Treasure’s Path – March 5
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
In Slide Viking: Treasure’s Path, you step into a charming Viking village filled with clever puzzles and personality. Controlling a fearless Viking, your mission is to push axes onto treasure chests, marking each one before claiming the hidden riches. With 30 levels of increasing difficulty, the game blends logic and strategy across compact boards full of pixel art details. Every move matters, as the Viking moves tile by tile, requiring careful planning to position the axes correctly without getting trapped in dead ends.
Veggie Warfare – Feast of Fury – March 5
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
The veggies have snapped! Blast through endless waves of enraged carrots, onions, and mutant tomatoes in this fast-paced rogue-like FPS. Collect upgrades, unlock new arenas, and survive the Feast of Fury — where dinner fights back!
A Winding Path – March 6
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
A Winding Path is a hand-drawn adventure game about finding the beauty of the world and enjoying the little things. Explore the atmosphere of ancient caverns, enchanting forests and busy settlements, help colorful characters, find the rain and unveil its magic. In a whimsical fantasy world, the rain has ceased to fall. The rivers are running low and the crops have withered. Seeking to uncover the elemental mystery, you find an enchanted lyre and set out on a magical journey to restore balance to the world.
Fortuna Magnus – March 6
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Amane, Tia, and Lill lived peacefully with their father, Kalius, until his sudden disappearance shattered their lives. Ten years later, the siblings search for answers and the truth behind their father’s fate. Fortuna Magus features strategic turn-based battles built around revelations and TP (Technical Points). Learn new spells and tandem attacks by meeting combat conditions, manage TP to unleash devastating special skills, and strengthen characters through element levels using magestones. Deep customization and rewarding progression await long after the story ends.
Jurassic Differences – March 6
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Get ready to travel back in time with Jurassic Differences, a spot the difference adventure packed with prehistoric thrills and visual surprises! Each level drops you into a vibrant dinosaur filled scene with two nearly identical images, but don’t be fooled. A missing horn, a shifted tail, or a subtle change in the jungle landscape is waiting to be uncovered. Whether you’re racing the clock in Challenge Mode or exploring at your own pace in Casual Mode, every puzzle delivers that satisfying “aha!” moment. With colourful prehistoric visuals, easy-to-learn controls, and a compelling “just one more level” feel, Jurassic Differences is the perfect game for puzzle lovers who enjoy sharp observation, playful details, and uncovering every hidden difference in a world ruled by dinosaurs.
Mirage 7 – March 6
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Mirage 7 is a dark fairytale, a third-person adventure with a unique blend of fantasy and sci-fi elements. Deep in an arid desert, a reconnaissance drone crashes from the sky. The explosion rocks a secret underground military base, and a mysterious “hybrid” is awoken within. In another time or another world, the young Nadira and her pet lizard Jiji begin their journey through desert sands to find the mysterious oasis of Jala. According to the legend, this is where they will find Taishma, the Lost Princess, hidden in the Moon Palace – only she can fulfill Nadira’s deepest wish, and bring her little sister back to life. Follow Nadira’s tale, as she journeys to reveal a secret that goes beyond her comprehension.
Monster Ramp Racing is not just another racing game—it’s an adrenaline-fueled ride that pushes your driving skills to the limit. Take the wheel of massive, customizable monster trucks, conquer giant ramps, perform epic jumps, and master endless climbing roads in the most thrilling off-road experience!
Nekomimi Days ~365 Days with You~ – March 6
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
On a rainy night, Yuto, a freelance illustrator, encounters a mysterious girl named Milk with cat ears in a back alley. After taking in the non-human girl, Yuto’s once-quiet daily life becomes lively and warm. Milk’s pure and innocent reactions to modern civilization gently heal Yuto’s heart. As they spend time together, the two gradually form a bond as if they were a true family. This is a heartwarming visual novel about the gentle connections that transcend species and background.
Order 13 – March 6
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Xbox Play Anywhere
You’re all alone working at a remote fulfillment center. Your only companion is your cat, a comforting presence in the vast, dark warehouse you are stationed in. Start each shift by reviewing incoming orders, as the demands increase, unlock deeper sections of the warehouse and uncover its unsettling secrets. But it’s not just your survival, your cat depends on you.
Risky Roads – March 6
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Running across the road is a very challenging task for a little chicken. Lots of very fast cars and unexpected obstacles. You need a good reaction to help this cute little guy. Don’t forget that he has friends and they also want to cross the road.
Sumerian Six – March 6
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Lead an unlikely team of commando scientists behind enemy lines to fight Nazis, uncover arcane mysteries, and wield experimental technology to turn the tide of WWII in this real-time tactical stealth adventure. Sumerian Six follows the Enigma Squad, a team of commandos composed of the world’s greatest scientists who combine their skills to conduct secret missions in their fight against the Third Reich. Together, you seek to thwart ex-member Hans Kammler’s nefarious plans involving a powerful, mystical substance named Geiststoff.
Trigger Path – March 6
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Trigger Path is a charming sokoban-style puzzle game where you play as a clever little knight solving tactical challenges by dragging bouncy enemies onto trap tiles. Get them all in place, the trap activates, defeats the enemies, and you move on to the next puzzle! It’s all about smart movement and satisfying setups. With clean controls, unlimited undo, and instant restarts, every level invites you to try, rethink, and improve, without pressure.
Set sail on a thrilling puzzle adventure where the seas are filled with hidden words and untold treasures. In Word Quest: Pirates, you’ll solve exciting word searches to unlock treasure chests, outsmart rival pirates, and uncover legendary loot. With each level, the challenge grows as you chart your way across mysterious islands and ancient maps. Do you have what it takes to become the ultimate pirate word master?
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