Tuesdays at noon PST (GMT-8) on the High Noon with Hollywood Polo show and here we’re going to briefly summarize and cover the week’s new game releases, courtesy of Metacritic. Here’s this week’s releases running from Monday 3/4/2024 to Sunday 3/10/2024:
The Thaumaturge
The Thaumaturge is a story-driven RPG with morally ambiguous choices, taking place in the culturally diverse world of early 20th century Warsaw. In this world, salutors exist: esoteric beings that only thaumaturges can truly perceive and use for their needs.
The Thaumaturge on Steam (steampowered.com)
Available March 4 on PC
TBD: XBOX, PS5
Single Player
Steam Cloud
Works with controller
Interest Level: 3 out of 10
Plan to buy at launch: No
Wishlist: No
Classified France ’44 ($34.99 @ Steam)
Command an elite team of allied special operators in Nazi-occupied France wreaking havoc in the run up to D-Day in this ambitious turn-based tactics game. Take on the might of Germany’s war machine and launch daring raids in occupied territory. Can you do enough to ensure Allied victory?
Pre-purchase Classified: France ’44 on Steam (steampowered.com)
Available March 5 on PC, PS5, XBOX
Single Player
Interest level: 1/10
Plan to buy at launch: No
Wishlist: No
Expeditions: A MudRunner Game ($39.99 @ Steam)
Embark on scientific expeditions with this new off-road adventure from the creators of MudRunner and SnowRunner. Lead research missions as you drive a variety of all-terrain vehicles, using high-tech tools and managing your camp and crew to ensure your success in the wild.
Pre-purchase Expeditions: A MudRunner Game on Steam (steampowered.com)
Available March 5 on PC, PS5, XBOX
Single Player
Steam Achievements
Interest level: 6/10
Plan to buy at launch: No
Wishlist: Yes
The Outlast Trials ($29.99 @ Steam)
Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?
The Outlast Trials on Steam (steampowered.com)
Available March 5 on PC, PS4/5, XBOX, XBOX ONE
Single Player
Online Co-op
Steam Achievements
Interest level: 3/10
Plan to buy at launch: No
Wishlist: Maybe
WWE 2K24 ($59.99 @ Steam)
Experience a gripping retelling of WrestleMania’s greatest moments in 2K Showcase of the Immortals in WWE 2K24, where you can relive a collection of some of the most unforgettable, career-defining matches.
Pre-purchase WWE 2K24 on Steam (steampowered.com)
Available March 5 (Deluxe edition only: $99.99 – $119.99 USD) on PC, PS4/5, XBOX, XBOX ONE
March 8 release standard edition
Single Player
Online PVP
Shared/Split-Screen PVP
Online Co-op
Shared/Split-Screen Co-op
Steam Achievements
In-App Purchases
Remote Play Together
Interest level: 5/10
Plan to buy at launch: No
Wishlist: Maybe
REVEIL ($17.99 @ Steam)
REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.
REVEIL on Steam (steampowered.com)
Available March 6 on PC, PS4/5, XBOX, XBOX ONE
Single Player
Steam Achievements
Interest level: 2/10
Plan to buy at launch: No
Wishlist: No
As Dusk Falls (PlayStation 4/5 Release)
Explore the entangled lives of two families across thirty years in an original interactive drama from INTERIOR/NIGHT. Starting in 1998 with a robbery-gone-wrong, the character’s lives depend on the choices you make.
As Dusk Falls on Steam (steampowered.com)
Available March 7 on PS4/5 – has already been on Steam since July 19, 2012