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What Games To Consider (March 25th – March 29th)

Welcome to We Got This Covered’s gaming couch. Come in, sit down and relax as we take you through the video game releases clogging up the calendar over the next seven days. It’s a beautiful tragedy being a gamer these days, as I’m sure you, like me, have run into the old choose-between-this-and-this predicament when scouting for games.

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March 26th:
–      Bioshock Infinite (Multi-Platform: PC, Xbox 360, PS3)
–      Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin (PC, Xbox 360)*
*This game will be released in Europe on March 27th.
–      Slender: The Arrival (PC)*
*This game will be released on MAC at a later date.

March 28th:
–      Dungeon Hearts (PC, Mac, iPad)

The Lowdown:

Ah, the wonderful domain of PC gaming. Famed for its sprawling RPGs, the platform also offers many other excitable titles with each passing week.

Let’s cast our eyes over this week’s exclusive PC games. On Tuesday we have the fifth expansion pack for Final Fantasy XI, entitled Seekers of Aldouin. It’s funny that a franchise called Final Fantasy is rather infamous for being an extensive, platform spanning series, isn’t it?Regardless, the Japanese RPG is one of my favourites and the latest game – published and developed by Square Enix – will continue to explore the metropolis of Aldouin set within the world of Vana’ Diel – I see the franchise is maintaining its characteristic hard-to-pronounce names, heck it wouldn’t be Final Fantasy without them.

What’s new for MMO, I hear you ask? Well, as it turns out, quite a bit. The developers have integrated some fresh jobs into the gameplay, namely Geomancer and Rune Fencer, along with new missions and a whole host of nasty enemies. Keep in mind, this is an expansion pack and you’ll require the original Final Fantasy XI in order to play. Though the game is being released on March 26th in North America for both PC and Xbox 360, the servers won’t go live until March 28th.

Stepping out of the fantastical realm of JRPG, Tuesday will also mark the release of Slender: The Arrival on PC. The developers at Blue Isle Studios have penned this as a continuation in the Slender: Eight Pages collection and it looks to bode the same eerie aesthetic the franchise is loved for: brilliant first-person thrills. The game looks to set players on a freshly laid narrative path with a brand new story set within the beloved dark forest milieu. Though the developer is considering a multi-platform release down the line, PC gamers can pick this game up first on the 26th via online download. Promising pure, unadultered fear, the question remains; will you be able to play without the light on?

Price Breakdown based on RRP’s in US & UK:

Bioshock Infinite – $59.99 (£29.99)
Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin – $29.99 (£17.99)
Slender: The Arrival – $10
*No word on a price for Dungeon Hunters at this time.

Star Recommendation: Bioshock Infinite
Worth Checking Out (if you dare): Slender: The Arrival

Our final platform is the Wii U…