With 15 new Xbox games launching next week, including the console release of Valheim, WWE 2K23, Anno 1800 Console Edition, and GOTY contender Peppa Pig: World Adventures, hopefully there’s room in the backlog.
Xbox kicks off a strong week for all Game Pass subscribers with the console release of Valheim on March 14th. For games added to the service, see the Games added to Game Pass article. Ubisoft’s Anno 1800 Console Edition will be released on March 16th, and he’ll be free to play for a week after release. Finally, on March 17th, Peppa Pig: World Adventures is coming. It will be a contender for the Game of the Year award in December and WWE 2K23, 2K Games’ wrestling title of the year.
March 14th
Valheim — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
Valheim is a brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players set in a procedurally generated world inspired by Norse mythology. Craft powerful weapons, build longhouses, defeat mighty enemies and prove yourself to Odin!
Explore the tenth world
Explore a world shrouded in mystery. Discover unique environments, with unique enemies to fight, resources to collect, and secrets to uncover! Fight monsters.
Build Mighty Hall
Build a Viking longhouse and build a base free from danger. Customize the interior and exterior of your building with our detailed building system. Build tiers to upgrade, expand and defend your base.
COLLECT, CREATE, SURVIVE
Gather materials, craft weapons, armor, tools, ships, and armor as you struggle to survive.decorate you
Forest Cathedral — Xbox Series X|S
The Wreck — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
This 3D visual novel follows failed screenwriter Junon as he tries to get through the most important day of his life. Relive the past, change the present, embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story may end in disaster.
Bernal Edge — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
Vernal Edge is a 2D action-packed Metroidvania featuring an intense combat system, tight platforming sequences and a strong story of rivalry, revenge and growth.
March 15th
BigChick — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
Luckily, Big Chick is here to help! Use poultry magic to summon new parcels of land from the depths of the ocean, and use your micromanagement skills to bring people to the safe haven of the sacred Big Burn. lead to
Sinking Islands Adventure Features:
・Cute and lovely chicken
Awkward (and cute anyway) foxes and other predators
Desperate gameplay
Kung Fury: Street Rage – ULTIMATE EDITION — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
* Never-ending arcade-style beat ’em up Nazi battles
* PRO TIPS FROM HACKERMAN IN HACKADEMY PRACTICE MODE
* Single player story campaign
* 2 player COOP story campaign
* Hasselhoff as a playable character
* 5 heroes with unique ultimate powers
Tricky Thief — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
Get ready for a sneak spin on tile-based sliding puzzles as you navigate the brain-teasing rooms of Tricky Thief!
Embrace the walls of each room to collect coins while outsmarting security guards as they take on the role of a slippery robber and patrol dozens of top-down single-screen stages presented in an engaging minimalistic 3D style.
Can you find the most efficient way to handle each situation and become a master thief?
Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
A bold and beautiful hack-and-slash ARPG with no class restrictions and satisfying brutal combat. Carve a bloody path through a dark fantasy world in an epic story campaign, pave the way to a truly dynamic endgame, master skills, and become Ascended.
March 16th
Anno 1800 Console Edition — Xbox Series X|S
Protect Luke — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
Deploy heroes to outwit your enemies!
Enjoy more tactics than your average TD game while battling waves of enemies.
Turn the tables on the invaders with the help of devastating spells! Overcome the odds and outsmart your opponents.
Build and upgrade towers to survive the onslaught!
You’ll need to harness more than your hero’s wit and prowess to survive! Towers and upgrades must be carefully placed to ensure victory.
Set up traps and barricades to protect your castle!
Use these wisely to funnel and confuse intruders. Wreak havoc on their ranks and bring down their carefully manicured formations!
Become a champion to save the kingdom!
Do you have what it takes to save the land? Jump right in and enjoy procedurally generated roguelike turn-based battles! Every battle you’ve fought is unique.
My Little Prince — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
A jigsaw puzzle game to remember a beloved classic story. Includes illustrations drawn by Katia Numakura, inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s “The Little Prince” and RPGs.
March 17th
Alterity Experience—Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
ALTERITY EXPERIENCE is a locked room adventure game played from a first-person perspective. The action will take place in what is now Lucy County, Northern California, known for an unexplained phenomenon. Many local farmers have found their farms covered in a mysterious purple substance.
Then I face the same phenomenon. For a while, your neighbors claim to have seen them not far from your home. Your responsiveness and home automation applications are the only weapons you have. Objects of unknown origin can be key to survival. Still, it’s hidden somewhere in your house.
Backbeat—Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
A truly creative strategic puzzle game. He manipulates four threads of time to lead the band into a dangerous predicament. Manage your squad’s resources to maximize your score. Experience an homage to 1990s ensemble drama. Customize your music with audio effects pedals.
Peppa Pig: World Adventures — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
Play in the bigger, wider world of Peppa Pig and bring your family into the story! Make pizza in Italy, walk down Hollywood Boulevard, climb the Eiffel Tower or take a world tour. Create your own unique and dazzling family home and discover more characters, quests and fun than ever before!
WWE 2K23 — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
2K Showcase: Interactive Sports Documentary
Play key moments and toughest opponents from John Cena’s 20-year WWE career. And take on the role of each of the greatest marquee opponents in WWE history as you look to defeat Mr. Hustle, Loyalty and Respect in the franchise’s first ever game.
it’s a wargame
The action-packed fan-favorite WarGames debuts at WWE 2K23, delivering heart-pounding 3v3 and 4v4 multiplayer mayhem within two side-by-side rings surrounded by double steel cages!
your show, your choice
Use MyGM to direct weekly shows and compete with rival General Managers for brand supremacy. Now with more GMs to choose from, additional show options, multiple seasons, expanded match cards, and match types for up to 4 players.
Let us know in the comments which of these you plan to pick up.