6 Biggest Game Releases In SA This Week

April is finally upon us this week, and with it comes not the biggest releases of the month, but ones worthy of some shout-outs nonetheless. Check out what’s in store this week, below:

Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin

2 April (Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 360, PS3, PC)

Dark Souls II, originally released in March last year on Xbox 360, PS3 and April for PC, is an updated version for the Xbox One and PS4 and includes the original game and its downloadable content campaigns.

This includes: Crown of the Sunken King, Crown of the Old Iron King, and Crown of the ivory King.

Scholar of the First Sin, also coming to the PC, boasts new enemy and item placements, updated graphics, audio, and performance, while the maximum amount of online players in single session is also set to be lifted.

Sims 4: Get to Work

4 April (PC)

Like the inevitability of death, there’s another thing in life we can be sure of: Sims expansions. And the Sims 4 gets professional this week with the release of Sims 4: Get to Work.

Get To Work brings three new active careers that offer fully playable career venues, which means you’ll get to go to work with your Sim. It also brings businesses to The Sims, so you can have your Sim set up their own bakery, clothing boutique, art gallery, bookstore and more.

Paperbound

31 March (PS4)

Coming to PS4, Paperbound is a local multiplayer 2D brawler which sees gamers enter the pages of old books to have battles.

There are 11 original characters taken from these books, as well as a cabal of playable characters popping in from other games.

Weapons include pencils, scissors, and ink bombs to take out your enemies and also features newly-added AI bots.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3D

2 April (3DS)

Coming to the New 3DS Xenoblade Chronicles 3D is a science fiction RPG which sees players defending their homeland from violent robotic creatures known as the Mechon.

Battle the invading army with six customisable characters in the vast open-world adventure, using a mix of strategy and real-time combat to down your foes.

The new port includes faster loading times, 3D viewing, Built-in amiibo support and Tokens to unlock music tracks from the game, which you can listen to even when you’ve closed your system.

Neverwinter

31 March (Xbox One)

Neverwinter, not part of the previous Neverwinter Nights series, bring the Dungeons & Dragons MMORPG experience to Xbox One this week.

Neverwinter promises to ‘create classic Dungeons & Dragons adventures’ along with a fully optimised player experience for the new-gen console.

The fast-paced action gameplay of Neverwinter has been mapped to the Xbox One controller, giving adventures the ability to move around the battlefield and cast powerful spells with ease.

Gamers will also be able use their Xbox One friends list to find and party up with others as they explore iconic locations of the Dungeons & Dragons universe.

Ride

2 April (Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 360, PS3, PC)

After a slight delay last month, petrol heads will finally get their hands on the two-wheel racing game, Ride, this week.

Promising all of the major metal from across four categories: Superbikes, Supersports, Naked and Historical Bikes, this is perhaps the game that could come closest to matching the promise that has been missing for motorcycling enthusiasts since 2006.