Xbox 360 Games Slated for March 2008 Release

Wondering what games are expected to hit store shelves next month? Here is what you can expect for the month of March, assuming there are no delays.

Bully: Scholarship Edition – 03.03.08
Action – Rated Teen

Features (from Xbox.com) :

Bully comes to Xbox 360 in Bully: Scholarship Edition, the tale of mischievous 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he goes through the hilarity and awkwardness of adolescence at the fictional New England boarding school, Bullworth Academy. Beat the jocks at dodge ball, prank the preppies, save the nerds, kiss the girl, and ultimately navigate the social hierarchy in the worst school around.

Army of Two – 03.04.08
Action – Rated Mature

Features (from Xbox.com) :

ARMY OF TWO takes the buddy system to the next level. You are a soldier in a two-man squad, and all gameplay centers around two-man missions, two-man strategies, and the fact that two heads are sometimes better than one. Your two-man outfit is composed of ex-Army Rangers now working for a Private Military Corporation (PMC). And your task is to work hand in hand with your partner to form the deadliest Army of Two on the planet. Your teammate may be A.I., or transfer online and play live with a friend. When one man is not enough, it’s going to take an Army of Two to save us.

Major League Baseball 2K8 – 03.04.08
Sports – Rated Everyone

Features (from Xbox.com) :

Major League Baseball 2K8 returns to the diamond with the most complete MLB experience available on Xbox 360. Revolutionizing your control of the five tools in baseball are brand new pitching, fielding, and baserunning controls and a completely overhauled batting interface.

Featuring a totally unique trading card mode, robust Minor League system, all-new Signature Style animations for 2008, and more, Major League Baseball 2K8 brings a new level of fun to the virtual baseball world.

Condemned 2: Bloodshot – 03.11.08
FP Action – Rated Mature

Features (from Xbox.com) :

A year after a ruthless serial killer terrorized the city, renegade special agent Ethan Thomas has deteriorated into a disgraced, alcoholic pit of despair. Finding it difficult to tell reality from hallucination, he is one drink away from complete self-destruction. But the city needs him. For evil is again on the prowl. And now Ethan must fight both his own inner demons, and the real demons of darkness that threaten to consume us all in Condemned 2: Bloodshot.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 – 03.11.08
Sports – Rated Everyone

Features (from IGN.com) :

PES 2008 takes soccer to the next level. The game features a brand new intelligence system, called Teamvision, that adapts and reacts to players own gameplay styles to ensure that the computer controlled opponents are always challenging and forcing the player to think and chance their style of play to avoid being out-thought by the game. It learns counter attacks that target your weaknesses and looks to exploit any repetitive tactics players use.

Meanwhile in PES 2008 defenders react better to danger, closing down the ball and charging at shots and the goalkeepers will hold shots that are closer to them as well. Teammates make more intelligent runs into space and the close control has been sharpened to ensure quick and fluid passing and speedy attacks can be built.

SEGA Superstars Tennis – 03.18.08
Sports – Rated E10+

Features (from IGN.com) :

SEGA Superstars Tennis features classic SEGA characters – including Sonic the Hedgehog and Ulala from Space Channel 5 – plus some of the most unusual courts and outrageous settings ever imagined in a rousing match of tennis. Developed by Sumo Digital (the team behind the enjoyable Virtua Tennis 3), this title features a toal of 15 playable characters (and a host of SEGA icons cheering on from courtside), each with their own over-the-top tennis skills. Courts are SEGA-themed too, with Green Hill Zone and Samba de Amigo’s Carnival Park.

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 – 03.18.08
FPS – Rated Mature

Features (from Xbox.com) :

Return to Sin City in Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2, the sequel to IGN.com’s 2006 shooter of the year. This time, the stakes have been raised. It’s your chance to rescue America’s wildest city from an escalating terrorist siege. With massively expanded multiplayer, new seamless co-op, and customizable character creation, you have the tools to put an end to the terorist threat for good.

Dark Sector – 03.25.08
FPS – Rated Mature

Features (from Xbox.com) :

Created by acclaimed developer Digital Extremes, Dark Sector is a new and original third-person action-shooter designed exclusively for next-generation gaming. Dark Sector thrusts players into the role of Hayden Tenno, a covert operative sent on a dangerous mission into Lasria, an Eastern European city on the brink of ruin that hides a deadly Cold War secret. In the midst of this mission, Hayden is attacked by an unknown enemy and infected by the Technocyte Virus, a brutal bio-weapon that twists its victims into mindless killing machines. Surviving this attack, Hayden finds that the Technocyte virus has granted him powerful, inhuman abilities unlike anything he has ever seen. Now, he must evolve with his powers, survive and become a hero.

Universe at War: Earth Assault – 03.25.08
RTS – Rated Teen

Features (from Xbox.com) :

Powerful forces from across the universe have brought war to our planet. Now, in Universe at War: Earth Assault you must command different factions, each with their own powers and fighting units, and take to the battlefield to emerge victorious. The latest title from real-time strategy pioneers Petroglyph Games features unprecedented levels of customization, and the ability to take on opponents cross-platform. Control massive alien war machines, determine your own tech tree, and retrain units in the midst of battle to turn the tide. Wage war across familiar Earth cities and landmarks, in a persistent fully destructible world. Stay true to the cause, keep your eyes open, command your units, it’s Universe at War.

Viking: Battle for Asgard – 03.25.08
Action – Rated Mature

Features (from IGN.com) :

A fierce struggle is taking place within the realm of the Norse Gods. The Goddess Hel has been banished for defying Odin, Lord of Asgard. Angry at her fate, Hel has raised an army of undead warriors to enslave the mortal realm of Midgard, and then provoke Ragnarok – the apocalyptic battle that that will destroy Asgard and the Gods themselves. The task of stopping Hel and defending the future of mankind falls to Skarin, a promising but deeply flawed young warrior, ignorant of the true reason for his favour with the Gods…

Leave a bloody trail of dismembered foes as you master an involving and addictive combat style with destructive mythical powers and abilities. Explore vast and visually stunning open-world environments whilst slaying your enemies with a huge array of devastating and brutal combat moves. Tame mighty dragons and unleash their rain of fire, laying waste to the enemy hordes that stand in your way. Free enslaved warriors to wage war on Hel’s legion and lead them into huge, epic battles featuring colossal giants, powerful shaman, deadly assassins and Hel’s own champions. Here players can use Skarin’s emerging skills to help turn the tide of conflict with a timely murder or through the brutality of a visceral wave of slaughter.