March 2026 Just Got Stacked — Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, Crimson Desert, Saros and 007 All Line Up

March 2026 is shaping up to be much busier than it first looked: several major releases are now clustered in the month, plus a few nearby launches in February that feed into the same window.

1. March 2026 lineup
2. February nearby releases
3. Recent announcements that filled the calendar
4. Why the February–March window fills up
5. What to watch next

March 2026 lineup

Here are the major titles already scheduled around March 2026. Dates are the publishers’ announced release dates.

• Resident Evil Requiem — Feb. 27, 2026 (launches the week before March)
• Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection — March 13, 2026
• Crimson Desert — March 19, 2026
• Saros — March 20, 2026
• 007 First Light — March 27, 2026

February nearby releases

Certain February releases are close enough to the March window that they affect player attention and sales that month.

PlayStation announced a Feb. 5, 2026 release date for a remaster of the original Deus Ex. Also scheduled for a packed week in early February are:

• Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined
• Nioh 3
• Mario Tennis Fever
• Yakuza Kiwami 3
• High on Life 2

Recent announcements that filled the calendar

Several events and streams in late 2025 added dates to the calendar.

On Sept. 24, PlayStation used its State of Play livestream to give release dates for Housemarque’s Saros and Pearl Abyss’ Crimson Desert.

During the Sept. 25 Tokyo Game Show broadcast, Xbox Game Studios revealed Forza Horizon 6. According to an Xbox Wire blog post, developer Playground Games plans to share more details in “early 2026.”

Why the February–March window fills up

There are two main, factual reasons industry observers point to.

Pandemic-driven schedule shifts

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted many development timelines, causing delays and shifts in release schedules. As projects returned to more regular cycles, several releases concentrated in late winter. For example, February 2022 included back-to-back major releases such as Horizon Forbidden West and Elden Ring, as noted in reporting at the time; see this Kotaku story.

Similar clusters appeared in February 2023 and March 2024. More recently, February 2025 was also heavy on releases; a summary is available in another Kotaku article. For background on pandemic-related delays, see reporting on development impacts from the period, such as Bloomberg’s coverage.

Fiscal-year timing

Many major video game publishers close their fiscal years at the end of March. Consequently, publishers sometimes time releases late in the fiscal year because opening-week sales count toward that year’s results. For example, investor and financial pages for several companies show fiscal calendars and reports: Bandai Namco, Capcom, Nintendo, PlayStation financial coverage, Square Enix, and Take-Two Interactive.

What to watch next

Industry watchers are also keeping an eye on Grand Theft Auto 6, which has been reported to have a May 26, 2026 release date. Bloomberg has covered how that title affected other publishers’ plans; see their report for details: Bloomberg on GTA 6’s calendar impact.

Finally, as developers and publishers finalize plans, more dates could appear. For example, Playground Games said it would share further details about Forza Horizon 6 in early 2026 via the previously cited Xbox Wire post.