Best games you can play this week – swords and secrets

This week sees February coming to a dramatic close and March stepping into the limelight to showcase its plethora of great gaming releases, but before things get too overwhelming, there’s some massive titles worth your attention this week:

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

3 March 2017 (Switch)

Of course, there’s also a new console hitting the market this week, as Nintendo delivers its Switch system to hungry gamers, and with its launch is the release of its flagship title, the long-awaited current-gen Zelda game, Breath of the Wild.

The game is quite easily the largest and most ambitious game in the franchise to date, featuring new gameplay elements like changing weather patterns and scalable cliffs. There is also a wider array of weapons like spears and axes that Link has access to, along with the ability to pick up food to replenish health. Enemies also live in colonies rather than scattered randomly around Hyrule, and the game is compatible with several coming amiibo figurines.

Horizon: Zero Dawn

1 March 2017 (PS4)

Killzone developer Guerilla Games’ post-apocalyptic action-adventure game Horizon: Zero Dawn is looking to be something quite special. We’ve seen quite a bit since its E3 2015 reveal, with the gameplay and story looking sublime, but there’s obviously a lot more to the game to discover ourselves.

The game relies heavily on its hunting, stealth and combat mechanics in order to survive the harsh environments and giant robotic beasts that look something like Terminator dinosaurs. Horizon: Zero Dawn definitely has our attention.