Tyler’s Save File: March 2026

The month of good luck.

In many ways, March felt like a calm before the storm. It was a quiet time to catch up on everything from the start of the year and get ready for a busy release schedule over the next 60 days. It was also a hectic month with work, family, and travel; luckily, these games were excellent matches. Pick-up-and-play experiences, shorter campaigns, and scheduled multiplayer let me stay responsible while enjoying quick gaming sessions now and then.

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Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

Wikipedia Description: Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, also known simply as Fire Emblem, is a 2003 tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. It is the seventh installment in the Fire Emblem series, the second to be released for the platform after Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, and the first to be localized for international audiences.

The perfect game to wind down my day. Yes, it’s the first, and yes, it’s pretty straightforward, but I had a great time playing it. Losing units felt terrible, and it added some weight to an otherwise shallow story. I know Jon, and I have discussed the GBA at length, but man, what an excellent system. Strategy games have been calling to me this year, and this one just kept that fire blazing (HAH).

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Resident Evil Requiem

Wikipedia Description: Resident Evil Requiem is a 2026 survival horror game developed and published by Capcom. It is the ninth main Resident Evil game, following Resident Evil Village (2021). It features a new playable character, FBI analyst Grace Ashcroft, who investigates a series of mysterious deaths involving the survivors of the Raccoon City incident with the aid of federal agent and returning protagonist Leon S. Kennedy.

Requiem doesn’t cure my distaste for scary games, but it also doesn’t make me hate them more. I was genuinely surprised by how much I enjoyed the Grace sections of this game more than the action-packed Leon parts. This wasn’t the RE4 gameplay I expected, and I think it might be better because of it. While I probably won’t think much about the lore later, the overall atmosphere more than makes up for it.

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World of Warcraft: Midnight

Wikipedia Description: World of Warcraft: Midnight is the eleventh expansion pack for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft, following The War Within. It was announced in August 2025 and released on March 2, 2026. It acts as the second part of the Worldsoul Saga trilogy of expansions led by Chris Metzen.

I’ll be honest, I’m still processing my thoughts about this one. When you don’t really care about the current story arc, don’t understand the years of layered mechanics, don’t feel the same nostalgia as those who have been playing for 20 years… how can you jump in and still have fun with the boys? Yet I did. I did my first raid, had a gentle and loving teacher, and came out the other side not feeling like I had completely let the group down. I’m not entirely convinced they’re not just being nice to me, but it still feels good to be a part of the group.