Listed here are among the big video games popping out this month:
Top 11 Games Releasing in August 2016
What do you want ahead to enjoying? Did we miss something? Tell us within the feedback.Word: Solely video games with particular dates are listed under. Some video games are introduced in August, however, haven’t any agency launch date.
AUGUST 2:
Abzu, (PlayStation 4 and Windows PC) — In our feature on the game, Matt Nava explains his and developer Large Squid’s fascination with the ocean and the way it has impressed Abzu. “You go there and you’ve got this virtually spiritual experience, this transformative, lovely experience. On the similar time, it’s extraordinarily horrifying and adventurous. There are such a lot of completely different sorts of feelings collectively. Serenity and journey. That was one thing we needed to seize.”
Batman: The Telltale Series, (Android, iOS, Mac, PlayStation three, PlayStation 4, windows PC, Xbox 360 and Xbox One) — “The complicated life and fractured psyche of Bruce Wayne has lent itself to changing into a daring evolution of the signature ‘Telltale’ role-playing expertise,” Telltale Video games co-founder Kevin Bruner said in a statement. Together with the debut trailer, Telltale has introduced that voice actor Troy Baker shall be donning the cowl for the Bruce Wayne/Batman function.
AUGUST 3:
Mobius Final Fantasy, (Android and iOS) — In a gameplay presentation on the game, longtime Last Fantasy sequence producer Yoshinori Kitase shared his ideas on bringing the sequence to smartphones and tablets. “A brand new period of gaming is right here, we’re crafting a full-scale, high-quality RPG world the likes of which has by no means been seen on smartphones and tablets. That is the top product of longtime Last Fantasy creators bringing the sequence to cellular — and issues won’t ever be the identical.”
AUGUST 9:
No Man’s Sky, (PlayStation 4 and windows PC) — Whats up game’s non secular successor toSpore is tough to explain so we’ll let the game’s creator Sean Murray give it a shot. No Man’s Sky’s lore was developed with help from a Star Trek and Watchmen writer, Dave Gibbons. The PC model of the game shall be launched three days later on August 12. Cross your fingers it is not delayed once more.
AUGUST 16:
Bound, (PlayStation 4) — Michal Staniszewski, recreation director at Bound developer Plastic, described the undertaking as a “notgame […] which can be a recreation.” It is a 3D platformer starring a ballerina, and it is designed with a deal with narrative to inform a “mature story.” The artwork home undertaking has a visible model to match, with environments impressed by fashionable artwork. “If you’re all in favour of artwork actions similar to Suprematism, Concretism, Neoplasticism, or what Bauhaus has delivered, then you’re going to love the world that we’ve got created,” stated Staniszewski. For extra on Bound, take a look at the trailer.
Grow Up (PlayStation 4, Home windows PC and Xbox One) — Grow Up is the sequel to final 12 months’s Develop Dwelling, Ubisoft Reflections’ robot-starring platformer. The trailer marks the return of B.U.D., the tiny climbing robotic who starred in Develop Dwelling, and this time, he is heading to the moon. B.U.D. is trying to find M.O.M., the spaceship that took care of him within the final recreation.
AUGUST 19:
Metroid Prime: Federation Drive, (Nintendo 3DS) — Federation Drive is the upcoming Metroid spin-off from Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon developer, Subsequent Stage Video games. It is usually Nintendo’s reminder to followers that there hasn’t been a terrific Metroid recreation in virtually a decade. The game will function each single-player and cooperative components and have gamers take management of a Galactic Federation marine, moderately than sequence protagonist Samus Aran. The demo is out now and right here you possibly can watch 15 minutes of gameplay.
AUGUST 22:
Obduction, (Mac and windows PC) — The kickstarted non secular successor to Mystconsists of members of the Myst and Riven growth groups. This is the official description of its story, straight from Cyan:
You have been kidnapped out of your cozy existence and added into an alien panorama with a stereotypical, Kansas farmhouse with a white picket fence. However the farmhouse is simply the primary constructing in a moderately weird little city that borders the highway — curious buildings that beg questions moderately than present solutions. And including to the curiosity, you encounter a wierd, unusual kiosk that reassuredly welcomes you to “Hunrath”.
AUGUST 23:
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, (PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Home windows PC) — The Sq. Enix stealth action-adventure continues the story of Adam Jensen and his function in combatting the rise of worldwide terrorism within the aftermath of the occasions within the earlier recreation, Human Revolution. In our preview, Eidos Montreal in contrast their Deus Ex titles to the primary three Star Wars movies — and, accordingly, advised that the studio will ultimately make a 3rd entry within the sequence. game designer Antoine Thisdale informed Polygon that Mankind Divided is “a little bit of The Empire Strikes Again” of the sequence. Thisdale continued with the dark-middle-chapter analogy, saying that Mankind Divided is “not meant to be a fairly, comfortable recreation.” Yow will discover out extra in regards to the recreation by studying our in-depth feature and watching eight minutes of gameplay.
AUGUST 30:
Attack on Titan, (PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, windows PC and Xbox One) — Dynasty Warriors developer Omega Drive takes on the darkish, post-apocalyptic manga/anime Assault on Titan with their well-liked beat-em-up formulation. Try 20 minutes of gameplay and our E3 2016 interview with Koei Tecmo CEO president Hisashi Koinuma.
World of Warcraft: Legion (Mac and windows PC) — The latest World of Warcraft growth will see the return of an old villain who is probably not on the facet you may count on. Together with that, the growth will carry a huge visual upgrade with vastly elevated draw distance.