August has arrived. Meaning a recent new calendar of sport releases, from large AAA titles to potential new indie darlings.
This month packs not one however two Star Wars video games, a brand new entry within the Mana sequence, the beginning of a brand new World of Warcraft saga, and way more.
Listed here are the video games we hope you’ll get pleasure from this month.
Thank Goodness You’re Right here – August 1
Play it on: PS5, PS4, Swap, Home windows, macOS
Thank Goodness You’re Right here, from the builders behind the immediately meme-able Untitled Goose Sport, payments itself as a “comedy slapformer” set in England. You play as a touring salesman making his approach by means of an exceedingly unusual city as you navigate a wide range of platforming challenges.
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter – August 1
Play it on: PS5, PS4, Xbox Sequence X/S, Swap, Home windows
There are bounties that want huntin’ within the Galaxy. On this remaster of the 2002 action-adventure sport, you’ll play as legendary Star Wars bounty hunter Jango Fett in his quest to search out a infamous Jedi.
The Mortuary Assistant: Definitive Version – August 2
Play it on: PS5, PS4, Xbox Sequence X/S, Swap, Home windows
Dissatisfied you didn’t get to appreciate your teenage fantasy of turning into a mortician? No worries, Mortuary Assistant: Definitive Version enables you to reside out your goals of cataloging lifeless our bodies and, uh, surviving untold horrors like our bodies rising from tables and creepy shadow women crawling out of mirrors. They train you all about such issues in mortuary faculty, I’m instructed.
World of Goo 2 – August 2
Play it on: Swap, Home windows, macOS, Linux
2008’s gooey puzzle sport World of Goo is lastly getting a sequel! Arriving on Swap, Home windows, macOS, and Linux, the follow-up to the acclaimed puzzler was developed by the identical staff as the unique.
Creatures of Ava – August 7
Play it on: Xbox Sequence X/S, Home windows
11 bit studios’ Creatures of Ava duties you with preserving life on an alien planet within the face of a rampant an infection that’s destroying the native ecosystem. In the event you’ve been on the lookout for a sport that challenges you with saving wildlife as an alternative of ravaging it, it may be value checking this one out when it arrives on August 7, 2024.
Cat Quest 3 – August 8
Play it on: PS5, PS4, Xbox Sequence X/S, Swap, Home windows
The Purribean calls! It’s as soon as once more time to imagine the function of the cutest little pirate ever when Cat Quest 3 arrives on August 8.
Steamworld Heist 2 – August 8
Play it on: PS5, PS4, Xbox Sequence X/S, Swap, Home windows
Steamworld Heist 2 is a side-scrolling, turn-based technique sport wherein you’re tasked with lining up the right shot in your foes each instantly and through intelligent ricochet trick photographs. It’s additionally obtained an entire “what if pirates however robots” vibe occurring that’s fairly neat-looking.
The Crush Home – August 9
Play it on: Home windows
The Crush Home has you producing a Nineties-style actuality TV present. You’ll should movie {couples} doing all method of…nicely, fascinating if not disturbing issues, like saying they want somebody may “glue our mouths collectively in our sleep.” This one actually appears a bit of odd. Hopefully in a great way although?
Sam & Max: The Satan’s Playhouse (Remastered) – August 14
Play it on: PS5, Home windows
If the sight of Sam and Max doesn’t fill you with pleasure…perhaps you must get a brand new therapist. The loveable duo of freelance police return in a remaster of The Satan’s Playhouse out there for PS5 and Home windows.
Black Fable: Wukong – August 20
Play it on: PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S, Home windows
How is Black Fable not out but? Initially revealed in 2020, this motion role-playing sport appears to be like set to ship visceral fight towards wild-looking (and generally gross) enemies.
Dustborn – August 20
Play it on: PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S, Home windows
Dustborn imagines what it’s wish to attempt to traverse towards a harmful panorama corrupted by inaccurate misinformation that’s tearing folks aside. A story-heavy single-player expertise, characters struggle through the use of literal phrases as their weapons in an effort to outlive the brutal panorama of an alternate-history America.
World of Warcraft: The Battle Inside – August 22
Play it on: Home windows
One of many longest-running and most celebrated MMOs of all time grows bigger nonetheless with World of Warcraft: The Battle Inside. This newest enlargement kicks off a brand new narrative arc as the primary of a trilogy of expansions. It arrives on August 22, 2024.
Harmony – August 23
Play it on: PS5, Home windows
Harmony is a aggressive hero shooter launching on PlayStation 5 and PC on August 23. Neat!
Gundam Breaker 4 – August 28
Play it on: PS5, Swap, Home windows
Arriving on August 29, Gundam Breaker 4 enables you to struggle with and spec out your personal Gunpla ranging from greater than 250 base kits, with the chance to combine and match elements throughout totally different fashions.
Visions of Mana – August 29
Play it on: PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S, Home windows
Arriving on August 29, 2024, Visions of Mana is a gorgeous-looking motion RPG and a model new chapter within the beloved Mana sequence. The story follows Val and his childhood pal Hinna as they got down to discover the Mana Tree.
Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Membership – August 29
Play it on: Swap
A brand new entry within the Famicom Detective Membership visible novel sequence, Emio — The Smiling Man is a homicide thriller concerning the cryptic return of a paper-bag-masked killer who took the lives of younger women.
Monster Jam Showdown – August 29
Play it on: PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S, Swap, Home windows
It’s about effin’ Monster Vans! Monster Jam Showdown guarantees the thrills of off-road monster truck racing throughout a wide range of modes.
Star Wars Outlaws – August 30
Play it on: PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S, Home windows
Aiming to be the following epic Star Wars journey in online game type, Outlaws guarantees a large open world of journey with scoundrel protagonist Kay Vess and her cute companion Nix as they attempt to make ends meet by taking over illicit, harmful jobs in a world of scum and villainy. Outlaws releases for PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S and PC on August 30.
And that wraps up our record of video games to maintain an eye fixed out for in August, 2024.
