August is convention mayhem, what with gamescom in Germany and PAX Prime about to start at the end of the month. So publishers are far too occupied with advertising their games to release any of them, though the end of the month would seem to be the start of the official holiday season. (It just gets longer and longer.)
For this first week of August, we've got Microsoft knocking on our door with Rare Replay, a fantastic collection of hits from Rare which I hope spurs the developer to create something awesome and original for modern times (eventually).
The following week stars the indie Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, a game that is still confusing even with the 2-minute launch trailer. Really, I think you'll just be walking through a suburban town with no one around and trying to escape before the collapse of the world.
The back half of the month is where the excitement is, though, with Shadowrun: Hong Kong (which earned $1.2 million on Kickstarter), the Cabin in the Woods-esque Until Dawn exclusive to PS4, the annualized release of Madden NFL 16, and the Ultimate Edition remaster of Gears of War which comes with all four original GoW titles too. And Devil's Third is finally arriving on Wii U… pretty much everywhere except for United States.
Aug 3 – Formula Fusion (PC)
Aug 4 – Galak-Z: The Dimensional (PS4)
Aug 4 – Broken Bots (PC)
Aug 4 – Submerged (PC) [Aug 7 on Xbox One]
Aug 4 – Fairy Fencer F (PC)
Aug 4 – Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight (3DS)
Aug 4 – Rare Replay (Xbox One)
Aug 4 – Princess Kaguya: Legend of the Moon Warrior (PC)
Aug 5 – Empyrion: Galactic Survival (PC)
Aug 5 – INK (PC)
Aug 7 – Close Order (PC)
Aug 8 – Bedlam (PC)
Aug 10 – the static speaks my name (PC)
Aug 10 – Gunnheim (PC)
Aug 11 – Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (PS4)
Aug 11 – XBLAZE: Lost Memories (PS3, Vita)
Aug 11 – Garfield Kart (3DS)
Aug 11 – Brave Tank Hero (3DS)
Aug 11 – Toy Soldiers: War Chest (PS4, XONE)
Aug 11 – Gauntlet: Slayer Edition (PS4)
Aug 11 – Goat Simulator (PS3, PS4)
Aug 11 – Neverwinter: Strongholds (PC)
Aug 11 – OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood (PC)
Aug 12 – Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (PS4, XONE)
Aug 12 – Hacknet (PC)
Aug 13 – Celestian Tales: Old North (PC)
Aug 14 – Prototype (PS4, XONE)
Aug 14 – Prototype 2 (PS4, XONE)
Aug 18 – Armikrog (PC)
Aug 18 – Volume (PC, PS4, Vita, Mac)
Aug 18 – Resident Evil 2: Revelations 2 (Vita)
Aug 18 – Dungeon Travelers 2: The Royal Library & the Monster Seal (Vita)
Aug 18 – Final Fantasy Type-0 HD (PC)
Aug 18 – Helldivers Super-Earth Ultimate Edition (PS4)
Aug 18 – Zombi (PS4, XONE, PC)
Aug 20 – Shadowrun: Hong Kong (PC)
Aug 20 – City Quest (PC)
Aug 20 – Pump-Action Captain (PC)
Aug 20 – RymdResa (PC)
Aug 21 – Risen 3: Titan Lords (PS4)
Aug 21 – Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings (PC)
Aug 21 – LBX: Little Battlers eXperience (3DS)
Aug 25 – Nova-111 (PC, PS4, Vita)
Aug 25 – Until Dawn (PS4)
Aug 25 – Steins;Gate (Vita)
Aug 25 – One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 (PS4, PC, PS3, Vita)
Aug 25 – Amnesia: Memories (PC, Vita)
Aug 25 – Dishonored: Definitive Edition (PS4, XONE)
Aug 25 – Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (XONE)
Aug 25 – Madden NFL 16 (PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360)
Aug 25 – Age of Survival (PC)
Aug 25 – Evoland 2 (PC)
Aug 25 – Ascendant (PS4)
Aug 27 – Ravenmark: Scourge of Estellion (PC)
Aug 28 – Devil's Third (Wii U, PC) [in UK]
Aug 28 – NOVA-111 (XONE)
