The gaming drought is nearly over, and August sees some potentially promising titles arrive, getting your gaming quota back on track.
We have Until Dawn, the highly anticipated PS4 exclusive that is said to be terrifying. Dishonored: Definitive Edition, RARE Replay and Gears of War: Ultimate Edition.
Here are the games of August:
Submerged – PS4, Xbox One
Submerged is a third-person combat-free game in which you explore a mysterious flooded city and discover the beauty of desolation in vast outdoor environments.
You take on the role of Miku, a young girl who has brought her wounded brother to the city in their small fishing boat.
Navigate the flooded city streets by boat, scale the drowned buildings and use your telescope to scour the city for the supplies needed to save your dying sibling.
As you explore the city at your own pace, you encounter the habitat that flourishes in this colorful place and discover hidden objects that piece together the story of a broken world and a broken family.
Releasing: 4 August, 2015
Goat Simulator – PS4, Xbox One
Goat Simulator is an open-ended third-person perspective game in which the player controls a goat. The player is free to explore the game’s world, a suburban setting, as a goat, and jump, run, bash things and generally lick objects.
Licking objects attaches the goat’s tongue to the object and lets the player drag the object around until they let go.
At any time, the player can let the goat drop into a ragdoll model, allowing the game’s physics to take over, and another mechanic makes the game run in slow-motion.
A number of environmental features allow the player to manipulate the goat into stunts such as bouncing off trampolines or launching the goat into the air through large fans.
It should really be called the shenanigan simulator.
Releasing: 11 August, 2015
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 – PS Vita
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 is a survival-horror game which supports cooperative gameplay on console platforms.
The game makes use of a number of stealth elements as only one of the players, as Claire Redfield, uses guns, a great asymmetrical twist.
In turn, the other player, playing as the vulnerable Moira, Barry Burton’s daughter, prefers to use weapons such as crowbars and bricks, or be used to find hidden items with a flashlight or special senses.
Releasing: 18 August, 2015
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture – PS4
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture will be based around six characters, each telling their own story, and each connected to landmarks in the world that evolve as the game progresses.
The game will take place in a village in Shropshire during the apocalypse and promises to make for an interesting experience.
Releasing: 11 August, 2015
Until Dawn – PS4
Eight friends trapped together on a remote mountain retreat, and they aren’t alone.
Gripped by dread, with tensions running high, they must fight through their fear if they all hope to make through the night in one piece.
For more on Until Dawn, you can check out our hands-on preview here.
Releasing: 25 August, 2015
RARE Replay – Xbox One
To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Rare brings together the adventures of its iconic characters in a collection that spans the decades.
From its earliest 2D classics to Xbox 360 triumphs, RARE Replay delivers a gaming treasure trove, that’s 30 games to be precise, for veteran players and newcomers alike.
Releasing: 4 August, 2015
Dishonored: Definitive Edition – PS4, Xbox One
Arkane Studios’ 2012 Game of the Year, Dishonored, and all of its additional content – Dunwall City Trials, The Knife of Dunwall, The Brigmore Witches and Void Walker’s Arsenal – comes to Xbox One and PS4 in Dishonored: Definitive Edition.
It’s essentially the PC release for consoles, which is easily the best version of the lot.
Releasing: 28 August, 2015
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition – Xbox One
Experience the game that launched one of the most celebrated sagas in entertainment with Gears of War: Ultimate Edition.
The shooter that defined the first generation of HD gaming has been painstakingly remastered in 1080P and modernized for Xbox One, and is packed full of new content including five campaign chapters never released on Xbox.
Releasing: 28 August, 2015
Disney Infinity 3.0 – PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360, 3DS, Wii U
Disney Infinity 3.0: Play Without Limits now welcomes Star Wars to the ever-growing collection of Marvel, Disney, and Disney-Pixar characters, stories and worlds.
Together, new heroes can join forces with characters from previous editions and embark on adventures as big as your imagination in the 3.0 Toy Box.
Disney Infinity encourages you to play your way, whether you explore open-world creation in the Toy Box or story-driven gameplay inside Play Sets.
Releasing: 28 August, 2015
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