Baldur’s Gate 3
Starting our selection is the highly anticipated Baldur’s Gate 3, developed by the creators of Divinity: Original Sin 2, Larian Studios. Set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, this story-rich, party-based RPG, choose from numerous classes and embark on a tale of friendship, betrayal, survival, and sacrifice. Baldur’s Gate 3 releases on August 3rd for PC, with a console port coming later in the year.
Gather your party and explore everything in the Forgotten Lands offline and online as a party of four.
What We Know About Baldur’s Gate 3
Continuing on from events in the first two games, Baldur’s Gate 3 takes right after the Descent into Avernus. After being taken captive by mind flayers and infected with parasites that will turn the player into a mind flayer. After a confrontation that allows you to escape the mind flayers, you search for a cure alongside a band of other infected individuals. Explore the Forgotten Lands with your party and either master your new mysterious abilities gifted by the parasite inside you or resist them. Alongside the pursuit of a cure, get entangled in a conflict between devils, deities, and sinister otherworldly forces.
Forged with the new Divinity 4.0 engine, Baldur’s Gate 3 gives you unprecedented freedom to explore, experiment, and interact with a thriving world filled with characters, dangers, and deceit. Choose from 12 classes and 11 races from the D&D Player’s Handbook and create your own identity, or play as an Origin hero with a hand-crafted background. Whoever you choose to be, adventure, loot, battle and romance your way across the Forgotten Realms and beyond. A grand, cinematic narrative awaits you in Baldur’s Gate 3, bringing you closer to your characters than ever before. From shadow-cursed forests to the magical caverns of the Underdark, to the sprawling city of Baldur’s Gate itself, your actions define the adventure, but your choices define your legacy. You will be remembered.
Atlas Fallen
Next, we have Deck 13’s upcoming action RPG, Atlas Fallen. Explore a new world from the creators of the original Lords of the Fallen and The Surge games. Unlike those games, Atlas Fallen is not a soulslike and will be more similar to games like Monster Hunter and Horizon: Zero Dawn. Explore the apocalyptic world of Atlas Fallen when it releases on August 10th for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X.
Hunt legendary monsters with powerful sand-infused weapons and abilities in spectacular, super-powered combat.
What We Know About Atlas Fallen
Step into the shoes of a nameless protagonist, whose goal is to rise up and fight against corrupted entities. Embark on a large and expansive adventure in Deck 13’s biggest game world they’ve ever created. Atlas Fallen‘s world is split into multiple open areas. Players will be exploring castles, forests, mountain ranges, caves and much more. Atlas Fallen focuses on speed and style, the combat specifically focuses on combining your abilities and fast attacks with combos, aerial attacks, dodges, parries etc. Three weapon classes are available in the game, with a large gauntlet, a battle axe, and a whip-like sword, of which you’ll be able to have two equipped at any given time.
With traversal being one of Atlas Fallen’s key gameplay pillars, the world has been designed with more open areas to explore. These areas offer hours of content with challenging optional activities to pursue. In Atlas Fallen, choices and consequences are present but not an important part of the game. Make certain choices via dialogue options that can lead to major consequences in the future like a character’s fate. While Atlas Fallen will primarily be a single-player experience, the entire game is playable with another player in co-op.
Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
If you are a fan of musicals then our next pick is for you with Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical developed by Summerfall Studios. Play in a world where greek gods live in hiding among us. Change your character’s fate as you draw friends, foes, and lovers into songs using your musical abilities. Step into the spotlight when Stray Gods: The Roleplayung Musical releases on August 10th for Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
Gods. Romance. Murder. Musical Numbers?!
What We Know About Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
In this godly musical tale, play as Grace, a college dropout given the power of a muse. Accused of the previous muse’s murder, Grace must prove her innocence and discover the truth behind the last muse’s death. Decide who Grace allies with, trusts, and who to betray in this beautifully hand-illustrated roleplaying musical. Written by David Gaider (Dragon Age), Stray Gods is described as an urban fantasy tale of finding your place, taking charge of your fate, and discovering answers. The choices you make in the story will change the outcome of the ending, as well as the path you take to get there.
Build friendships with mortals and Gods alike. Stoke the fires of romance if you so choose to explore, pursue, and confess your love with four potential paramours. Play through fully interactive musical numbers composed by Grammy-nominated composer Austin Wintory, Tripod (musicians Scott Edgar, Steven Gates, and Simon Hall) and Eurovision Australia’s own Montaigne (Jess Cerro). David Gaider’s storytelling and characters come to life with performances by an all-star cast, with the likes of Laura Bailey, Troy Baker, Rahul Kohli and more cast members across video games, television, and Broadway.
Moving Out 2
Our next pick is for the cooperative players among you in Moving Out 2, developed by SMG Studio and Devm Games. Return to work as a F.A.R.T. (Furniture Arrangement & Relocation Technician) and help customers move their valuables in and out of different kinds of buildings. Return to the wacky career within the world of Moving Out 2 on August 15th for Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
Friends who move together, groove together!
What We Know About Moving Out 2
The wonderful world of Moving Out is back and wackier than ever. Return to Packmore and beyond, and use your brilliant moving skills across brand-new dimensions. If you are not familiar with Moving Out, it is essentially a physics-based party game for solo and multiplayer play. In each level, you must shift furniture and other expensive items from the confines of a home to a moving truck. To pass, furniture must be moved in a timely fashion, and with as few damaged goods in the moving truck as possible. As you proceed through the levels, they will become more difficult, bigger and more complex to complete.
Moving Out 2 Retains all the original gameplay mechanics of Moving Out, while also bringing new challenges with its out-of-this-world levels. Moving Out 2 features an entirely new cast of extra-lovable characters alongside fan favourites, Rye Yu and Sidney. The original Moving Out allowed for up to four players in local co-op. Now with Moving Out 2, players can play together in cross-play online co-op for up to four players. Play through a new adventure with inter-dimensional travel via portals. Explore new worlds filled with hilariously silly challenges and chaotic, rib-tickling action.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
For fans of multiplayer horror games like Dead By Daylight, get ready for the next frightening experience. From developers, Sumo Digital comes The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, an online multiplayer horror game based on the groundbreaking and iconic 1974 horror film. Play as both killer and victim in a 3 vs 4 carnage as either a killer or a victim. Rev up your chainsaws on August 18th for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
Take on the role of one of the notorious Slashers around, Leatherface
What We Know About The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
In The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, play as members of the murderous Sawyer Family, or fresh-faced victims. The goal of the killer is to track down victims and tear them apart with a range of sharp weapons. The goal of the victim will be to run and hide from the killers alongside attempting to escape the level. Both sides have upgradeable abilities and perks that can be used to shift things in their favour. Victims will have perks that improve their stamina, stealth, improve senses etc. While the family of killers will have perks that increase melee damage, increase blood harvesting, endurance and more.
In regards to blood harvesting, this is a unique mechanic allowing killers advantages after gaining a specific amount. This can bring even more misery to victims trying to survive. Luckily victims can prevent this from happening by attacking Grandpa Sawyer which breaks the connection between him and the rest of the family. This negates any additional advantages his abilities might have brought to the game. There’s a handful of different Killers and Victims to play as, like the infamous star of the franchise Leatherface. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre supports crossplay on launch between PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.
Fort Solis
Take a trip into the world of intense Sci-Fi with Fort Solis, developed by Fallen Leaf and Black Drakkar Games. Fort Solis is an intense narrative thriller set on Mars, with claustrophobic exploration, nerve-racking set pieces, and a deep plot to discover. The story is told across four chapters similar to a Netflix series giving the player the option to binge it all in one intense session or play chapter by chapter. Fort Solis releases on August 22nd for PC and PlayStation 5.
With the help of Unreal Engine 5.2 Fort Solis realistic universe is brought to life!
What We Know About Fort Solis
Fort Solis is a third-person survival horror set over one long night on Mars. Play as Jack Leary, an engineer responding to a routine check-up at a facility on the far side of Mars. Upon arrival, the ill-fated expert learns of a terrible storm that’s headed towards the fort. Securing shelter from the imminent storm, he attempts to contact those inside, unaware of what mysteries await him. Discover additional pieces of lore such as audio logs, and surveillance footage of past or present events. Accompanying those are video logs recorded by all crew detailing the events before and perhaps even after that night the alarm was triggered at Fort Solis.
Fort Solis aims to deliver a high-fidelity experience designed to completely immerse the player in the cast and their long night. Enjoy performances from popular voice actors Roger Clark, Troy Baker and Julia Brown. Fort Solis aims to deliver emotion, fear, empathy and much more with every chapter. The gameplay of Fort Solis is kin to narrative focus games such as the works of Telltale and Quantic Dream. Explore the isolated storm-bearing surface, creepy service tunnels, and Engineering, Medical and Communications Departments. As the story progresses, revisit locations for additional story context. Fort Solis brings to players, the next level of details, facial and body animations.
Immortals of Aveum
Our next pick is the newest EA Original, Immortals Of Aveum, developed by Ascendant Studios. This upcoming first-person magic shooter tells the story of Jak as he joins an elite order of battlemages to save a world on the edge of the abyss. Take part in the war to decide who should bear the right to control magic on August 22nd for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X.
Experience fast, fluid, first-person spell-based combat that’s easy to learn and satisfying to master.
What We Know About Immortals of Aveum
Play as Jak, an elite wielder of magic and member of the Immortals, embarks on a quest to learn the secrets of Aveum. In addition to unearthing the lost knowledge of the world, you will also need to play your role in an ongoing feud between the two realms Lucium and Rasharn. With the land on the precipice of collapse, you must rally your army, master the art of magic, and venture forth to save what’s left of Aveum and its future.
Immortals of Aveum will feature more than 25 spells to master. A mix of offensive and defensive magics that belong to one of three types: red, blue, and green. The game also includes a skill tree with over 80 nodes to develop and employ in your arsenal. Immortals of Aveum won’t necessarily feature an open world in the traditional sense but will offer the player the occasional moment of open exploration, though nothing to the extent of being a full-fat open-world sandbox to explore.
Blasphemous 2
Our next pick is the sequel to the thrilling 2D soulsborne action game Blasphemous 2, developed by The Game Kitchen. The Pentinent One awakens once more for another endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all. Blasphemous 2 releases on August 24th for Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
Hordes of grotesque enemies stand in your way, awaiting final judgement by the brutal hand of the Penitent One
What We Know About Blasphemous 2
Blasphemous 2 takes players on a gripping journey that continues from where the original game left off. The story unfolds after the events of the Wounds of Eventide DLC. The Heart in the Sky announced the return of The Miracle and the upcoming birth of a new miracle child. Return as The Penitent One, awakened again in a strange and unfamiliar land, displaced from their final resting place. In this dangerous world, The Penitent One faces horrifying enemies and huge bosses. The story focuses on uncovering forgotten secrets and solving the mysteries of this eerie realm.
Blasphemous 2 aims to deliver a thrilling and immersive experience, building upon the foundations set by its predecessor. Explore a rich non-linear world that is filled with enchantingly grotesque landscapes exuding gothic charm. Hordes of monstrous foes stand between you and your goal; twisted bosses with unique attack patterns and sundering abilities. These enemies will put your skills to the test as you fight to stand triumphant when the dust settles. The Penitent One shows no mercy, and with a series of new weapons offering new moves, brutal executions, and expanded combos, destruction will rain on any that stand in his way. The stories and myths you encounter will help you unpick the game’s myriad of secrets, granting you a deeper understanding of this strange new world.
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
The next pick is from the critically acclaimed studio, From Software with their new release, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon. The mech-vehicular combat series returns with a new entry after a ten-year hiatus. Pilot a mech and engage in classic Armored Core gameplay mixed with aspects of From Software’s latest IPs on August 25th for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
Pilot mechs in fast-paced, omnidirectional battles, taking advantage of massive stages and the mech’s mobility on land and in the air to ensure victory
What We Know About Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
In Armored Core VI: FoR, play as a mercenary piloting a huge customisable mech, taking part in missions on the planet Rubicon. A powerful energy source called Coral has been discovered. This volatile element caused the planet to turn to ash after a great disaster. Megacorporations are desperate to claim ownership of the material and so have gone to war over it. From hollowed-out industrial ruins to large open expanses, the game offers a variety of environments as you play. Armored Core VI: FoR will feature a solo campaign that will feature multiple endings.
Dive into Armored Core VI: FoR with a number of different combat moves for your mech. These include Assault Boost which allows you to switch between long-range and close-up combat whenever you want. Another one is called Stagger, which allows you to overload mechs and make them more vulnerable. Customize Armored Core parts to suit a large variety of playstyles. Selecting different parts not only changes the mech’s attacks but also directly affects its movement and battle style. The game contains challenging bosses that provide a big spectacle with each battle in classical FromSoftware fashion. Your skills will be tested, actively upgrade your mech to stand a chance.
Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle
Finally, our final pick for August is the survival horror game, Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle, developed by Invader Studios. Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle is a third-person story-driven survival horror game prequel to the critically acclaimed Daymare: 1998. Gear up and tread carefully in the horrifying world of Daymare on August 30th for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
fight, kill and dismember the new enemies that stand between you and the resolution of your mission, so frighteningly intelligent, aggressive and realistic in every detail.
What We Know About Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle
Play as special agent Dalila Reyes, a former government spy now in the service of H.A.D.E.S. (Hexacore Advanced Division for Extraction and Search). Tasked with entering the most advanced experimental research centre in the USA. Unearth darkness beneath the depths of the military research centre. Use innovative advanced weapons and prepare to face never-before-seen creatures while you make your way through a series of frightfully evocative settings all ready to be discovered.
For fans of 90s nostalgia, it will feel like you’re living and playing a typical action horror/film of the period. Transport yourself back in time to many familiar references and a frightfully authentic atmosphere with a retro flavour. The D.I.D. returns completely redesigned, manage your inventory, ammo and health items directly from the new revamped interface. Like classic survival horror games, Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle contains environmental puzzles and interactive clues to obtain resources and collectables. Prepare to confront the toughest and most aggressive enemies you have ever seen. Be wary of what you’ve killed, you’ll find out it can come back in a completely new and deadlier form.
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