Who’s ready for new releases, because hoo boy are they a’ comin’!!!
Galaxies far away, Middle Earth, squirrels (with guns), vampires, mechs, monster trucks, and another trip around the World (of Warcraft).
26 August – Endzone 2 Early Access (PC)
Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanities survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.
26 August – World of Warcraft: The War Within (PC)
Throughout the ages, mighty heroes have risen to defend Azeroth. Now, at the dawn of a new saga, the darkness calls from the very heart of the world.
27 August – Core Keeper (Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series)
In this award-winning, 1-8 player mining sandbox adventure, your choices shape an epic journey. Harvest relics and resources, craft advanced tools, build your base, and explore a dynamically evolving world waiting to be unearthed.
The Xbox One version has been delayed.
27 August – Crypt Custodian (Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series)
Sweep up the afterlife as Pluto the cat in this charming action adventure / Metroidvania about life, relationships, and moving on. Step into the shoes of Pluto, a mischievous cat who has just died, and landed in the afterlife’s palace. After a brief and disastrous meeting with the Afterlife Guardian – Kendra – you’re banished from the palace and sentenced to clean… FOREVER!!!
27 August – SMITE 2 Closed Alpha (PC, PS5, Xbox Series)
Play as Gods from across mythology and wield unique godly abilities. Hurl bolts of lightning as Zeus, master the arcane powers of death as Anubis, or backstab your foes as Loki.
27 August – The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria (Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on PC, PS5
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria follows the Dwarves as they embark on a new adventure to reclaim their legendary home of Moria beneath the Misty Mountains. Players will join forces to survive, craft, build and explore the iconic, sprawling mines. Courageous expeditioners will need to be vigilant as mysterious dangers await.
28 August – Cubic 2 3 4 Player Games (Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on Mobile
This is full physics based, local 2 3 4 players funny mini party games for family or friends. All you have to do is, click one button control and beat your friends! There are 35 Different Mini Party Games! Challenge with your friends,
28 August – Espresso Tycoon (PS5, Xbox Series) – already available on PC
Espresso Tycoon – coffee shop simulator. Create your brand, decorate your coffee shop, manage your employees and take care of your customers. Use the Coffee Editor to create unique coffee recipes, order deliveries and collect popularity points. Build an entire coffee business and complete all missions!
28 August – Genshin Impact 5.0 (Mobile, PC, PS4, PS5)
A competition as fierce as a roaring inferno, and a clash as dazzling as a cascade of iridescent gems. On a hallowed night, the sparks ignited by warriors fall like stars, converging into the triumphant return of the sacred flame
It was revealed at Gamescom that Genshin Impact will be launching on Xbox and Game Pass on 20 November.
28 August – Mad Experiments: Escape Room (Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5
Award-nominated cross-platform escape game. Alone or with up to 5 players, explore 3 unique rooms, solve mind-bending puzzles, and unravel the dark secrets of the Professor Cheshire and his experiments.
28 August – Max Experiments 2: Escape Room (Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5
Mad Experiments 2: Escape Room is the sequel of the award-nominated cross-platform multiplayer escape game Mad Experiments. Alone or with up to 5 friends, follow the story of Hildegarde and Professor Cheshire, explore rich environments to find clues, and solve mind-bending puzzles to escape!
28 August – Purrfect Rescue (Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on Nintendo Switch, PC
Five different sceneries, a hundred kittens to rescue in each, and only one person to take care of it all. (That person is you!). Keep your eyes open for ears, tails and noses – kittens are small, and there’s a lot of them around
28 August – SokoPenguin (Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on PC
A chill puzzle adventure awaits in SokoPenguin, a top-down pixel art block-sliding game where you take the role of a cute penguin and overcome a wide variety of single-screen challenges to help him reach his igloo! Master 100 levels of gradually increasing complexity as you slide power blocks onto their corresponding switches to power a drawbridge, then proceed to the goal!
28 August – Whacking Hell! (Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series)
The gates of hell have opened: whack all the monsters before they whack you! Collect their souls, ramp up your weapons and your spells, and become a slaughtering machine in this frantic roguelite top-down 2D shooter!
29 August – Akimbot (PC, PS5, Xbox Series)
In the action-adventure platformer, Akimbot, blast your way through armies of robots, control spaceships and forge your own path to save the universe from impending doom! Set in a sci-fi world where only robots exist, travel the galaxy and experience non-stop robot mayhem and explosive action!
29 August – Forklife Simulator (PC, PS5, Xbox Series)
Start your career in logistics today in Forklift Simulator! Take on a variety of different missions, a selection of vehicles and an extensive career mode in which you can put your skills to the test. Are you ready for the challenges ahead?
29 August – Gori: Cuddly Carnage (Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series)
Humanity has been destroyed – and it’s up to Gori, along with his deadly but wise-cracking sentient hoverboard, F.R.A.N.K, and morose AI companion, CH1-P, to shred and slay the evil Adorable Army!
29 August – Gundam Breaker 4 (Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5)
In GUNDAM BREAKER 4 you will Break, Build, & Battle like never before! Build your personal Gunpla with parts from a huge collection of kits and explore the deepest customization options ever. Put your build to the test with robust, frenetic combat, and show off your build in stunning detail with the new Diorama mode.
29 August – Monster Jam Showdown (Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series)
Monster Jam travels the globe, bringing big-time family fun everywhere it goes. The fun begins at the Pit Party, before the action moves to the track, where drivers tear up the dirt in racing, skills and freestyle competitions. With over 250+ event annually, Monster Jam is full-throttle fun for everyone. And when the event is over, there are toys, games and plenty of other ways to keep the fun going at home.
29 August – Shadow of the Ninja – Reborn (Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series)
In this thrilling action-adventure, you will use your striking katana along with a wide variety of weaponry that has greatly expanded from the NES original, as well as the acrobatic finesse of a ninja to face the onslaught of powerful enemies. Although, the challenge does not end here! 6 complex, expansive, and masterfully designed stages test your skills through devious traps and challenging platform puzzles.
29 August – Snooker Blitz (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series)
The world is ready for a truly unique snooker game! Challenge your friends, enter snooker tournaments, and go head to head against other players in real-time. Shoot snooker with ultra-realistic physics, breath-taking graphics, and have more fun than you've ever had in real life!
29 August – Squirrel with a Gun (PC)
Choose your weapon"”this Squirrel is all up in arms and ready for a fight. As the neighborhood's most obnoxious rodent, develop a knack (and a love?) for crime and mayhem in pursuit of golden acorns in this nutty sandbox shooter and puzzle platformer. Fight tooth, claw, and gun to escape a secret underground facility and defeat the Agents.
It will be releasing on PS5 and Xbox Series on 15 October.
29 August – Valfaris: Mecha Therion (Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series)
Therion returns as the hunt for Lord Vroll continues. Pilot an advanced machine of death and destruction in this explosive 2.5D side-scrolling shoot "˜em up, and sequel to the critically acclaimed Valfaris. Strap in and unleash mecha hell!
29 August – Vampire Survivors (PS4, PS5) – already available on Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series
The popular bullet hell auto-shooter finally makes its way to PS4 and PS5.
29 August – Visions of Mana (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series)
Visions of Mana is a brand new title in this series revolving around the sacred sword and mana. The protagonist Val and his childhood friend Hinna, the newly appointed Alm of Fire, set off on a journey to the Mana Tree.
29 August – WitchSpring R (Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on PC
WitchSpring R is a story-driven RPG combining elements of simulation, collecting & crafting, and battling. Play as Pieberry, a white-haired, bunny-eared witch growing up in a forest filled with monsters. To relive her childhood memories (eating delicious food!), she longs to venture among humans, but she can’t find a way to the outside world… until your story begins! A world of new experiences is waiting for YOU to explore with her.
30 August – 112 Operator (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on Mobile, Nintendo Switch, PC
112 Operator allows you to manage emergency services in any city in the world! Dispatch units, take calls and face situations caused by weather, traffic or changing seasons. Help the city survive escalating events like riots, organized crime, terrorist attacks, cataclysms, natural disasters and many more!
30 August – Blocky Farm (Ps4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available for Mobile, Nintendo Switch, PC
Enter the charming world of Blocky Farm where you can manage your lands, take care of animals, harvest fields, deliver goods to the town and create friendship with citizens. Create farm of your dreams and grow big! Start your village life today!
30 August – Date Z (Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series)
Welcome to the heart-racing adventure of “Date Z”, an unexpected twist on high school drama, mystery, and romance. As a senior transfer student, your debut week at a new school spirals into an extraordinary race against time. It’s not just about making friends or acing classes. Your survival hinges on one task: finding a date by Friday.
30 August – Forests, Fields and Fortresses (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on Nintendo Switch, PC
Forests, Fields and Fortresses is a mix of a puzzle and a board game in which you have to build your kingdom. Try on the role of a ruler, piece together your lands and ensure the prosperity of your people.
30 August – Lost Artifacts 6: Mysterious Book (Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on PC, PS4, PS5
During a regular inventory at the museum, archaeologist Claire comes across an unfamiliar book with a mysterious lock-puzzle adorned with precious stones. After unsuccessful attempts to open the book, the girl, in anger, presses a strange mechanism, and all the stones from it fall out immediately!
30 August – Raging Loop (Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on Mobile, Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5
When the evening mist comes, that’s the sign of a murder ritual “the Feast of the Yomi-Purge” beginning! Repeat the death loop, experience the tragedies, and solve the mystery of paranormal phenomenon.
A psychological horror visual novel, interpreting the “Mafia/Werewolf”.
30 August – Sparkle 2 EVO (Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5
Control the evolution! Climb your way through the evolutional ladder. Start as a little organism and transform into a magnificent aquatic being. Explore the abyss in search of nutritional elements. Attack other species whenever you run out of other food sources.
30 August – Star Wars: Outlaws (PC, PS5, Xbox Series)
Explore distinct locations across the galaxy, both iconic and new. Risk it all as scoundrel Kay Vess, seeking freedom and the means to start a new life. Fight, steal, and outwit your way through the galaxy's crime syndicates as you join the galaxy's most wanted. If you're willing to take the risk, the galaxy is full of opportunity.
30 August – Super Dark Deception (Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series) – already available on Mobile, PC
Super Dark Deception is a fun retro take on the hit horror game, Dark Deception! This is the first chapter of the game and contains the first four levels.
Phew! I don’t know about you guys but there’s plenty there I want to play. Definitely Star Wars: Outlaws, but I’m liking the look of Whacking Hell! too. What’s taking your fancy?
