The last few months have been arguably sparse for hardcore video game fans, but August picks things up substantially, so start rounding up those pennies for some of the month’s top picks.
Kicking things off is Tacoma, a space-centric adventure brought to you by the team behind indie darling Gone Home. It enters XBO and PC’s orbit from Wednesday August 2.
Jumping ahead to Tuesday August 8 you’ll find Gears of War veteran Cliff Blezinski’s new online shooter LawBreakers (PS4, PC).
The air-focused gameplay looks solid, but is going to face some pretty strong competition in the face of Overwatch.
Meanwhile, long-time Sonic fans will be eagerly awaiting the arrival of Sonic Mania. Touted as the title that will help steady the struggling hedgehog, the brand new 2D adventure game certainly seems to be hitting all the right notes. It speeds onto PS4, XBO and Switch from Tuesday August 15.
Things really get going, however, on Wednesday August 22 when Uncharted’s Chloe Frazer and Nadine Ross bid farewell to the boys and go it alone in the series’ first standalone adventure, The Lost Legacy. Copious amounts of climbing and shooting are still expected.
Wrapping things up on Friday August 25 is Madden 18, now making the most of EA’s gorgeous Frostbite engine, while Tuesday August 29 introduces an incredibly unexpected Nintendo Switch mash-up between the Mushroom Kingdom and Ubisoft’s Rabbids, with Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle.
It might sound strange, but this turn-based strategy experiment actually looks to be shaping up rather well.
