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5 August Game Releases You Need to Know About
Here are the games to keep on your radar this August.
The August game line-up features some long-awaited releases, including an RPG that’s been years in the making, the return of a mech-powered action romp, and some other titles that should definitely be on your radar. Here are our picks for the games releasing in August 2023:
Baldur’s Gate 3
Release date: 3 August 2023 (PS5 | PC)
It’s been a long wait, but Baldur’s Gate 3 is on the horizon and gives players unprecedented freedom to explore, experiment, and interact with a world that reacts to your choices. You can choose from a wide selection of D&D races and classes, or play as an origin character with a hand-crafted background. Adventure, loot, battle and romance as you journey through the Forgotten Realms and team up with some friends in multiplayer co-op.
Atlas Fallen
Release date: 10 August 2023 (Xbox Series X/S | PS5 | PC)
Coming from The Surge and Lords of the Fallen developer Deck 13, this Unreal Engine 5-powered adventure is set in world dominated by giant sand monsters, and brings a lot of interesting ideas, gorgeous visuals, and a very addictive combat system that will not only attract fans of familiar RPGs, but true action-nuts as well, with a lot of similarities to Devil May Cry. You can check out our hands-on preview of Atlas Fallen here.
Immortals of Aveum
Release date: 22 August 2023 (Xbox Series X/S | PS5 | PC)
If you’ve ever wanted to be Doctor Strange in an FPS video game, the closest you’ll get is likely Immortals of Aveum. This new IP from EA is a single-player first-person magic shooter that tells the story of Jak as he joins an elite order of battlemages to save a world on the edge of abyss. Players need to master three colours of magic and unleash spells with deadly skill in a game that defies FPS conventions with some interesting magical twists.
Armoured Core 6: Fires of Rubicon
Release date: 25 August 2023 (Xbox Series X/S | PS5 | Xbox One | PS4 | PC)
The Armoured Core series disappeared for a while, but it’s back with a bang with Fires of Rubicon. Developed by From Software (those masochists who brought us Dark Souls), the action title gives players the power to customise and battle mechs in fast-paced, omnidirectional battles. Players will have to work hard to take advantage of the massive stages and their mech’s mobility on land and in the air to ensure victory.
Daymare 1994 Sandcastle
Release date: 29 August 2023 (Xbox Series X/S | PS5 | Xbox One | PS4 | Switch | PC)
Daymare 1994 Sandcastle is the sequel to 2017’s underrated love-letter to classic Resident Evil games, Daymare 1998. The third-person survival horror follow-up puts you into the shoes of agent Dalila Reyes, a former government spy now in the service of H.A.D.E.S. unit, who has to investigate a secret facility full of some monstrous secrets. The game uses classic survival horror combat, but mixes it up with an elemental freezing gadget to stop enemies in their tracks and solve puzzles.
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