August Game Releases 2017
July was a pretty mediocre month for game releases and August seems to be getting us back on track. Overall there are a slew of games coming for players to sink their teeth into including a new look Uncharted game. As always, I’ve compiled a list of the most notable August game releases 2017 below.
Tacoma
Release Date: August 2, 2017
Platforms: PC, Xbox One
Game Website: https://tacoma.game/
Game Information: From the creators of Gone Home, comes Tacoma. As the Steam Page states, ” Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088. Explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster. ”
Ark Survival Evolved
Release Date: August 8, 2017
Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One
Game Website: https://www.playark.com/
Game Information: Having been in Early Access since June 2015, Ark: Survival Evolved is finally receiving a full commercial release. Like Rust, Ark focuses on base building and general server anarchy, but with tameable Dinosaurs.
LawBreakers
Release Date: August 8, 2017
Platforms: PC, PS4
Game Website: http://lawbreakers.nexon.net
Game Information: Coming out of Cliff Bleszinski’s new studio Boss Key Productions is LawBreakers. LawBreakers offers a new take on the hero shooter genre with this class-based team shooter.
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
Release Date: August 8, 2017
Platforms: PC, PS4
Game Website: http://www.hellblade.com/
Game Information: Ninja Theory releases their newest game Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is an action adventure game that follows Senua, a celtic warrior who must make her way into the a mythological underworld.
Agents of Mayhem
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One
Game Website: http://www.aomthegame.com/
Game Information: From the studio that brought us the Saint’s Row series comes another zany title in Agents of Mayhem. Agents of Mayhem is similar to Saint’s Row in terms of open world frenetic action, but adds new gameplay elements like swapping between three characters on the fly.
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Platforms: Playstation 4
Game Website: https://www.unchartedthegame.com/en-us/games/uncharted-the-lost-legacy/
Game Information: Uncharted: The Lost Legacy aims to take the Uncharted series in a new direction by focusing on characters not named Nathan Drake. Instead of Drake, players get to play Chloe Frazer who teams up with Nadine Ross to search for the Tusk of Ganesh.
Madden NFL 18
Release Date: August 25, 2017
Platforms: Playstation 4, Xbox One
Game Website: https://www.easports.com/madden-nfl/longshot
Game Information: Another new year, another new Madden game. This years game is slated to feature more of a storyline than previous years in the new game mode called Longshot. Players take on the role of Devin Wade, a down but not out former NCAA football star. Wade tries to make it to the NFL and thus becomes a Longshot.
Absolver
Release Date: August 29, 2017
Platforms: Playstation 4, PC
Game Website: http://absolver.com/
Game Information: Absolver is probably one of the titles I am most intrigued with. Coming from Devolver Digital and SloClap, Absolver is a strange mix of open world and real time 1 on 1 combat. How this will work I have no clue, but I am intrigued.
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
Release Date: August 29, 2017
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game Website: https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/mario-rabbids-kingdom-battle/
Game Information: Announced rather suddenly at E3 2017, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle combines Nintendo’s Mario characters with Ubisoft’s Rabbids. If that premise doesn’t sound strange enough, the game plays like an XCOM tactical squad based shooter. So yeah, enjoy Switch owners.
Salting on Switch owners. You are skeptical of Mario & Rabbids? (I watched the trailer, call me skeptical)
More just that there hasn’t been any huge releases on the Switch (Splatoon 2 maybe)
So do you think this will be any different from For Honor?
Yeah. Absolver is more like Street Fighter then For Honor (from what I’ve read)
Absolver looks really cool. I didn’t play For Honour. No sense trying now since 95% of their player base is gone lol. It’s a pretty niche type of game