August is typically a month when sports titles dominate the video game launch calendar, but this year it’s booked by two franchises with long tenures and massive fandoms: Baldur’s Gate 3 makes a full launch on August 3 after three years of early access, and that of FromSoftware Armored core 6 arrives August 25.
In between, Electronic Arts offers Madden NFL 24 And Immortals of Aveum. For the sports fan more inclined to explore indie games, there’s also wrestling quest.
In other words, it’s a pretty big month leading up to the blockbuster fall season of games. Here’s what’s coming to Nintendo, PlayStation, PC, and Xbox:
Image: Larian Studios
3 August
Baldur’s Gate 3
(Windows PC)
Larian’s epic adaptation of the Dungeons & Dragons universe is three years in the making – longer, actually. Fans last saw Baldur’s Gate in 2000 with BioWare’s Baldur’s Gate 2: Shadows of Amn. This highly anticipated RPG has tons of lore, so here’s a recap for those new to the series, or returning to it after more than 20 years.
August the 8th
Gord
(PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
Image: Mega Cat/Skybound Entertainment
wrestling quest
(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
Mega Cat’s offbeat take on professional wrestling is as much a love letter to the glory days of turn-based role-playing games as the sport itself.
10 August
Atlas cases
(PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
Stray Gods: The Role Playing Musical
(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
August 15
blasphemous 2
(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows PC, Xbox One)
Everspace 2
(PlayStation 4, Windows PC, Xbox One)
Moving 2
(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
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August 17
Vampire survivors
(Nintendo Switch)
One year after launch Vampire survivors comes to Nintendo Switch, a perfect platform for the relentlessly playable, just-one-more game roguelite. Full disclosure: There are no actual vampires present in this game.
August 18
Bomb Rush Cyber Funk
(Nintendo Switch, Windows PC)
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Madden NFL 24
(PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
It happens every summer. EA Sports’ American football flagship arrives three weeks before Kansas City and Detroit begin the new season.
The chainsaw massacre in Texas
(PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
Image: Ascendant Studios/Electronic Arts
August 22
Immortals of Aveum
(PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
“Call of Duty with Magic” is how Ascendant Studios’ debut work is pitched. In this all-new FPS, players take on the role of a battle mage who casts dazzling spells in combat to end an age-long conflict.
Image: FromSoftware/Bandai Namco
August 25
Armored Core 6: Burning Rubicon
(PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
Despite its devoted fan base, Armored Core hasn’t released a main series since 2012. The mecha adventure finally gets the full FromSoftware treatment to close out August.
August 29
Samba de Amigo: Party Central
(Nintendo Switch)
Sea of stars
(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC)