August delivers one of the year’s most varied release calendars. New IPs, long-awaited sequels, major expansions, and modern revivals all arrive within a few weeks, giving players plenty of reasons to clear some space on their SSDs. Whether you’re planning to squad up in Star Wars: Zero Company, survive the horrors of The Sinking City 2, or revisit classics like Oblivion Remastered and Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2, there’s no shortage of games to keep an eye on this month.
August 3
Beast of Reincarnation
Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
Beast of Reincarnation is Game Freak’s first AAA step outside the Pokémon series, and it’s a striking one. Set in a post-apocalyptic Japan of the year 4026, the “one-person, one-dog” action RPG follows Emma, a blight-touched warrior, and her companion Koo as they battle colossal corrupted bosses through a real-time-meets-tactical-command combat system that has drawn comparisons to Clair Obscur and Sekiro.
August 6
MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls
Platforms: PlayStation 5, PC
Arc System Works, the studio behind Guilty Gear and Dragon Ball FighterZ, brings its signature anime-style visuals and deep fighting mechanics to the Marvel Universe. This 4v4 tag-team fighter launches with 20 characters spanning the Avengers, X-Men, Guardians of the Galaxy and more, backed by rollback netcode and an Episode Mode offering over 10 hours of solo story content.
Lies of P: Complete Edition
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2
Neowiz’s acclaimed Bloodborne-inspired souls-like makes its Nintendo debut, bundling the base game with the Overture expansion and all post-launch quality-of-life updates into a single package built for Switch 2.
August 11
Grounded 2
Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5
Obsidian’s insect-scale survival adventure leaves early access with a simultaneous PS5 debut, arriving alongside its Into the Abyss content update. Players return to the miniaturized world of Brookhollow Park to gather resources, build bases, and fend off oversized creepy-crawlies.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2
Bethesda’s overhauled take on its 2006 classic finally reaches Nintendo hardware, bringing modernized visuals and refined gameplay to the vast landscape of Cyrodiil.
August 13
Hell Let Loose: Vietnam
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
Team17 and Expression Games take the 50v50 tactical warfare series to the jungles of the Vietnam War. The setting introduces a genuinely asymmetrical conflict between the US Armed Forces and the North Vietnamese Army, with helicopters and fire support on one side and tunnel networks and guerrilla tactics on the other, spread across 17 specialized battlefield roles.
Duskfade
Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
Duskfade is a 3D action platformer following Zirian, who sets out to rescue his sister from a master clockmaker who has plunged the world into eternal night. Grappling, wall hanging, dashing, and gliding anchor a movement set that’s already drawing comparisons to Jak and Daxter and Ratchet and Clank.
Super Mario Sunshine
Platforms: Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack
Mario’s polarizing but beloved 2002 GameCube adventure joins the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack GameCube library, sending the plumber to the tropical Isle Delfino to clean up graffiti, unmask an impostor and rescue Princess Peach with the water-spraying F.L.U.D.D. on his back.
August 14
Mafia: The Old Country: Man of Honor
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
This expansion for Mafia: The Old Country adds two new story chapters following Enzo Favara, introduces a connection to the original Mafia’s Don Salieri, and expands Free Ride mode with new weapons, vehicles, and missions.
August 18
The Sinking City 2
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
Frogwares shifts the balance of its Lovecraftian series from detective work toward full-blooded survival horror. Set in a 1920s Arkham being swallowed by a supernatural flood and overrun with Eldritch monsters, the standalone sequel leans into more combat, more resource pressure and more dread.
August 20
Mortal Shell II
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
The standalone sequel to the 2020 soulslike expands its shell-possessing combat into an interconnected open world with dozens of dungeons, more enemy types, tougher bosses, and a greater emphasis on exploration than the original.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
GSC Game World’s first major story expansion for Heart of Chornobyl runs alongside the base campaign rather than after it, dropping Skif back into the Zone as a mysterious PDA signal draws him into the reignited conflict between Duty and Freedom, across two new regions including the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
August 27
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
This prequel to A Plague Tale: Requiem shifts the series toward direct combat, putting players in control of a younger Sophia as she parries enemies and unleashes finishing moves. A dual-timeline mechanic lets players switch between the Middle Ages and the ancient Minoan period on a mysterious island tied to the myth of the Minotaur.
Star Wars: Zero Company
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
Bit Reactor delivers the Star Wars XCOM game fans have long asked for. Set during the twilight of the Clone Wars, this single-player turn-based tactics game has players commanding a squad called Zero Company, with permadeath, squad synergy, and an original cinematic story running alongside established Clone Wars events.
Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2
Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, effectively locked to PS3 since 2008, is finally arriving on modern hardware with 4K and 60fps support. The collection also bundles a remastered Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and Metal Gear: Ghost Babel.
August 28
Elden Ring Tarnished Edition
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2
FromSoftware’s genre-defining action RPG arrives on Switch 2 in a complete package, bundling the base game with the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, new weapons, Torrent armor skins, and two additional starting classes.
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