
Dead Cells
August 7 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
- Rougelike metroidvania game
- One death sends you back to the beginning of the game, but you keep some of your cool gear for the next try
Overcooked 2
August 7 (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
- Co-operative cooking simulation game
- Chop, cook, clean, work with team to manage kitchen
Madden 19
August 10 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
- Improved running and catching
- One of the best Madden titles in years
We Happy Few
August 10 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
- Set in a 1960s post-WWII Britain in which Germany conquered Britain
- The residents of a small village have collectively started taking a hallucinogen called Joy that “suppresses all unhappy memories, leaving its user to exhibit immense joy and happiness, but subjects them to decreased recognition of moral and long-term consequences, and leaves them easily manipulable.”
- You must survive in this dystopia, hiding from other people while scavenging food and weapons
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth
August 14 (PC, MacOS)
- Two main factions have broken out into a massive war after nearly achieving peace
- The tidbits revealed about the story have sent shockwaves through the fan community
Tanglewood
August 14 (PC, Sega Mega Drive)
- Play as a cute fox trying to find its family
- Was actually developed on a Sega Genesis developer kit using Windows 95
- Sega doesn’t even have the capabilities to QA test it
- One person developed the entire game and manufactured the cartridges, which run on old Sega Genesis consoles
