The Biggest Game Releases Of August 2023
By Darryn Bonthuys on
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We're at the quiet part of the gaming calendar, but that still doesn't mean you can breathe easy this year. Instead, the month ahead has plenty to offer in terms of quantity and quality, with a number of heavy-hitter games ready to devour any spare hours that you have left. Looking ahead, the big draws for August include From Software's return to sci-fi action in Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon, EA's fantasy-shooter Immortals of Aveum, and the return of the original Chainsaw Man when The Texas Chain Saw Massacre revs up for release.
August has a great number of smaller games to look at, so get ready to tag-team with destiny in WrestleQuest, discover your musical side in Stray Gods, and take part in a coming-of-age story in Goodbye Volcano High. On the indie side of the schedule, you can slay heretics in Blasphemous 2, become the bullet-hell in Vampire Survivors when it lands on Switch, and take on pirate ghosts in Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
As for delayed games, there's not too much to worry about here. August is actually the month in which numerous games decided to release in, just in time to avoid tangling with Bethesda and Starfield in September. For more details on what else you can expect later this year--and why you'll need a doctor's note excusing you from work for at least a few weeks in October--you can check out our guide to all the games releasing in 2023.
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