Games To Look Forward to in August 2024
It's an extended endzone celebration this month for football fans, with a little Star Wars to finish with.
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August's new game releases have plenty in store for gamers of all persuasions, with a double helping for football fans, fresh off the back of last month's College Football 25.
A smattering of fun little indies, a surprise franchise resurrection from Nintendo, and the Star Wars open world adventure of your middle-school daydreams are lurking in the summery haze, offering you an excuse to escape the heat and head indoors for a spell. Here are the games to look forward to this month.
August 2024 game releases
Thank Goodness You're Here!
Release Date: August 1, 2024
Digital Only
Cat Quest III
Release Date: August 8, 2024
Madden NFL 25 releases August 16.
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Gear up for the pre-season when Madden NFL 25 hits the shelves this month. There's lots of new physics-based tech in this year's model, and you can find out what else is new in Madden NFL 25 in our handy rundown. Between this and last month's College Football 25, you'll be set for the entire year even without season kickoff.
EA Sports Madden NFL 25
Release Date: August 16, 2024
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Nintendo dropped a very cryptic tease ahead of the surprise reveal of the return of Famicom Detective Club in July, after all the hubbub of Summer Games Fest was over. Honestly a perfect fit for the crime mystery franchise, which hasn't had a true new entry since 1997 – aside from a very good Two-Case Collection remake on Switch a couple of years back.
Gundam Breaker 4
Release Date: August 29, 2024
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Rounding out the month is a Star Wars story without the lightsabers (as far as we've seen, anyway), as Kay Vess scrounges her way through the Outer Rim underworld as a novice scoundrel in Star Wars Outlaws. We enjoyed what we saw in our Summer Games Fest preview, so if you're looking for the sort of Star Wars game where you play through the grand sci-fi setting as just some grubby little gremlin on a backwater planet, this is your chance.
