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Expression Games and Team17 launch Hell Let Loose: Vietnam on August 13 across PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S with full crossplay for the first time in the series. Six maps, 17 roles and 50v50 battles add helicopters for the US, tunnel networks for the NVA and armed patrol boats for both sides.
Enhance and Resonair have brought LUMINES REMASTERED to iOS and Android, the first official mobile release for Tetsuya Mizuguchi's rhythm-puzzle classic 21 years after its PSP debut. All 40 stages and every mode are included, with touch controls built for the platform, gamepad support, no ads and no energy meter.
PlayStation has unveiled a Marvel's Wolverine hardware range designed around artwork by comics illustrator Jock: a $649.99 Battle Yellow PS5 Digital Edition bundle, an $84.99 DualSense, and $74.99 console covers in Battle Yellow and a PS5 Pro-only metallic Adamantium finish. Pre-orders open August 19, stock lands September 15.
Torn Banner's eight-player co-op zombie shooter hits 1.0 on August 11 for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S at $29.99, with crossplay. The release adds a wave-based Survival mode, a single-player option, four new maps and a rebuilt difficulty system after nearly two years and 16 early access updates.
Obsidian's Into the Abyss update opens Brookhollow Park's pond at 18:00 UTC on August 11, adding five regions, diving suits, a harpoon and the amphibious Toe-biter Buggy. Grounded 2 also hits PS5 early access the same day at $29.99, with crossplay and cross-progression intact.
PERSONA ON FRONTLINE brings Persona 3 Reload, 4 Golden and 5 Royal into Goddess of Victory: NIKKE from August 13 to September 10, with SSR Queen and Yukiko on banners and SR Aigis handed out through the event.
Castellan's Creed, the Helldivers 2 x Warhammer 40,000 Legendary Warbond, launches August 12 with a Meltagun stratagem, a bolt pistol, and two armors carrying a 30% support-weapon reload passive. Premium Warbond tokens will not cover it.
Hello Games marked No Man's Sky's tenth anniversary with a trailer, a letter from Sean Murray, and the name of the next update: Cosmos. Details are non-existent, but 2026 has been the game's biggest year since launch.
Nitro Games' mobile adaptation of the 40K boomer shooter arrives August 26 on iOS and Android. It is a premium release with no ads, no in-app purchases and no energy timers - plus a 3.4GB campaign and full external controller support.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered lands on Nintendo Switch 2 tomorrow - $49.99 digital, $59.99 physical with the complete game on cartridge and no day-one download. All DLC included, 900p handheld and 1080p docked at 30fps with DLSS.
Devolver Digital and Behaviour Interactive have dated the co-op roguelite shooter for August 31 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Up to five alternate-dimension Sams, procedurally shuffled hand-crafted arenas, stacking boons and cross-platform play.
Blizzard has revealed D.Mon's full kit ahead of Season 4: Heroes of Busan on August 11. She is a Stalwart Tank with a plasma sword, a frontal barrier and horizontal boosters - plus a new sub-role that cuts knockback and slows by 40%, and reworks to Busan, Paraiso and Eichenwalde.