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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.
GSC Game World's eight-minute location showcase tours the two regions locked off in Heart of Chornobyl: the Chornobyl NPP and the new Iron Forest. The expansion arrives August 20 alongside a free Update 2.0 that moves the game to Unreal Engine 5.5.4.
DigixArt is making a new game in the Road 96 universe, Expeditions: Samurai launched into Early Access at $29.99, Titan Quest II got Spirit Mastery, and Way of the Hunter 2, Serious Sam: Shatterverse and the Gothic Classic ports all got dates.
id Software and MachineGames marked Quake's 30th anniversary with Dawn of the Machine: 19 new maps, a looping time-folding campaign with persistent upgrades, new enemies and weapons, all free to anyone who owns the remaster.