August 2012 - games, that were released this month

Action, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Zombies

August 1, 2012 → Xbox 360

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Deadlight is a hardcore side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with horror elements. The main character, Randal Wayne, is a former park security guard who finds...

Awesomenauts

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Free game, Side view, MOBA

August 1, 2012 → PC

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Awesomenauts is a free-to-play 2D side-scrolling MOBA action game. The events of the game will take you to the distant year 3587, in which there is a great...

Virus Named Tom

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

August 1, 2012 → PC, Mac, Linux

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This action-puzzle platformer follows TOM, a virus created for revenge after a corporation fires its creator, Dr. X. Players rewire circuits to spread the virus...

Doodle Fit

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic

August 1, 2012 → Nintendo DS

Players: 7.3/10

Doodle Fit is an arcade game with puzzle elements from developers from Gamelion Studios. The game is published by Gamelion Studios. But Doodle Fit has not yet been...

Miner Wars 2081

Online, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Role-playing game, Adventure

August 1, 2012 → PC

Players: 1/10

Steam: 35/100

Metacritic: 52/100

Set in 2081, ten years after the destruction of the Solar System’s planetary bodies, this space action shooter combines survival and role-playing elements. Players...

Hitman: Sniper Challenge

Arcade, Action, DLC, In real time, Third-person view

August 1, 2012 → PC

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 80/100

This arcade action game centers on an assassination assignment in which Agent 47 watches a rooftop gathering from a balcony. The player must eliminate Richard...

Justice League: Earth’s Final Defence

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Comics, Adventure

August 1, 2012 → iOS

Metacritic: 58/100

This 3D action game based on DC Comics follows the Justice League’s fight against villains led by Luthor. Players control Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green...

Mage: The Enchanted Crystals

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

August 1, 2012 → Videopac+ G7400, Odyssey 2

Mage: The Enchanted Crystals is a third-person action game with fantasy elements from Revival Studios. The main publisher of the game is Revival Studios. But Mage...

Trainyard Express

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Trains

August 1, 2012 → Android

Players: 8.8/10

Trainyard Express is a top-down strategy game with puzzle and train simulator elements. Trainyard Express may be in development for PC, but that version has not yet...

Slash Monsters

Arcade, Hack and slash, Free game, Point & Click

August 1, 2012 → PC, iOS

Slash Monsters is a Point and Click arcade game with a dash of hack-and-slash and free-to-play from the developers at White Laser Games. The main publisher of the...

Judge Dredd: Countdown Sector 106

Role-playing game, Adventure, Card game

August 1, 2012 → iOS

Metacritic: 76/100

This interactive adventure book with role-playing and card-game elements is set in 22nd-century Mega-City One, where Judge Dredd patrols Sector 106. A routine...

Bar Oasis 2

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

August 1, 2012 → iOS

Bar Oasis 2 is a Japanese-style adventure visual novel for mobile platforms. You work at a bar, managing and making money, and soon find yourself caught up in the...

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim — Dawnguard

Role-playing game, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

August 2, 2012 → PC

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 70/100

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim - Dawnguard is an add-on for the open world adventure RPG The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. In it you will meet the vampire lord Harkon, who...

Last Blade

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Arcade

August 2, 2012 → Wii

Steam: 77/100

Last Blade is a third-person action game with a dash of fighting from developers from the SNK Corporation studio. The main publisher of the game is SNK Corporation...

Clash of Clans

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval

August 2, 2012 → iOS

Players: 6.8/10

Clash of Clans is a top-down real-time strategy game in a fantasy setting. In this game, you create and develop your settlement, attack enemies, build competent...

Corpse Party: Sachiko's Game of Love Hysteric Birthday 2U

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Adventure

August 2, 2012 → PSP

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

Corpse Party: Sachiko's Game of Love Hysteric Birthday 2U is an anime or manga game with visual novel elements from developers from the 5PB Games studio. The game...

Kairobotica

Arcade, Role-playing game, Strategy, Platformer, Simulation

August 2, 2012 → Android

Steam: 72/100

A spacefaring simulation with role-playing and strategy elements, Kairobotica puts the player in command of the Kairobot Corps, a brigade of robots tasked with...

Agent Dash

August 2, 2012 → iOS

Metacritic: 76/100

This arcade runner follows a secret agent infiltrating villainous bases to destroy them and escape as the buildings collapse. The route is filled with hazards such...

Dragon Quest 10

Role-playing game, Action, MMO, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

August 2, 2012 → Wii

Dragon Quest 10 — continuation of the classic multiplayer role-playing game with a third-person view in the fantasy universe of Dragon...

Commando Jack

Action, Shooter, Strategy, First-person view, Free game

August 2, 2012 → iOS

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Commando Jack is a free-to-play first-person shooter in the tower defense genre for mobile platforms. You — Commando Jack — are the best, harshest...

Soreyuke! Burunyanman Portable

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Anime / Manga

August 2, 2012 → PSP

Players: 10/10

Soreyuke! Burunyanman Portable is an arcade game with a mixture of action, shooter and game in the anime or manga genre from the Alchemist studio. The game is...

Modern War

Role-playing game, Online, Strategy, Free game

August 2, 2012 → Android

Modern War is a shareware multiplayer strategy with role-playing game elements for mobile platforms. You have to fight for control over various territories. You...

Athletics: Summer Sports

Arcade, Sports game, Olympics

August 2, 2012 → iOS

Athletics: Summer Sports is a sports arcade game that takes you straight to the Olympic stadiums. You can play alone or with a friend on split screen. There are up...

Risen 2: Dark Waters

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Adventure

August 3, 2012 → PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 59/100

A third-person role-playing game set in a pirate-themed fantasy world, where sea monsters have halted seafaring after titans devastated the land. The hero, now a...

Death Rally

Arcade, Racing, Online, Isometric, Action, Remake

August 3, 2012 → PC

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Arcade racing with an isometric view. The gameplay is exciting, intense, and explosively fun. You will win races, upgrade your cars and weapons to defeat incredible...

Xenonauts

Strategy, Indie, Grand strategy, Business / Management

August 3, 2012 → Mac

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A turn-based strategy game about an international military organisation defending Cold War-era Earth from an alien invasion. Persistent soldiers fight in small...

Death Rally (Classic)

Action, Shooter, Racing, Top-down view

August 3, 2012 → PC

Players: 3.2/10

Steam: 91/100

Death Rally (Classic) is a furious racing shooter with a top-down view, where you have to survive in battle against real death...

Check vs. Mate

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy, Casual game

August 3, 2012 → PC, Mac; August 16, 2012 → PC; August 20, 2012 → PC

Players: 7/10

Steam: 73/100

Wizorb

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Indie

August 3, 2012 → iOS

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 80/100

An arcade game set in a fantasy medieval world, Wizorb combines classic block-breaking action with light role-playing...

Townsmen

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Historical, Free game, Simulation, Casual game

August 3, 2012 → Android; August 31, 2012 → Amazon Fire TV

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Townsmen is a free-to-play real-time management strategy for mobile platforms. The game will take you back to the time of the French Revolution of the 18th century...

QTE Champ

Arcade, Action

August 3, 2012 → Xbox 360

QTE Champ is an arcade game with a touch of action from developers from the mseifullah studio. The game is published by mseifullah. There has still been no...

Little Empire

Online, Strategy, In real time

August 4, 2012 → Android

Players: 5.5/10

Little Empire are online games with a dash of strategy from developers from the Camel Games studio. The game is published by Camel Games. Little Empire has not yet...

Time Travelers

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Interactive movie, Point & Click

October 15, 2012 → PS Vita, Nintendo 3DS

Time Travelers is an adventure game in the Point and Click genre with a mixture of games in the anime or manga genre and games in the "interactive cinema" genre...

Deponia

Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Comedy

August 6, 2012 → PC, Mac, Linux; August 8, 2012 → PC

Players: 9/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Deponia is a fun point and click adventure with lots of puzzles. The game will allow you to plunge into a fantastic comedy adventure revolving around the incredible...

Symphony

Arcade, Music game, Indie, Action

August 6, 2012 → PC

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Symphony is an arcade music action game about a mysterious entity that absorbs and corrupts the player’s music collection. To reclaim the music, the player battles...

Shark Dash

Arcade, Logic, Puzzle

August 6, 2012 → Android

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 84/100

This arcade puzzle game follows a band of toy sharks on a mission to rescue Sally after rubber ducks abduct her from the bathtub. The player launches a shark by...

Sound Shapes

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Action

August 7, 2012 → PlayStation 3, PS Vita; August 15, 2012 → PlayStation 3, PS Vita; August 16, 2012 → PlayStation 3, PS Vita

Metacritic: 84/100

A side-scrolling music platformer where sounds and visual elements are tied to the player’s actions. As players move through levels, they can create music using a...

Babel Rising

Arcade, Strategy, Action

August 7, 2012 → PC

Steam: 43/100

Metacritic: 53/100

Babel Rising is a whimsical adaptation of the biblical context. During the construction of the city of Babylon, the people build a tower designed to reach the sky...

Persona 4 Arena

Fighting, Anime / Manga

August 7, 2012 → PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Metacritic: 85/100

This 2D anime-style fighting game brings together fighters from Persona 3 and Persona 4. The characters are rendered as hand-drawn HD sprites, and battles feature...

Persona 4: The Ultimate In Mayonaka Arena

Arcade, Fighting, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

August 7, 2012 → PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Persona 4: The Ultimate In Mayonaka Arena is a third-person arcade game with fighting and anime/manga elements from the masters at Arc System Works. The main...