July 2008 - games, that were released this month

July 1, 2008 → PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 84/100

A first-person shooter about a squad of renegade soldiers behind enemy lines on a personal quest for gold and revenge. Battlefield: Bad Company...

Insecticide: Part 1

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Detective

July 1, 2008 → PC; July 25, 2008 → PC

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 60/100

This detective action game combines shooting, platforming, and puzzles in a futuristic city of mutant insects, where corruption runs deep. Rookie...

Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Point & Click

July 1, 2008 → PC; July 3, 2008 → PC; July 11, 2008 → PC

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This first-person point-and-click adventure follows detective Nancy Drew as she joins an international undercover investigation during Venice’s...

The Sims 2: IKEA Home Stuff

Simulation, DLC, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric

July 1, 2008 → PC

The Sims 2: IKEA Home Stuff is a third-person simulator from developers from the Maxis Software Inc. studio. The game is published by Electronic Arts...

Stronghold Crusader Extreme

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Sandbox

July 1, 2008 → PC; July 2, 2008 → PC

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 45/100

This medieval real-time strategy game continues the gameplay of Stronghold Crusader. Players take part in large-scale battles, use new outposts, and...

Supreme Ruler 2020

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Tactics

July 1, 2008 → PC; July 4, 2008 → PC; July 11, 2008 → PC

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 65/100

A global economic crisis fuels political instability and regional conflicts in the strategy simulation Supreme Ruler 2020. Players govern one of more...

Etch A Sketch

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

July 1, 2008 → Mac

Etch A Sketch is a third-person action game with platforming and puzzle elements from the developers from the studio Freeze Tag, Inc.. The game is...

Jimmy's Lost His Toilet Paper

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

July 1, 2008 → PC

Jimmy's Lost His Toilet Paper is a third-person action game with platforming and puzzle elements from the developers at Kloonigames. The game is...

Seireisenshi Spriggan

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots

July 1, 2008 → Wii

Seireisenshi Spriggan is a top-down arcade game with a mixture of action, shooter and robot simulator from developers from the Compile studio. The...

Dig Dug

Arcade, Action, Third-person view

July 1, 2008 → Wii

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Dig Dug is an arcade action game set in underground tunnels, where the hero digs through the earth while hunting monsters. A harpoon pump inflates...

Dungeon Runners

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

July 2, 2008 → PC

Metacritic: 74/100

This third-person fantasy role-playing game follows a hero exploring dangerous dungeons, battling monsters, and collecting weapons, artifacts, and...

Hail to the Chimp

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Board / Group Game

July 2, 2008 → Xbox 360

Metacritic: 52/100

This arcade party game follows a group of animal candidates competing for the Crown after the King of the Animals is forced to resign. Each of the...

SoulCalibur

Arcade, Action, Fighting

July 2, 2008 → Android, Xbox 360

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

This fighting game centers on duels between blade-wielding fighters. SoulCalibur features 19 playable characters and eight modes, including Story...

Trauma Center: Under The Knife 2

Arcade, Simulation, Action, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Anime / Manga

July 2, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 79/100

This medical action-puzzle game follows the aftermath of the GUILT virus epidemic. Caduceus’s surgical team, led by Dr. Derek Stiles and nurse Angie...

Wall-E (2008)

Action, Flight Simulator, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Adventure, Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic

July 2, 2008 → Mac; July 4, 2008 → PC, PlayStation 2

Steam: 96/100

This adventure platformer based on Pixar Animation Studios’ animated film follows WALL-E, a robot tasked with cleaning up Earth after humanity has...

Beauties and Beasts

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle

July 2, 2008 → PC

Beauties and Beasts is a first-person adventure with puzzle...

Hide & Secret 2: Cliffhanger Castle

Adventure, First-person view

July 2, 2008 → PC

Hide & Secret 2: Cliffhanger Castle is a first-person adventure from the developers of Anarchy Enterprises. The game is published by Party Top...

How Many...

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

July 2, 2008 → PC

How Many... is a third-person adventure with puzzle...

Unicorn Castle

Adventure, Puzzle

July 2, 2008 → PC

Unicorn Castle is an adventure with a dash of puzzle from the masters at Fenomen Games. The game is published by Big Fish Games, Inc. Mystery of...

Bejeweled 2

Action, Strategy, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row)

July 3, 2008 → iOS

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This match-three puzzle game features four ways to play. Puzzle mode challenges players to solve handcrafted brain teasers against the clock, while...

Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree

Action, First-person view, Puzzle

July 3, 2008 → Wii

Metacritic: 68/100

This collection of quick brain-teasers tests different abilities through a range of activities. In Test mode, Professor Lobe puts players through a...

Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

July 3, 2008 → Xbox 360

Metacritic: 72/100

This fighting game based on Dragon Ball Z puts its characters into arena battles, where meeting certain conditions unlocks additional story scenes. A...

Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Adventure

July 3, 2008 → PlayStation 2

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 74/100

This action-adventure follows Ratchet and Clank as a mysterious kidnapping cuts their vacation short. Tracking down a kidnapped girl leads them to...

Buzz! Quiz TV

Arcade, Simulation, Educational game (Education), Logic, Trivia

July 3, 2008 → PlayStation 3; July 4, 2008 → PlayStation 3

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

This quiz game, styled as a television game show, tests knowledge of music, movies and TV, sports, brainteasers, and lifestyle topics. Buzz! Quiz TV...

Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

July 3, 2008 → PC; July 10, 2008 → Wii

Metacritic: 55/100

This action-adventure game based on The Chronicles of Narnia follows events across Narnia, including the fall of the country to the Telmarine hordes...

Descent: Freespace - The Great War

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Space, Science fiction

July 3, 2008 → PC

Steam: 77/100

This space combat simulator follows the war between the Galactic Terran Alliance and the Shivans, a race that appears without warning and possesses...

Man Boy vs Doctor Sock

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

July 3, 2008 → PC

Man Boy vs Doctor Sock is a third-person adventure with puzzle...

Pini Society: Remarkable Truth

Strategy, Educational game (Education), Puzzle

July 3, 2008 → PC

Pini Society: Remarkable Truth is a strategy game with elements of an educational game and puzzle from the masters from the studio Arkadium, Inc...

Jawa: Mammoth Secret

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

July 3, 2008 → Wii

Jawa: Mammoth Secret is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of action, adventure and anime/manga games from the Ysk Netchubiyori studio. The...

Nanashi no Game

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror

July 3, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Nanashi no Game is a role-playing game with elements of adventure and horror from the studio epics. The main publisher of the game is Square Enix...

Hearts of Iron

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Historical

July 4, 2008 → PC

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Hearts of Iron is a real-time tactical management strategy based on the historical events of World War II. You will be able to take control of any...

Unreal Tournament 3

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Online

July 4, 2008 → Xbox 360; July 7, 2008 → Xbox 360

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 84/100

A futuristic first-person shooter built around arena battles against other players online or computer-controlled opponents. Combat combines a range...

Europa Universalis: Rome

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Historical, Grand strategy

July 4, 2008 → Mac

Metacritic: 73/100

This grand strategy game covers the ancient Mediterranean from the Punic Wars to the beginning of the Roman Empire. Players choose from more than 53...

Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli

Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

July 4, 2008 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 67/100

This Ferrari racing game combines accessible handling with a simulation-oriented feel. It features more than 15 international circuits and several...

Incredible Hulk (2008)

Action, Third-person view, Comics

July 4, 2008 → Wii; July 18, 2008 → PlayStation 2

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 48/100

Incredible Hulk (2008) — In the plot of the game, scientist Bruce Banner, as a result of experiments, was subjected to gamma radiation, as a...

Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Isometric

July 4, 2008 → PC

Players: 5.5/10

Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals is a first-person simulation game with elements of strategy, business simulation and educational game from the masters...

Arkanoid DS

Arcade, Strategy, Top-down view, Arkanoid

July 4, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 61/100

Arkanoid DS is an arcade game about breaking blocks across three gameplay modes. Multiplayer matches support two or four players competing for the...

Hearts of Iron Anthology

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Collection, Historical

July 4, 2008 → PC

Hearts of Iron Anthology is a top-down strategy game with elements of a business simulation and historical game from the masters at Paradox...

Meine Tierpension (2008)

Simulation, Third-person view

July 4, 2008 → Wii

Meine Tierpension (2008) is a third-person simulation game from Independent Arts Software GmbH. The game is published by dtp young entertainment GmbH...

Spac3 Invaders Extr3me

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)

July 4, 2008 → Nintendo DS

Spac3 Invaders Extr3me is a third-person arcade game with action and shooter elements from developers from the Taito Corporation studio. The game is...