August 2012 - games, that were released this month for PlayStation 3

Risen 2: Dark Waters - release date for PlayStation 3

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

August 3, 2012 → PlayStation 3

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...

Sound Shapes

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Action

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

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...

Persona 4 Arena

Fighting, Anime / Manga

August 7, 2012 → PlayStation 3

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

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...

Unmechanical

Arcade, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie

August 8, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This puzzle adventure follows a journey to freedom through a fantastical world of flesh, rock, and steel. The player explores the surroundings and solves more than...

Darksiders 2

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Role-playing game

August 14, 2012 → PlayStation 3; August 16, 2012 → PlayStation 3; August 21, 2012 → PlayStation 3

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Darksiders 2 is a continuation of the action-slasher adventure game with a third-person view. The events of the sequel are directly related to the original plot of...

Sleeping Dogs

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Open world

August 14, 2012 → PlayStation 3; August 17, 2012 → PlayStation 3

VGTimes: 9.6/10

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The game takes place in Hong Kong from the perspective of secret agent Wei Sheng, embedded in the local triads. The game pays special attention to combat mechanics...

Papo & Yo

Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

August 14, 2012 → PlayStation 3; August 15, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Papo & Yo is an unusual platformer, which is based on the author of his childhood fear of an alcoholic father. You play for the little boy KVICO, who fell into the...

Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game

August 20, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 55/100

This Japanese role-playing game follows Neptune, the CPU of Planeptune, after she is sent to another dimension: a version of Gamindustri that has only reached the...

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Free game

August 21, 2012 → PlayStation 3; August 22, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) is a popular competitive team shooter with a first-person view. The main ideology is the confrontation between two teams...

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

Action

August 21, 2012 → PlayStation 3; August 24, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 78/100

An action game about the final hours of the civil war on Cybertron, after which the Autobots and Decepticons abandon their home planet. Transformers: Fall of...

Deep Black

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

August 21, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 47/100

This futuristic third-person action game takes place mostly underwater, where the player fights hostile enemies and infiltrates enemy bases. The available equipment...

Way of the Samurai 4

Adventure, Action, Japanese role-playing game, Historical

August 21, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Set in a Japanese port town in the mid-19th century, this historical action-adventure with role-playing elements follows a masterless samurai in Amihama after the...

Transformer: Fall of Cyberton

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

August 21, 2012 → PlayStation 3; August 24, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 10/10

Transformer: Fall of Cyberton is a third-person action game with a touch of shooter from developers from High Moon Studios and Mercenary Technology. The game is...

Labyrinth Tower: Legacista

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga

August 21, 2012 → PlayStation 3; August 22, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Labyrinth Tower: Legacista is an isometric RPG with action and anime/manga elements from System Prisma. The main publisher of the game is Nippon Ichi Software Inc...

Legasista

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

August 21, 2012 → PlayStation 3; August 22, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 68/100

An isometric role-playing game set in a fantasy world where science has become a relic of the past, and ancient knowledge is feared as magic spells and curses. A...

Retro/Grade

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Music game, Indie

August 21, 2012 → PlayStation 3; August 22, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A music-driven action game in the style of a classic shoot ’em up, set in a timeline that runs backwards. After a temporal anomaly, Rick Rocket sets out to restore...

Record of Agarest War 2

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game, Visual novel, Turn-based

August 22, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Steam: 57/100

This tactical role-playing game is set in a fantasy world where demons emerge after a catastrophe brought on by a blinding light. The amnesiac protagonist, Weiss...

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD

Arcade, Fighting

August 22, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 66/100

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD is an arcade game with fighting game elements from developers from the Capcom studio. The game is published by Capcom. There has...

Madden NFL 13

Rugby, Third-person view, Isometric, Sports game

August 28, 2012 → PlayStation 3; August 31, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 80/100

Madden NFL 13 is an American football game built around realistic player collisions and momentum transfer. Powered by the Infinity Engine, it makes each play unfold...

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD

Arcade, Third-person view, Sports game, Stunts, Skateboards

August 28, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 67/100

A third-person skateboarding arcade game centered on linking tricks into combos to score points. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD focuses on performing tricks and chaining...

Ratchet & Clank Collection

Collection

August 28, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

This collection brings together remastered versions of three games in the series: Ratchet & Clank, Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, and Ratchet & Clank...

Damage Inc. Pacific Squadron WWII

Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Historical, Action, Simulation

August 28, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 49/100

This flight-combat game with shooter elements is set in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Players pilot fighters, dive bombers, and torpedo bombers in battles...

The Walking Dead: Episode 3 - Long Road Ahead

August 28, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 87/100

The third episode in a five-part game series is set in Robert Kirkman’s universe. Betrayal within the group leads to a series of devastating events. Decisions made...

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD

Action, Slasher, In real time, Third-person view

August 28, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 10/10

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD is a third-person action game with slasher elements from the developers of Kojima Productions. The game is published by Konami...

Ratchet & Clank HD Trilogy

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

August 28, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Ratchet & Clank HD Trilogy is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from the developers from the studio Idol Minds L.L.C.. The main publisher of...

Mass Effect 3: Leviathan

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

August 28, 2012 → PlayStation 3; August 29, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Mass Effect 3: Leviathan is an addition to the third-person role-playing action game Mass Effect 3. In the addition, Shepard will be joined by an ancient reaper...

Madden 13

Third-person view, Sports game, American Football

August 28, 2012 → PlayStation 3; August 30, 2012 → PlayStation 3; August 31, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Madden 13 is a third-person sports game with elements of an American football simulator from EA Tiburon. The game is published by Electronic Arts. But Madden 13 has...

Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

August 28, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 90/100

This third-person sci-fi action platformer continues the adventures of Ratchet and Clank. Ratchet fights enemies, growing stronger through a system that upgrades...

Rock Band Blitz

Arcade, Music game

August 28, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 78/100

An arcade music game in the Rock Band franchise, it was the series’ first entry released exclusively as a digital download. Harmonix Music Systems developed and...

Anomaly: Warzone Earth

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

August 29, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 5.6/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Anomaly: Warzone Earth — This is a strategy with an unconventional approach. The player controls units that move along a pre-marked route. The goal is to kill...

Spec Ops: The Line

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view

August 30, 2012 → PlayStation 3

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Spec Ops: The Line is an unusual cinematic third-person shooter that will force you to confront not only real opponents, but even your own principles. Get ready to...

DiRT Showdown

Arcade, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Sports game

August 30, 2012 → PlayStation 3

VGTimes: 4.0/10

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 74/100

DiRT Showdown is a racing arcade game with a third-person view in the popular DiRT series. All the attention in this game is paid to such types of competitions as...

Mercia: Fractured Realms

Role-playing game, Online, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game

August 30, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Mercia: Fractured Realms is a third-person role-playing game with a mix of online gaming, fantasy gaming and free-to-play from the developers of Lockwood...

AquaPazza

Arcade, Fighting

August 30, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 7.9/10

AquaPazza is an arcade game mixed with a fighting game from the masters from the studios Aquaplus and EXAMU Inc.. The game is published by Atlus. The PC version of...

Tales of Graces F

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

August 31, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Tales of Graces F is a third-person action RPG, anime/manga and fantasy game from the developers of Namco Tales Studio. The main publishers of the game are Namco...