What to Play in August: 13 Notable Upcoming Games
In the gallery on this page, our editors have selected the most promising videogames scheduled for release in the month ahead.
Action-adventure
Out August 20 for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4
Suck Punch's well-reviewed 2020 open-world samurai game comes to the PS5 for the first time in an expanded "Director's Cut" edition, which will also be available for the PS4. The new version includes the base game and the previously released Legends expansion, and adds a second single-player expansion: Iki Island (also available separately), which adds a new story and missions and a large island setting to explore (similar in size to the base game's Izuhara). The PS5 version of Director's Cut will also boast a few new, exclusive features, including upgraded visuals, quicker load times, 3D audio, and haptic feedback.