Beat summer’s heat with August’s best titles, from ‘No Man’s Sky’ to ‘Madden’

By Joshua Smith July 30, 2016

Summer heat brings summer boredom, especially when all you have are the same games to play month after month. While E3 brought plenty of games to get pumped up for, August actually puts some of them in our hands as it kicks off the fall gaming season with an array of exciting titles. With the return of fan-favorite heroes such as Batman and the long-awaited release of No Man’s Sky, you can beat the heat with these new games.

Here’s an inside look at the hottest games coming out this month, and when exactly you can snag them. Get your month started off right by prepping yourself for the weeks to come. Fighting the illuminati, scoring touchdowns and saving Gotham City are all things you can do this month. With Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and Madden 17 you can hit the future and the gridiron right after each other. Don’t miss a thing this August!

Topics

Joshua Smith

Former Digital Trends Contributor

Just another not so ordinary kid living this thing we like to call life.

Gaming

Xbox Games Showcase coming this summer alongside mysterious game reveal

Microsoft has set the date for its Xbox Games Showcase this June. It's also teasing a Direct that will immediately follow the showcase, but won't say what that's for just yet.

The Xbox Games Showcase will return at 10 a.m. PT on June 9. Like all of its showcases, Microsoft plans to stream this presentation across its YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook, although it will also give away tickets to see the show in person via Xbox FanFest. According to the Xbox Wire post announcing the livestream, this is Microsoft's "first Showcase featuring games from our portfolio of studios across Activision, Blizzard, Bethesda, and Xbox Game Studios, in addition to titles from our third-party partners."

Gaming

One of the best Tomb Raider games is coming to Xbox Game Pass

Lara Croft runs from a crashing plane in Tomb Raider.

Microsoft unveiled the batch of games coming to Xbox Game Pass throughout the first half of May. It's a smaller group of only four games, but all of them are neat additions to Microsoft's subscription service. Here's the full roster of games coming to Xbox Game Pass between May 2 and May 14.

Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition -- May 2
Kona II: Brume -- May 7
Little Kitty, Big City -- May 9
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons -- May 14

Gaming

Samsung TVs are getting their own exclusive games

Someone plays Rivals Arena on a Samsung TV.

Samsung announced two new video games for its TVs at the IAB NewFronts 2024 event that won't require a controller to be played.