Xbox 360 Games Slated for August 2008 Release

Wondering what games are expected to hit store shelves next month? Here is what you can expect for the month of August, assuming there are no delays.

Crash Time: Autobahn Pursuit – 08.05.08
Racing – Rated Teen

Features (from IGN.com) :

Various exciting cases await the player as part of the “Cobra 11″ police force. Solving them requires several diverse missions to be successfully completed: Be it helicopter chases,jumps across moving trains or reconnaissance runs in tanks.

Madden NFL 09 – 08.12.08
Sports – Rated Everyone

Features (from Xbox.com) :

Celebrating twenty years of innovation and counting, Madden NFL 09 delivers its most complete NFL football package ever. Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or picking up the game for the first time, players of all skill levels will enjoy a unique, yet challenging experience with the Adaptive Difficulty Engine, which tailors the game to match your playing style. Instantly improve your game with the all-new virtual Training Center or incorporate feedback with EA SPORTS BackTrack, allowing you to learn from your mistakes on the fly. With a new broadcast presentation and online leagues, plus more than 85 new features and enhancements, Madden NFL 09 is the most authentic and adaptable game in sports videogame history.

Smash Court Tennis 3 – 08.12.08
Sports – Rated Everyone

Features (from IGN.com) :

Making the most of the power of Xbox 360, Smash Court Tennis 3 boasts enhanced graphics including improved player animations, realistic shadows, skin shaders and High Dynamic Range rendering which combine to deliver a greater level of realism and immersion for the player. A host of customizing options allows players to choose rackets, shoes, hairstyles, skin tone and clothing to create their own unique star of the courts. New gameplay includes a system which lets all players, no matter what their skill level, benefit quickly from the powerful shots and finely honed skills of the star players.

Too Human – 08.19.08
Action Adventure – Rated Teen

Features (from IGN.com) :

As the Cybernetic God Baldur, players are thrust into the midst of an ongoing battle that threatens the existence of mankind. An ancient machine presence has forced the God’s hand. In the first of a three part trilogy, Baldur is charged with defending mankind from an onslaught of monstrous war machines bent on eradication of human life. Players are treated to a nonstop barrage of action powered by the seamless integration of melee and ranged firearms combat. Battles unfold in awesome scale as players engage in spectacular battles with vast numbers of enemies.

Tales of Vesperia – 08.26.08
RPG – Rated Teen

Features (from Xbox.com) :

A power struggle begins in a civilization dependent on an ancient technology, the blastia, and the Empire that controls this technology. The fates of two friends traveling separate paths intertwine in an epic adventure that threatens the existence of all. Tales of Vesperia marks the first Tales RPG release in HD, as the next evolution of the revered role-playing series comes to Xbox 360, with detail and graphics never before seen in the series. Now, real-time battles are more exciting than ever with Overlimits, the ability to unleash fatal strikes, combinations, and special Burst Artes.

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 – 08.26.08
Sports – Rated Everyone

Features (from Xbox.com) :

Tiger Woods’ coach is now your coach! In Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 09, Hank Haney will be there from the start to assess your skills, help you tune your clubs and give you feedback after every round as you attempt to climb the leaderboards and win the FedEx Cup. This highly adaptable game allows both the rookie and the seasoned veteran to have a personalized and customized day on the links. This year’s game features online enhancements with a highly integrated EA SPORTS GamerNet experience and an all-new online engine powering simultaneous play.

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames – 08.31.08
Action – Rated Teen

Features (from Xbox.com) :

The controversial Mercenaries 2: World in Flames sets the bar for explosive, open-world action games in the next generation. A power-hungry tyrant is interfering with Venezuela’s oil supply, sparking an invasion that turns the country into a warzone. This is an opportunity for you. World powers with deep pockets are willing to pay you to create chaos and do their dirty work. Mercenaries 2 features the latest and most dangerous in civilian and military tech, everything from tanks, APCs, boats, shiny new sports cars, to even a satellite-guided bunker-busting mini-nuke. These are your tools, use them well.

You are not a soldier. You are a mercenary. Everyone will try and screw you, given the chance. They think they can get away with it, because they don’t know rule number one: Everybody pays.