Xbox 360 Games Slated for August 2009 Release
July 21, 2009 30 Comments
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.
Brave: A Warrior’s Tale – 08.04.09
Action Adventure – Rated E10+
Features (from Xbox.com) :
Set in a fantastic world based upon the mythology of Native America, Brave: A Warrior’s Tale plays as a series of flashbacks in which a now elderly Brave describes the events of his life. Between the warrior’s tales of his youth, take control of Courage, a young boy who takes lessons from his elder’s experiences to stop the evil Wendigo’s threat to their village.
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra — The Game – 08.04.09
Action – Rated Teen
Features (from IGN.com) :
As COBRA unleashes its deadliest plot yet, the G.I. JOE Team is counting on you and your hand-picked team of heroes to lead the counterattack. Every mission is critical and so is every G.I. Joe character. Picking up where the live action film leaves off, G.I. Joe The Rise of Cobra is an accessible third person action-arcade shooter that allows players to recreate and relive the greatest moments from the film, cartoon series and action toy line.
Choose from 16 playable characters (four of which are unlockable COBRA characters) — each with a unique set of abilities and weapons. Then gear up with the latest in high-tech gadgets (like the film-inspired Accelerator Suit) and high-powered vehicles and take your forces across 20 levels to face the worst threats in Cobra Commander’s arsenal. Adding to the adrenaline rush will be an intense single-screen co-op mode allowing two players to easily unite as a team in a classic struggle between good and evil as they work together to defeat the powers of the COBRA organization.
Raven Squad – 08.11.09
Action – Rated Teen
Features (from IGN.com) :
Raven Squad puts players in control of two groups of mercenary squads who crash land behind enemy lines in the Amazonian jungles. It will require tactical planning and a liberal amount of brute force to escape to safety. Each of the eight squad members possesses distinctive skills and weaponry that the player will have to use wisely to progress through the game’s story driven objectives. Raven Squad sets itself apart by allowing players to switch freely between real-time strategy and first-person shooter gameplay. Only by mastering both of these modes of play, and becoming adept at switching between the two, will players make it out of the jungle alive.
Madden NFL 10 – 08.14.09
Sports – Rated Everyone
Features (from Xbox.com) :
Every Sunday in the NFL, an epic battle rages between the offense and defense. Every play is a struggle, with each side relentlessly pursuing every single yard. In Madden NFL 10, join the fight and experience first-hand what it’s like to “fight for every yard.”
Wolfenstein – 08.18.09
First-Person Shooter – Rated Mature
Features (from Xbox.com) :
Wolfenstein brings the Nazis dark obsession with the occult to life with epic action and harrowing shooter combat. Use a powerful arsenal of both definitive and occult-enhanced Axis and Allied weapons to beat back a supernatural Nazi force that is full of surprises.
Play as BJ Blazkowicz, a highly decorated member of the Office of Secret Actions (OSA). You are sent on a special mission into the heart of the Reich to investigate evidence that the Nazis may possess a new and mysterious power. While behind enemy lines, you discover the Nazis have done much more than develop a new toy. The Nazis are harnessing the power of the Black Sun through a dark parallel dimension called The Veil; in order to create a weapon of war-ending mass destruction. You are the only one that can stop them and save the world from their perverse domination.
Batman: Arkham Asylum – 08.25.09
Action – Rated Teen
Features (from Xbox.com) :
The Dark Knight takes on his greatest challenge yet when he becomes trapped with all of his most dangerous villains inside the insane asylum of Gotham City—Arkham Asylum! Batman: Arkham Asylum exposes you to a unique, dark and atmospheric adventure that takes you to the depths of Arkham Asylum, Gotham’s psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane.
Move in the shadows, instigate fear amongst your enemies and confront The Joker and Gotham City’s most notorious villains who have taken over the asylum. Using a wide range of Batman’s gadgets and abilities, become the invisible predator and attempt to foil The Joker’s demented scheme. Batman: Arkham Asylum features an original story penned exclusively for the game by famous Batman author and five-time Emmy award winner, Paul Dini, whose credits include LOST season one and Batman: The Animated Series.
With amazing graphics and a moody, immersive setting, Batman: Arkham Asylum offers diverse gameplay options that push the envelope for all action, adventure, and superhero games.
Section 8 – 08.25.09
First-Person Shooter – Rating Pending
Features (from Xbox.com) :
On the war-torn planets of tomorrow, mankind’s greatest battle is about to begin. With its frontier colonies devastated by a growing insurrection, Earth dispatches the elite 8th Armored Infantry (nicknamed Section 8) to repel the coming onslaught. The nickname refers to an old United States military regulation where a soldier would be dismissed from service through being mentally unfit for duty.
The near-suicidal missions that this division volunteers for brands them as insane by other military units. Section 8 deploys by “burning in” from their orbital drop ships tens of thousands of feet above the battlefield, utilizing the most advanced arsenal of military hardware.
I might be interested in Wolfenstein, if only for the sake of nostalgia.
Section 8. Can’t go wrong with most first-person shooters… :)
Perhaps seeing as your blog is ever so growing you should correct the title of your upcoming releases list to Xbox 360 Games Slated for _____ 200_ Release in America? Although European regulars are already aware of that…
I will attempt to remember to add that into the intro next time. I tend to forget that release dates are not universal. Thanks for the reminder. :)
Meh, it’s more that I always have the urge to get excited over something and then notice we’ll get it a month later >.<
I was interested in Section 8, until I saw the gameplay videos. Such a shame, as well.
August isn’t gonna be much of a game month for me. September through to December will be too many games to handle, as it usually is.
I think I am the only one that doesn’t want that Batman game. Other wise I really want to get Wolfinstein game
I think Batman looks rather promising. Cant wait to get a hold of it!
Pretty poor lineup, nothing that takes my fancy. I think it’s pretty funny how XBL Arcade games are better than Retail games lately. BF1943, ‘Splosion Man, Trials HD and Shadow Complex? Bring it on!
I remember having wolfenstein 3D a long time ago, I loved that game, perhaps i’ll get the new wolfenstein.
If Arkham Asylum is anything like the comic Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on a Serious Earth, it’s gonna fuck with my head pretty good. Can’t wait.
I loved that comic. It wasn’t very Batman like. But looks like the drought carries on. (i plan to get batman after the reviews come out and the price goes down)
It feels like it’s been a year since the last Madden.
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LOL, I see what you did there!
What’s with all the thumbs downs? People are really critical of these comments.
The comment system is only a few days old but as they say, it’s only going to be as good as its users. It certainly doesn’t appear that the regulars are the ones utilizing it so if it continues on this path, I’ll just nix it.
Yeah, I got thumbed down twice for passing along info about Wolfenstein’s MP problems… sheesh. Let’s shoot the messenger, woo!
Really looking forward to Arkham Asylum. Cautiously optimistic about wolfenstein too.
I hear unfortunate things about Wolfenstein, particularly their multi-player. I hope they get it polished even if that means delaying it months.
Batman: Arkham Asylum looks pretty good – might be the first Batman console game I’ve ever bought.
Only thing that will get my money this month is the new CoD:WaW content!
more waw content?! again?! WTH
Am I the only one that is confused by Section 8? Burning in from Orbital Drop Ships Thousands of feet above a battlefield? Fighting the Innies? This game isn’t made by Bungie?
Again no Tekken 6. Sad face.
Section Eight sounds like a “re-imagined” version of ODST’s.
The GI Joe movie looks like crap, but I’ll check out the game. Rental, that is.
To quote the Duke and use my creative license:
“It’s time to kill Nazis and chew bubble gum-and I’m out of gum.”
Once again, I can’t bring myself to care for any of these. Maybe Arkham Asylum, but I’m not gonna run out and buy it the day it comes out.
Everything I want is coming out sometime in the Fall, or Winter. I’ve never wanted school to start so badly before. X_X
Nothing really jumps out at me for the month of August. Bioshock 2 and Singularity were delayed until 2010 :(. Other than those two games, its not much to get elated about going toward the end of 2009(for myself). I’ve doubts about Assassin’s creed 2, it somewhat makes me nervous for some reasons. I guess it’s never to late to starts saving-up money for the games in 2010.
….And Yes!, i have pre-ordered Assassin’s Creed 2 at my local Gamecrazy store along with Collector’s Edition Strategy Guide which is about $30 US dollars. I hope AC2 is a great game.