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AUGUST

ATLAS FALLEN Prepare to glide the sands of a timeless fantasy world that’s filled with ancient dangers, mysteries, and fragments of the past in this wild original adventure that sees you charged with liberating mankind from the grasp of corrupted gods. Hunt legendary monsters – solo or in co-op - using powerful,

RIDE 5 It’s that time again, motorcycle heads, to get into the latest iteration of the RIDE series. This year’s model has been crafted exclusively for the latest generation of consoles, bringing new levels of realism to the track. Packed with AI assists that you can dial up or down depending upon your skill level, anybody will be

shape-shifting weapons and devastating sand-powered abilities in spectacular combat, all powered by the mighty Unreal Engine 5.

able to find their way onto the podium. Packed with desirable bikes both new and old, worldwide tracks, and a mode for everybody, RIDE 5 is set to take racing up another notch.

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MOVING OUT 2 Moving sucks. But, as we discovered back in 2020, Moving Out doesn’t! Now all the simulated moving home silliness and absolute mayhem that’s just as fun alone as it is with friends is set to return via a sequel, and it’s been seriously embiggened! Friends can now join in online, while there are twice the number of F.A.R.T.

ARMORED CORE VI: FIRES OF RUBICON Get ready to get good, as FromSoftware return with their latest mega mech mayhem onslaught. The fight has come a long way in the 26 years since the series debuted, arriving exclusively on new-gen consoles with all the bells and whistles. Assemble your mech from a wide variety of

parts and weaponry, ready to face down overwhelming opposition by outgunning and overrunning your enemies via both ranged and melee combat. Plus, nab bonus art cards, stickers, and a poster!

technicians (your moving people), and over 50 main levels throughout several dimensions. That’s right, Dorothy, we’re not just in Packmore anymore!

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IMMORTALS OF AVEUM Get ready for a new first-person shooter experience with your main weapon being magic, as you set out to save the realms. Step into the boots of Jak (no relation to Daxter’s mate) as he joins an elite order of battlemages to save a world on the edge of abyss. Master three forces of magic,

SAMBA DE AMIGO: PARTY CENTRAL It’s been a long time between parties, but finally all the colour and musical fun of Samba De Amigo is back to shake up your next shindig! Grab your Joy-Cons and do the super-fun maracas thing, as you shake along to any of 40 hits from genres including EDM, pop, rock, Latin, and

unleash spells with deadly skill, and decimate legions of enemies, in this game with serious pedigree, including director Bret Robbins, who worked on the likes of Dead Space and Call of Duty: WWII .

others, with the promise of plenty more to come. There are new modes to explore, too, whether you’re partying locally or online, including the new eight-player World Party mode – plus, new minigames!

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Are you up to answering all eight of this month’s game related posers? 1. What’s the other game from Atlas Fallen developers Deck13 that featured “Fallen” in its title? 2. The SMG Studio people sure love boxy things. What was their big title before Moving Out ? 3. What was the main protagonist’s name in Dead Space ?

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4. What was the name of SEGA’s 1985 smash hit arcade motorcycle game? 5. On which home console did the original Armored Core first appear? 6. What was the name of SEGA’s tambourine-themed Samba de Amigo arcade spinoff? 7. Which two brands of car featured on the cover of the original 2005 Xbox release of Forza Motorsport ? 8. What’s the name of Hello Games’ sprawling space epic adventure, first released in 2016?

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