As with the last few weeks, we have a wide array of new releases to choose from for many different types of gamers. You have the relaunch of Final Fantasy XIV with what is actually a sequel story wise in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. For football fans, the biggest game of the year is out this week in Madden 25. The third game in the Lost Planet franchise also releases on the same day. We also get the highly anticipated next DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops II as a time-exclusive release for the Xbox 360.
Check out the full list below of what you can expect to be released the week of August 18th through the 24th:
Sunday
New Super Luigi U Retail Release (Wii U)
Monday
PixelJunk Monsters: Ultimate (PC/Steam)
Tuesday
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (Playstation 3, PC)
Madden 25 (Xbox 360, Playstation 3)
Lost Planet 3 (Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC)
Killer is Dead (Xbox 360, Playstation 3)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 – Apocalypse DLC (Xbox 360)
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F (Playstation 3)
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Ultimate Edition (PC)
Real Boxing (PS Vita/PSN)
Spelunky (Playstation 3/PSN, PS Vita/PSN)
Sweet Fuse: At Your Side (PSP/PSN, PS Vita/PSN)
Wednesday
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (Xbox 360/XBLA)
Shelter (PC/Steam)
Thursday
Pokemon Rumble U (Wii U/eShop)
Game Dev Tycoon (PC/Steam)
Guardians of Middle Earth (PC/Steam)
Memoria (PC/Steam)
The Chaos Engine (PC/Steam)
Friday
Painkiller: Hell & Damnation (Xbox 360, Playstation 3)