"Everybody's Gone to the Rapture" defies its name, representing an uptick in volume for the video game release schedule, and releases alongside "Toy Soldiers: War Chest," a "Goat Simulator" for PlayStation, and "Fallout Shelter" on Android.
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (PS4)
August 11
After tackling survival horror in "Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs," award-winning studio TheChineseRoom returns to mystery adventure that takes place during an apparent apocalypse, is set in a remote English village, and mines mid-20th century British sci-fi tales for inspiration.
Toy Soldiers: War Chest (PS4 WinPC XBO)
August 11
Building on two Xbox 360 games from 2010 and 2011, "War Chest" sees tanks, cannons, teddies, ponies, dragons, drones and pixies collide in a battle for supremacy. A deluxe Hall of Fame version includes licensed characters from cartoon series He-Man and G.I. Joe as well as Ubisoft's "Assassin's Creed" games.
Goat Simulator (PS3, PS4)
August 11
Having already been made available on Windows PCs, Mac and Linux, iOS and Android, and Xbox 360 and Xbox One, 2014 breakout / genre spoof "Goat Simulator" arrives in all its goofy glory on PlayStation, goading players into high-scoring stunts and neighborhood-wrecking antics. Includes 4-player local co-op play and jokey GoatVR mode.
http://www.goat-simulator.com/
Fallout Shelter (Android)
August 13
An immediate hit on iOS, "Fallout Shelter" offers a thematically appropriate survivor curation experience, as players plan and build an underground bunker for their growing band of citizens, allocating them tasks and self-development opportunities in order to keep everybody happy in a peculiar retro-futuristic 1950s way.
Volume (Mac PS4 WinPC Vita)
August 18
Reinterpreting the story of Robin Hood but with Robert Locksley now a youthful pilferer sneaking around inside the security systems of Gisborne Industries. Featuring Andy Serkis ("Lord of the Rings"), Danny Wallace ("Assassin's Creed") and UK YouTuber Charlie McDonnell.
Armikrog (Linux Mac WinPC)
August 18
Spaceman Tommynaut finds himself and his odd dog Beak Beak shut in a prison on a strange alien planet. Get out and get home! A claymation comeback from the creator of 90s classics "The Neverhood" and "Earthworm Jim," and beneficiary of a 2013 Kickstarter campaign. PS4 and Wii U versions forthcoming.
http://www.armikrog.com/
Zombi (PS4 WinPC XBO)
August 18
Originally released as a Wii U launch title in 2012 and praised for its originality, the tense and gory survival horror set in London has some neat tricks up its sleeve in terms of online interactions and replayability incentives -- dead characters must be tracked down and defeated in order to recover essential equipment as a tide of infection washes over the city.
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