Best-selling games in the U.S. for August 2024
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Circana has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of August 2024.
A few new games appear for the first time, including Gundam Breaker 4 which manages to crack the list at #11. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is still trucking along for Nintendo and appears at #14.
Here’s a look at the complete list of best-selling games in the U.S. for August 2024:
Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered announced for Switch
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Today, Aspyr revealed that it’s developing Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered for Switch. It launches on February 14, 2025.
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, Tomb Raider: Chronicles, and Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness are all included here. Just like the previous collection, the three games will let players swap between the remastered and original graphics.
Here’s an official overview:
Darkest Dungeon II getting Inhuman Bondage DLC
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Red Hook Studios has shared details about new DLC for Darkest Dungeon II, known as Inhuman Bondage.
The DLC brings along the reclusive alchemist Abomination, who’s making a return to the series. Also in the works are the Catacombs, a new region with new slime sodden enemies and new items.
Also worth noting, Darkest Dungeon II will be adding The Hunger of the Beast Clan. This is the first of three thematic modules of the brand new game mode Kingdoms, which will be offered as a free update.
More: Darkest Dungeon II, DLC, Red Hook Studios
Core Keeper delayed to September on Switch [update: October]
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July 31: Core Keeper, which was originally expected on Switch in about a month, has now been delayed.
The team put out a statement today that the title will now be releasing on September 17, 2024. Originally, it was slated for August 27. Note that the move affects both the physical release and digital version of the game.
More: Core Keeper, Fireshine Games, Pugstorm
Nick Jr. Party Adventure launch trailer
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With the release of Nick Jr. Party Adventure on Switch today, Bandai Namco have shared a launch trailer to give players another look at what the game has to offer.
Check out an overview of the game plus the trailer below:
Puzzle game Magic Cats Pots heading to Switch
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October 1: Today, RedDeerGames announced that it’s developing Magic Cats Pots for Switch. A release date for the title will follow later.
Magic Cats Pots is a puzzle game at its core. Players are tasked with restoring broken porcelain and revealing hidden magic.
More information can be foun din the following overview:
More: Magic Cats Pots, RedDeerGames
Famitsu software sales (9/30/24 – 10/6/24) – Top 30
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [NSW] Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom – 48,208 / 248,329
2. [NSW] Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream – 13,838 / NEW
3. [PS5] Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream – 9,645 / NEW
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 7,576 / 6,019,200
5. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 6,053 / 7,926,358
6. [NSW] Minecraft – 5,654 / 3,647,809
7. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports – 5,553 / 1,438,792
8. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 4,677 / 3,640,284
9. [NSW] Honey Vibes – 4,668 / NEW
10. [NSW] EA Sports FC 25 – 4,602 / 17,934
Sci-fi action adventure game Bioframe Outpost planned for Switch
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Omni Systems Publishing is releasing Bioframe Outpost on Switch, the developer revealed today. The game already has a release date of November 7, 2024.
Bioframe Outpost is a sci-fi action adventure title with photography-based mechanics and gameplay. Players will be tasked with using photography to learn how creatures behave in the game and fill up their “Compendium”, with survival being the ultimate goal.
More information is included in the following overview:
Nintendo requests Switch Online: Playtest Program users to not share content from the event
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In an official notice tied to the Switch Online: Playtest Program, Nintendo is requesting that users do not share content from the event.
The trial was announced yesterday with sign-ups happening earlier today. However, fans were quick to discover a notice that states: “We request that you do not discuss or disclose content from either the Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program test software or website with others.”
More: Nintendo Switch Online
Europe’s best-selling games of September 2024
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GSD data provides a look at the best-selling games across Europe in September 2024. It’s based on data for all physical game releases in major markets plus digital game sales from most major publishers.
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, which was a new release at the very end of the month, lands at #8. As usual, no physical sales are included, which could have put the game higher. With that said, Echoes of Wisdom’s sales are 15 percent lower that of the Link’s Awakening remake in 2019.
