what about bioshock?? hmmmmm?
it after all, got a perfect rating

Yeah this August is definitely an exception. There are so many dope games coming out. And for some reason I'm totally stoked for online Madden with the Wii.

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That doll is racist on the grounds that voodoo artists are black and that doll is black. So therefore black on black violence is intolerable. That doll should be white because white on white violence is perfectly acceptable.

Uh... How about Persona 3?

And if you want multiplayer, MTV, try Luminous Arc, which offers local and wi-fi multiplayer.

Someone didn't check the releases for the month before writing their article.

Prime 3 has weeks of my life planned out already. Bioshock... um.. will... have to wait?

Who cares? Maddenoliday in a week!

BLUE-FREAKING-DRAGON

painful? It gives me a month to actually FINISH some games.

I agree with crazy Bert..

I'm glad Voodoo Vince has found a nice job modeling for joystiq.

Not painful at all for me. Finally buckled down to save and buy a ps3 (in 2 days) and catch up on stuff I've put off forever/try new things.

There's virtually no way that Metroid will be a better game than Bioshock. I don't want to incite anything, here - Super and Prime are two of my favorite games, ever, but Retro's in over their heads. Echoes was horribly muddled by the fact that they suddenly found themselves pitched against Halo 2 and ran with it; Corruption may yet have a better sense of itself as a FPS, but that doesn't change the fact that Nintendo's time of narrative innovation is long past. While they still maintain a very high standard of quality, whatever they're trying to do with the medium, "player-dependent experience" is a far cry from "Face Training."

Not that both don't have their place!

Bioshock = Best August ever? Quite possibly.

seems like joystiq forgot to mention Warhawk

Dammit!
Bioshock comes out THIS month!!

man!!
i haven't saved up enough for an Xbox yet!!

but i'm getting metroid prime 3 anyways,
i mean sure prime 2 wasn't that great, but com'on,
it's Metroid!

August is a painful month for Joystiq Articles.

Metroid Prime 3
BioShock
Stranglehold
Blue Dragon
Warhawk

Hey, MTV is August a slow music season as well?

Yeah I'm def. getting bioshock/warhawk and if I can afford it, prime 3 as well. bioshock won't be on my pc though, my pc is great for fear/valve games/stalker/doom 3, but probably not bioshock sigh. looks like all platforms in my house (360,wii,ps3,pc) will be getting some love yay

oh yeahhh...how could i forget! i'll get stranglehold for 360 too duh

They chose a bad August to make that statement, that's for sure. Metroid Prime 3, Warhawk, BioShock, Brain Age 2, Jeanne d'Arc

every platform's getting something great this month. And Augusts past have been good for gamers too, didn't GBA premier in August 2001?

This August looks pretty sweet with Prime and Bioshock both looking stellar. Some other very good games as well.

Whoa there, Joystiq. I do believe I wrote the post about August in relation to the GTA 4 delay. In fact, I believe I wrote that August is now the month that, in three different years, the potential biggest game of the fall was hit with a crushing, knock-it-into-next-year delay.

I did not say that August was a bad month for actual gaming. And I certainly wouldn't say that this year with BioShock and Metroid Prime 3 coming out.

You may question what I know about music. But games? I know games.

Bah. MTV proving their knowledge of the games industry once again. "They announced GTA IV got delayed this month! This is the worst month everrrr!!"

August is just the start of when it gets good. January, June, and July are the worst months because games don't get released during them.

Welcome to games MTV, but you better stick to that reality show day job.

Warhawk will save August for me. I still can't decide which version to get though. PSN version is cheaper and is stored on the hard drive so you don't have to fool around with discs, Retail version includes a headset and I like having the box and game disc.

I bet Mario Galaxy gets a delay.

Hmm

Good games are rare anymore...This month has...almost ten?

Bioshock, Blue Dragon, Dynasty Warriors Gundam, Rune Factory, Luminious Arc, Metroid Prime 3, Persona 3, Two Worlds, Strangehold...

Can only think of nine...

Yeah-- I might have to finally drop money for a 360 for BioShock and I know Warhawk is gonna drain all my time-- the Beta sure did.

~

While I guess we have had some bad days in this particular month, but i don't see it happening this time. Metroid will own me.

Plus it's real hot.

I know MP3 will be good but not great (like MP1 and 2) Bioshock could very well push the indutry back to creative gaming...altho I doubt it,at the very least I pin my FPS hopes that bioshock will be awesome.

I still have not broke my boyycott to buy it from EB/GS.

Before I get Metroid, i'd have to get my hands on Strikers.....

Whoa there, Joystiq. I do believe I wrote the post about August in relation to the GTA 4 delay. In fact, I believe I wrote that August is now the month that, in three different years, the potential biggest game of the fall was hit with a crushing, knock-it-into-next-year delay.

I did not say that August was a bad month for actual gaming. And I certainly wouldn't say that this year with BioShock and Metroid Prime 3 coming out.

You may question what I know about music. But games? I know games.

As long as I have Bioshock, August will be a great month.

I vote we draw & quarter the author of this blurb for mentioning MP3 instead of Bioshock.

One word...Warhawk.

Bioshock is a inner circle game. Meaning it does not have brand weight. Not to mention while it does some unique things with the AI and setting...what does it have? We have never played the game so we have no idea if the game has a good story or it will turn out a clunker like FEAR. Not to mention, RPG Mana throwing lighting out of your arms? Lifting objects? Shooting things? Gee, I have never seen that in a video game before...

I am sure that Madden on all systems will carry most of the weight this month, with Metroid carrying the remainder due to how many Wii owners, Metroid Fans, and the general hype for the game.

I also love how everyone judges Prime 3 from the past two games. If you have keeped updated, its radically different from the past primes. I have played it myself, it has Metroid Puzzle Solving with Halo/Half-Life Action Scenes. In your theories, nobody should have bought RE4 because all the other RE games were crap before it came out.

Fuckers. -,-;