9 Essential Video Games Releasing In August 2017

9. Lawbreakers

When the almighty Cliff Bleszinski releases a new game - the man who brought you the Gears of War trilogy, no less - you take notice.

Lawbreakers is his first project built from the ground up with studio Boss Key, and aims to be something of a 'hero shooter' where every class matters, but with a physics system that upends everything we assume about FPS control. As such, gravity and momentum can be switched on a dime thanks to a total lack of gravity in places, giving way to a ton of mid-air fighting and surprise-recovering from falling off ledges, all as action takes place at eye-melting speeds.

With plenty of play-tested betas and a confidence from Cliffy B we haven't seen in years, Lawbreakers looks mighty promising indeed.