ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
January 15
The games released on this day in gaming history.
707 releases
18 Years AgoCSI: Hard Evidence
WiiWorldwide
CSI: Hard Evidence continues the crime-solving experience of Ubisoft’s CSI video game series. Players join Gil Grissom, Catherine Willows and the rest of the Las Vegas cast to help solve crimes using realistic techniques and lab equipment.
13 Years AgoCorpse Party: Book of Shadows
PSPNorth America
Corpse Party: Book of Shadows is a survival horror adventure game and the sequel to Corpse party BloodCovered: ...Repeated Fear.
12 Years AgoNES Open Tournament Golf
Wii UJapan
NES Open Tournament Golf is an NES game featuring Mario characters. As the name of the game implies, it is a golf game and was one of the first golfing games in the Mario series. You can play a round of golf on one of three different courses.
13 Years Ago10000000
PCMacWorldwide
10000000 is an award winning hybrid RPG/Action/Puzzle game. Matching tiles controls your character enabling you to explore, fight and loot. When you are not facing monsters you will be back in your prison, constructing buildings and getting stronger for your next run.
5 Years AgoBlockout
Web browserWorldwide
Blockout is a puzzle videogame, created in 1989 by Polish developer - California Dreams, designed by Aleksander Ustaszewski and Mirosław Zabłocki. The game is the logical extension of Tetris into the third dimension.
2 Years AgoShell Shockers
AndroidiOSWorldwide
Shell Shockers is the world’s most popular egg-based multiplayer first person shooter io game! Take control of a heavily armed egg and battle real players across multiplayer maps in private or public arenas.
18 Years AgoMonster World IV
WiiJapan
Experience the fourth chapter in the classic Monster World series! One day, a young, green-haired girl names Asha, hears spirits calling out for help. Upon hearing the spirits, she leaves her village and sets forth on a grand adventure into Monster World.
17 Years AgoCastlevania Judgment
WiiJapan
Castlevania Judgement is a first in many: it's the first Castlevania beat'em up. It's also the first time old friends of the Belmont clan meet together in a full 3D environment.
26 Years AgoSouth Park Rally
PCNorth America
Choose your character from the cast of the popular 'mature' cartoon South Park, and tear through the streets in this racing game. Your character's vehicle may be a little cart, trike, or box, for example.
7 Years AgoSmoke and Sacrifice
Xbox OnePS4Worldwide
In Smoke and Sacrifice players assume the role of Sachi, a young mother on a quest to discover the fate of her child. The game takes place in a darkly fantastical world where grotesque plant life and animals roam and harsh societal customs rule.
6 Years AgoSmoke and Sacrifice
SwitchEurope
In Smoke and Sacrifice players assume the role of Sachi, a young mother on a quest to discover the fate of her child. The game takes place in a darkly fantastical world where grotesque plant life and animals roam and harsh societal customs rule.
27 Years AgoWetrix
PCNorth America
A rainstorm so fierce, it will keep you from leaving your home for the next six months. Using randomly shaped 3D blocks as they fall from the sky, you must create a series of lakes and dams before the heavy rains appear. Because if the water drains, you lose!
10 Years AgoStar Wars: Racer Revenge
PS4Worldwide
Star Wars: Racer Revenge is a Star Wars video game that involves high speed racing. It is the sequel to Star Wars Episode I: Racer. The story takes place eight years after The Phantom Menace, Sebulba wants revenge on Anakin Skywalker.
25 Years AgoWacky Races
PCNorth America
Based on the original Hanna-Barbera cartoon, Wacky Races lets you join your favorite characters on a wild race where only your wits, your driving skills and your bag of dirty tricks will get you across the finish line first!
19 Years AgoR-Type III: The Third Lightning
WiiNorth America
The evil Bydo Empire returns in this entry of the R-Type series. So climb into the latest R-Type vessel, the R-90, and blast through six side-scrolling levels on your way to destroy the Bydo mothership. Gameplay is still the classic R-Type way with huge levels and bosses.
12 Years AgoDr. Luigi
Wii UEuropeJapanAustralia
Zap viruses in a falling block puzzle game featuring Dr. Luigi! There’s a new doctor in the house!
6 Years AgoLightmatter
Xbox OnePS4PCWorldwide
Lightmatter is an atmospheric first-person puzzle game where shadows kill you! "The floor is lava" but with shadows that kill you!
1 Year AgoAge of Darkness: Final Stand
PCWorldwide
Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light?
12 Years AgoFinal Fantasy VI
RemasterAndroidWorldwide
Final Fantasy VI has received a remake for Android and iOS devices, and its graphical presentation is enhanced compared to previous versions in highly-detailed 2D.
11 Years AgoJust Survive
PCWorldwide
In Just Survive, you’ll have to be cutthroat, resourceful, and alert to protect yourself from zombies, beasts, and the deadliest threat of all – your fellow humans.
5 Years AgoHexceed
PCMacWorldwide
A relaxing, hexagon based, puzzle game. A exciting new twist on a classic game without the element of guesswork! Use your critical thinking and our stimulating game mechanics to progress though hundreds of levels!
This yearThe Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon
SwitchSwitch 2PCPS4PS5EuropeNorth AmericaWorldwide
The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon is the thirteenth installment in the main Trails series, serving as a direct sequel to the events of The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II.
25 Years AgoDisney's Dinosaur
PCWorldwide
The soaring Disney epic about the dinosaurs now has its very own game for the PC. Your species faces the grim possibility of extinction, and you're just the prehistoric monster to stop things before they get out of hand.
11 Years AgoLufia: The Legend Returns
Nintendo 3DSNorth America
The island of the Sinistrals, Doom Island, sank deep into the sea after the second Doom Island War. It was believed to be in an eternal sleep, but has once again begun silently beating, preparing to make its appearance in the sky for the third time.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.