On This Day in Gaming: January 22

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

January 22

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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SpeedRunners cover6 Years Ago

SpeedRunners

SwitchEurope

Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online. Run, jump, swing around, and use devious weapons and pick-ups to knock opponents off-screen

Balloon Fight cover13 Years Ago

Balloon Fight

PortWii UJapan

Balloon Fight was developed and released by Nintendo, being the console port of the Arcade game VS. Balloon Fight (which was developed at the same time by another team, but released first).

Tales of Zestiria cover11 Years Ago

Tales of Zestiria

PS3Japan

Tales of Zestiria is a Japanese role-playing game. It is the fifteenth main entry in the Tales series.

Resogun cover11 Years Ago

Resogun

PS3PS VitaJapan

Resogun is a shoot 'em up game. Unleash an explosive array of devastating weapons to obliterate hordes of ruthless enemies while making sure you rescue the last survivors and keep your multiplier going!

Command & Conquer: Renegade cover23 Years Ago

Command & Conquer: Renegade

PCEurope

Renegade's story takes place during the final days of the First Tiberium War originally depicted in Command & Conquer. GDI's top three Tiberium research specialists have been abducted by the Brotherhood of Nod.

The Cave cover13 Years Ago

The Cave

Xbox 360PCLinuxMacWii UPS3WorldwideNorth America

SEGA of America Inc. and Double Fine Productions have joined forces with legendary game designer, Ron Gilbert, to create The Cave.

The Red Strings Club cover8 Years Ago

The Red Strings Club

PCMacLinuxWorldwide

"The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy."

Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles cover13 Years Ago

Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles

PS3Japan

Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles is an on-rails light gun shooter video game developed by Capcom and Cavia as part of the Resident Evil series.

They Are Billions coverThis year

They Are Billions

Switch 2Worldwide

They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

Arknights: Endfield coverThis year

Arknights: Endfield

AndroidiOSPCPS5Worldwide

Arknights: Endfield is a 3D real-time strategy RPG developed by HYPERGRYPH. You will take on the role of the Endministrator of Endfield Industries, set out across Talos-II to uncover its secrets, and defend and expand the frontiers of human civilization.

Armello cover11 Years Ago

Armello

PCWorldwide

Armello is a grand swashbuckling adventure that combines three styles of play; The deep tactics of card games with the rich strategy of table top board games, combined with a character role-playing system.

Wandersong cover7 Years Ago

Wandersong

PS4Worldwide

Wandersong takes you on a whimsical, musical journey across the globe. Eons ago, the goddess Eya put the universe into motion with her music--now, as she does every epoch or so, she's going to sing a new song and reset existence.

Deus Ex: The Fall cover12 Years Ago

Deus Ex: The Fall

AndroidWorldwideNorth America

This is a port of the original DEUS EX: THE FALL experience, first released on iOS and Android in 2013 – action, stealth, hacking, and social gameplay. A prequel story to Deus Ex: Human Revolution that builds on the DEUS EX universe. Fight for survival in a global conspiracy.

Dark Void cover16 Years Ago

Dark Void

Xbox 360PCPS3Europe

Dark Void is a sci-fi action-adventure game that combines an adrenaline-fueled blend of aerial and ground-pounding combat. Set in a parallel universe called "The Void", players take on the role of Will, a pilot dropped into incredible circumstances within the mysterious Void.

Painkiller: Hell & Damnation cover13 Years Ago

Painkiller: Hell & Damnation

RemakePS3Worldwide

Painkiller: Hell & Damnation is both remake and sequel of the first-person shooter video game Painkiller, developed by The Farm 51 and published by Nordic Games.

Star Wars: Starfighter cover24 Years Ago

Star Wars: Starfighter

PCNorth America

Join three heroic starfighter pilots in harrowing deep space and planetary missions to save the planet of Naboo.

Planetbase cover8 Years Ago

Planetbase

PS4Worldwide

Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish an outpost on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, manufacture bots, and build a fully self-sufficient colony.

198X cover6 Years Ago

198X

SwitchEurope

198X is not just a beat ’em up, a shoot ’em up, a racing game, a ninja game and an RPG. This is a love letter to the golden age of arcade games – yet with a scope that was never possible in the actual 1980s.

OlliOlli cover12 Years Ago

OlliOlli

PS VitaWorldwide

OlliOlli mixes addictive one-life gameplay with over 120 tricks and grinds across 50 deviously crafted levels, 250 Challenges, Spots Mode and Daily Grind. Not enough for you? Complete all challenges to unlock the super skillful RAD Mode!

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride cover11 Years Ago

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

RemakeiOSWorldwide

Dragon Quest V uses basic role-playing video game mechanics seen in the rest of the series, which includes leveling up by gaining experience points through battle, first person turn-based battles, and equipping weapons and armor.

Double Dragon cover12 Years Ago

Double Dragon

PortWii UJapan

The NES version of Double Dragon takes a wide range of liberties with the interpretation. The entire graphical style is more in line with Technōs’ Kunio-kun series, with characters that go for exaggerated expression rather than gritty realism.

The Day Before cover2 Years Ago

The Day Before

PCWorldwide

The Day Before was a multiplayer survival horror extraction shooter video game developed by Fntastic and published by Mytona.

Kirby and the Rainbow Curse cover11 Years Ago

Kirby and the Rainbow Curse

Wii UJapan

Do you have the magic touch? Then guide Kirby as he sets off on grand adventures in a hand-sculpted clay world.

Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball cover23 Years Ago

Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball

XboxNorth America

Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball is a beach volleyball game. The game is a departure from the rest of the Dead or Alive series which otherwise consists of fighting games.

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