On This Day in Gaming: January 26

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

January 26

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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Dying Light cover11 Years Ago

Dying Light

LinuxMacPCWorldwide

Dying Light is a first-person, action survival horror game set in a vast and dangerous open world.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 cover15 Years Ago

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

PCWorldwide

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is a side-scrolling platform game and the sequel to the original Sonic the Hedgehog. Players control Sonic as he traverses larger, faster-paced levels across West Side Island, collecting rings, defeating robot enemies, and pursuing Doctor Robotnik.

Mario Kart 64 cover19 Years Ago

Mario Kart 64

WiiAustraliaEurope

Mario Kart 64 is the second main installment of the Mario Kart series. It is the first game in the series to use three-dimensional graphics, however, the characters and items in this game are still two-dimensional, pre-rendered sprites.

Monster Hunter: World cover8 Years Ago

Monster Hunter: World

Xbox OnePS4Worldwide

Welcome to a new world! Take on the role of a hunter and slay ferocious monsters in a living, breathing ecosystem where you can use the landscape and its diverse inhabitants to get the upper hand.

The Witness cover10 Years Ago

The Witness

PS4PCWorldwide

The Witness is a single-player game in an open world with dozens of locations to explore and over 500 puzzles. This game respects you as an intelligent player and it treats your time as precious. There's no filler; each of those puzzles brings its own new idea into the mix.

Pokémon Crystal Version cover8 Years Ago

Pokémon Crystal Version

Expanded editionNintendo 3DSNorth AmericaJapanKorea

Pokemon Crystal is an enhanced version of Pokemon Gold and Silver and a role-playing game played from a top-down perspective.

This War of Mine cover10 Years Ago

This War of Mine

PS4Xbox OneWorldwide

In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers.

Ark: Survival Evolved cover8 Years Ago

Ark: Survival Evolved

PS4Japan

Ark: Survival Evolved is an open-world action-adventure survival game where players awaken stranded on a mysterious island populated by dinosaurs, prehistoric creatures, and mythical beasts.

Dragon Ball FighterZ cover8 Years Ago

Dragon Ball FighterZ

PCPS4Xbox OneEuropeNorth America

Dragon Ball FighterZ is born from what makes the Dragon Ball series so loved and famous: endless spectacular fights with its all-powerful fighters.

Grim Fandango Remastered cover11 Years Ago

Grim Fandango Remastered

RemasterPCMacLinuxWorldwide

Something's rotten in the land of the dead, and you're being played for a sucker. Meet Manny Calavera, travel agent at the Department of Death. He sells luxury packages to souls on their four-year journey to eternal rest.

Resident Evil: Revelations cover14 Years Ago

Resident Evil: Revelations

Nintendo 3DSJapan

Resident Evil: Revelations is a survival horror game that restores elements of the series' nature, as opposed to the survival action of Resident Evil 5.

Streets of Rage cover15 Years Ago

Streets of Rage

LinuxPCMacWorldwide

Streets of Rage is a side-scrolling beat 'em up video game developed and published by Sega in 1991 for Mega Drive/Genesis. It is the first installment of the Bare Knuckle/Streets of Rage series which was followed by Streets of Rage 2 and Streets of Rage 3.

Streets of Rage 2 cover15 Years Ago

Streets of Rage 2

PCLinuxMacWorldwide

Mr. X and the Syndicate are back, this time taking Adam hostage! Take on the role of Axel, Blaze, Skate, or Max to rescue Adam, and destroy Mr. X once and for all.

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All cover16 Years Ago

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All

Expanded editionWiiJapan

The second game in the popular court room battle series from Japan introduces four new cases featuring new characters, plot twists and gameplay features.

Tales of Berseria cover9 Years Ago

Tales of Berseria

PCWorldwide

In Tales Of Berseria players embark on a journey as they assume the role of Velvet, a young woman whose once gentle nature has been replaced and overcome with a festering anger and hatred after a traumatic experience three years prior to th…

Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation cover15 Years Ago

Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation

PS3PSPEurope

Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation is the fourth game of the Tomb Raider games series, it plays very similar to the previous games in the series but some new things have been added to the game.

Tekken 8 cover2 Years Ago

Tekken 8

PS5Xbox Series X|SPCWorldwide

Tekken 8 is a 3D fighting game and the eighth main installment in the Tekken series, notable for being the first entry to debut on home consoles rather than in arcades.

Tropico 4 cover14 Years Ago

Tropico 4

Xbox 360Japan

Fancy being a dictator? Well this is the ideal time! Build a Tropico and control who and what happens in it.

LEGO Marvel's Avengers cover10 Years Ago

LEGO Marvel's Avengers

PS4Xbox OneNintendo 3DSPCPS3PS VitaWorldwideNorth America

Lego Marvel's Avengers is a Lego-themed action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It is the spin-off to Lego Marvel Super Heroes and the second instalment of the Lego Marvel franchise.

Oni cover25 Years Ago

Oni

PCEurope

An intense action anime thriller comes to life in Oni. As an elite member of the tech crimes task force, Konoko is an agent on a mission to fight the evil Syndicate. But things are not always as they seem...

Dirt Showdown cover11 Years Ago

Dirt Showdown

ArcadeNorth America

Race, crash and hoon your way through a world tour of motorised mayhem in DiRT Showdown! Crowd atmosphere, social gameplay and accessibility are all ramped up in this turbo- injected shot of driving delirium.

Gunstar Heroes cover15 Years Ago

Gunstar Heroes

PCMacLinuxWorldwide

The Gunstar family are the protectors of the planet Gunstar 9. After many years of peace, vicious dictator Colonel Red kidnapped the Gunstar twins’ older brother and used mind control to make him his slave.

No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle cover16 Years Ago

No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

WiiNorth AmericaWorldwide

No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle continues the tale of punk anti-hero Travis Touchdown, the Japanese anime Otaku, and pro wrestling-obsessed assassin. Travis finds himself at the bottom of the UAA (United Assassins Association) rankings and must wage war to become the No.

Pizza Tower cover3 Years Ago

Pizza Tower

PCWorldwide

Pizza Tower is a 2D platformer mainly inspired by Wario Land and Earthworm Jim. The game has over-the-top hand-drawn animations and music. You play as Peppino Spaghetti, a manic pizza man with many abilities like charging, super jumping and dashing.

Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.

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