ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
February 5
The games released on this day in gaming history.
677 releases
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This yearHollow Knight
Switch 2PS5Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
A 2D metroidvania with an emphasis on close combat and exploration in which the player enters the once-prosperous now-bleak insect kingdom of Hallownest, travels through its various districts, meets friendly inhabitants, fights hostile ones…
19 Years AgoSuper Mario World
WiiNorth America
A 2D platformer and first entry on the SNES in the Super Mario franchise, Super Mario World follows Mario as he attempts to defeat Bowser's underlings and rescue Princess Peach from his clutches.
12 Years AgoOutlast
PS4Europe
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history.
13 Years AgoCounter-Strike: Source
RemakeLinuxWorldwide
Counter-Strike: Source is a team-based tactical first-person shooter and a remake of the original Counter-Strike built on Valve's Source engine.
18 Years AgoDevil May Cry 4
PS3Xbox 360North America
Devil May Cry 4 is the second sequel to the original Devil May Cry game. It immerses the player in a gothic supernatural world, where a new protagonist clashes with a familiar hero.
13 Years AgoDead Space 3
PCPS3Xbox 360WorldwideNorth America
Dead Space 3 is a 2013 survival horror action video game developed by Visceral Games and published by Electronic Arts for PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360. It is the third and final main entry in the Dead Space series.
10 Years AgoXCOM 2
PCLinuxWorldwide
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
17 Years AgoDemon's Souls
PS3Japan
A third-person action RPG with cooperative and competitive multiplayer elements in which the player enters the kingdom of Boletaria as it is being ravaged by a fog that spawns murderous demons.
16 Years AgoRome: Total War
MacWorldwide
Set during the rule of the late Roman Republic and the early Roman Empire, Rome: Total War is a real-time tactics and turn-based strategy game that takes place across Europe, North Africa and the Near East.
16 Years AgoS.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
PCEurope
The events of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat unfold shortly after the end of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl.
16 Years AgoDante's Inferno
Xbox 360Europe
Dante's Inferno is an epic single player, third-person action adventure game inspired by "Inferno", part one of Dante Alighieri's classic Italian poem, "The Divine Comedy." Featuring nonstop action rendered at 60 frames-per-second, signatur…
10 Years AgoNaruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4
PCXbox OnePS4Europe
Experience the exhilarating full-adventure Naruto Shippuden and follow Naruto Uzumaki on all his fights.
24 Years AgoSerious Sam: The Second Encounter
PCNorth America
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, the highly anticipated arcade action FPS sequel to the Serious Sam: The First Encounter, is a high-adrenaline arcade-action shooter heavily focused on frantic arcade-style single player action.
11 Years AgoDragon Ball: Xenoverse
PS3Xbox 360PS4Xbox OneJapan
Dragon Ball Xenoverse is the first installment of the Xenoverse series and the Dragon Ball game developed by Dimps. It is the first fighting game to feature full 3D battles similar to the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
11 Years AgoShantae and the Pirate's Curse
Nintendo 3DSWii UEuropeAustralia
Embark on a brand new adventure with Shantae, the hair-whipping belly dancing genie. When she loses her magic, Shantae must team up with her nemesis, the nefarious pirate Risky Boots in order to save Sequin Land from an evil curse.
13 Years AgoSly Cooper: Thieves in Time
PS3PS VitaNorth AmericaAsia
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time is a stealth platformer developed by Sanzaru Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Released in 2013 for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, it is the fourth main entry in the Sly Cooper series.
18 Years AgoTurok
PS3Xbox 360North America
Turok is a first-person shooter developed by Propaganda Games, and published by Touchstone Games and Disney Interactive Studios, originally for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in February 2008. It was later ported on to Microsoft Windows in April 2008.
10 Years AgoDigimon Story: Cyber Sleuth
PS4PS VitaEurope
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, developed by Media.Vision and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, and based on the Digimon franchise. It is the fifth game in the Digimon Story series, following 2011's Super Xros Wars, and the first to be released on home consoles.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.