ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
March 12
The games released on this day in gaming history.
791 releases
17 Years AgoResident Evil 5
PS3Xbox 360Australia
Resident Evil 5 is the seventh video game in the Resident Evil series. It features similar gameplay to Resident Evil 4 utilizing the same over the shoulder view, but this time the environment plays a significant role.
9 Years AgoThe Witness
MacEurope
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.
11 Years AgoYakuza 0
PS3PS4Japan
Yakuza 0 is an action-adventure beat 'em up and a prequel to the Yakuza series, set in 1988 Japan during the country's economic bubble era. The game follows two protagonists: Kazuma Kiryu in Tokyo's Kamurocho district and Goro Majima in Osaka's Sotenbori district.
23 Years AgoThe Sims
LinuxNorth America
The Sims is a life-building simulation with emphasis on intimate details of individual characters rather than expansion of an entire society or civilization.
11 Years AgoTrine
Wii UNorth America
Trine is a physics-based action game where three characters allow clever solutions to challenges created by hazardous puzzles and threatening enemies.
13 Years AgoStarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
Standalone expansionPCMacWorldwide
You are Sarah Kerrigan, former Queen of Blades. Once the most feared entity in the galaxy, you now wait in a cell in the depths of a high-security research laboratory.
11 Years AgoMetroid: Zero Mission
RemakeWii UAustralia
The full story of Samus Aran's first mission finally unfolds... The first Metroid game just scratched the surface of the cataclysmic events on planet Zebes, and at long last the rest of the tale has come to light.
13 Years AgoGod of War: Ascension
PS3North America
God of War: Ascension, the seventh instalment in the God of War series, acts as a prequel to the preceding games. The narrative revolves around Kratos, the protagonist from earlier instalments, who was once a loyal servant of the God of War, Ares.
5 Years AgoCrash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
PS5Xbox Series X|SSwitchWorldwide
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is the eighth Crash Bandicoot series game, though the fourth chronologically.
6 Years AgoPikuniku
Xbox OneWorldwide
Pikuniku is a puzzle and adventure game set in a colorful world. The player controls Piku, a small red creature, guiding him through levels and solving puzzles that mostly involve kicking and pushing objects onto switches to open the way forward.
22 Years AgoResident Evil Code: Veronica X
Expanded editionGameCubeEurope
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X is a port of the original game with additional content comprised of improved graphics along with an extra nine minutes of cutscenes. The character Steve had his hairstyle changed to have a noticeable fringe, and no longer proudly shows his forehead.
22 Years AgoPong
PCWorldwide
Pong is a table tennis-themed twitch arcade video game with simple two-dimensional graphics. It was the first sports arcade video game and one of the earliest arcade video games in history, helping to establish the video game industry along with the Magnavox Odyssey.
13 Years AgoSniper: Ghost Warrior 2
Xbox 360PS3North America
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 is the only multi-platform, first-person, modern shooter exclusively designed around the sniper experience.
19 Years AgoSonic the Hedgehog: Spinball
WiiNorth America
Dr. Eggman (AKA Dr. Robotnik) is once again turning the animals of Mobius into robots using his monstrous contraption, the Veg-O-Fortress.
16 Years AgoYakuza 3
PS3Europe
Yakuza 3 is the third chapter in the Yakuza series, renowned for its authentic, gritty, and often violent look at modern Japan.
11 Years AgoDigimon Story: Cyber Sleuth
PS VitaJapan
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.
11 Years AgoTrine Enchanted Edition
RemakeWii UNorth America
Trine Enchanted Edition is a fantasy action platformer with a fairytale-like atmosphere, following the journey of three heroes – a Wizard, a Knight and a Thief – in a quest to save the kingdom from evil.
11 Years AgoMario Party 10
Wii UJapan
Mario Party 10 has tons of fun new ways to play, challenge, and triumph over your friends, with new modes and a wealth of other exciting goodies. Strategize your way around a variety of unique boards to gather coins and stars, and best your buddies.
This yearBall x Pit
iOSAndroidWorldwide
BALL x PIT is a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite where you battle hordes of monstrous enemies with your arsenal of ricocheting balls.
11 Years AgoThe Fall
Wii UEurope
The Fall is a side-scrolling adventure game with platforming and combat elements. Your character is an AI controlling a combat suit whose occupant is unresponsive and presumably dead or seriously injured.
17 Years AgoSonic and the Black Knight
WiiAustraliaJapan
A wizard named Merlina, granddaughter of the original Merlin, summons Sonic to help free the mystical realm of King Arthur, who has been possessed by an unknown evil that comes from Excalibur's scabbard, and is now ruling the realm as the tyrannical Black Knight.
7 Years AgoHypnospace Outlaw
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
Hypnospace Outlaw is a '90s internet simulator in which players act as Enforcers, volunteer moderators who scour Hypnospace's surreal network of weird and wonderful websites to hunt down wrongdoers while also keeping an eye on their inbox…
7 Years AgoGhost of a Tale
Xbox OnePS4Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
Ghost of a Tale is an action-RPG game in which you play as Tilo, a mouse and minstrel thrown into a perilous adventure. Through stealth and cunning you’ll be able to explore the secrets of Dwindling Heights Keep and navigate its dangers.
17 Years AgoCommand & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising
Standalone expansionPCWorldwide
Red Alert 3: Uprising features four new mini-campaigns, giving players a deeper dive into the storyline's of the Soviets, the Allies, the Empire of the Rising Sun and a unique campaign centered on the origins of everyone’s favorite psionic…
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