ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
March 28
The games released on this day in gaming history.
134 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
20 Years AgoKingdom Hearts II
PS2North America
Kingdom Hearts II is an action role-playing game, and the primary entry to the series since the 2002 Disney Interactive and Square collaboration. The game's setting is a collection of various levels (referred to in-game as "worlds") that the player progresses through.
23 Years AgoTom Clancy's Splinter Cell
PS2Europe
Infiltrate terrorists' positions, acquire critical intelligence by any means necessary, execute with extreme prejudice, and exit without a trace! You are Sam Fisher, a highly trained secret operative of the NSA's secret arm: Third Echelon.
21 Years AgoTom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
PS2North America
You are Sam Fisher, the NSA's most elite black-ops agent. To achieve your mission you will kill from close range, attack with your combat knife, shoot with the prototype Land Warrior rifle, and use radical suppression techniques such as the inverted neck break.
30 Years AgoMortal Kombat II
SaturnNorth America
Mortal Kombat II is a fighting game originally developed by Midway for arcades in 1993. It serves as the second main installment in the Mortal Kombat franchise and follows the success of its predecessor by enhancing the gameplay and further developing the original game's mythos.
23 Years AgoSyberia
PS2Europe
Join Kate Walker as she travels to remote locations and time periods in this timeless voyage to discover her true destiny.
23 Years AgoDevil May Cry 2
PS2Europe
Devil May Cry 2 is the sequel to Devil May Cry. From the start of the game, the player controls Dante or his new partner Lucia through various levels as they battle waves of demons.
23 Years AgoCrash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
PS2Korea
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex is the fourth mainline series game and the first to feature Crash Bandicoot on the PlayStation 2. It was later ported to the GameCube and Xbox, making it his first multiplatform appearance.
23 Years AgoMetal Gear Solid 2: Substance
Expanded editionPS2Europe
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance is a re-vamped and revised edition of the original Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, in which Solid Snake must recover the stolen Metal Gear Ray from a group of terrorists bent on using its power for unthinkable reasons.
18 Years AgoRatchet & Clank: Size Matters
PS2Europe
Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (known as Ratchet & Clank 5 in Japan) is a 2007 platformer video game developed by High Impact Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2.
20 Years AgoTom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
PS2North America
The year is 2013 and you play as Captain Mitchell, commander of a Ghost Recon team, on a mission in Mexico City where rebels are attempting a coup, putting Mexico and the USA in danger.
28 Years AgoCroc: Legend of the Gobbos
SaturnJapan
All is not well in Croc's world. His friends, the Gobbos, have been captured by the evil Baron Dante. It is your mission in this 3D platformer to search through 42 different levels to save all of your friends before it's too late.
20 Years AgoFIFA Street 2
PS2Korea
The game is a street football game in which the player can take control of 4-a-side versions of national football teams in matches where the object is to win by scoring a set amount of goals or points via tricks, or within a time limit.
23 Years AgoSonic Advance 2
Game Boy AdvanceEurope
Sonic returns for a second outing on the Game Boy Advance. Once again, Sonic is called upon to save the world from the evil Dr. Eggman.
24 Years AgoGrandia II
PS2Europe
Grandia 2 is a 3D RPG, viewed from a top-down perspective for most of the game and a 3rd person view during battle. Controlling Ryudo, the player will explore various locations, locating townspeople and objects within an area to interact with.
30 Years AgoThe King of Fighters '95
SaturnJapan
The King of Fighters '95 is a 1995 fighting game produced by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home console. It is the sequel to The King of Fighters '94 and the second game in The King of Fighters series.
26 Years AgoJackie Chan: Stuntmaster
PlayStationNorth America
Unbelievable stunt sequences performed by Jackie Chan! Classic Jackie weapons that include chairs, brooms and more! Movie sequences that feature hilarious Jackie Chan outtakes!
24 Years AgoBlood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain
PS2Europe
Blood Omen 2 is a third-person action game and the second installment in the Legacy of Kain series. Players control the vampire Kain as he travels through Nosgoth, using combat, stealth, exploration, and puzzle-solving to progress.
30 Years AgoWing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger
PlayStationNorth AmericaEurope
Wing Commander is a space combat simulator intercut with live action cutscenes.
30 Years AgoMagic Carpet
PlayStationNorth America
Magic Carpet is a video game released by Bullfrog Productions in 1994. Its graphics and gameplay were considered innovative and technically impressive at the time.
23 Years AgoThe Legend of Zelda: Four Swords
Game Boy AdvanceEurope
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords is a multiplayer game in the Zelda series originally released together with The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past for the Game Boy Advance.
21 Years AgoMario Party Advance
Game Boy AdvanceNorth America
It's a portable party on your Game Boy Advance! Mario Party Advance takes all the fun of the home console game and puts it in your hands. All-new mini-games and a host of Professor E.
24 Years AgoWorms Blast
PS2Europe
Fall in line for fast, furious fire fights with Worms Blast. Your mission: launch your worm marine into hostile waters and blast your way to survival through intense puzzle action! Take the big chunk of puzzle-styled gameplay and slice into 60 fun-sized missions.
27 Years AgoArmy Men 3D
PlayStationWorldwide
The little plastic army men you played with as a child are toys no longer! They are now living beings bent on destruction. Of course, you get to play an integral role in the conflict as Sarge, a sergeant (you were expecting another rank?) in the Green Army.
16 Years AgoWarioWare D.I.Y.
Nintendo DSNorth America
This game, which puts the concept of user-generated content on center stage, allows players to design their own micro-games from scratch.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.