ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
April 2
The games released on this day in gaming history.
784 releases
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11 Years AgoSuper Mario 64
Wii UAustralia
Mario is super in a whole new way! Combining the finest 3-D graphics ever developed for a video game and an explosive soundtrack, Super Mario 64 becomes a new standard for video games. It's packed with bruising battles, daunting obstacle courses, and underwater adventures.
16 Years AgoSuper Mario Kart
WiiEuropeAustralia
Super Mario Kart is a racing game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and the first game of the Mario Kart series, as well as the game that sets precedents to the fictional kart racing genre.
11 Years AgoDark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin
Expanded editionXbox 360PS3PCXbox OnePS4Worldwide
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin is an enhanced edition of Dark Souls II, released in April 2015 by FromSoftware and Bandai Namco Entertainment.
11 Years AgoMario Kart DS
Wii UAustralia
Mario Kart DS is the continuation of the long running racing game series that began on the Super Nintendo. It features 16 new tracks as well as 16 tracks from the previous 4 games, with each set split up into the Nitro and Retro Grand Prix respectively.
11 Years AgoNew Super Mario Bros.
Wii UJapan
New Super Mario Bros. is a side-scrolling 2.5D action-adventure platformer game for the Nintendo DS, starring Mario and Luigi. The game features a solo story mode with Mario or Luigi, a two-player wireless game Mario Vs. Luigi, as well as a minigame mode for up to four players.
19 Years AgoStar Fox 64
WiiNorth America
The update to the 16-bit Super NES title continues the original's on-rails 3D shooting action on the Nintendo 64.
22 Years AgoThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
MacWorldwide
The video game adaption of the acclaimed film of the same name. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a follow up the well received adaption of the first two films in the trilogy.
22 Years AgoTom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
PCEurope
Pandora Tomorrow takes place in Indonesia during the spring of 2006, in which the United States has established a military presence in the newly independent country of East Timor to train that country's military forces in their fight agains…
13 Years AgoGrand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
PS3Worldwide
The PlayStation Portable follow-up to Rockstar's monumental handheld entry in the series, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. As in Liberty City Stories, this game ventures back to the location of the second PS2 game.
6 Years AgoMy Friend Pedro
PS4Worldwide
My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.
11 Years AgoThe Swapper
Wii UJapan
The Swapper is a short puzzle platformer where you must complete every puzzle and collect 124 orbs, in groups of 3 and 9 later on, to complete the game. The game has a tool which lets you create up to 4 clones and switch between them as long as you have a clear line of sight.
11 Years AgoDonkey Kong 64
Wii UEuropeAustralia
K. Rool has kidnapped the Kongs! Can Donkey Kong rescue his friends, reclaim the Golden Bananas and save his homeland from certain doom?
11 Years AgoLittle Inferno
Wii UJapan
Congratulations on your new Little Inferno Entertainment Fireplace! Throw your toys into your fire, and play with them as they burn. Stay warm in there.
7 Years AgoFar: Lone Sails
PS4Xbox OneWorldwide
Far: Lone Sails is a vehicle adventure game. The player needs to maintain and upgrade their unique vessel to traverse a dried-out sea, with the remains of a decaying civilization scattered out on the seabed.
7 Years AgoDarksiders: Warmastered Edition
RemasterSwitchNorth AmericaEurope
Deceived by the forces of evil into prematurely bringing about the end of the world, War – the first Horseman of the Apocalypse – stands accused of breaking the sacred law by inciting a war between Heaven and Hell.
19 Years AgoStar Wars: Empire at War
MacNorth America
From the lives of soldiers to the deaths of planets, you are the supreme galactic commander. It is a time of galactic civil war. Take up the reins of the Rebellion or assume control for the Empire.
6 Years AgoGoodbye Deponia
PS4Worldwide
More chaos, more destruction, more Rufus. Not one, not two, but three Rufuses cause all kinds of crazy mayhem in the long-awaited adventure comedy Goodbye Deponia!
7 Years AgoCultist Simulator
AndroidWorldwide
Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples.
16 Years AgoBlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
PS3Xbox 360Europe
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger is a fighting game developed by Arc System Works in 2008 and is the first game in the BlazBlue series. The game was originally developed for Japanese arcades and later received console and PC ports.
22 Years AgoColin McRae Rally 04
PCWorldwide
There are 4 classes of cars: 4WD, 2WD, Group B and Bonus. The bonus class are cars that are not usually raced in rallies. This fourth incarnation of the Colin McRae Rally series, unlike in the previous three games, has no official WRC team license.
17 Years AgoThe Book of Unwritten Tales
PCMacWorldwide
The game challenges the player with a series of puzzles and brain teasers presented as a traditional point and click adventure game. The puzzles are embedded in an adventure story that will take most players an average of twenty hours to complete.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.