ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
April 7
The games released on this day in gaming history.
658 releases
26 Years AgoDaikatana
PortNintendo 64Japan
An original adaptation of John Romero's Daikatana with unique gameplay differences, developed by Kemco for the Nintendo 64. Daikatana is similar to the PC version in terms of gameplay, but the game itself is very different.
21 Years AgoBaldr Force
PS2Worldwide
In the future, cyberspace has become exceedingly dominant. Armed conflicts and cyber-terrorism flourished. Giant mechas known as Simulacrums are utilized for battles within the cyberspace.
21 Years AgoGuncom 2
PS2North America
Prepare yourselves for a whole host of horrific hordes that are just waiting to fill you with fear. No matter what other-worldy essence fills their souls though, there’s one thing they have in common; they will all bow to your Death Crimson gun!
21 Years AgoPro Yakyuu Spirits 2
PS2Worldwide
Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2 is a baseball game that allows players to compete in Japan's professional baseball league, with licensed team and player names.
21 Years AgoMobile Suit Gundam: One Year War
PS2Japan
One Year War is a third-person action shooting game based on the original Mobile Suit Gundam television series from 1979.
21 Years AgoBaldr Force Exe
Expanded editionPS2Japan
Baldr Force Exe is an enhanced release of Baldr Force. It adds a new weapon (gravity field), a "very easy" difficulty level, and a Hell Mode, which puts the player in a row of increasingly challenging battles.
20 Years AgoTomb Raider: Legend
PortPS2XboxEurope
This version of Tomb Raider: Legend includes a few omissions, likely due to disc space limitations. The rolling demos that typically play when the game is left idle on the title screen have been removed, and the "Unfortunate Mishaps" video is also absent.
20 Years Ago
17 Years AgoGermany's Next Top Model
Nintendo DSPCPS2WiiEurope
Can you be Germany's Next Top Model? Can anyone?
16 Years AgoLegends of Exidia
Nintendo DSiJapan
An action RPG by Gameloft originally called Might and Magic II when the game first released on mobile platfroms. The game has since been re-released on both DSiWare and iPhone under the name "Legends of Exidia."
Pachi-Slot Kanzen Kouryaku
Super FamicomJapan
Pachi-Slot Kanzen Kouryaku is a Miscellaneous game, published by Syscom, which was released in Japan in 1997.
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6 Years AgoHotline Miami
Xbox OneWorldwide
A top-down slasher/shooter with unlockable gameplay-altering masks and weapons, featuring a neon-flavoured electronic aesthetic, in which a hitman receives anonymous calls ordering him to travel to certain residences and crime dens and mass…
17 Years AgoThe Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
WiiJapan
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask is a direct sequel to Ocarina of Time, it utilizes the same engine and visual style as its predecessor.
11 Years AgoBastion
PS4North America
A hack-and-slash RPG featuring a reactive narrator, various unlockable weapons, weapon upgrades, practice mini-games and optional difficulty modifiers, set in an imaginary world in the aftermath of an uncertain apocalypse, in which the play…
6 Years AgoHotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Xbox OneWorldwide
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is the brutal conclusion to the Hotline Miami saga, set against a backdrop of escalating violence and retribution over spilled blood in the original game.
11 Years AgoDark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin
Expanded editionPS3Xbox OnePS4North America
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.
10 Years AgoXCOM 2
MacWorldwide
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.
23 Years AgoCommand & Conquer: Red Alert
PCEurope
Travel to an alternate universe where dark experiments have permanently altered time. Or have they? Soviet tanks crush city after city while Allied cruisers shell bases.
This yearStarfield
PS5Worldwide
Starfield is a single-player action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and set in an open-world space environment.
20 Years AgoTomb Raider: Legend
PCXbox 360Europe
Tomb Raider: Legend is the seventh major game in the Tomb Raider series, now for the first time developed by Crystal Dynamics, along with the original character designer of the game's protagonist, Lara Croft.
12 Years AgoWar Thunder
MacWorldwide
War Thunder is a free-to-play vehicular combat MMO featuring aircraft, ground vehicles, and naval craft spanning from the early 20th century to the modern era. Players progress through technology trees across multiple nations, unlocking increasingly advanced military vehicles.
17 Years AgoThe Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
PS3Xbox 360North America
Escape from Butcher Bay is set in the futuristic science fiction universe of the Chronicles of Riddick franchise, and is a prequel to the film Pitch Black. The game takes place inside Butcher Bay, a maximum-security prison from which no prisoner has escaped.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.