ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
April 23
The games released on this day in gaming history.
797 releases
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8 Years AgoStar Wars Battlefront II
Xbox OneNorth America
Star Wars Battlefront II is a first- and third-person shooter set across all three eras of the Star Wars saga. Players engage in large-scale ground and space battles using class-based soldiers, reinforcements, vehicles, and iconic heroes or villains from the franchise.
12 Years AgoXCOM: Enemy Unknown
RemakeAndroidWorldwide
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a turn-based tactics game with a strategic management layer, and a reimagining of the 1994 strategy title UFO: Enemy Unknown.
11 Years AgoMario Kart DS
Wii UNorth America
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.
13 Years AgoDon't Starve
LinuxMacPCWorldwide
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
7 Years AgoMortal Kombat 11
PS4Xbox OnePCSwitchWorldwide
Mortal Kombat is back and better than ever in the next evolution of the iconic franchise. The all new Custom Character Variations give you unprecedented control of your fighters to make them your own.
5 Years AgoNieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...
RemasterPCPS4Xbox OneWorldwide
NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... is an updated version of NieR Replicant, previously only released in Japan. Discover the one-of-a-kind prequel to the critically-acclaimed masterpiece NieR: Automata.
13 Years AgoThomas Was Alone
PS3PS VitaWorldwide
Thomas Was Alone is an indie minimalist 2D platformer about friendship and jumping and floating and anti-gravity. Guide a group of rectangles through a series of obstacles, using their different skills together to get to the end of each environment.
13 Years AgoDragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Expanded editionPS3Xbox 360North America
An open-world action role-playing game set in the high-fantasy land of Gransys. Players create a customizable protagonist and explore the world in real-time combat, choosing among vocations such as fighter, mage, and strider.
7 Years AgoDragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Expanded editionSwitchWorldwide
An open-world action role-playing game set in the high-fantasy land of Gransys. Players create a customizable protagonist and explore the world in real-time combat, choosing among vocations such as fighter, mage, and strider.
11 Years AgoMario Kart: Super Circuit
Wii UEurope
Classic Mario Kart action is back once again, this time in a colorful, lightning-fast game that you can take anywhere. Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Wario, Yoshi and Bowser are all tearing up the track, tossing Koopa Shells and laying banana peels along the way.
14 Years AgoSerious Sam 3: BFE
MacWorldwide
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a first-person action shooter, a glorious throwback to the golden age of first-person shooters where men were men, cover was for amateurs and pulling the trigger made things go boom.
11 Years AgoCrypt of the NecroDancer
PCLinuxMacWorldwide
Crypt of the NecroDancer is a hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Can you survive this deadly dungeon of dance, slay the NecroDancer, and recapture your still beating heart? Or will you be a slave to the rhythm for all eternity?
17 Years AgoKillzone 2
PS3Japan
Killzone 2 is the third game in the Killzone franchise and continues the story two years after the events of the first two games. The gameplay consists of what the developers describe as Hollywood Realism, focusing on scripted, cinematic gameplay.
13 Years AgoDead Island: Riptide
Standalone expansionPCPS3Xbox 360North America
They thought they had escaped Banoi, but can't wake up from this nightmare. Thrown back into the midst of the Zombie outbreak, the fight for survival continues!
11 Years AgoTropico 5
Xbox 360PS4Japan
Return to the remote island nation of Tropico in the next installment of the critically acclaimed and hugely popular 'dictator sim' series.
16 Years AgoNieR
PS3Xbox 360Europe
Nothing is as it seems in Square Enix's latest action adventure game, set in a crumbling world plagued by disease and dark, unrecognizable creatures.
12 Years AgoOctodad: Dadliest Catch
PS4Europe
Octodad: Dadliest Catch is a game about destruction, deception, and fatherhood. The player controls Octodad, a dapper octopus masquerading as a human, as he goes about his life.
11 Years AgoShantae and the Pirate's Curse
PCWorldwide
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.
12 Years AgoMega Man 5
Wii UJapan
In the fifth chapter of the original Mega Man series, the battle is closer to home as Mega Man fights to save the world from further destruction. Gain the advantage by picking up items and successfully defeating bosses to gain their weapons as your own.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.