ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
May 3
The games released on this day in gaming history.
613 releases
24 Years AgoBatman: Vengeance
GameCubeEurope
Batman: Vengeance is a 2001 video game that was released on all major platforms of the sixth generation of console games. It was developed and published by Ubisoft in conjunction with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Comics.
15 Years AgoPac-Man: Championship Edition DX
Expanded editionWindows PhoneNorth America
PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX continues to uphold NAMCO BANDAI's tradition of enhancing a classic franchise for today's gamer. Building upon PAC-MAN Championship Edition’s original six courses, the new game features more than 100 varied and mind-boggling mazes to navigate.
14 Years AgoWonder Boy in Monster World
PCWorldwide
Monsters have taken over the land, and every day the citizens fear for their lives, hoping that a hero will step forth and bring peace to the embattled country.
10 Years AgoTable Top Racing: World Tour
PS4Europe
Table Top Racing: World Tour is the brand new, high octane, combat racer from Nick Burcombe, co-creator of the legendary PlayStation classic, 'wipEout'.
8 Years AgoNihilumbra
SwitchNorth America
Nihilumbra is played as a standard platform game, by controlling Born as he walks and jumps across the game's levels. There are multiple enemies that the player needs to avoid since, at first, there is no way to defeat them.
24 Years AgoCel Damage
GameCubeXboxEurope
Imagine a world where 'toons rule the road and the demolition derby is a way of life. In Cel Damage, the world's toughest 'toons face off against each other in souped-up, weapon-laden vehicles to out-maneuver, out-race, and out-smack each other for personal glory.
21 Years AgoPariah
XboxPCNorth America
Pariah is a first-person shooter video game, developed by Brainbox Games, HIP Games and Digital Extremes. It was released on May 3, 2005 for Microsoft Windows and Xbox. It uses a modified version of the Unreal engine and the Havok physics engine.
13 Years AgoSpeedball 2: Brutal Deluxe
BlackBerry OSWorldwide
Speedball is a futuristic football-like game which takes place on a steel walled floored pitch, 160 feet long by 90 feet wide. There are two teams, and the team scoring the most goals wins. There is a goal at each end of the pitch and a ball warp tunnels in each side of the wall.
12 Years AgoMario Golf: World Tour
Nintendo 3DSAustralia
Luigi and his Mushroom Kingdom neighbors are teeing up once again in Mario Golf: World Tour. The Nintendo 3DS game includes both simple controls and a deeper experience for golf fans, plus courses that range from traditional to those inspired by the Mushroom Kingdom
24 Years AgoWave Race: Blue Storm
GameCubeEurope
Racing atop a bed of dynamically changing waves, gamers must navigate their way through eight different environments under random weather conditions, including the powerful and visually impressive Storm setting.
13 Years AgoGods
BlackBerry OSWorldwide
Who would have thought that a man would be so foolish or so daring as to accept a challenge set down by the Gods?
8 Years AgoDeiland
RemakePS4Worldwide
Deiland is an adventure and RPG game with some special sandbox mechanics farming, crafting, building, combat and more! It is a calm game, made of small details, with a carefully crafted visual aspect and an interesting narrative.
22 Years AgoShrek 2
PortMacPCNorth America
Shrek 2 for PC is a game released in early 2004. It is unique from the video game for other consoles, the main difference being that the game is a straightforward platformer/beat-em up with each level using a specific character.
3 Years AgoGrindstone
Xbox Series X|SPS4PS5WorldwideNorth America
A puzzle battle adventure. Help Jorj climb Grindstone Mountain and defeat many creeps that try to stop him.
13 Years AgoJack Keane
LinuxWorldwide
Colonial England. Under a certain amount of duress... Jack takes on a job, which will not only cause him a great deal of trouble, but also bring to light the answer to a mystery out of his distant past.
9 Years AgoSpaceplan
PCMacAndroidWorldwide
SPACEPLAN is an experimental piece of interaction based partly on a total misunderstanding of Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time.
25 Years AgoFinal Fantasy II
RemasterWonderSwan ColorJapan
The WonderSwan Color version of Final Fantasy II included completely redone graphics in the manner of the 16-bit generation Final Fantasy games and includes larger character sprites, remixed music by Tsuyoshi Sekito, and full graphical backgrounds in battle mode.
24 Years AgoBloody Roar: Primal Fury
Expanded editionGameCubeEurope
Bloody Roar Extreme (also known as Bloody Roar: Primal Fury outside of Japan) is a fighting game. It is an updated version of the PS2 game Bloody Roar 3. Players can control a number of characters which have the ability to morph into powerful animals, such as tigers and wolves.
15 Years AgoMagic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012
PCWorldwide
All-new and redesigned, Magic: The Gathering — Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 takes last year’s massive hit game to even greater heights with better graphics, more options, and new challenges!
15 Years AgoThor: God of Thunder
PS3WiiXbox 360North America
Thor: God of Thunder is an action-adventure game developed by Liquid Entertainment and published by Sega in 2011. It serves as a tie-in to the Thor film from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
19 Years AgoValkyrie Profile: Lenneth
PortPSPAustralia
Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth is the PlayStation Portable port of the original Valkyrie Profile developed.
4 Years AgoNightmare of Decay
PCNorth America
A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.
13 Years AgoSoldiers of Fortune
BlackBerry OSWorldwide
Soldiers of Fortune (Chaos Engine in the EU) is a run-and-gun overhead shooter. Sixteen levels (in four groups of four) await the players in the game. The basic gameplay is in an open air setting, with bridges across rivers and other features in the maps.
20 Years AgoParadise
PCNorth America
Paradise PC From the creator of the award-wining series Syberia comes Benoit Sokal s fascinating new work, Paradise. Sokal s latest adventure game masterpiece is set in four different worlds in the heart of darkest Africa.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.