ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
May 15
The games released on this day in gaming history.
852 releases
18 Years AgoJohnny Bravo in The Hukka-Mega-Mighty-Ultra-Extreme Date-O-Rama!
PS2New ZealandAustralia
17 Years Ago
14 Years AgoStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
MacWorldwide
Choose Your Path! Set 4,000 years before the Galactic Empire, you are the last hope for the Jedi Order and the Republic - can you master the ways of the Force to become their savior? Or will you fall to the dark side and achieve ultimate power?
14 Years AgoMax Payne 3
Xbox 360PS3North America
Max Payne 3 is a third-person shooter in which the player assumes the role of its titular character, Max Payne. A new feature to the series, introduced in Max Payne 3, is the cover system, which allows players to gain a tactical advantage, and avoid taking damage from enemies.
13 Years AgoSuper Metroid
Wii UNorth AmericaJapan
The Space Pirates, merciless agents of the evil Mother Brain, have stolen the last Metroid from a research station, and once again Mother Brain threatens the safety of the galaxy!
13 Years AgoTerraria
PS3Europe
Terraria is a 2D sandbox action-adventure game with platforming and role-playing elements. Players create a character and are placed in a procedurally generated world where they mine resources, craft equipment, build structures, and fight enemies.
14 Years AgoDiablo III
PCMacWorldwide
Diablo III is the third installment in Blizzard's franchise. The game, like its predecessors, is a dungeon crawler in which the player fights against hordes of enemies ranging from beasts and undead to actual demons.
23 Years AgoReturn to Castle Wolfenstein
XboxEurope
Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a first-person shooter and a reboot of Wolfenstein 3D. The player's arsenal includes among others a Luger, MP 40 submachine gun, Mauser rifle with sniper scope, flamethrower, dynamite and grenades.
12 Years AgoGuild Wars 2
PCChina
Guild Wars 2 is an online role-playing game with fast-paced action combat, a rich and detailed universe of stories, awe-inspiring landscapes to explore, two challenging player vs. player modes, and no subscription fees!
14 Years AgoStar Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast
MacWorldwide
In the tradition of the highly acclaimed Star Wars: Jedi Knight series, Star Wars: Jedi Knight 2, Jedi Outcast features rebel agent Kyle Katarn in exhilarating first-person action.
12 Years AgoBattleBlock Theater
PCLinuxWorldwide
In BattleBlock Theater, players control a prisoner as they are forced to play through games devised by Hatty Hattington. Controls are simple, with the game largely consisting of running, jumping and punching.
28 Years AgoWorms
JaguarNorth America
Worms is a turn-based strategy game that combines tactical decision-making with elements of randomness. Players control teams of worms and take turns using a wide range of weapons and tools to defeat opposing teams, resulting in varied gameplay outcomes.
11 Years AgoSyberia II
Xbox 360Worldwide
An unlikely pair, young Kate Walker and old, eccentric Hans Voralberg now set off on a journey together: in search of the last of the fabled Syberian mammoths at the heart of a long and forgotten universe.
19 Years AgoStreets of Rage 2
WiiJapan
Mr. X and the Syndicate are back, this time taking Adam hostage! Take on the role of Axel, Blaze, Skate, or Max to rescue Adam, and destroy Mr. X once and for all.
12 Years AgoThomas Was Alone
iOSWorldwide
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.
19 Years AgoResident Evil 4
Expanded editionPCNorth America
A port of Resident Evil 4 for the PlayStation 2. Almost all of the GameCube's real-time cut scenes were converted into movie files to maintain higher quality.
14 Years AgoDear Esther
RemakeMacWorldwide
Two years in the making, the highly anticipated Indie remake of the cult mod Dear Esther arrives on PC. Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides.
1 Year AgoDoom: The Dark Ages
PCPS5Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
A single-player first-person shooter and prequel to Doom (2016). Set in the dark medieval world of Argent D'Nur, players control the Doom Slayer in a grounded, weighty combat style that emphasizes strategic engagements over the acrobatic mobility of previous entries.
12 Years AgoSonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
PS3Wii UXbox 360Japan
Race as Sonic and a host of legendary All-Stars and prepare to transform! Speed across land, sea and air in a high velocity battle to the finish line, as your amazing transformable vehicle changes from car to boat to plane mid-race. Racing on mobile will never be the same again!
11 Years AgoTropico 5
PS4Australia
Return to the remote island nation of Tropico in the next installment of the critically acclaimed and hugely popular 'dictator sim' series.
9 Years AgoThe Surge
PCWorldwide
The Surge is a sci-fi spin on Dark Souls, from the Lords of the Fallen team. A catastrophic event has knocked you out during the first day on the job... you wake up equipped with a heavy-grade exoskeleton, in a destroyed section of the complex.
3 Years AgoTrackmania
PS4PS5Xbox OneXbox Series X|SWorldwide
Trackmania, the racing franchise from Ubisoft Nadeo, is back with the most compelling remake of Trackmania Nations.
12 Years AgoGod of War
RemasterPS VitaJapan
A remaster of God of War, an action-adventure hack-and-slash video game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE). Loosely inspired by Greek mythology, it unfolds in ancient Greece with vengeance as its central theme.
15 Years AgoAnimal Crossing: City Folk
WiiNorth America
Step into a living, breathing world where days and seasons pass in real time and your destiny is yours to create. Enjoy a new house, a new neighborhood, and some new friends. Try your luck in a Fishing Tourney, collect shells, or participate in special events and holidays.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.