ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
May 17
The games released on this day in gaming history.
676 releases
25 Years AgoDigimon Tamers: Pocket Culumon
PlayStationJapan
In this final entry of the Pocket Digimon sub-series, you can interact with Culumon, that little Digimon from Digimon Tamers anime series. Unlike in the previous Pocket Digimon games, you can only get Culumon to your PocketStation. Also, Culumon can not evole at all.
24 Years AgoLethal Skies Elite Pilot: Team SW
PS2Worldwide
When the ice in the Siberian region melts, a worldwide catastrophe occurs and 90% of the earth is submerged under water. Lifting the major cities and providing assistance is the objective of the newly formed World Alliance, comprised of most of the surviving nations.
24 Years AgoLake Masters EX
PS2Worldwide
Lake Masters EX is a single player, bass fishing game. The player competes in tournaments over the course of a season and gains points by winning or at least finishing in the rankings.
24 Years AgoFinal Fantasy X International
Expanded editionPS2Australia
Final Fantasy X International is the Japanese re-release of Final Fantasy X and the original PAL release. It features content not available in the original Japanese release.
23 Years AgoCleopatra Fortune
PlayStationNorth America
Cleopatra Fortune is a falling-block puzzle game featuring a cutesy anime Egyptian theme. Groups of stones and gems of different shapes fall from the top of a well.
22 Years AgoU-Move Super Sports
PS2AustraliaNew Zealand
Built around 15 entertaining mini-games and with a host of smaller fun asides, U Move Super Sports literally drops the player into a series of madcap sporting scenarios.
21 Years AgoSpectral vs. Generation
ArcadeWorldwide
The fate of a land rests in the hands of fearless fighters, united in their quest to control the power of the Earth temple. Master devastating attacks and vanquish your enemies in this epic struggle between good and evil!
20 Years Ago
19 Years AgoShining Wind
PS2Japan
Shining Wind is the sequel to Shining Tears. The main characters from Shining Tears appear in Shining Wind as well.
19 Years AgoDisney's Chicken Little: Ace in Action
PortNintendo DSAustralia
Inspired by the "superhero movie within the movie" finale of Walt Disney Pictures' film "Chicken Little," Disney"s Chicken Little: Ace in Action features Ace, the superhero alter ego of Chicken Little, and the Hollywood versions of his misf…
16 Years Ago
16 Years AgoA Topsy Turvy Life: Turvy Drops
Nintendo DSiNorth America
Turn the Nintendo DSi system upside down and draw blocks on the touch screen to fill spaces in this topsy-turvy take on puzzle games.
16 Years AgoLooksley's Line Up
Nintendo DSiNorth America
Looksley's Line Up uses the DSi's camera to track the user's face in order to shift the 3D perspective to reveal hidden pictures.
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15 Years AgoThe Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
PCWorldwide
This third-person dark fantasy Western RPG and sequel to The Witcher (2007), featuring multiple endings and branching narrative paths, follows the travels of Geralt of Rivia, witcher, who, after being falsely accused of regicide, sets out t…
15 Years AgoL.A. Noire
PS3Xbox 360WorldwideNorth America
L.A. Noire is a neo-noir detective action-adventure video game developed by Team Bondi and published by Rockstar Games. It was initially released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms on 17 May 2011; a Microsoft Windows port was later released on 8 November 2011.
13 Years AgoMetro: Last Light
PS3Xbox 360PCEurope
Based on the Russian novel Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro: Last Light is a post-apocalyptic horror first-person shooter that serves as a new chapter in the Metro saga and is the sequel to Metro 2033.
4 Years AgoCities: Skylines
Google StadiaWorldwide
Cities: Skylines is a single-player city-building simulation game.
5 Years AgoDays Gone
PCNorth America
Days Gone is an open-world action-adventure game developed by Bend Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Released in April 2019 for PlayStation 4 and later for PC in May 2021, the game is set in a post-apocalyptic world where players control Deacon St.
8 Years AgoThe Banner Saga
SwitchWorldwide
The Banner Saga is a Viking-themed tactical role-playing video game.
15 Years AgoFable III
PCNorth America
Set 50 years after the events of Fable II, the continent of Albion (where the Fable series is set) is under the control of Logan, a tyrant king and the Hero's older brother[1].
4 Years AgoFuri
PS5Worldwide
Fight your way free in our frenzied all-boss fighter, and discover what’s waiting behind the last gate. Furi is all about the tension of one-on-one fights against deadly adversaries.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.