ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
May 28
The games released on this day in gaming history.
940 releases
12 Years AgoBatman: Arkham Asylum
OuyaWorldwide
Batman: Arkham Asylum is an action-adventure game developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Released in 2009, it follows Batman as he battles the Joker, who seizes control of Arkham Asylum and frees its inmates.
18 Years AgoMass Effect
PCWorldwide
Mass Effect is an action role-playing game set in the year 2183. The player takes the role of Commander Shepard, a customizable character who serves as Executive Officer aboard the SSV Normandy.
12 Years AgoBorderlands 2
PS VitaAustraliaEurope
A new era of shoot and loot is about to begin. Play as one of four new vault hunters facing off against a massive new world of creatures, psychos and the evil mastermind, Handsome Jack.
7 Years AgoOuter Wilds
PCXbox OneWorldwide
Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
7 Years AgoBrothers: A Tale of Two Sons
SwitchWorldwide
Brothers is presented from a third-person view overlooking the two brothers. The brothers are moved individually by two thumbsticks on the controller.
This yearStray
Switch 2Worldwide
Stray is a third-person cat adventure game set amidst the detailed neon-lit alleys of a decaying cybercity and the murky environments of its seedy underbelly.
11 Years AgoThe Talos Principle
AndroidWorldwide
The Talos Principle is a philosophical first-person puzzle game from Croteam, the creators of the legendary Serious Sam series, written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
27 Years AgoWorms Armageddon
PCJapan
Those intrepid invertebrates return with a vengeance in the much-loved Worms Armageddon. It’s a whole new can of worms! It’s hilarious fun that you can enjoy on your own or with all your friends.
5 Years AgoHuman: Fall Flat
Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
Human: Fall Flat is a physics-based puzzle platformer where players control a customizable wobbly human character named Bob.
22 Years AgoSyberia II
PCEurope
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.
This yearAge of Empires II: Definitive Edition
RemasterMacWorldwide
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition celebrates the 20th anniversary of one of the most popular strategy games ever with stunning 4K Ultra HD graphics, a new and fully remastered soundtrack, and brand-new content, “The Last Khans” with 3 new campaigns and 4 new civilizations.
13 Years AgoThomas Was Alone
LinuxWorldwide
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 AgoDear Esther
RemakeLinuxWorldwide
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.
13 Years AgoGrid 2
Xbox 360PS3North America
Be fast, be first and be famous as the race returns in GRID 2, the sequel to the BAFTA-award winning, multi-million selling Race Driver: GRID.
11 Years AgoSplatoon
Wii UJapan
Splatoon is primarily a team-based third-person shooter which is playable by up to eight players in 4-vs-4 matches, although the game also features a single-player campaign. Players control characters called Inklings, wich can change between human form and squid form.
12 Years AgoA Story About My Uncle
PCWorldwideNorth America
A Story About My Uncle is a non-violent First-Person platform adventure game built in the Unreal Engine. It is a story about a boy who searches for his lost uncle and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.