ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 21
The games released on this day in gaming history.
712 releases
14 Years AgoCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
MacPCPS3Xbox 360Worldwide
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter developed by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment.
12 Years AgoDiablo III
PS4Japan
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.
19 Years AgoNeed for Speed: Carbon
MacWorldwide
Need for Speed: Carbon is an arcade-style street racing game set in an open-world city. Players compete in illegal night races across different event types, including circuits, sprints, drifting, and canyon duels on winding mountain roads, while evading police pursuits.
14 Years AgoDarksiders II
Xbox 360PCPS3Europe
Become Death - The most feared of the legendary Four Horseman. Epic Universe – Unlike anything the player has seen before, delivered in the unique style of Joe Mad.
19 Years AgoSonic the Hedgehog 3
WiiJapan
The game is a sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the same system and follows on directly from the end of the game, in which Sonic defeated his enemy, Dr.
17 Years AgoWolfenstein
PCXbox 360PS3Europe
Wolfenstein is the direct sequel to Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Spear of Destiny/Wolfenstein RPG. It featured a "re-imagined" disguised dark-haired B.J.
8 Years AgoSlime Rancher
PS4Worldwide
Slime Rancher is a charming, first-person, sandbox experience.
3 Years AgoUnpacking
AndroidWorldwide
Unpacking is a zen puzzle game about the familiar experience of pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home.
25 Years AgoAmerican McGee's Alice
MacEurope
Shortly after her second adventure, Through the Looking-Glass, Alice's house is burnt down by an accidental fire, killing her family and leaving her as the only survivor. As time progresses Alice loses touch with reality.
8 Years AgoShenmue
PCWorldwide
"He shall appear from a far Eastern land across the sea. A young man who has yet to know his potential. This potential is a power that can either destroy him, or realize his will.
6 Years AgoSpiritfarer
Google StadiaWorldwide
Spiritfarer is a cozy management game about dying. You play Stella, ferrymaster to the deceased, a Spiritfarer. Build a boat to explore the world, then befriend and care for spirits before finally releasing them into the afterlife.
12 Years AgoFire Emblem
Wii UNorth America
It is the seventh game of the Fire Emblem series, the second game in the series to be released for the Game Boy Advance, and the first to be released in both North America and Europe.
25 Years AgoArcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
PCNorth America
Imagine a place of wonder,where magic and technology hold equal sway, and an adventurer might just as easily wield a flintlock pistol as a flaming sword. A place where great industrial cities house castle keeps and factories, home to Dwarves, Humans, Orcs and Elves alike.
12 Years AgoGuacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
Expanded editionPCWorldwide
Guacamelee! STCE is an enhanced version of Guacamelee! Gold Edition that adds in two huge new levels, an explosive new ‘Intenso’ power mode, 4-player local co-op support and more.
19 Years AgoHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
MacNorth America
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth installment of the popular Harry Potter series.
18 Years AgoRatchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
Standalone expansionPS3North AmericaEuropeJapan
Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty (known as Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty in Europe, Africa and Australia) is a 2008 platform game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3.
8 Years AgoGuacamelee! 2
PS4PCWorldwide
Seven years after defeating Carlos Calaca, Juan Aguacate is forced to don his luchador mask again to face a new threat - this time to the very fabric of space and time. Punch your way through a whole new Metroid-vania style world and try to save the Mexiverse!
12 Years AgoMega Man 6
Wii UNorth America
From the United States, Canada and Japan they came. The world's premier designers and their finest robotic warriors traveled to do battle in the First Annual Robot Tournament. But what began as a game suddenly took a terrifying twist!
8 Years AgoShenmue II
Xbox OnePS4PCWorldwide
Yu Suzuki's cinematic masterpiece returns with more spellbinding adventure and an even more immersive world. The epic continues as Ryo Hazuki arrives in Hong Kong on his quest to avenge his father's murder by the warlord Lan Di and unravel the mystery of the Phoenix mirror.
28 Years AgoTom Clancy's Rainbow Six
PCNorth America
A combination of explosive action and real-life strategy! The most revolutionary action/strategy game of its kind. Nothing comes closer to offering an exciting combination of strategy, team-building, realistic three-dimensional graphics and true-to-life special forces action.
14 Years AgoTransformers: Fall of Cybertron
PCXbox 360PS3North America
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron transports you to the final days of the planet Cybertron where you will experience the darkest hours of the apocalyptic war between the Autobots and Decepticons.
8 Years AgoBurnout Paradise Remastered
RemasterPCWorldwide
Welcome back to Paradise City! Make action your middle name as you rule the streets in Burnout Paradise Remastered. Tear up the town from hectic downtown avenues to wild mountain roads.
6 Years AgoInmost
SwitchPCMacWorldwide
"Inmost is an atmospheric, story-driven puzzle platformer, following three playable characters within one dark, interconnecting story.
13 Years AgoBit.Trip Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
PS3Europe
Runner2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed and IGF award winning BIT.TRIP RUNNER.,In the style of the BIT.TRIP series, Runner2 is a rhythm-music platforming game.,Players will run through fantastic environments, using brand new moves…
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.