ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 26
The games released on this day in gaming history.
852 releases
12 Years AgoLichdom: Battlemage
PCWorldwide
Lichdom: Battlemage is a first-person caster that gives the Mage the spotlight in a way never before seen in games. With limitless magical power at your disposal and brutal enemies around every corner, victory hinges on a combination of skill and strategy.
6 Years AgoCinders
Xbox OneWorldwide
Cinders is a mature take on a classic fairytale with a heavy emphasis on player choices and role playing.
3 Years Ago
18 Years AgoDisgaea 3: Absence of Justice
PS3North America
Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice is the third video game in the Disgaea series by Nippon Ichi. The game takes place in a Netherworld school called the Evil Academy.
12 Years AgoStealth Bastard Deluxe
Expanded editionPS3PS VitaJapan
Stealth games are awesome. Hiding from The Man, skulking in shadows, the thrill of infiltration. But why do they have to be so... slow?
5 Years AgoSummer in Mara
PS4SwitchJapan
Take care of your own island. Summer in Mara is a single-player summer adventure, with an easy-RPG system and exploration elements. The spirit of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker and the farm from Stardew Valley, with the visual aspect of Studio Ghibli's films.
5 Years AgoTsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon
RemakeSwitchPS4Japan
A remake of Type-Moon's classic doujin game Tsukihime, featuring a rewritten scenario with major differences in its setting and plot, as well as several new characters.
18 Years AgoTiger Woods PGA Tour 09
PS3PSPXbox 360North AmericaEurope
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 is a golfing video game in the PGA Tour series from Electronic Arts. It was released in North America on August 26, 2008 for the Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, and PSP. The PS3 version takes advantage of the Sixaxis controller.
17 Years AgoWatchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2
Xbox 360Worldwide
Watchmen: The End Is Nigh Part 2 delves further into the partnership of Rorschach and Nite Owl before the hero-banning Keene Act. It's now June 1977, and any day now the passage of the Keene Act will outlaw all masked vigilantes not sanctioned by the government.
16 Years AgoDoDonPachi Resurrection
iOSWorldwide
The past is being altered. An android, known as Next EXY, has traveled one thousand years back in time. Your task is to stop NEXY and the other Elemental Daughters who were built in the image of the Elemental Dolls who once protected humanity.
6 Years AgoShakedown: Hawaii
PS4Europe
Build a "legitimate" corporation via open world missions, shakedowns, sabotage and property acquisition.
17 Years AgoAlien Shooter: Vengeance
MacWorldwide
Alien Shooter: Vengeance is a top down shooter with role playing elements. The game pits you against hordes of aliens as you battle for survival.
11 Years AgoEarth Defense Force
PortWii UJapan
An evil organization, named AGYMA, threatens the 200 years of peace the galaxy has enjoyed. It was released for the SNES and also as a view-limited downloadable game for the Satellaview that was broadcast in at least 3 runs between August 31, 1997 and February 28, 1998.
5 Years AgoAnn
PCWorldwide
Ann, an art student finds herself trapped in the school when she accidentally broke one of the school's rules. With the help of the school's security guard, help Ann navigate her way out and uncover the secrets of the school before she becomes a permanent resident of the school.
32 Years AgoStrike Commander
FM TownsPC-98Japan
After the success of the Wing Commander games, Chris Roberts and Origin turned their eye to developing a story-focused combat flight simulation. The result was Strike Commander.
10 Years AgoNightmares from the Deep 2: The Siren's Call
Xbox OneNorth America
Nightmares from the Deep: The Siren`s Call is the sequel to the smash hit Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart.This epic adventure features an exciting plot full of outstanding puzzles and unforeseeable twists and turns.
13 Years AgoSuper Street Fighter II
PortWii UEurope
The 16-bit conversion of Super Street Fighter II, while featuring graphical and sound concession compared to the arcade version, features game-play largely the same as the original, including the new game-play modes, and selectable game speed brought over from Turbo.
6 Years AgoSheepo
PCWorldwide
Sheepo is a quirky metroidvania platformer featuring a shape-shifting sheep-thing, who must traverse an uncharted planet in order to collect samples of each living species for an intergalactic species database.
This yearA Tower Full of Cats
SwitchPS4Worldwide
A Tower Full of Cats is a hidden object game where you need to pet cats through the whole history of mankind... and beyond!
23 Years AgoOtogi: Myth of Demons
XboxNorth America
On a dark and gloomy bridge, suspended between the world of the living and the dead, lurks Raikoh, a skilled warrior from a cursed clan.
5 Years AgoInked
SwitchWorldwide
Inked is a tale of love and vengeance told in ink on paper. You play as the Nameless Hero who sets out on a journey in a vast landscape filled with puzzles for you to solve.
15 Years AgoAmerican Conquest: Fight Back
Standalone expansionPCWorldwide
Three centuries of war continue with frantic combat and desperate power struggles raging across the American continent. The Spanish press the attack in the Yucatan against the fierce Maya and Aztec nations. The Germans put all their efforts into finding the legendary El Dorado.
6 Years AgoJets'n'Guns 2
SwitchWorldwide
Side scrolling shooter with insane level of action and destruction! Assume a role of a brave space pilot and jump into an epic adventure across the universe to save it from inevitable doom! Unleash arsenal of the deadliest weapons and devices ever installed in a spaceship!
5 Years AgoCats in Time
PCAndroidWorldwide
A relaxing puzzle game in which you explore 3D dioramas, solve puzzles and save cats lost in time! Crazy, right?!
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.