ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 28
The games released on this day in gaming history.
937 releases
17 Years AgoMy Secret Diary
Nintendo DSWorldwide
The My Secret Diary game for Nintendo DS allows you safely store all of your secrets in a fun and exciting new way. You can keep a journey that is protected by a password - so you won't have to worry about somebody finding your key.
17 Years AgoSampras Tennis 96
Mega Drive / GenesisEurope
Sampras Tennis 96 is a tennis game released exclusively for the Sega Mega Drive. It is a sequel to Pete Sampras Tennis.
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17 Years AgoBatman: Arkham Asylum
Xbox 360PS3Europe
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.
This yearElden Ring
Switch 2Worldwide
Elden Ring is an action RPG developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, released in February 2022. Directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, with world-building contributions from novelist George R. R.
8 Years AgoThe Walking Dead
SwitchWorldwide
The Walking Dead: Season One (also known as The Walking Dead: The Game) is an episodic interactive drama graphic adventure video game developed and published by Telltale Games.
11 Years AgoUntil Dawn
PS4WorldwideEurope
Until Dawn is an interactive drama survival horror video game. It was originally planned as a first-person game for the PlayStation 3's motion controller PlayStation Move, but the motion controls were later dropped when it became a PlayStation 4 exclusive game.
13 Years AgoThe Legend of Zelda
Wii UJapan
The Legend of Zelda is the first title in the Zelda series, it has marked the history of video games particularly for it's game mechanics and universe.
7 Years AgoDead Cells
iOSWorldwide
Dead Cells is a 2D side-scrolling action platformer combining roguelike and Metroidvania design. Players control the Prisoner, an immortal creature that possesses corpses and fights through procedurally generated levels filled with mutated enemies.
29 Years AgoQuake
MacNorth America
Quake is a first-person shooter video game, developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive in 1996 and featured music composed by Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails. It is the first game in the popular Quake series.
12 Years AgoMetro 2033 Redux
RemasterPCWorldwide
Metro 2033 Redux is the definitive version of the cult classic Metro 2033, rebuilt in the latest and greatest iteration of the 4A Engine for Next Gen.
12 Years AgoMetro: Last Light Redux
RemasterPCWorldwide
Metro: Last Light Redux is the definitive version of the critically acclaimed ‘Metro: Last Light’, rebuilt in the latest and greatest iteration of the 4A Engine for Next Gen.
8 Years AgoInto the Breach
SwitchWorldwide
The remnants of human civilization are threatened by gigantic creatures breeding beneath the earth. You must control powerful mechs from the future to hold off this alien threat.
18 Years AgoOddworld: Abe's Oddysee
PCWorldwide
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee is the first game set in the fictional Oddworld universe.
12 Years AgoSteamWorld Dig
Wii UNorth AmericaEurope
SteamWorld Dig is 2D a platform game that revolves around mining for resources and ores. The objective of the game is to investigate the mines underneath the old Western town Tumbleton in order to unearth the secrets lurking below.
8 Years AgoDonut County
iOSMacPCPS4Worldwide
Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.
19 Years AgoCommand & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
MacWorldwide
MultiplayerNote: As of June 2014, our friends at GameSpy have ended all hosted game services, which will affect the online multiplayer aspect of this game.
13 Years AgoSpelunky
RemakePS3PS VitaEuropeAustralia
Spelunky (also known as Spelunky HD) is a remake of Spelunky (now known as Spelunky Classic), an open source indie platformer video game created by Derek Yu and originally released as freeware for Microsoft Windows.
8 Years AgoYakuza Kiwami 2
RemakePS4North AmericaEurope
Yakuza Kiwami 2 is a remake of Yakuza 2, and is an action-adventure game set in an open world environment and played from a third-person perspective. Combat is based on that previously seen in Yakuza 6.
3 Years AgoGame data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.