ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
October 12
The games released on this day in gaming history.
719 releases
4 Years AgoThe Battle of Polytopia
SwitchWorldwide
The Battle of Polytopia is an award-winning turn-based strategy game about building a civilization and going into battle. With millions of players, it has quickly become one of the most popular mobile strategy games.
20 Years AgoThe Guild 2
LinuxWorldwide
The Guild 2 is the shining successor of the ultra successful medieval life sim, Europe 1400. The Guild 2 is a unique mixture of RPG and life simulation in an immersive middle ages scenario. The player and his party become part of history and can even change it in real-time.
19 Years AgoYu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force
PSPAustralia
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force, known in Japan as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX Tag Force is a video game based on the Yu-Gi-Oh!
10 Years AgoGonner
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
"Gonner is a tough as hell procedurally-generated 2D platformer with roguelike elements, following the largely misunderstood and altruistic Ikk on a journey to cheer up his only friend in this world—a giant landbound whale named Sally—by se…
14 Years AgoRocksmith
PS3Europe
Rocksmith's innovative game design makes playing music visually intuitive and will engage experienced musicians as well as those who have never picked up a guitar in their lives.
9 Years AgoNeon Chrome
SwitchNorth America
Neon Chrome is a ruthless top-down cyberpunk shooter with rogue-like elements. The game takes place inside an arcology – a massive sci-fi mega structure. Every gaming session is different as large parts are randomly generated.
8 Years AgoThe World Ends with You: Final Remix
Expanded editionSwitchNorth AmericaEurope
Complete the mission...or face erasure. That’s all Neku knows after regaining consciousness in the middle of a busy intersection without his memories.
9 Years AgoLost Sphear
PS4Japan
"The next evolution in this new golden age of JRPG’s arrives with LOST SPHEAR, bringing a fresh take on classic RPG gameplay! A young man, who suffered a phenomenon that he had never seen, faces an ominous power that threatens the fabric of reality.
This year9 Kings
iOSAndroidWorldwide
A fast-paced roguelike kingdom builder. Grow your empire and fight massive battles against powerful rival kings. Break the game with thousands of insane builds to become the King of Kings.
21 Years AgoEvil Dead: Regeneration
PCNorth America
Evil Dead: Regeneration takes over where the film Evil Dead 2 left off. You can play as Ash, who has been committed to an insane asylum where a mad scientist is doing experiments with the Necronomican.
15 Years AgoCastlevania: Harmony of Despair
PS3Europe
Castlevania: Harmony of Despair is a crossover platform-adventure game that features a new map system which allows players to see the current quest map's entire setup, as well as up to six players at once over Xbox Live.
2 Years AgoBraid: Anniversary Edition
RemasterMacWorldwide
Solve puzzles by changing the flow of time in this remaster of the classic, award-winning game Braid. This remaster has new puzzles, hand-repainted graphics and fully reimagined sound, and a completely unreasonable amount of developer commentary.
19 Years AgoRace 07
PCEurope
RACE 07 is a racing simulation video game that covers the 2006 and 2007 World Touring Car Championship seasons. It offers over 300 cars across 9 different racing classes, including touring cars, Formula 3000, Formula BMW, and Radical sports cars.
16 Years AgoJust Dance 2
WiiNorth America
The concept of the game is the same as the original Just Dance. Requiring only one Wii Remote per player, up to four people can play at a time, as they follow on-screen choreographed moves set to classic dance tracks. There are four new dance modes.
5 Years AgoThe Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross
PCWorldwide
The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross - A cinematic anime game beyond your imagination!
4 Years AgoLEGO Bricktales
SwitchPS5PS4Xbox Series X|SXbox OnePCWorldwide
In this puzzle-adventure, use an intuitive brick-by-brick building mechanic to solve puzzles and bring your creations to life! Experience a charming story as you explore beautiful Lego dioramas and help the people inhabiting them.
16 Years AgoDead Space: Ignition
PS3Xbox 360North America
Dead Space Ignition is a followup to Dead Space 2, set between the two main games.
14 Years AgoHappy Wars
Xbox 360Worldwide
Happy Wars is an action-packed massive online multiplayer game where you can play together with as many as 30 players in one online session. And, it’s free-to-play.
16 Years AgoSengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes
PS3WiiNorth America
Featuring unique playable characters, as well as supporting generals who will make it easier to command and lead armies, players will see the battle from the perspective of each military commander with the ultimate goal of re-writing history to rule all of 16th century Japan.
5 Years AgoAgatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The First Cases
SwitchAustralia
Discover an untold crime story from the mysterious youth of the famous detective Hercule Poirot.
25 Years AgoStepMania
PCWorldwide
StepMania is a cross-platform rhythm video game and engine. It was originally developed as a simulator of Konami's arcade game series Dance Dance Revolution, and has since evolved into an extensible rhythm game engine capable of supporting a variety of rhythm-based game types.
22 Years AgoKingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders
XboxNorth America
Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders is a tactical wargame developed by the Korean studio Phantagram for the Xbox. It is the sequel to the 2001 game Kingdom Under Fire: A War of Heroes, and continues its storyline.
19 Years AgoOverclocked: A History of Violence
PCWorldwide
Set against the backdrop of a catastrophic thunderstorm raging over New York City, Overclocked explores an archetypical, yet actual condition of mankind: violence. This psychological thriller mixes frightening fictional thriller elements using innovative narrative structures.
16 Years AgoInvizimals
PSPNorth America
Invizimals is a PlayStation Portable augmented reality video game developed by Novarama, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. It is a collectible creature game, and is bundled with the PSP's camera attachment on launch.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.