ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
December 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
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3 Years AgoBatman: Arkham City
SwitchWorldwide
Batman: Arkham City builds upon the intense, atmospheric foundation of Batman: Arkham Asylum, sending players soaring into Arkham City, the new maximum security "home" for all of Gotham City's thugs, gangsters and insane criminal masterminds.
3 Years AgoBatman: Arkham Asylum
SwitchWorldwide
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.
3 Years AgoBatman: Arkham Knight
SwitchWorldwide
Batman: Arkham Knight is an action-adventure game developed by Rocksteady Studios, released in 2015. It is the final installment in the Arkham series. Players control Batman as he faces Scarecrow, who unites Gotham's criminals to destroy the Dark Knight.
9 Years AgoSoma
Xbox OneNorth AmericaEurope
SOMA is a sci-fi horror game from Frictional Games, the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent. It is an unsettling story about identity, consciousness, and what it means to be human. Enter the world of SOMA and face horrors buried deep beneath the ocean waves.
11 Years AgoRainbow Six Siege
PCPS4Xbox OneNorth AmericaWorldwide
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is a tactical first-person shooter focused on close-quarters combat between teams of five. Players select from a roster of operators drawn from counter-terrorism units around the world, each with unique gadgets and abilities.
6 Years AgoRainbow Six Siege
PS5Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is a tactical first-person shooter focused on close-quarters combat between teams of five. Players select from a roster of operators drawn from counter-terrorism units around the world, each with unique gadgets and abilities.
11 Years AgoJust Cause 3
PS4Xbox OneWorldwideNorth AmericaEurope
Just Cause 3 is a third-person, open-world action-adventure game set on the fictional Mediterranean island nation of Medici.
4 Years AgoInscryption
SwitchWorldwide
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
26 Years AgoHitman: Codename 47
PCEurope
Hitman: Codename 47 sets a new standard for thinker-shooters. As Hitman you must use stealth, tactics and imagination to enter, execute and exit your assignment, getting minimum attention but maximum effect!
6 Years AgoInto the Breach
Google StadiaWorldwide
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.
15 Years AgoSonic Generations
PS3Xbox 360Japan
Celebrate 20 years of Sonic in an all new adventure that delivers a definitive experience to Sonic fans new and old!
6 Years AgoDonut County
AndroidWorldwide
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.
16 Years AgoSecret of Mana
iOSWorldwide
Initially released in Japan in 1993, Secret of Mana took the world by storm with its innovative real-time battle system and gorgeously rendered world. It continues to stand out among other action RPGs for its seamless gameplay that anyone from beginner to veteran can enjoy.
9 Years AgoXenoblade Chronicles 2
SwitchWorldwide
The next adventure is on the Nintendo Switch console set on the backs of colossal, living Titans. Discover each Titan's diverse regions, culture, wildlife, equipment, and hidden secrets.
9 Years AgoSyberia II
SwitchAustralia
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.
30 Years AgoF-Zero
SatellaviewJapan
F-Zero is set in the year 2560, when humanity's multiple encounters with alien life forms had resulted in the expansion of Earth's social framework. This led to commercial, technological and cultural interchanges between planets.
12 Years AgoThe Crew
PCWorldwide
Get behind the wheel of this revolutionary action-driving game. The Crew delivers a massive open-world United States, full of highways, alleyways, dirt roads and more.
18 Years AgoMetal Slug 2
WiiNorth America
“METAL SLUG 2”, the 2nd entry in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game returns to the battlefield on the Steam gaming platform!
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.