ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
December 12
The games released on this day in gaming history.
955 releases
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13 Years AgoGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas
iOSWorldwide
Returning after his mother's murder to the semi-fictional city of Los Santos (based on Los Angeles), Carl Johnson, a former gang banger, must take back the streets for his family and friends by gaining respect and once again gaining control over the streets.
11 Years AgoGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas
PS3EuropeAustraliaNew Zealand
Returning after his mother's murder to the semi-fictional city of Los Santos (based on Los Angeles), Carl Johnson, a former gang banger, must take back the streets for his family and friends by gaining respect and once again gaining control over the streets.
13 Years AgoThe Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Wii UEurope
Venture back to Hyrule and an age of magic and heroes. The predecessors of Link and Zelda face monsters on the march when a menacing magician takes over the kingdom. Only you can prevent his evil plot from shattering the land of Hyrule.
7 Years AgoDetroit: Become Human
PCWorldwide
Detroit: Become Human is an interactive narrative adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and released in 2018.
3 Years AgoOuter Wilds
SwitchJapan
Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
10 Years AgoBastion
Xbox OneWorldwide
A hack-and-slash RPG featuring a reactive narrator, various unlockable weapons, weapon upgrades, practice mini-games and optional difficulty modifiers, set in an imaginary world in the aftermath of an uncertain apocalypse, in which the play…
3 Years AgoLittle Nightmares
AndroidiOSWorldwide
Little Nightmares is a puzzle-platform horror adventure game developed by Tarsier Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
12 Years AgoPapers, Please
iOSWorldwide
The communist state of Arstotzka has just ended a 6-year war with neighboring Kolechia and reclaimed its rightful half of the border town, Grestin. Your job as immigration inspector is to control the flow of people entering the Arstotzkan side of Grestin from Kolechia.
9 Years AgoPapers, Please
PS VitaWorldwide
The communist state of Arstotzka has just ended a 6-year war with neighboring Kolechia and reclaimed its rightful half of the border town, Grestin. Your job as immigration inspector is to control the flow of people entering the Arstotzkan side of Grestin from Kolechia.
20 Years AgoDonkey Kong Country
WiiJapan
Donkey Kong Country is a side scrolling platformer by British developers Rare in 1994. It featured revolutionary pre-rendered 3D graphics that give the game a very unique look compared to most other games on consoles at the time.
9 Years AgoDeus Ex: Mankind Divided
MacWorldwide
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided directly follows the aftermath of the Aug Incident, a day when mechanically augmented citizens all over the world were stripped of control over their minds and bodies, resulting in the deaths of millions of innocents.
7 Years AgoGris
PS4Japan
Gris is a 2D platformer developed by Nomada Studio and published by Devolver Digital. It is a visually striking game that follows the journey of a young woman named Gris as she navigates a world of grief and loss.
20 Years AgoAge of Empires III
MacEurope
In this highly anticipated next installment in the Age of Empires franchise from Ensemble Studios, Age of Empires III places players in the time period of roughly 1500–1850, picking up where Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings left off.
27 Years AgoPlanescape: Torment
PCWorldwide
A CRPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons setting of Planescape in which The Nameless One, an immortal amnesiac, sets off on a quest across the infinite Planes and gathers a party of conflicted companions to find out who he is and reclaim his mortality.
13 Years AgoLEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
iOSNorth AmericaWorldwide
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga is a Lego-themed action-adventure game with platforming and puzzle-solving, played from a third-person perspective in a world built from Lego pieces.
13 Years AgoRayman Origins
MacWorldwide
Bubble Dreamer, Rayman, his best friend Globox, and some Teensy friends are chilling out at the Bubble Dreamer's resting grounds, the Snoring Tree.
18 Years AgoPrince of Persia
PCEurope
Prince of Persia is an action-adventure and platforming video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is part of the Prince of Persia franchise. The game is set in ancient Persia, with a player-character whose name is not revealed in the game.
18 Years AgoWorld of Goo
PCEurope
World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys. Drag and drop living, squirming, talking, globs of goo to build structures, bridges, cannonballs, zeppelins, and giant tongues.
2 Years AgoThe Finals
PS4Worldwide
The Finals is the world’s first Dynamism Shooter, a free-to-play, fast-paced, physics-driven, first-person shooter set on the stage of the biggest Gameshow of the future!
12 Years AgoMetro: Last Light Redux
RemasterLinuxWorldwide
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.
26 Years AgoDriver
MacNorth America
The player is John Tanner, an undercover cop who try to take advantage of his own excellent driving skill in order to infiltrate a criminal organization.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.