ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
December 12
The games released on this day in gaming history.
955 releases
35 Years AgoEye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon
DOSWorldwide
Eye of the beholder II: The legend of Darkmoon is an all-3D leisure series computer role-playing adventure based on the popular AD&D 2nd edition game rules and on an original story created for this game.
30 Years AgoSonic Blast
Game GearNorth America
Fully rendered graphics thrust Sonic into an exciting 3D playing environment. An all new gameplay perspective puts you in the middle of Sonic's 3D adventure! The evil genius Robotnik is after the Chaos Emeralds and it's up to Sonic to stop him.
20 Years AgoWario's Woods
WiiJapan
Wario's Woods is a puzzle game similar to Tetris or Columns, but with a twist. Instead of directly controlling the monsters and bombs that are falling down, the player controls Toad who has to carry around stacks of monsters and bombs and to combine them in the right way.
1 Year AgoCloudberry Kingdom
PS4PS5Worldwide
Cloudberry Kingdom is a platform game created by Pwnee Studios. The game uses a set of algorithms developed by Jordan Fisher to create procedurally generated levels that can be adaptive to player skill level, in game character abilities, and alteration of game physics.
43 Years AgoDonkey Kong Jr. Math
FamicomJapan
The game features one and two player modes, both of which are single screen. In the first mode, the objective is to enter math answers in order to receive points. These questions include addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
23 Years AgoJudge Dredd: Dredd Vs. Death
GameCubeEurope
Welcome to Mega-City One, a city of over 400 million people - every one of them a potential criminal. It is the third decade of the 22nd Century, unemployment is widespread, boredom is universal and only the Judges can prevent total anarchy.
13 Years AgoFinal Fantasy VIII
PortPCAsia
The Steam version of Final Fantasy VIII comes with several in-game enhancements, including a speed-up option to fast-forward through cutscenes and FMVs and built-in cheats, such as Battle Assist, making battles almost impossible to lose.
4 Years AgoWavetale
SwitchPS5PS4PCWorldwide
Wavetale is a story driven, third-person action-adventure platformer, set in an island world built atop the remains of a once magnificent city. Player takes on the role of Sigrid, a headstrong girl who gains the ability to run on water through the help of a mysterious shadow.
24 Years AgoGodzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee
GameCubeJapan
Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee is a fighting game developed and published by Pipeworks Software, Inc. for the Nintendo GameCube in 2002. The game was later released for Game Boy Advance as Godzilla: Domination!.
14 Years AgoAce of Spades: Battle Builder
PCWorldwide
Say hello to the creative shooter. Ace of Spades: Battle Builder is the first-person shooter that lets you create your battleground, destroy it, then create it again.
3 Years AgoBear & Breakfast
PS4PS5Worldwide
Bear and Breakfast is a laid-back management adventure game where you build and run a bed and breakfast...but you’re a bear.
2 Years AgoEnotria: The Last Song
Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
Enotria: The Last Song is a soulslike set in a beautiful sun-lit world inspired by Italian folklore where the brightest sun casts the darkest shadow.
20 Years AgoPhantasy Star Universe
Xbox 360Japan
Ethan Waber, the main character, and his little sister, Lumia Waber, are at the celebration of the 100th year anniversary of the Alliance Space Fleet on the GUARDIANS Space station. The celebration is interrupted when a mysterious meteor shower almost destroys the entire fleet.
18 Years AgoCrazy Machines
PCMacWorldwide
Turn the crank, rotate the gears, push the levers, Use the catapult, explode it, or fly it...From grilling sausages with a pulley, gears, rubberbands and a candle to firing a cannon with a basketball, these wacky brain-teasers will light up…
13 Years AgoAdventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know!
Wii UNintendo 3DSAustraliaEurope
Princess Bubblegum summons Finn and Jake to the Candy Kingdom to investigate a rash of thefts and kidnappings that have plagued her kingdom. She thinks the cause lies within her Secret Royal Dungeon, where only the nastiest monsters and criminals are locked up.
20 Years AgoBlazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
PS3North America
You can take to the skies and reenact some of the greatest air battles of World War II in Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII.
10 Years AgoProminence Poker
PCWorldwide
Welcome to Prominence Poker, a game that pits players from around the world against each other--and devious AI--to build the rep, prestige, and bankroll needed to be, and beat, the best of the best.
7 Years AgoHeadliner: NoviNews
PS4Japan
Short media bias adventure where YOU control national news and its impact on your career, society, and family. Control the News, control the Truth. Share your story, and see what the Headliner before you did.
20 Years AgoFar Cry Vengeance
RemakeWiiWorldwideNorth America
The game takes full advantage of the Wii Remote and its Nunchuk attachment. For example, the player can make the character jump by lifting the nunchuk.
13 Years AgoSonic the Hedgehog 2
RemasteriOSAndroidWorldwide
One of the best selling SEGA games of all time - Sonic The Hedgehog 2 is now available for free on mobile! Rediscover SEGA’s super Sonic masterpiece! Dr.
4 Years AgoProject: Playtime
PCWorldwide
Project: Playtime is a Free-to-Play multiplayer horror game where six players attempt to create one giant toy while surviving a terrifying monster that roams the toy factory.
2 Years AgoArma Reforger
PS5Worldwide
Powered by the new Enfusion engine, Arma Reforger lets you fight for supremacy over 51 km2 of incredible island terrain in an authentic Cold War setting, or create unique scenarios in real-time with the Game Master curation mode.
13 Years AgoRush
Wii UEuropeNorth America
In Rush's fully three dimensional levels, players need to guide cubes to color coded exit points using Conveyor belts, Warps, Stops Signs, Splits and more!
10 Years AgoHocus
AndroidWorldwide
perspective illusion puzzle based on M.C. Escher drawings and impossible shapes
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.