ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
December 15
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1116 releases
16 Years AgoQuake III Arena
Xbox 360Worldwide
Quake III Arena is a first-person shooter built around competitive multiplayer combat.
15 Years AgoMetroid Fusion
Nintendo 3DSAustralia
Metroid Fusion is a side-scrolling action-adventure game that combines exploration, combat, and progression within a structured environment. Players navigate distinct sectors, acquire new abilities, and unlock access to previously restricted areas as they advance.
15 Years AgoTrine 2
MacEurope
Three Heroes survive in countless dangers in a fairy-tale world, with physics-based jigsaw puzzles, beautiful scenery, and cooperative online mode.
27 Years AgoStar Wars: Episode I - Racer
MacNorth America
Star Wars: Episode 1 - Racer lets you participate in the famous pod race sequence that was the critical highlight of the film Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace back in 1999. Take the controls as Jedi-to-be Anakin Skywalker or any one of over 20 pod racers.
11 Years AgoElite: Dangerous
SteamVRWorldwide
The next game in the Elite series - an amazing space epic with stunning visuals, incredible gameplay, breath-taking scope and award-winning sound. All content can be enjoyed in game any mode: solo, personal invite-only group or open/MMO.
15 Years AgoFinal Fantasy XIII-2
PS3Xbox 360AsiaJapan
Final Fantasy XIII‑2 is a story-driven JRPG that blends fast-paced, party-based combat with time-travel exploration.
20 Years AgoDisney's DuckTales
WiiAustraliaEurope
DuckTales is a platform game developed and published by Capcom and based on the Disney animated TV series of the same name. It was first released in North America for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989 and was later ported to the Game Boy in 1990.
26 Years AgoAmerican McGee's Alice
PCEurope
Shortly after her second adventure, Through the Looking-Glass, Alice's house is burnt down by an accidental fire, killing her family and leaving her as the only survivor. As time progresses Alice loses touch with reality.
20 Years AgoTom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas
PCEurope
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six makes its next-generation hardware debut in the most dramatic installment of the renowned first-person shooter franchise to date.
1 Year AgoDivinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition
Expanded editionPS5Xbox Series X|SSwitch 2Worldwide
There can only be one God. The Divine is dead. The Void approaches.
12 Years AgoLisa: The Painful
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
Lisa is a quirky side-scrolling RPG set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Beneath the charming and funny exterior is a world full of disgust and moral destruction. Players will learn what kind of person they are by being FORCED to make choices.
14 Years AgoScribblenauts Unlimited
AndroidWorldwide
Venture into a wide-open world where the most powerful tool is your imagination. Help Maxwell solve robust puzzles in seamless, free-roaming levels by summoning any object you can think of.
11 Years AgoScribblenauts Unlimited
iOSWorldwide
Venture into a wide-open world where the most powerful tool is your imagination. Help Maxwell solve robust puzzles in seamless, free-roaming levels by summoning any object you can think of.
10 Years AgoSuper Mario Run
iOSWorldwide
Super Mario goes mobile! Unlike other games in the franchise, Mario will run on his own. All you do is tap the screen to jump.
9 Years AgoUltimate Chicken Horse
Xbox OneWorldwide
Ever wish you were a wall-jumping, arrow-dodging, trap-setting horse, besting your animal pals in a race through a peril-laden obstacle course that you all built together? Wish granted!
16 Years AgoAltered Beast
iOSWorldwide
Altered Beast is a 1988 beat 'em up video game developed by Team Shinobi and published by Sega for arcades.
26 Years AgoProject I.G.I.: I'm Going In
PCWorldwide
Project I.G.I.: I'm Going In (released in Europe as simply Project I.G.I.) is a tactical first-person shooter developed by Innerloop Studios and released on December 15, 2000 by Eidos Interactive.
11 Years AgoTowerFall Ascension
Expanded editionPS VitaNorth America
Enter the land of TowerFall with your friends and engage in the noble and brutal tradition of bow-and-arrow combat. TowerFall is an archery combat platformer for 1-4 players, with an arcade co-op mode and hilarious, intense versus matches.
22 Years AgoDragon Ball Z: Budokai 2
GameCubeNorth America
Go to the next level in the Dragon Ball Z saga. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 improves upon the first installment by adding an all-new single player mode, new characters and explosive attacks.
20 Years AgoGunstar Heroes
WiiEurope
The Gunstar family are the protectors of the planet Gunstar 9. After many years of peace, vicious dictator Colonel Red kidnapped the Gunstar twins’ older brother and used mind control to make him his slave.
15 Years AgoWario Land 4
Nintendo 3DSAustralia
Wario's back for more...and more...and MORE! Hey! You!
20 Years AgoWWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007
PSPXbox 360AustraliaEurope
A brand new Analog Control System makes fighting more realistic than ever with intuitive movement and new elements of control. An enhanced Season Mode provides multiple branching storylines and unprecedented levels of player choice.
16 Years AgoDungeon Defenders
iOSWorldwide
Dungeon Defenders is a Tower Defense Action-RPG where you must save the land of Etheria from an Ancient Evil! Create a hero from one of four distinct classes to fight back wave after wave of enemies by summoning defenses and directly participating in the action-packed combat!
42 Years AgoMarble Madness
ArcadeNorth America
Marble Madness is an isometric platform game in which the player manipulates an onscreen marble from a third-person perspective. The player controls the marble's movements with a trackball, though most home versions use game controllers with directional pads.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.