ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
December 17
The games released on this day in gaming history.
911 releases
11 Years AgoNew Super Mario Bros.
Wii UEurope
New Super Mario Bros. is a side-scrolling 2.5D action-adventure platformer game for the Nintendo DS, starring Mario and Luigi. The game features a solo story mode with Mario or Luigi, a two-player wireless game Mario Vs. Luigi, as well as a minigame mode for up to four players.
7 Years AgoUntitled Goose Game
PS4Xbox OneWorldwide
It's a lovely morning in the village and you are a horrible goose. Untitled Goose Game is a slapstick-stealth-sandbox, where you are a goose let loose on an unsuspecting village.
13 Years AgoAssassin's Creed: Freedom Cry
Standalone expansionXbox 360Xbox OneWorldwide
Born a slave, Adewale found freedom as a pirate aboard Edward Kenway’s ship, the Jackdaw. 15 years later, Adewale has become a trained Assassin who finds himself shipwrecked in Saint-Domingue without weapons or crew.
12 Years AgoBlack Desert
PCKorea
Black Desert is a game that tests the limitations of MMORPG by implementing remastered graphics and audio. Enjoy exciting combat and siege, exploration, trading, fishing, training, alchemy, cooking, gathering, hunting, and more in the vast open world.
12 Years AgoGrand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
AndroidWorldwide
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is an entirely original entry into the critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto series, and brings a new level of interactivity to its sprawling open environments.
13 Years AgoDust: An Elysian Tail
MacLinuxWorldwide
immerse yourself in a gorgeous hand-painted world on a search for your true identity. As the mysterious warrior, Dust, your action-packed journey will take you from peaceful glades to snowy mountaintops and beyond.
11 Years AgoMother 3
Wii UJapan
A turn-based JRPG and sequel to EarthBound (1994) in which a tragedy surrounding a family in the primitive yet joyful village of Tazmily incites the coming-of-age story of Lucas, the family's younger son, who goes on perilous adventures alo…
8 Years AgoBloons TD 6
PCMacWorldwide
Bloons TD 6 is a tower defense game in which players place various monkey towers along a path to pop waves of balloons ("Bloons") before they reach the exit.
7 Years AgoDragon Ball: Xenoverse 2
Google StadiaWorldwide
DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2 builds upon the highly popular DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE with enhanced graphics that will further immerse players into the largest and most detailed Dragon Ball world ever developed.
11 Years AgoMario Tennis
Wii UEurope
All of your favorite characters hit the court in a wild and wacky multiplayer tennis game from the makers of Mario Golf. Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Peach, Toad, and Donkey Kong lead off the all-star, 14-player line-up.
15 Years AgoUncharted: Golden Abyss
PS VitaJapan
Uncover the dark secret behind the 400-year-old massacre of a Spanish expedition as Nathan Drake tracks the murderous trail of an ancient and secret Spanish sect.
2 Years AgoTotally Accurate Battle Simulator
PS5Worldwide
A physics based medieval battle simulator which lets you pit wacky waving armies against each other. In Totally Accurate Battle Simulator you pit waving arm men against each other and watch them fight it out.
6 Years AgoManeater
PS4Xbox OneJapan
You were cut from your mother's body and left to die in the unforgiving waters of the Gulf Coast. Your only tools are your wits, your jaws, and an uncanny ability to evolve as you feed. Anything and everything is on the menu... provided you kill it before it kills you.
12 Years AgoResogun
PS3PS VitaEurope
Resogun is a shoot 'em up game. Unleash an explosive array of devastating weapons to obliterate hordes of ruthless enemies while making sure you rescue the last survivors and keep your multiplier going!
13 Years AgoflOw
PS4PS VitaNorth America
flOw is a game about piloting an aquatic organism through a surreal biosphere where players consume other organisms, evolve, and dive into the abyss.
20 Years AgoMetin2
PCWorldwide
The appearance of the Metin stones has torn deep rifts through the once flourishing world of the Dragon God. War has erupted between the kingdoms – wild animals have transformed into fearsome beasts and the dead have arisen to bloodthirsty, demonic life.
12 Years AgoMega Man Zero
Wii UNorth America
It's your mission to help the exiled scientist Ciel discover the source of a new reploid energy! Play as Mega Man's pal Zero, the reploid from the Mega Man X series turned good by the infectious Sigma Virus and 100 years of sleep.
5 Years AgoBaldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance is a revolutionary action adventure with an epic tale of intrigue, fierce alliances, explosive spell effects and highly detailed creatures and environments. Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance is a benchmark of technology and gameplay.
13 Years AgoGemini Rue
LinuxAndroidWorldwide
Gemini Rue is a neo-noir classic adventure game from the creator of acclaimed Blackwell Series, Wadjet Eye Games.
14 Years AgoDonkey Kong
PortNintendo 3DSJapan
Donkey Kong has kidnapped Pauline, and it is up to Mario, the fearless carpenter, to come to her rescue. Throwing fate to the wind, Mario tries desperately to climb the labyrinth of structural beams from the top of which Donkey Kong taunts him.
23 Years AgoLegacy of Kain: Defiance
PCNorth America
Legacy of Kain: Defiance is an action-adventure game developed by Crystal Dynamics and released in 2003. It is the fifth entry in the Legacy of Kain series and continues the intertwined stories of Kain and Raziel.
33 Years AgoGabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
PCMacDOSWorldwide
The adventure of Gabriel Knight starts with gathering materials for his new book, and ends up becoming a fight for his very soul.
12 Years AgoTrine Enchanted Edition
RemakePS4Europe
Trine Enchanted Edition is a fantasy action platformer with a fairytale-like atmosphere, following the journey of three heroes – a Wizard, a Knight and a Thief – in a quest to save the kingdom from evil.
11 Years AgoCannon Fodder
LinuxWorldwide
Cannon Fodder is an action-strategy shoot 'em up game developed by Sensible Software and published by Virgin Interactive. The game is military-themed and based on shooting action but with a strategy game-style control system.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.