On This Day in Gaming: December 17

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December 17

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension cover6 Years Ago

There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension

AndroidiOSWorldwide

"There is no game: Wrong dimension" is a Point&Click comedy adventure (and Point&Click only!) that will take you on a journey you never asked to go on, through silly and unexpected video game universes. Will you be able to play along with the "Game" to find your way home?

Commando cover16 Years Ago

Commando

WiiEurope

Several levels await your super-tough Commando in this arcade conversion. Armed with only a standard rifle and a few grenades you must take on hordes of enemies.

Bit.Trip Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien cover13 Years Ago

Bit.Trip Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien

PS VitaWorldwide

Runner2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed and IGF award winning BIT.TRIP RUNNER.,In the style of the BIT.TRIP series, Runner2 is a rhythm-music platforming game.,Players will run through fantastic environments, using brand new moves…

Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards cover11 Years Ago

Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards

LinuxWorldwide

A middle-aged male virgin named Larry Laffer desperately tries to "get lucky" in the fictional American city of Lost Wages. Your goal in Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards is to find and seduce the girl of your dreams.

Touhou Luna Nights cover6 Years Ago

Touhou Luna Nights

SwitchNorth America

Touhou Luna Night's is a 2D search action (Metroidvania) video game. After creating many action games, this is a new project from Team Ladybug.

Q.U.B.E. cover15 Years Ago

Q.U.B.E.

PCWorldwide

Q.U.B.E. is a first person puzzle solving game set in a structure made from white cubes. Coloured cubes in the environment can be manipulated by the player using a pair of technologically enhanced gloves.

Q.U.B.E. cover14 Years Ago

Q.U.B.E.

MacWorldwide

Q.U.B.E. is a first person puzzle solving game set in a structure made from white cubes. Coloured cubes in the environment can be manipulated by the player using a pair of technologically enhanced gloves.

Loadout cover12 Years Ago

Loadout

PS4Europe

Loadout is an outrageous new multi-player shooter that’s all about the guns, baby! Build a massive variety of absolutely insane weaponry - billions of combinations - totally customized, totally unique, and totally deadly.

Virtua Tennis 4 cover15 Years Ago

Virtua Tennis 4

PS VitaWorldwide

Virtua Tennis 4 is an action-oriented tennis game which focuses on fast matches instead of being a realistic simulation. The heart of the game is the career mode in which the player creates their own avatar. The goal is simple: reaching the top within four seasons.

Mega Man Zero 4 cover11 Years Ago

Mega Man Zero 4

Wii UNorth America

Mega Man Zero 4 is a video game created by Capcom and Inti Creates for the Game Boy Advance in 2005. It's the fourth and final installment in the Mega Man Zero series, making Zero the first Mega Man subseries to see a proper conclusion.

Alien Storm cover19 Years Ago

Alien Storm

WiiNorth America

Alien Storm is a side-scrolling beat 'em up. The game resembles Golden Axe, with a similar artistic style, three playable characters (a man, a woman, and a novelty character) and pick-up or power-up special attacks.

Evoland 2 cover11 Years Ago

Evoland 2

MacWorldwide

Evoland 2 is the spiritual successor to the original Evoland with its graphics style changing as you travel through time and its gameplay evolving as you move along the storyline.

Grid Legends cover2 Years Ago

Grid Legends

AndroidiOSWorldwide

What does it take to become a racing legend? Welcome to Grid Legends: a high-stakes driving experience that combines thrilling unpredictable motorsport, incredible race variety, and an immersive driving story that puts you at the heart of the action.

Gods Will Be Watching cover11 Years Ago

Gods Will Be Watching

iOSWorldwide

Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face narrative puzzles and moral dilemmas that will affect both the lives of your team and the people you’re are sworn to protect.

Turok cover11 Years Ago

Turok

RemasterPCWorldwide

A world where time has no meaning - and evil knows no bounds. Torn from a world long gone, the time traveling warrior Turok has found himself thrust into a savage land torn by conflict.

Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach cover5 Years Ago

Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach

PCPS4PS5Worldwide

Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach is the latest installment of the family-friendly horror games loved by millions of players from all over the globe. Play as Gregory, a young boy trapped overnight in Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex.

Biped cover2 Years Ago

Biped

PS5Worldwide

Biped is a coop action game with physics.

Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss cover33 Years Ago

Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss

PC-98Japan

The Isle of the Avatar was discovered during the Fourth Age (as related in Quest of the Avatar), at the climax of the Avatar’s quest.

Leisure Suit Larry 2: Goes Looking for Love (in Several Wrong Places) cover12 Years Ago

Leisure Suit Larry 2: Goes Looking for Love (in Several Wrong Places)

LinuxWorldwide

Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking for Love (In Several Wrong Places) is the second game in Al Lowe's Leisure Suit Larry series. Continuing the plot of the previous game, the swinging single Larry Laffer has finally found his true love and is happily living with her. Right?

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven cover11 Years Ago

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven

PS3PS4Japan

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven is an upcoming Japanese fighting game based on the long-running JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga franchise. Eyes of Heaven is designed to be a 3D action brawler with tag-team elements set in large arenas based on locations in the manga.

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend cover15 Years Ago

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend

Expanded editionPS VitaPS3Xbox 360Japan

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend is a 2D fighting game and the enhanced version of BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II.

Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted cover7 Years Ago

Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted

PS4PCWorldwide

Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted is a collection of classic and original mini-games set in the Five Nights universe. Survive terrifying encounters with your favorite killer animatronics in a collection of new and classic Five Nights at Freddy's experiences.

Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals cover11 Years Ago

Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals

LinuxWorldwide

Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals! is the third game in Al Lowe's Leisure Suit Larry series.

Cloverpit cover1 Year Ago

Cloverpit

AndroidiOSWorldwide

You wake up in a rusty, narrow cell, standing over a dangerously unstable grate. Someone has kidnapped you, demanding payment, and your only way out is to play the Slot Machine and pay off your debt. Don’t let yourself fall —literally— into ruin!

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