The Witcher
On This Day: The Witcher 2 Made RPG Choices Bite 15 Years Ago
The Witcher 2 launched 15 years ago today, turning Geralt's second game into a sharper, harsher test of how much RPG choices should cost.
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Terraria
On This Day: Terraria Launched 15 Years Ago Today
Terraria launched 15 years ago today, turning a scrappy 2D sandbox into one of PC gaming's longest-running community obsessions.
Super Mario
On This Day: New Super Mario Bros. Revived 2D Mario 20 Years Ago
New Super Mario Bros. launched 20 years ago today, bringing side-scrolling Mario back to Nintendo's newest handheld and reshaping the series for a new generation.
Mass Effect
On This Day: Mass Effect Legendary Edition Rebuilt Shepard's Trilogy Five Years Ago
Mass Effect Legendary Edition launched five years ago today, giving Shepard's trilogy a cleaner, more accessible form for returning fans and new players.
DOOM
On This Day: DOOM Hit PC 10 Years Ago and Made Shooters Faster Again
DOOM reached PC 10 years ago today, turning a risky reboot into a blistering reminder that first-person shooters could still live on speed, pressure and heavy metal fury.
Skate
On This Day: Skate 3 Rolled Into Port Carverton 16 Years Ago
Skate 3 launched in North America 16 years ago today, turning EA Black Box's analog skateboarding series into a brighter, stranger and more shareable sandbox.
Uncharted
On This Day: Uncharted 4 Ended Nathan Drake's Journey 10 Years Ago
Uncharted 4 launched 10 years ago today, turning Nathan Drake's final treasure hunt into one of PlayStation 4's defining adventure games.
Stellaris
On This Day: Stellaris Launched 10 Years Ago
Stellaris launched 10 years ago today, turning Paradox's grand strategy instincts into a sci-fi sandbox of empires, alien politics and player-made space opera.
Pillars of Eternity
On This Day: Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Set Sail Eight Years Ago
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire launched eight years ago today, sending Obsidian's revived CRPG series into a seafaring world of gods, factions and uneasy politics.
Xbox OneXbox Series X|S
On This Day: Xbox One S All-Digital Previewed the Disc-Free Console Future
Xbox One S All-Digital launched seven years ago today, arriving as an odd late-generation experiment that made the disc-free console future feel real.
Resident Evil
On This Day: Resident Evil Village Reached Steam Five Years Ago
Resident Evil Village reached Steam five years ago today, carrying Ethan Winters from Resident Evil 7's intimate horror into a louder, stranger gothic nightmare.
Wolfenstein
On This Day: Wolfenstein 3D Started the Modern FPS 34 Years Ago
Wolfenstein 3D launched on MS-DOS 34 years ago today, turning shareware PC action into the blueprint for Doom, Quake and the shooter boom that followed.
Prey
On This Day: Prey Opened Talos I Nine Years Ago
Prey launched nine years ago today, sending players into Talos I and turning Arkane's sci-fi horror into a cult immersive-sim favorite.
Mount & Blade
On This Day: Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword Took Up Arms 15 Years Ago
Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword launched for PC 15 years ago today, turning TaleWorlds' medieval sandbox toward gunpowder, political intrigue and messier battlefield choices.
Mega Man
On This Day: Mega Man Zero 2 Sharpened the GBA Series 23 Years Ago
Mega Man Zero 2 launched 23 years ago today, proving Capcom and Inti Creates could turn Zero's brutal GBA debut into a fuller action series.
The Elder Scrolls
On This Day: Morrowind Made RPG Worlds Feel Alien 24 Years Ago
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind launched for Windows in North America 24 years ago today, building an open-world RPG legacy around mystery, friction and a world that trusted players to get lost.
Far Cry
On This Day: Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Arrived 13 Years Ago
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon arrived 13 years ago today, proving Ubisoft's biggest open-world systems could also support a ridiculous, neon-soaked standalone experiment.
Grand Theft Auto
On This Day: Grand Theft Auto IV Launched 18 Years Ago
Grand Theft Auto IV launched worldwide 18 years ago today, turning Liberty City into a colder, denser and more character-driven open world for the HD console era.
Kirby
On This Day: Kirby: Planet Robobot Landed 10 Years Ago
Kirby: Planet Robobot launched in Japan 10 years ago today, turning Popstar into a mechanized playground and giving the 3DS one of its brightest late-era platformers.
Gran Turismo
On This Day: Gran Turismo 3 Hit PS2 25 Years Ago
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec launched in Japan 25 years ago today, giving the PlayStation 2 one of its defining showpieces and pushing console racing into a sharper, glossier era.
Pro Evolution Soccer
On This Day: Winning Eleven 10 Kicked Off 20 Years Ago
World Soccer Winning Eleven 10 launched 20 years ago today, capturing the PS2-era PES formula just before football games changed shape for a new generation.
Mega Man
On This Day: Mega Man Zero Awakened 24 Years Ago
Mega Man Zero launched 24 years ago today, turning a fan-favorite hero into the center of a faster, harsher and more demanding GBA action series.
Outlast
On This Day: Outlast 2 Arrived Nine Years Ago
Outlast 2 launched nine years ago today, taking Red Barrels' found-footage horror out of Mount Massive and into a crueler, stranger kind of nightmare.