Guitar Hero was released on this day in 2005 and though there have arguably been better music games before and after it, Guitar Hero was the one that got mainstream audiences hyped to see what the genre had to offer.
What if a game actually forced you to take advantage of your surroundings to survive? Gears of War wasn’t the first game to ask this question, but it was undoubtedly the most iconic and it redefined the cover shooter on this day in 2006.
It was in 2009 on this day that Dragon Age: Origins was released, marking the start of a transition from the pure, tactical RPG gameplay Bioware was known for into a more cinematic and action-oriented generation of Bioware games.
It was on this day in 2004 that Sony and Guerrilla Games released the original Killzone, coming a little closer to matching Halo in style and marketing than most others ever have.
Tons of Mortal Kombat clones were produced, but only a select few ever came close to offering the level of hype that Mortal Kombat created. Among those games, there were perhaps none more compelling than Killer Instinct, originally released on this day in 1994.
Whether we were saving the Capital Wasteland or damning it, Fallout 3 was a journey retreading countless times and that’s what made Bethesda’s gambit a truly iconic title.