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2015 in video games

October 27, 2023

The year 2015 saw releases of numerous video games as well as a follow-up to Nintendo's portable 3DS console, the New Nintendo 3DS. Top-rated games originally released in 2015 included Madden NFL 16, NBA 2K16, NBA Live 16, WWE 2K16, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Bloodborne, Undertale, and Fallout 4. Sales of video games in 2015 reached $61 billion, according to analysis firm SuperData, an 8% increase from 2014. Of this, the largest sector was in computer game sales and subscription services, accounting for $32 billion. Mobile games revenues were at $25.1 billion, a 10% increase from 2014. Digital sales on consoles made up the remaining $4 billion.[1]

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In the United States, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and the NPD Group estimated total video game market revenues at $23.5 billion, a 5% increase from 2014. Of this, the total software market was $16.5 billion,[2] with the NPD Group estimating retail sales subset at $13.1 billion.[3] The ESA reported that there were 2,457 companies in the United States involved in developing or publishing video games that directly supported 65,678 workers (37,122 in developing, 28,556 in publishing) with about another 154,000 indirectly supporting the industry, such as through contracting or video game journalism. The total contribution to the US's gross national product from the industry was $11.7 billion.[4]

In the United Kingdom, the total video game market was valued at nearly £4.2 billion, according to figures from Ukie and MCV. The largest segments were in digital software (£1.2 billion) and mobile games (£664 million), while sales of consoles dropped to £689 million.[5]

Top-rated games edit

Major awards edit

Category/Organization The Game Awards 2015
December 3, 2015[6]		 5th Annual New York Game Awards
February 9, 2016		 19th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards
February 18, 2016[7]		 16th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards
March 17, 2016[8]		 12th British Academy Games Awards
April 7, 2016[9]
Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Fallout 4 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Fallout 4
Mobile/Handheld Game[i] Mobile Lara Croft Go Lara Croft Go Fallout Shelter — Her Story
Handheld — Helldivers Her Story
Art Direction Ori and the Blind Forest Ori and the Blind Forest
Audio[i] Music Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Ori and the Blind Forest Crypt of the NecroDancer Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Sound Design — Star Wars Battlefront Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Character or Performance Viva Seifert as Hannah Smith
Her Story		 Lara Croft
Rise of the Tomb Raider		 — Merle Dandridge
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Game Direction — The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Rocket League Bloodborne
Narrative Her Story The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Her Story Life Is Strange
Special Award Industry Icon Award Andrew Yoon Memorial Legend Award Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award BAFTA Special BAFTA Fellowship
Brett Sperry and Louis Castle Rockstar Games Todd Howard Todd Howard Amy Hennig[10] John Carmack
  1. ^ a b Certain award presentations combine these categories.

Critically acclaimed titles edit

Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews.

2015 games and expansions scoring at least 90/100 (MC) or 90% (GR)[11][12]
Game Publisher Release Date Platform MC score GR score
Grand Theft Auto V Rockstar Games April 14, 2015 Microsoft Windows 96/100 95.07%
Out of the Park Baseball 16 Out of the Park Developments March 23, 2015 Microsoft Windows 91/100 95.25%[13]
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Konami September 1, 2015 Xbox One 95/100 90.38%
Journey Sony Computer Entertainment July 21, 2015 PlayStation 4 92/100 94.8%
Undertale Toby Fox September 15, 2015 Microsoft Windows 92/100 94.11%
Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition Larian Studios October 27, 2015 Microsoft Windows 94/100 90%[14]
Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack 2 Nintendo April 23, 2015 Wii U 90/100 93.5%
The Swapper Curve Studios June 5, 2015 Xbox One 92/100 93.33%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt CD Projekt May 19, 2015 Microsoft Windows 93/100 92.11%
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Konami September 1, 2015 PlayStation 4 93/100 91.59%
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Konami September 1, 2015 Microsoft Windows 91/100 92.75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt CD Projekt May 19, 2015 PlayStation 4 92/100 92.23%
Bloodborne Sony Computer Entertainment March 24, 2015 PlayStation 4 92/100 90.66%
Shovel Knight Yacht Club Games April 21, 2015 PlayStation Vita 92/100 90.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone CD Projekt October 13, 2015 PlayStation 4 90/100 91.19%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt CD Projekt May 19, 2015 Xbox One 91/100 90.7%
Shovel Knight Yacht Club Games April 21, 2015 PlayStation 4 90/100 91%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone CD Projekt October 13, 2015 Xbox One 90/100 91%
80 Days Inkle September 29, 2015 Microsoft Windows 84/100 91%
Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows Yacht Club Games September 17, 2015 Microsoft Windows 89/100 90.5%[15]
Nuclear Throne Vlambeer December 5, 2015 Microsoft Windows 88/100 90.43%
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D Nintendo February 13, 2015 Nintendo 3DS 89/100 90.39%
Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 5 – The Vault of the Traveler Telltale Games October 20, 2015 PlayStation 4 90/100 89.89%
Broken Age Double Fine Productions April 28, 2015 PlayStation Vita 90/100 89%[16]
Roche Fusion amulware January 23, 2015 Microsoft Windows 85/100 90%
Odallus: The Dark Call Joymasher July 15, 2015 Microsoft Windows 80/100 90%

Financial performance edit

Highest-grossing games edit

The following were 2015's top ten highest-grossing video games in terms of worldwide revenue (including physical sales, digital purchases, subscriptions, microtransactions, free-to-play and pay-to-play) across all platforms (including mobile, PC and console platforms). Three of the top ten highest-grossing games are published or owned by Tencent, including the top-grossing title League of Legends.

Rank Game Revenue Publisher(s) Genre Platform(s) Business model Ref
1 League of Legends $1,628,000,000 Riot Games / Tencent MOBA PC Free-to-play [17]
2 Monster Strike $1,557,800,000 Mixi Physics Mobile Free-to-play [a]
3 Clash of Clans $1,345,000,000 Supercell (SoftBank Group) Strategy Mobile Free-to-play [17]
4 Puzzle & Dragons $1,290,000,000 GungHo Online Entertainment (SoftBank Group) Puzzle Mobile Free-to-play [20]
5 Crossfire $1,110,000,000 Smilegate / Tencent FPS PC Free-to-play [17]
6 Dungeon Fighter Online $1,052,000,000 Neople (Nexon) / Tencent Beat 'em up
7 Call of Duty: Black Ops III $1,000,000,000 Activision (Activision Blizzard) FPS Multi-platform Buy-to-play [21]
8 World of Warcraft $814,000,000 Blizzard Entertainment (Activision Blizzard) MMORPG PC Subscription [17]
9 Game of War: Fire Age $799,000,000 MZ Strategy Mobile Free-to-play
10 Fallout 4 $750,000,000 Bethesda Softworks (ZeniMax Media) ARPG Multi-platform Buy-to-play [21]

Best-selling games edit

Rank Japan (retail)[22] United Kingdom (retail)[23] United States (retail)[24] Steam (digital)[25]
1 Monster Hunter X FIFA 16 Call of Duty: Black Ops III Grand Theft Auto V
2 Yo-kai Watch Blasters Call of Duty: Black Ops III Madden NFL 16 Fallout 4
3 Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer Fallout 4 Fallout 4 Ark: Survival Evolved
4 Splatoon Star Wars Battlefront Star Wars Battlefront Rocket League
5 Dragon Quest VIII Grand Theft Auto V Grand Theft Auto V Just Survive
6 Fire Emblem Fates Batman: Arkham Knight NBA 2K16 Cities: Skylines
7 Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus FIFA 15 Minecraft Besiege
8 Super Mario Maker Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare FIFA 16 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
9 Dragon Quest Heroes Assassin's Creed Syndicate Mortal Kombat X Dying Light
10 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D Lego Jurassic World Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Life Is Strange

Events edit

Month Day(s) Event
January 7 Zombie Studios, the creator of the Spec Ops series, was shut down.[26]
23–25 PAX South 2015 held in Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
30 Sega continues reduction of western businesses and focus on digital that began in 2012.[27]
February 3 Sony sold Sony Online Entertainment to Columbus Nova. The company was renamed into Daybreak Game Company.[28]
Video game critic Joystiq was shut down by AOL.
19 Sega Networks, a subsidiary of Sega, acquired Demiurge Studios.[29]
20 tri-Ace, the developer of Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile, was acquired by Nepro Japan.[30]
25 The website version of video game critic Computer and Video Games was merged into GamesRadar+ by Future plc.
March 2–6 Game Developers Conference 2015 held in San Francisco, California.
2–6 Independent Games Festival held in San Francisco, California.
4 Electronic Arts shut down the headquarters of Maxis in Emeryville, which has created franchises such as SimCity and Spore.[31]
6–8 PAX East 2015 held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.
12–14 EGX Rezzed 2015 held at the Tobacco Dock, London.
17 Nintendo Co. Ltd. announced their affiliation with Japanese mobile game developer DeNA and Nintendo Switch, a new console.[32]
23 Raven Software celebrated its 25th anniversary.[33]
April 1 Bandai Namco Games was renamed into Bandai Namco Entertainment.[34]
15 2K Australia, the developer of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel was shut down by Take-Two Interactive.[35]
17 Phil Harrison, the World Wide Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Studios departed from Microsoft.[36]
20 Matthew Armstrong, creator of the Borderlands series, left Gearbox Software.[37]
27 Following the cancellation of Silent Hills, Konami delisted itself from the New York Stock Exchange.[38]
30 Services of OnLive were discontinued as the asset was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment.[39]
May 4 Spark Unlimited, the developer of Lost Planet 3 and Call of Duty: Finest Hour was shut down.[40]
22 BioWare celebrated its 20th anniversary.[41]
26 Oskari Häkkinen, head of franchise development of Remedy Entertainment, left Remedy.[42]
June 3 CEO of Remedy Entertainment, Matias Myllyrinne, departed from the company for Wargaming.[43]
8 Paul Sams replaced Ru Weerasuriya as Ready at Dawn's CEO.[44]
9 Chris Avellone, co-founder of Obsidian Entertainment, departed from the company.[45]
11 Housemarque celebrated its 20th anniversary.[46]
12 Arc System Works purchased the rights to develop video games for the Double Dragon, River City Ransom, and Super Dodge Ball series from the now-defunct Technos.[47]
16–18 E3 2015 held at the Los Angeles Convention Center.[48]
16 Square Enix unveiled new studio Tokyo RPG Factory.[49]
21 Tale of Tales, the developer of Sunset, was closed down.[50]
24 People Can Fly, formerly Epic Games Poland, was split from Epic Games. It became an independent studio and acquired the Bulletstorm IP.[51]
29 Disney Infinity publisher Disney Interactive was merged with Disney Consumer Products, the developer of Playmation to form a new division called "Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media"[52]
30 Club Nintendo was discontinued in North America.
July 4–5 MineCon has been held at the ExCeL London Exhibition and Conference Centre.
11 Satoru Iwata, President and CEO of Nintendo, died at age 55.[53]
13 Electronic Arts formed new studio called EA Motive. The studio is led by former Ubisoft director Jade Raymond.[54]
17–19 SGC 2015 to be held at the Embassy Suites Frisco Hotel & Convention Centre.
22 John Smedley stepped down as Daybreak Game Company's President and CEO.[55]
23–26 QuakeCon 2015 to be held in Dallas, Texas.
27 China's government fully lifts the ban on the sales of video game consoles within the country.[56]
27 Razer Inc. acquired all the software assets of Ouya.[57]
29 Windows 10 was released.[58]
Yager Development filed for insolvency for its production division Yager Productions GmbH
August 5–9 Gamescom 2015 was held in Cologne, Germany.
21 Remedy Entertainment celebrated its 20th anniversary.[59]
26 Google releases the YouTube Gaming app.[60][61]
28–31 PAX Prime to be held in Seattle, WA.
September 2 2015 GameStop Expo at The Venetian Las Vegas resort.
14 Tatsumi Kimishima is appointed president of Nintendo after the death of Satoru Iwata in July 2015.[62] Nintendo EAD and Nintendo SPD was merged, forming Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development.[63]
15 Sony announced that Project Morpheus was renamed into PlayStation VR.[64]
17–20 Tokyo Game Show 2015 at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo.
24 Maxis was reassigned to the EA Mobile division of Electronic Arts.[65]
24–27 EGX 2015 at the NEC in Birmingham, UK.
30 Club Nintendo was discontinued in Europe and Japan.
Twisted Pixel Games was separated from Microsoft Studios and became an independent studio again.[66]
October 2 Microsoft purchased Havok from Intel.[67]
2-4 EGS was held at Centro Banamex in Mexico City.
3 FiraxiCon was held by Firaxis Games at the Baltimore Convention Center in Maryland.[68]
6 Ubisoft acquired The Crew's developer Ivory Tower.[69]
8-12 Brasil Game Show 2015 held in Expo Center Norte, São Paulo
11–13 Firstlook festival 2015 at Jaarbeurs Utrecht in Utrecht, Netherlands.
13 Ubisoft acquired Longtail Studios and renamed it to Ubisoft Halifax.[70]
28 Paris Games Week in Paris, France.
29 Paradox Interactive purchased White Wolf Publishing and all its assets, including World of Darkness and Vampire: The Masquerade from CCP Games.[71]
November 2 Activision Blizzard acquired Candy Crush Saga developer King for $5.9 billion.[72]
4 Konami shuttered its Los Angeles division.[73]
6–7 BlizzCon 2015 at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
6 Activision Blizzard established a new TV and film studio Activision Blizzard Studios.[74]
2K China closed by Take-Two Interactive. Their next game, Borderlands Online was cancelled.[75]
NCSoft launched a new mobile division named Iron Tiger.[76]
12–15 G-STAR 2015 in Bexco, Busan, South Korea.
December 3 The Game Awards 2015 held in Los Angeles, California.
5–6 PlayStation Experience 2015 held in San Francisco, California.[77]
7 Flying Wild Hog opened a new studio in Cracow, Poland.
9 A new development studio was established by Bethesda Game Studios in Montreal.[78]
10 Electronic Arts established Competitive Gaming Division, a new division headed by Peter Moore which focuses on ESports.[79]
11–13 GaymerX held at the San Jose Marriott Convention Center in San Jose, California.
12 Gearbox Software opened new studio in Quebec.[80]
16 Crystal Dynamics' studio head Darrell Gallagher left the company.[81]
Kojima Productions was reestablished as an independent studio headed by Hideo Kojima.[82]

Notable deaths edit

Hardware releases edit

 
New Nintendo 3DS

The list of game-related hardware released in 2015 in North America.

Month Day Console
February 13 New Nintendo 3DS
April 29 Razer Forge TV
May 28 Nvidia Shield TV
November 10 Steam Machine
27 Samsung Gear VR

Series with new entries edit

Series with new installments in 2015 include Anno, Assassin's Creed, Batman: Arkham, Battlefield, Call of Duty, Disgaea, Dirt, Fallout, Fatal Frame, Five Nights at Freddy's, Forza Motorsport, Guitar Hero, Halo, Heroes of Might and Magic, Hotline Miami, Just Cause, King's Quest, Kirby, Magicka, Mario Party, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, Mario & Luigi, Metal Gear, Minecraft, Mortal Kombat, Need for Speed, OlliOlli, Resident Evil, Rock Band, StarCraft, Star Wars: Battlefront, Tales, The Witcher, Tomb Raider, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Total War, Toy Soldiers, Xenoblade Chronicles, Yakuza and Yoshi.

In addition, 2015 saw the introduction of several new properties, including Bloodborne, Dying Light, Evolve, Life Is Strange, Ori, Rocket League, Splatoon, Undertale, and Until Dawn.

Game releases edit

The list of games released in 2015 in North America.

Video game platforms

January–March edit

Month Day Title Platform(s) Genre(s) Source(s)
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 		6 Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition PS3, PSVita First-person shooter [87]
Woah Dave! PSVita Platformer [88]
7 Warhammer Quest Win, Mac, Lin Adventure board game [89]
8 Chariot WiiU [90]
Sword of Asumi Win [91]
9 Funk of Titans XBO [92]
13 Atelier Ayesha Plus: The Alchemist of Dusk PSVita Role-playing [citation needed]
Brandish: The Dark Revenant PSP, PSVita Action role-playing [93]
Joe Danger 2: The Movie PSVita Racing, platform [citation needed]
15 Tengami Win Adventure, puzzle [citation needed]
WWE Immortals iOS, Droid Fighting [94]
19 HuniePop Win, Mac, Lin Tile-matching, dating sim [citation needed]
20 Blackguards 2 Win, Mac [95]
Ironclad Tactics PS4 Strategy [citation needed]
Resident Evil HD Remaster Win, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO Survival horror [96]
Saints Row: Gat out of Hell Win, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO Action-adventure [97]
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected PS4, XBO Action-adventure [97]
Splice PS3, PS4 [98]
Citizens of Earth Win, PS4, PSVita, WiiU, 3DS [99]
21 Evolve: Hunters Quest iOS [citation needed]
22 The Lego Movie Videogame iOS Action-adventure [100]
The Witcher: Battle Arena iOS, Droid Multiplayer online battle arena [101]
23 Grey Goo Win Real-time strategy [102]
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Win Beat 'em up [citation needed]
27 Dying Light Win, Lin, PS4, XBO Survival horror, action-adventure [103]
Grim Fandango: Remastered Win, Mac, Lin, PS4, PSVita Graphic adventure [104]
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation PSVita Role-playing [105]
Nihilumbra PSVita Puzzle, Platform [106]
29 Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered Win, Mac, Lin, iOS Action-adventure [107]
Gravity Ghost Win Physics based puzzler [citation needed]
Gunman Clive 2 3DS Action, platformer [citation needed]
Heroes of Might and Magic III: HD Edition Win, iOS, Droid Turn-based strategy [108]
Pix the Cat Win Snake, Puzzle [109]
30 #IDARB XBO [110]
Life Is Strange: Episode 1 - Chrysalis Win, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO Graphic adventure [111]
Raven's Cry Win, Mac, Lin, PS3, PS4, X360 Action-adventure [112]
Unmechanical: Extended XBO Puzzle [113]
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Y 		3 Apotheon Win, Mac, Lin, PS4 Platform, Metroidvania [114]
Criminal Girls: Invite Only PSVita [115]
Game of Thrones: Episode 2 - The Lost Lords Win, Mac, PS3, PS4 Graphic adventure, interactive drama [116]
Kick & Fennick PSVita Platform [citation needed]
Risk PS4, XBO Strategy game, Board game, War game [117]
SpongeBob HeroPants 3DS, X360, PSVita Action-Adventure, Platformer [118]
4 Game of Thrones: Episode 2 - The Lost Lords X360, XBO Graphic adventure, interactive drama [116]
Grow Home Win Adventure, platforming [119]
5 Cities XXL Win City-building game [120]
Game of Thrones: Episode 2 - The Lost Lords iOS, Droid Graphic adventure, interactive drama [116]
Moon Chronicles – Episode 2-4 3DS First-person shooter [121]
The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot Win Action role-playing game [122]
10 AeternoBlade PSVita [citation needed]
Don Bradman Cricket 14 PS4 Sports [123]
Evolve Win, PS4, XBO First-person shooter [124]
Rugby 15 Win, PS3, PS4, PSVita, X360, XBO Sports [citation needed]
Super Stardust Ultra PS4 Shoot 'em up [125]
Unmechanical: Extended PS3, PS4 Puzzle [113]
11 Don Bradman Cricket 14 XBO Sports [123]
Jungle Rumble PSVita Rhythm, real-time strategy, puzzle [126]
Limbo Droid Puzzle, platform [127]
12 3D Fantasy Zone 3DS Horizontal-scrolling shooter [citation needed]
Mighty Switch Force! Hose It Down! iOS Action, puzzle, platformer [128]
13 Ace Combat Assault Horizon Legacy+ 3DS Action [129]
IronFall: Invasion 3DS Third-person shooter [130]
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate 3DS Action role-playing [131]
The Escapists XBO [132]
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D 3DS Action-adventure [131]
14 DreadOut act 2 Win Survival horror [133]
17 Dead or Alive 5 Last Round PS3, PS4, X360, XBO Fighting [134]
Hand of Fate Win, Mac, Lin, PS4, XBO Action role-playing [135]
Paparazzi Win, PS4, WiiU [citation needed]
Pillar PS4 Puzzle [136]
Q*bert Rebooted PS3, PS4, PSVita Action [137]
The Sims 4 Mac Simulation [138]
Total War: Attila Win, Mac Real-time strategy, turn based strategy [139]
18 Pokémon Shuffle 3DS Puzzle [140]
19 Agarest: Generations of War 2 Win Tactical role-playing [141]
Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball Win, Lin, Mac [citation needed]
20 Kirby and the Rainbow Curse WiiU Platformer [142]
Roundabout XBO Open-world driving game [143]
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 Win, Mac, Lin Adventure, Comedy [144]
The Order: 1886 PS4 Action-adventure [145]
24 Dragon Ball XenoVerse PS3, PS4, X360, XBO Role-playing [146]
htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary PSVita Adventure, Puzzle [147]
Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart PSVita Tactical role-playing [148]
Limbo PS4 Puzzle, platform [149]
Resident Evil: Revelations 2: Episode 1 - Penal Colony PS3, PS4 Survival horror [150]
Starwhal: Just the Tip PS3, PS4 [151]
There Came an Echo Win, Mac, Lin, PS4, XBO Real-time tactics [152]
Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late PS3 2D fighting game, Visual novel [153]
25 Resident Evil: Revelations 2: Episode 1 - Penal Colony Win, X360, XBO Survival horror [150]
Heavenstrike Rivals - A Monster Tactical TCG! iOS [citation needed]
Homeworld Remastered Collection Win Real-time strategy [154]
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty Win, Mac, Lin Cinematic platformer [155]
27 Blackhole Win, Mac, Lin Puzzle-platformer
Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires Win, PS3, PS4, XBO Hack and slash, Action [156]
Dragon Ball XenoVerse Win Role-playing [146]
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 		2 Five Nights at Freddy's 3 Win Survival horror, point-and-click
3 Helldivers PS3, PS4, PSVita Shoot 'em up [157]
La-Mulana EX PSVita Platform-adventure Metroidvania [158]
OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood PS4, PSVita Sports [159]
Resident Evil: Revelations 2: Episode 2 - Contemplation PS3, PS4 Survival horror [150]
Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines PSVita Role-playing [160]
Screamride X360, XBO Puzzle [161]
Shiftlings Win, PS4, XBO [162]
White Night Win, PS4, XBO Survival horror, puzzle [163]
4 Resident Evil: Revelations 2: Episode 2 - Contemplation Win, X360, XBO Survival horror [150]
5 Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars 3DS, WiiU Puzzle [164]
OlliOlli WiiU, 3DS Sports [165]
Proun+ 3DS [citation needed]
6 OlliOlli XBO Sports [165]
Zombie Army Trilogy Win, PS4, XBO Tactical shooter, survival horror [166]
9 Shelter 2 Win, Mac Survival [167]
10 Assassin's Creed Rogue Win Action-adventure, stealth [168]
Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea PS3 Role-playing [citation needed]
Cities: Skylines Win, Mac, Lin City-building, construction and management simulation [169]
DmC: Definitive Edition PS4, XBO Action-adventure, hack and slash [170]
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number Win, Mac, Lin, PS4, PSVita Top-down shooter [171]
Mushroom Men: Truffle Trouble Win Action-adventure, platform [172]
Resident Evil: Revelations 2: Episode 3 - Judgment PS3, PS4 Survival horror [150]
Scram Kitty DX PS4, PSVita [citation needed]
Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters PS3, PSVita Adventure, visual novel, strategy role-playing [173]
11 Ori and the Blind Forest Win, XBO Platform-adventure, Metroidvania [174]
Resident Evil: Revelations 2: Episode 3 - Judgment Win, X360, XBO Survival horror [150]
12 3D Out Run 3DS Arcade racing [175]
Dreamfall Chapters Book 2 - Rebels Win Adventure [176]
Dungeon Hunter 5 Droid, iOS, WP Action role-playing, hack and slash [177]
Sid Meier's Starships Win, Mac, iOS Turn-based strategy [178]
Trine: Enchanted Edition WiiU Puzzle-platform, action-adventure [179]
13 Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. 3DS [180]
17 Battlefield Hardline Win, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO First-person shooter [181]
BioShock Infinite Lin First-person shooter [182]
Blade Kitten Episode 2 Win Platform [183]
Bladestorm: Nightmare PS3, PS4, XBO Real-time tactics [184]
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD PS4, XBO Action role-playing [185]
Jamestown+ PS4 Bullet hell, shoot 'em up [186]
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas Win Action-adventure [187]
Resident Evil: Revelations 2: Episode 4 - Metamorphosis PS3, PS4 Survival horror [150]
Soldner-X2: Final Prototype PSVita [188]
The Awakened Fate Ultimatum PS3 [189]
Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 2 - Atlas Mugged Win, PS3, PS4 Graphic adventure [190]
Woolfe: The Red Hood Diaries Win, PS4, XBO Platform, hack and slash [191]
18 Resident Evil: Revelations 2: Episode 4 - Metamorphosis Win, X360, XBO Survival horror [150]
Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 2 - Atlas Mugged X360, XBO Graphic adventure [190]
19 Worlds of Magic Win 4X, turn-based strategy [192]
Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 2 - Atlas Mugged iOS Graphic adventure [190]
20 Fossil Fighters: Frontier 3DS Role-playing video game [193]
Mario Party 10 WiiU Party [194]
24 Borderlands: The Handsome Collection PS4, XBO Action role-playing, first-person shooter [195]
Bloodborne PS4 Action role-playing [196]
Damascus Gear: Operation Tokyo PSVita [197]
Game of Thrones: Episode 3 - The Sword in the Darkness Win, Mac, PS3, PS4 Graphic adventure, interactive drama [198]
Lego Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin 3DS, PSVita [199]
Life Is Strange: Episode 2 - Out of Time Win, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO Graphic adventure [200]
Grand Theft Pizza Delivery Win [201]
Metal Slug 3 PS3, PS4, PSVita Run and gun [186]
Slender: The Arrival PS4 Survival horror [202]
25 Game of Thrones: Episode 3 - The Sword in the Darkness X360, XBO Graphic adventure, interactive drama [198]
Slender: The Arrival XBO Survival horror [202]
26 Game of Thrones: Episode 3 - The Sword in the Darkness iOS, Droid Graphic adventure, interactive drama [198]
Infinite Crisis Win Multiplayer online battle arena [203]
Pillars of Eternity Win, Mac, Lin Role-playing [204]
Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition Win Third-person shooter [205]
27 Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious X360, XBO Racing [206]
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty XBO Cinematic platformer [207]
30 Dead or Alive 5 Last Round Win Fighting [208]
31 Axiom Verge PS4 Metroidvania [209]
MLB 15: The Show PS3, PS4, PSVita Sports [210]
Neverwinter XBO MMORPG [211]
R.B.I. Baseball 15 PS4, XBO Sports [212]
Paperbound Win, PS4 [213]
Run Sackboy! Run! PSVita Puzzle platformer [214]
Story of Seasons 3DS Life simulation, Farming simulation, Role-playing [215]
theHunter: Primal Win Simulation [216]
Toukiden: Kiwami PS4, PSVita Action role-playing [217]
Woah Dave! PS4 Platformer [88]

April–June edit

Month Day Title Platform(s) Genre(s) Source(s)
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L 		1 Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin Win Action role-playing [218]
2 Box Boy! 3DS Puzzle, platform [219]
DuckTales Remastered iOS, Droid Platformer, Metroidvania [220]
Steven Universe: Attack the Light! iOS, Droid Role-playing game [citation needed]
War for the Overworld Win, Mac, Lin Real-time strategy, god game, dungeon management game [221]
3 Stealth Inc. 2: A Game of Clones Win, XBO Platform, stealth [222]
7 Bastion PS4 Action role-playing [186]
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin PS4, XBO Action role-playing [218]
Etrian Mystery Dungeon 3DS Role-playing [223]
Krinkle Krusher PS3, PS4, PSVita Tower defense [224]
MonsterBag PSVita Puzzle, stealth [225]
Mortal Kombat X iOS, Droid Fighting [226]
Stealth Inc. 2: A Game of Clones PS3, PS4, PSVita Platform, stealth [222]
Tower of Guns PS3, PS4 First-person shooter [227]
8 Driver: Speedboat Paradise iOS Action-adventure, racing [228]
Bloodsports.TV Win Hero Defense [229]
Pokémon Rumble World 3DS Action role-playing [230]
9 Affordable Space Adventures WiiU [231]
I am Bread Win Action-adventure, simulation [232]
10 Tower of Guns XBO First-person shooter [227]
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D N3DS Action role-playing [233]
14 A-Train: City Simulator 3DS Vehicle Simulation Game [citation needed]
Age of Wonders III Mac, Lin 4X turn-based strategy [234]
Grand Theft Auto V Win Action-adventure [235]
Grand Theft Auto Online Win Action-adventure [citation needed]
Mortal Kombat X Win, PS4, XBO Fighting [236]
Titan Souls Win, PS4, PSVita Action-adventure [186]
We Are Doomed PS4 [237]
16 3D Fantasy Zone II 3DS Horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up [175]
Goat Simulator X360, XBO Action [238]
Halo: Spartan Assault iOS Twin-stick shooter [239]
Halo: Spartan Strike Win, iOS, WP Twin-stick shooter [239]
Lost Within iOS, Amazon Fire [240]
17 Gradius V PS3 Scrolling shooter [citation needed]
20 Slow Down, Bull Win [241]
21 Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China Win, PS4, XBO Action-adventure, stealth [242]
LA Cops PS4 [243]
Shovel Knight PS3, PS4, PSVita Action, platform [186]
EA Sports UFC iOS, Droid Fighting, sports [244]
Convoy Win, Mac Roguelike, strategy [245]
Shooting Love 200X X360 Shoot 'em up [citation needed]
22 Kalimba Win Puzzle, platformer [246]
23 Crypt of the Necrodancer Win Roguelike, rhythm [citation needed]
24 Dungeons 2 Win, Mac Strategy, simulation, dungeon management [247]
Happy Wars XBO Action, tactical role-playing [248]
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse Win Platform, Metroidvania [249]
25 Watch Quest! - Heroes of Time - Apple Watch [250]
27 Hitman Go Win, WP Puzzle [251]
Kerbal Space Program Win, Mac, Lin Space flight simulation [252]
Shovel Knight XBO Action, platform [253]
28 Broken Age Act 2 Win, Mac, Lin Point-and-click adventure [254]
Broken Age: The Complete Adventure PS4, PSVita Point-and-click adventure [254]
Magicka: Wizard Wars Win Action-adventure [255]
Omega Quintet PS4 Idol simulation, Role-playing [256]
Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown Win, Mac, Lin Turn-based tactics, isometric shooter [257]
Sketchcross PSVita [258]
State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition XBO Action-adventure, Survival horror, stealth [259]
Tropico 5 PS4 Construction and management simulation, government simulation [260]
WWE 2K15 Win Sports [261]
Verdun Win First-person shooter [262]
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim Win Action role-playing [263]
30 Amiibo Tap: Nintendo's Greatest Bits WiiU [citation needed]
Block N Load Win First-person shooter, sandbox [264]
Chroma Squad Win Tactical role-playing [citation needed]
Karous 3DS Vertical scrolling shooter [citation needed]
Order of Battle: Pacific Win Computer wargame [265]
M
A
Y 		1 Monument Valley WP Puzzle [266]
5 Cosmophony PS3, PS4, PSVita [267]
Grim Fandango: Remastered iOS. Droid Graphic adventure [268]
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker 3DS Tactical role-playing [269]
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood Win, PS4, XBO First-person shooter, action-adventure, stealth [270]
Ether One PS4 Adventure [citation needed]
7 Touhou 14: Double Dealing Character Win Scrolling shooter [271]
Project CARS Win Racing [272]
9 Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes PSVita Action-adventure, sandbox, toys-to-life [273]
12 AirMech Arena XBO Multiplayer online battle arena [274]
Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains 3DS [275]
Color Guardians PS4, PSVita [276]
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Win Role-playing [277]
Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster PS4 Role-playing [278]
Invisible, Inc. Win, Mac, Lin Turn-based tactics, stealth [279]
Nom Nom Galaxy PS4 [280]
Project CARS PS4, XBO Racing [272]
13 Lifeless Planet XBO Puzzle, platformer [281]
14 3D Thunder Blade 3DS Combat flight simulator [175]
Axiom Verge Win Metroidvania [282]
Galactic Civilizations III Win 4X, turn-based strategy [283]
Knights of Pen & Paper 2 iOS, Droid [284]
Not a Hero Win 2D shooter [285]
Stretchmo 3DS Puzzle [286]
19 Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed PSVita Action role-playing, hack and slash [287]
Life Is Strange: Episode 3 - Chaos Theory Win, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO Graphic adventure [288]
Ride Win, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO Racing [289]
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Win, PS4, XBO Action role-playing [290]
Castaway Paradise Win Life simulation
21 Carmageddon: Reincarnation Win, Mac, Lin Vehicular combat, racing [291]
Sunset Win, Mac, Lin Adventure, interactive storytelling [292]
Til Morning's Light iOS, Droid [293]
Swords & Soldiers II WiiU Real-time strategy [citation needed]
22 NASCAR '15 Win, PS3, X360 Auto racing, Sim racing, Sports, Racing [294]
Puzzle & Dragons Z + Super Mario Bros. Edition 3DS Role-playing, puzzle [131]
26 Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed Win Action-adventure, Beat 'em up [295]
Audiosurf 2 Win Puzzle, rhythm [296]
Badland: Game of the Year Edition PS3, PS4, PSVita Adventure [297]
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R Win [298]
Game of Thrones: Episode 4 - Sons of Winter Win, PS3, PS4 Graphic adventure, interactive drama [299]
Magicka 2 Win, PS4 Action-adventure [300]
Octodad: Dadliest Catch PSVita Adventure [301]
Roundabout PS4 Open-world driving game [citation needed]
Ultra Street Fighter IV PS4 Fighting [302]
27 Catlateral Damage Win, Mac, Lin Simulation game [303]
Game of Thrones: Episode 4 - Sons of Winter X360, XBO Graphic adventure, interactive drama [299]
Rogue Legacy XBO Platformer, roguelike, Metroidvania [304]
28 Badland: Game of the Year Edition Win, Mac, Lin Adventure [297]
Chaos Rings III iOS, Droid Role-playing [305]
Don't Starve: Giant Edition WiiU Survival [306]
Game of Thrones: Episode 4 - Sons of Winter iOS Graphic adventure, interactive drama [299]
Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions iOS Multidirectional shooting [307]
Lara Croft: Relic Run iOS, Droid, WP Action-adventure, endless runner [308]
The Talos Principle Droid Puzzle [citation needed]
29 Arcade Archives: Moon Cresta PS4
Badland: Game of the Year Edition XBO Adventure [297]
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation Win Role-playing [309]
Splatoon WiiU Third-person shooter [310]
The Fruit of Grisaia Win Eroge, Visual novel [311]
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E 		1 Hatred Win Shoot 'em up [312]
Massive Chalice Win, Mac, Lin, XBO Turn-based strategy, turn-based tactics [313]
2 Class of Heroes 2G PS3 Role-playing video game [314]
Heroes of the Storm Win, Mac Multiplayer online battle arena [315]
Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven 3DS Role-playing [316]
Skulls of the Shogun: Bone-a-Fide Edition PS4 Turn-based tactics [citation needed]
The Escapists PS4 Strategy, role-playing [317]
4 Hitman: Sniper iOS, Droid Shooting gallery [318]
Trans-Galactic Tournament PS4 [319]
Wander Win, PS4 MMO [320]
5 D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die Win Adventure [321]
SteamWorld Dig XBO Platformer, action-adventure, metroidvania [322]
9 The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited PS4, XBO Massively multiplayer online role-playing [323]
Hustle Kings PS4 Sports simulation [citation needed]
Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy PSVita [324]
11 Alone in the Dark: Illumination Win Third-person shooter [325]
Adventures of Pip WiiU [326]
Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure 3DS Puzzle [327]
Transistor iOS Action role-playing, turn-based strategy [328]
12 Lego Jurassic World Win, PS3, PS4, PSVita, X360, XBO, WiiU, 3DS Action-adventure [329]
14 Fallout Shelter iOS Simulation [330]
16 Payday 2: Crimewave Edition PS4, XBO First-person shooter, stealth [331]
23 Batman: Arkham Knight PS4, XBO Action-adventure [332]
Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition Win, PS4, XBO Action-adventure, hack and slash [333]
PlanetSide 2 PS4 Massively multiplayer online first-person shooter game [334]
Riptide GP2 PS4 [335]
Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut PS4 Platform, Metroidvania [citation needed]
Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 3 - Catch A Ride Win, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO Graphic adventure [336]
24 MotoGP 15 Win, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO Racing [337]
Her Story Win, Mac, iOS Interactive film [338]
25 Art Academy: Home Studio WiiU [339]
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation iOS, Droid Role-playing [340]
Dreamfall Chapters: Book Three — Realms Win Adventure [341]
Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Droid, Fire Multidirectional shooting [342]
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham iOS Action-adventure [343]
Sonic Runners iOS, Droid Endless runner [344]
26 Toukiden: Kiwami Win Action role-playing [345]
30 BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend PS3, PS4, XBO Fighting game [346]
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3: V Generation PSVita Role-playing [347]
Infinifactory Win, Mac, Lin Puzzle [348]
J-Stars Victory VS+ PS4, PS3, PSVita Fighting [349]
Red Goddess: Inner World PS4 [350]
Ronin Win, Lin, Mac Action, platform [351]
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3 3DS, PSVita Hack and slash [352]
Whispering Willows PS3, PS4, PSVita Adventure [citation needed]

July–September edit

Month Day Title Platform(s) Genre(s) Source(s)
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Y 		1 Rise of Incarnates Win Fighting [353]
2 Ar Nosurge Plus: Ode to an Unborn Star PSVita Role-playing [354]
6 Knee Deep Win, Mac, Linux [355]
7 Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions PSVita Multidirectional shooting [356]
Rocket League Win, PS4 Sports [357]
Rumble City Droid [358]
Pneuma: Breath of Life PS4 [359]
Skullgirls 2nd Encore PS4 Fighting [360]
8 Worms World Party Remastered Win Artillery, Strategy [361]
9 Replay: VHS is not dead Win [citation needed]
Rumble City iOS [358]
Trove Win Hack and slash [362]
10 F1 2015 Win, PS4, XBO Racing [363]
13 Prototype Biohazard Bundle XBO Action-adventure [364]
14 Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess PS4, PS3, PSVita Action role-playing, strategy role-playing [365]
Godzilla: The Game PS3, PS4 Action-adventure, fighting [366]
God of War III Remastered PS4 Action-adventure, hack and slash [367]
Prototype Biohazard Bundle PS4 Action-adventure [364]
Rory McIlroy PGA Tour PS4, XBO Sports [368]
The Fall PS4 Action-adventure, platform [369]
15 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter PS4 Adventure [370]
This War of Mine iOS, Droid Survival [371]
16 Sorcerer King Win [372]
21 Breach and Clear: Deadline Win, Mac, Lin [373]
Hatoful Boyfriend PS4, PSVita Nakige, dating sim, otome [374]
Game of Thrones: Episode 5 - A Nest of Vipers Win, Mac, PS3, PS4 Graphic adventure, interactive drama [375]
Journey PS4 Adventure, art game [376]
Onechanbara Z2: Chaos PS4 Hack and slash, horror [377]
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Overdrive PS4 Beat 'em up [378]
Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut PS3, PS4 Puzzle [379]
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords Mac, Lin Role-playing [380]
TIS-100 Win Puzzle, programming [381]
Tembo the Badass Elephant Win, PS4, XBO Platform, side-scrolling [382]
22 Game of Thrones: Episode 5 - A Nest of Vipers X360, XBO Graphic adventure, interactive drama [375]
23 Five Nights at Freddy's 4 Win Survival horror [383]
Game of Thrones: Episode 5 - A Nest of Vipers iOS, Droid Graphic adventure, interactive drama [375]
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth XBO, N3DS, WiiU Roguelike [384]
Way of the Samurai 4 Win Action-adventure [385]
24 Victor Vran Win, Mac, Lin Action role-playing [386]
28 Abyss Odyssey: Extended Dream Edition PS4 Roguelike, action-adventure [citation needed]
BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend PSVita Fighting game [346]
King's Quest: Chapter I - A Knight to Remember Win, PS3, PS4 Adventure [387]
Legend of Kay HD Win, Mac, PS3, PS4, WiiU, 360 Action-adventure, platformer [388]
Life Is Strange: Episode 4 - Dark Room Win, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO Graphic adventure [389]
Lost Dimension PS3, PSVita Tactical role-playing [390]
N++ PS4 Platform [391]
Sword Art Online Re:Hollow Fragment PS4 Role-playing [392]
The Swindle PS3, PS4, PSVita [citation needed]
World of Tanks XBO Vehicular combat, massively multiplayer online [393]
29 King's Quest: Chapter I - A Knight to Remember X360, XBO Adventure [387]
Microsoft Solitaire Collection Win 10
Candy Crush Saga Win 10 Puzzle
30 Angry Birds 2 iOS, Droid Puzzle [394]
Badland: Game of the Year Edition WiiU Adventure [297]
Xeodrifter WiiU Metroidvania [395]
Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist PS4, XBO [citation needed]
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T 		3 Freedom Planet WiiU Action, Platform [396]
Nom Nom Galaxy Win, Mac [397]
4 Beyond Eyes XBO Adventure [398]
Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight 3DS Role-playing, dungeon crawler [399]
Fairy Fencer F Win Role-playing [400]
Galak-Z: The Dimensional PS4 Shooter, roguelike [401]
Rare Replay XBO Compilation [402]
7 The Swindle XBO [403]
11 Brave Tank Hero 3DS, WiiU [404]
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture PS4 Adventure [405]
Garfield Kart 3DS [406]
Gauntlet: Slayer Edition PS4 dungeon crawl [407]
Goat Simulator PS3, PS4 Action [408]
OlliOlli 2: Welcome to Olliwood Win Sports [409]
Paddington: Adventures in London 3DS [406]
Toy Soldiers: War Chest Win, XBO Action, strategy [410]
Xblaze: Lost Memories PS3, PSVita Visual novel [411]
12 Toy Soldiers: War Chest PS4 Action, strategy [410]
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons PS4, XBO Adventure [412]
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 iOS Construction and management simulation [413]
Sentris Win Music video game [citation needed]
13 Fallout Shelter Droid Simulation [414]
Rebuild: Gangs of Deadsville iOS, Droid [415]
14 Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings XBO Sports [416]
18 Dungeon Travelers 2: The Royal Library & the Monster Seal PSVita Dungeon crawler, role-playing [417]
Curses N Chaos Win, PS4, PSVita [418]
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Win Action role-playing [419]
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 PSVita Survival horror [420]
Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 4 - Escape Plan Bravo Win, Mac, PS3, PS4 Graphic adventure [421]
Volume Win, Mac, PS4, PSVita Stealth [422]
Zombi Win, PS4, XBO Survival horror [423]
19 Dream Runners PS4 Platform [424]
Smite XBO Multiplayer online battle arena [425]
Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 4 - Escape Plan Bravo X360, XBO Graphic adventure [421]
Velocity 2X Win, Mac, Lin, XBO Shoot 'em up, puzzle [426]
20 DiscStorm Win [427]
Final Fantasy VII iOS Role-playing [428]
Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 4 - Escape Plan Bravo iOS, Droid Graphic adventure [421]
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power Win Puzzle-platform, action-adventure [429]
Woah Dave! WiiU Platformer [430]
21 Little Battlers eXperience: Baku Boost 3DS [431]
Risen 3: Titan Lords Enhanced Edition PS4 Action role-playing [432]
The Flock Win Survival horror [433]
Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings Win Sports [416]
23 LandFort Droid [434]
24 Flywrench Win, Mac, Lin Action [435]
Grandia 2 Anniversary Edition Win Role-playing [citation needed]
25 Amnesia: Memories PSVita Visual novel [436]
Back to Bed PS3, PS4, PSVita [437]
Dishonored: Definitive Edition PS4, XBO Action-adventure, stealth [438]
Evoland 2 Win Action Adventure, RPG
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition XBO Third-person shooter [439]
I Am Bread PS4 Action-adventure, simulation [440]
Madden NFL 16 PS3, PS4, X360, XBO Sports [441]
Mega Man Legacy Collection Win, PS4, XBO [442]
Nova-111 Win, PS3, PS4, PSVita [443]
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 Win, PS4, PS3, PSVita Action-adventure, Beat 'em up [444]
Shadowrun: Hong Kong Win, Mac, Lin Tactical role-playing [445]
Steins;Gate PS3, PSVita Visual novel [citation needed]
Until Dawn PS4 interactive drama [446]
26 Don't Starve: Giant Edition XBO Survival [447]
Octodad: Dadliest Catch XBO Adventure [448]
27 Lara Croft Go iOS, Droid, WP Puzzle [449]
28 BioShock iOS First-person shooter [450]
Nova-111 XBO [443]
Satellite Reign Win, Mac, Lin Tactical role-playing game, real-time tactics [451]
30 Disney Infinity 3.0 Win, PS4, PS3, X360. XBO, WiiU, iOS, Droid Action-adventure, sandbox, toys-to-life [452]
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R 		1 Armello Win, Mac, Lin, PS4 Role-playing, digital board game [453]
Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls PSVita Action-adventure [454]
Grow Home PS4 Adventure, platforming [455]
Mad Max Win, Lin, PS4, XBO Action-adventure, vehicular combat [456]
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Win, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO Action-adventure, stealth [456]
Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence Win, PS3, PS4 Wargame, turn-based strategy, tactical role-playing [457]
Pokémon Shuffle iOS, Droid Puzzle [458]
Super Time Force Ultra PS4, PSVita Action, Adventure, Shooter [459]
Xeodrifter PS4, PSVita Metroidvania [460]
2 Act of Aggression Win Real-time strategy [461]
3 Gunman Clive 2 Win [citation needed]
4 Super Toy Cars XBO [462]
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse PS4, XBO Point-and-click adventure [463]
8 Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX 3DS Rhythm [464]
Tearaway Unfolded PS4 Platformer, adventure [465]
Warhammer 40,000: Regicide Win Strategy [466]
9 Castle Crashers Remastered X360, XBO Beat 'em up, role-playing, action [467]
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime Win, Mac, Lin XBO Action, platform [468]
Star Wars: Uprising iOS, Droid Action role-playing [469]
10 Cross of the Dutchman Win, Mac, Lin [470]
11 Super Mario Maker WiiU Level editor, platform [471]
Leo's Fortune XBO Puzzle game [citation needed]
15 Forza Motorsport 6 XBO Racing [472]
Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 Win, PS3, PS4 Sports [473]
NHL 16 PS4, XBO Sports [474]
NHL Legacy Edition PS3, X360 Sports [475]
Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson 3DS [citation needed]
Undertale Win, Mac Role-playing [476]
17 Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon 3DS Roguelike [477]
World of Warships Win MMO/Vehicular combat game/TPS [478]
Year Walk WiiU Adventure [479]
20 Skylanders: SuperChargers PS3, PS4, X360, XBO, Wii, WiiU, 3DS, iOS Toys-to-life, role-playing, platform, racing [480]
22 Blood Bowl 2 Win, PS4, XBO Sports, turn-based strategy [481]
FIFA 16 Win, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO, iOS, Droid Sports [482]
Laserlife Win, Mac PS4 [483]
Soma Win, Mac, Lin, PS4 Survival horror [484]
23 Assault Android Cactus Win, Mac, Lin [485]
A Fistful of Gun Win Shoot 'em up [citation needed]
24 Else Heart.Break() Win, Mac, Lin Adventure [486]
PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist iOS, Droid Action-adventure, platform [citation needed]
25 Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer 3DS Sandbox game [487]
Grand Ages: Medieval Win City-building, Real-time strategy [488]
27 Lego Dimensions PS3, PS4, X360, XBO, WiiU Action-adventure [489]
28 NBA Live 16 PS4, XBO Sports [490]
29 80 Days Win Interactive fiction [491]
Jotun Win Action-adventure [citation needed]
Might & Magic Heroes VII Win Turn-based strategy [492]
NBA 2K16 Win, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO Sports [493]
Persona 4: Dancing All Night PSVita Rhythm [494]
Samurai Warriors 4-II Win, PS3, PS4, PSVita Hack and slash [495]
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 PS4, XBO Sports [496]
Toto Temple Deluxe Win, PS4 [citation needed]
30 Armikrog Win, Mac, Lin Point-and-click adventure [497]
Need for Speed: No Limits iOS, Droid Racing [498]
The Escapists: The Walking Dead Win, XBO Strategy, role-playing [499]

October–December edit

Month Day Title Platform(s) Genre(s) Source(s)
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 		1 Lost Horizon 2 Win Adventure [500]
The Beginner's Guide Win, Mac Interactive storytelling [501]
6 Read Only Memories Win, Mac, Lin Graphic adventure [502]
Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax PS3, PSVita Fighting game [503]
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance PS4 Tactical role-playing [504]
Elite: Dangerous XBO Space trading and combat [505]
Rock Band 4 PS4, XBO Rhythm game [506]
Saint Seiya: Soldiers' Soul PS3, PS4 Fighting [citation needed]
Super Meat Boy PS4, PSVita Platform [507]
Transformers: Devastation Win, PS4, PS3, X360, XBO Action, hack and slash [508]
Prison Architect Win, Mac, Lin Construction and management simulation [509]
8 Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes Win Puzzle [citation needed]
9 Chibi-Robo!: Zip Lash 3DS Platform, adventure [471]
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection PS4 Action-adventure, third-person shooter, platformer [510]
13 Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below PS4 Hack and slash [511]
The Jackbox Party Pack 2 Win, PS3, PS4, XBO Party [citation needed]
Minecraft: Story Mode: Episode 1 — The Order of the Stone Win, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO Graphic adventure [512]
The Legend of Legacy 3DS Role-playing [citation needed]
The Talos Principle: Deluxe Edition PS4 Puzzle [513]
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut Win, Mac, Lin, PS4, XBO Role-playing [514]
Corpse Party: Blood Drive PSVita Survival horror [515]
Secret Ponchos Win Top-down shooter [citation needed]
14 The Age of Decadence Win Role-playing [516]
15 Minecraft: Story Mode: Episode 1 — The Order of the Stone iOS, Droid Graphic adventure [512]
Mushroom 11 Win Puzzle-platform [citation needed]
Downwell Win, iOS, Droid Vertically scrolling shooter, roguelike, platform [citation needed]
Broforce Win, Mac, Lin Run-and-gun platform [517]
16 Yoshi's Woolly World WiiU Platform [471]
WRC 5: FIA World Rally Championship Win, PS3, PS4, PSVita, X360, XBO Racing [518]
20 Code: Realize ~Guardian of Rebirth~ PSVita Visual novel [citation needed]
Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butōden 3DS Fighting [519]
Gravity Falls: Legend of the Gnome Gemulets 3DS Platform [520]
Guitar Hero Live PS4, PS3, X360, XBO, WiiU Rhythm [521]
Life Is Strange: Episode 5 — Polarized Win, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO Graphic adventure [522]
Overlord: Fellowship of Evil Win, PS4, XBO Action role-playing [523]
Rebel Galaxy Win [524]
Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 5 — The Vault of the Traveler Win, PS3, PS4 Graphic adventure [525]
Tales of Zestiria Win, PS3, PS4 Role-playing [526]
Sword Coast Legends Win, Mac, Lin Action role-playing [527]
Just Dance 2016 PS3, PS4, X360, XBO, WiiU, Wii Dance [528]
Just Dance Unlimited PS4, XBO, WiiU Music, rhythm [528]
Adventure Time: Finn & Jake Investigations Win, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO, WiiU, 3DS Action-adventure, Role-playing [529]
Primal Carnage: Extinction PS4 Graphic adventure [citation needed]
21 Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 5 — The Vault of the Traveler X360, XBO Graphic adventure [525]
Kingdom Win [citation needed]
PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate Win Multidirectional shooter [citation needed]
22 Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons iOS Adventure [530]
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water WiiU Survival horror [471]
Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 5 — The Vault of the Traveler iOS, Droid Graphic adventure [525]
Mugen Souls Win Role-playing [citation needed]
23 Assassin's Creed Syndicate PS4, XBO Action-adventure, stealth [531]
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes 3DS Action-adventure [471]
Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide Win First-person shooter, action [532]
Giana Sisters 2D Win Puzzle-platformer [citation needed]
Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns Win, Mac MMORPG [citation needed]
26 Chaos Reborn Win Tactical role-playing [citation needed]
27 Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition PS4, XBO Action role-playing, hack and slash [533]
Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition Win, Mac, Lin, PS4, XBO Role-playing [534]
Halo 5: Guardians XBO First-person shooter [535]
Minecraft: Story Mode: Episode 2 — Assembly Required Win, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO, iOS, Droid Graphic adventure [536]
MX vs. ATV Supercross Encore Win, PS4, XBO Racing [537]
The Park Win Exploration [538]
WWE 2K16 PS3, PS4, X360, XBO Sports [539]
28 Alien: Isolation – The Collection Mac, Lin Action-adventure, stealth, survival horror [540]
Batman: Arkham Knight Win Action-adventure [541]
29 Galak-Z: The Dimensional Win Shooter, roguelike [401]
Human Resource Machine Win, WiiU Puzzle [542]
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC Win Role-playing [citation needed]
Octodad: Dadliest Catch iOS, WiiU Adventure [citation needed]
30 Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3: V Generation Win Role-playing [436]
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3 Anno 2205 Win City-building, Real-Time Strategy [544]
The Jackbox Party Pack X360 Party [545]
Need for Speed PS4, XBO Racing [546]
Norn9: Var Commons PSVita Otome game [citation needed]
Dragon Fin Soup Win, Mac, Lin, PS3, PS4, PSVita Roguelike, action role-playing [citation needed]
5 Mushihimesama Win Vertically scrolling shooter, bullet hell [citation needed]
The Room Three iOS Puzzle [547]
6 Call of Duty: Black Ops III Win, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO First-person shooter [548]
Snoopy's Grand Adventure PS4, 3DS, WiiU, X360, XBO Platformer, Side-scroller [549]
Yo-Kai Watch 3DS Role-playing [471]
10 Fallout 4 Win, PS4, XBO Action role-playing [550]
Nintendo Badge Arcade 3DS [citation needed]
Rise of the Tomb Raider X360, XBO Action-adventure [551]
Rodea the Sky Soldier 3DS, Wii, WiiU Action-adventure [552]
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void Win, Mac Real-time strategy [553]
Superbeat: Xonic PSVita Music, rhythm [citation needed]
13 Back to the Future: The Game PS4, X360, XBO Graphic adventure [554]
Sword Art Online: Lost Song PS4, PSVita Action role-playing [555]
Football Manager 2016 Win, Mac, Lin Sports, business simulation [556]
Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival WiiU Party [487]
17 Game of Thrones: Episode 6 — The Ice Dragon Win, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO Graphic adventure [557]
Star Wars: Battlefront Win, PS4, XBO First-person shooter, third-person shooter [558]
Stella Glow 3DS Tactical role-playing [citation needed]
The Crew: Wild Run Win, PS4, XBO Racing [citation needed]
18 Deadpool PS4, XBO Action-adventure [559]
Hard West Win [560]
19 Assassin's Creed Syndicate Win Action-adventure, stealth [531]
Mordheim: City of the Damned Win [citation needed]
20 Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon 3DS Roguelike [471]
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash WiiU Sports [561]
24 Beyond: Two Souls PS4 Interactive drama, action-adventure [562]
Minecraft: Story Mode: Episode 3 — The Last Place You Look Win, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO, iOS, Droid Graphic adventure [563]
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes iOS, Android Role-playing [564]
Teslagrad PSVita Puzzle-platform [citation needed]
25 Strania -The Stella Machina- Win [citation needed]
26 Saint Seiya: Soldiers' Soul Win Fighting [citation needed]
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M
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R 		1 Chivalry: Medieval Warfare PS4, XBO Hack and slash [565]
Just Cause 3 Win, PS4, XBO Action-adventure [566]
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Win, PS4, XBO Tactical shooter [567]
FIM Speedway Grand Prix 15 Win [568]
Eastside Hockey Manager Win [citation needed]
Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends Win, PS3, PS4, 3DS, WiiU, X360, XBO Fighting [citation needed]
2 Valhalla Hills Win [citation needed]
3 Dariusburst Chronicle Saviours Win Horizontal scrolling shooter [citation needed]
Dragon Quest Heroes: Digital Slime Edition Win Hack and slash [569]
Dreamfall Chapters: Book Four — Revelations Win, Mac, Lin Adventure [570]
Pokémon Picross 3DS [571]
Rayman Adventures iOS, Droid Platform [572]
Shadow Complex Remastered Win Platform-adventure [573]
4 War of the Monsters PS4 Action, fighting [citation needed]
Xenoblade Chronicles X WiiU Action role-playing [471]
5 Final Fantasy VII PS4 Role-playing [574]
Nuclear Throne Win, Mac, Lin, PS4, PSVita Shoot 'em up, roguelike [575]
Bastion PSVita Action role-playing [575]
Fat Princess Adventures PS4 Action role-playing [citation needed]
7 Dirt Rally Win Racing simulation [576]
Helldivers Win Shoot 'em up [577]
Zombie Vikings Win [citation needed]
8 Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space PSVita Third-person shooter [578]
Ben and Ed Win [citation needed]
Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair PS4 Third-person shooter [578]
Yakuza 5 PS3 Action-adventure [579]
10 Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- Win Fighting [580]
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Win Action role-playing [569]
Magic: The Gathering – Puzzle Quest iOS, Droid [581]
Among the Sleep PS4 Survival horror, action-adventure [582]
PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist Win, Mac Action-adventure, platform [citation needed]
SteamWorld Heist 3DS Platformer, action-adventure, metroidvania [583]
Terraria 3DS Action-adventure, sandbox [584]
11 Devil's Third WiiU Action-adventure, hack and slash, shooter [471]
15 King's Quest: Chapter 2 — Rubble Without a Cause PS3, PS4 Adventure [585]
Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star Win, Mac, Lin Nakige, dating sim, otome [586]
16 Final Fantasy VI Win Role-playing [587]
King's Quest: Chapter 2 — Rubble Without a Cause Win, X360, XBO Adventure [585]
17 Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Mobile iOS Action-adventure [citation needed]
Minecraft WiiU Sandbox, survival [588]
Scribblenauts Unlimited iOS, Android Puzzle, sandbox [589]
18 Underrail Win Role-playing [citation needed]
The Escapists X360 Strategy, role-playing [590]
21 Saints Row IV Lin Action-adventure
Saints Row: Gat out of Hell Lin Action-adventure [591]
22 Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star PS4, PSVita Nakige, dating sim, otome [586]
Minecraft: Story Mode: Episode 4 — A Block and a Hard Place Win, PS3, PS4, X360, XBO, iOS, Droid Graphic adventure [592]
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel PS3, PSVita Role-playing [593]
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power PS4 Puzzle-platform, action-adventure [594]

Video game-based film and television releases edit

Title Date Type Distributor Franchise Original game publisher Ref.
Dead Rising: Watchtower March 27, 2015 Feature film Crackle Dead Rising Capcom [595]
Talking Tom & Friends April 30, 2015 CG animated webseries YouTube Talking Tom & Friends Outfit7 [596]
Hoopa and the Clash of Ages July 18, 2015 Anime film Toho Pokémon Game Freak [597]
Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything July 22, 2015 Television series Disney XD — — [598]
Pixels July 24, 2015 Feature film Sony Pictures — — [599]
Game Shakers September 12, 2015 Television series Nickelodeon — — [600]
The Lost Arcade November 14, 2015 Documentary film 26 Aries — — [601]

Cancelled video games edit

Cancelled edit

On hold edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Monster Strike:
    • January–March – $333.8 million[18]
    • April–December – $1.224 billion[19]

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October 27, 2023
2015, video, games, year, 2015, releases, numerous, video, games, well, follow, nintendo, portable, console, nintendo, rated, games, originally, released, 2015, included, madden, 2k16, live, 2k16, metal, gear, solid, phantom, pain, witcher, wild, hunt, bloodbo. The year 2015 saw releases of numerous video games as well as a follow up to Nintendo s portable 3DS console the New Nintendo 3DS Top rated games originally released in 2015 included Madden NFL 16 NBA 2K16 NBA Live 16 WWE 2K16 Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt Bloodborne Undertale and Fallout 4 Sales of video games in 2015 reached 61 billion according to analysis firm SuperData an 8 increase from 2014 Of this the largest sector was in computer game sales and subscription services accounting for 32 billion Mobile games revenues were at 25 1 billion a 10 increase from 2014 Digital sales on consoles made up the remaining 4 billion 1 List of years in video games 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Philosophy Science In the United States the Entertainment Software Association ESA and the NPD Group estimated total video game market revenues at 23 5 billion a 5 increase from 2014 Of this the total software market was 16 5 billion 2 with the NPD Group estimating retail sales subset at 13 1 billion 3 The ESA reported that there were 2 457 companies in the United States involved in developing or publishing video games that directly supported 65 678 workers 37 122 in developing 28 556 in publishing with about another 154 000 indirectly supporting the industry such as through contracting or video game journalism The total contribution to the US s gross national product from the industry was 11 7 billion 4 In the United Kingdom the total video game market was valued at nearly 4 2 billion according to figures from Ukie and MCV The largest segments were in digital software 1 2 billion and mobile games 664 million while sales of consoles dropped to 689 million 5 Contents 1 Top rated games 1 1 Major awards 1 2 Critically acclaimed titles 2 Financial performance 2 1 Highest grossing games 2 2 Best selling games 3 Events 4 Notable deaths 5 Hardware releases 6 Series with new entries 7 Game releases 7 1 January March 7 2 April June 7 3 July September 7 4 October December 8 Video game based film and television releases 9 Cancelled video games 9 1 Cancelled 9 2 On hold 10 See also 11 Notes 12 ReferencesTop rated games editMajor awards edit Category Organization The Game Awards 2015December 3 2015 6 5th Annual New York Game AwardsFebruary 9 2016 19th Annual D I C E AwardsFebruary 18 2016 7 16th Annual Game Developers Choice AwardsMarch 17 2016 8 12th British Academy Games AwardsApril 7 2016 9 Game of the Year The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt Fallout 4 The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt Fallout 4Mobile Handheld Game i Mobile Lara Croft Go Lara Croft Go Fallout Shelter Her StoryHandheld Helldivers Her StoryArt Direction Ori and the Blind Forest Ori and the Blind ForestAudio i Music Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain Ori and the Blind Forest Crypt of the NecroDancer Everybody s Gone to the RaptureSound Design Star Wars Battlefront Everybody s Gone to the RaptureCharacter or Performance Viva Seifert as Hannah SmithHer Story Lara CroftRise of the Tomb Raider Merle DandridgeEverybody s Gone to the RaptureGame Direction The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt Rocket League BloodborneNarrative Her Story The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt Her Story Life Is StrangeSpecial Award Industry Icon Award Andrew Yoon Memorial Legend Award Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award BAFTA Special BAFTA FellowshipBrett Sperry and Louis Castle Rockstar Games Todd Howard Todd Howard Amy Hennig 10 John Carmack a b Certain award presentations combine these categories Critically acclaimed titles edit Metacritic MC and GameRankings GR are aggregators of video game journalism reviews 2015 games and expansions scoring at least 90 100 MC or 90 GR 11 12 Game Publisher Release Date Platform MC score GR scoreGrand Theft Auto V Rockstar Games April 14 2015 Microsoft Windows 96 100 95 07 Out of the Park Baseball 16 Out of the Park Developments March 23 2015 Microsoft Windows 91 100 95 25 13 Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain Konami September 1 2015 Xbox One 95 100 90 38 Journey Sony Computer Entertainment July 21 2015 PlayStation 4 92 100 94 8 Undertale Toby Fox September 15 2015 Microsoft Windows 92 100 94 11 Divinity Original Sin Enhanced Edition Larian Studios October 27 2015 Microsoft Windows 94 100 90 14 Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack 2 Nintendo April 23 2015 Wii U 90 100 93 5 The Swapper Curve Studios June 5 2015 Xbox One 92 100 93 33 The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt CD Projekt May 19 2015 Microsoft Windows 93 100 92 11 Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain Konami September 1 2015 PlayStation 4 93 100 91 59 Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain Konami September 1 2015 Microsoft Windows 91 100 92 75 The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt CD Projekt May 19 2015 PlayStation 4 92 100 92 23 Bloodborne Sony Computer Entertainment March 24 2015 PlayStation 4 92 100 90 66 Shovel Knight Yacht Club Games April 21 2015 PlayStation Vita 92 100 90 4 The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt Hearts of Stone CD Projekt October 13 2015 PlayStation 4 90 100 91 19 The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt CD Projekt May 19 2015 Xbox One 91 100 90 7 Shovel Knight Yacht Club Games April 21 2015 PlayStation 4 90 100 91 The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt Hearts of Stone CD Projekt October 13 2015 Xbox One 90 100 91 80 Days Inkle September 29 2015 Microsoft Windows 84 100 91 Shovel Knight Plague of Shadows Yacht Club Games September 17 2015 Microsoft Windows 89 100 90 5 15 Nuclear Throne Vlambeer December 5 2015 Microsoft Windows 88 100 90 43 The Legend of Zelda Majora s Mask 3D Nintendo February 13 2015 Nintendo 3DS 89 100 90 39 Tales from the Borderlands Episode 5 The Vault of the Traveler Telltale Games October 20 2015 PlayStation 4 90 100 89 89 Broken Age Double Fine Productions April 28 2015 PlayStation Vita 90 100 89 16 Roche Fusion amulware January 23 2015 Microsoft Windows 85 100 90 Odallus The Dark Call Joymasher July 15 2015 Microsoft Windows 80 100 90 Financial performance editHighest grossing games edit The following were 2015 s top ten highest grossing video games in terms of worldwide revenue including physical sales digital purchases subscriptions microtransactions free to play and pay to play across all platforms including mobile PC and console platforms Three of the top ten highest grossing games are published or owned by Tencent including the top grossing title League of Legends Rank Game Revenue Publisher s Genre Platform s Business model Ref1 League of Legends 1 628 000 000 Riot Games Tencent MOBA PC Free to play 17 2 Monster Strike 1 557 800 000 Mixi Physics Mobile Free to play a 3 Clash of Clans 1 345 000 000 Supercell SoftBank Group Strategy Mobile Free to play 17 4 Puzzle amp Dragons 1 290 000 000 GungHo Online Entertainment SoftBank Group Puzzle Mobile Free to play 20 5 Crossfire 1 110 000 000 Smilegate Tencent FPS PC Free to play 17 6 Dungeon Fighter Online 1 052 000 000 Neople Nexon Tencent Beat em up7 Call of Duty Black Ops III 1 000 000 000 Activision Activision Blizzard FPS Multi platform Buy to play 21 8 World of Warcraft 814 000 000 Blizzard Entertainment Activision Blizzard MMORPG PC Subscription 17 9 Game of War Fire Age 799 000 000 MZ Strategy Mobile Free to play10 Fallout 4 750 000 000 Bethesda Softworks ZeniMax Media ARPG Multi platform Buy to play 21 Best selling games edit Rank Japan retail 22 United Kingdom retail 23 United States retail 24 Steam digital 25 1 Monster Hunter X FIFA 16 Call of Duty Black Ops III Grand Theft Auto V2 Yo kai Watch Blasters Call of Duty Black Ops III Madden NFL 16 Fallout 43 Animal Crossing Happy Home Designer Fallout 4 Fallout 4 Ark Survival Evolved4 Splatoon Star Wars Battlefront Star Wars Battlefront Rocket League5 Dragon Quest VIII Grand Theft Auto V Grand Theft Auto V Just Survive6 Fire Emblem Fates Batman Arkham Knight NBA 2K16 Cities Skylines7 Rhythm Heaven The Best Plus FIFA 15 Minecraft Besiege8 Super Mario Maker Call of Duty Advanced Warfare FIFA 16 The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt9 Dragon Quest Heroes Assassin s Creed Syndicate Mortal Kombat X Dying Light10 The Legend of Zelda Majora s Mask 3D Lego Jurassic World Call of Duty Advanced Warfare Life Is StrangeEvents editMonth Day s EventJanuary 7 Zombie Studios the creator of the Spec Ops series was shut down 26 23 25 PAX South 2015 held in Henry B Gonzalez Convention Center30 Sega continues reduction of western businesses and focus on digital that began in 2012 27 February 3 Sony sold Sony Online Entertainment to Columbus Nova The company was renamed into Daybreak Game Company 28 Video game critic Joystiq was shut down by AOL 19 Sega Networks a subsidiary of Sega acquired Demiurge Studios 29 20 tri Ace the developer of Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile was acquired by Nepro Japan 30 25 The website version of video game critic Computer and Video Games was merged into GamesRadar by Future plc March 2 6 Game Developers Conference 2015 held in San Francisco California 2 6 Independent Games Festival held in San Francisco California 4 Electronic Arts shut down the headquarters of Maxis in Emeryville which has created franchises such as SimCity and Spore 31 6 8 PAX East 2015 held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center 12 14 EGX Rezzed 2015 held at the Tobacco Dock London 17 Nintendo Co Ltd announced their affiliation with Japanese mobile game developer DeNA and Nintendo Switch a new console 32 23 Raven Software celebrated its 25th anniversary 33 April 1 Bandai Namco Games was renamed into Bandai Namco Entertainment 34 15 2K Australia the developer of Borderlands The Pre Sequel was shut down by Take Two Interactive 35 17 Phil Harrison the World Wide Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Studios departed from Microsoft 36 20 Matthew Armstrong creator of the Borderlands series left Gearbox Software 37 27 Following the cancellation of Silent Hills Konami delisted itself from the New York Stock Exchange 38 30 Services of OnLive were discontinued as the asset was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment 39 May 4 Spark Unlimited the developer of Lost Planet 3 and Call of Duty Finest Hour was shut down 40 22 BioWare celebrated its 20th anniversary 41 26 Oskari Hakkinen head of franchise development of Remedy Entertainment left Remedy 42 June 3 CEO of Remedy Entertainment Matias Myllyrinne departed from the company for Wargaming 43 8 Paul Sams replaced Ru Weerasuriya as Ready at Dawn s CEO 44 9 Chris Avellone co founder of Obsidian Entertainment departed from the company 45 11 Housemarque celebrated its 20th anniversary 46 12 Arc System Works purchased the rights to develop video games for the Double Dragon River City Ransom and Super Dodge Ball series from the now defunct Technos 47 16 18 E3 2015 held at the Los Angeles Convention Center 48 16 Square Enix unveiled new studio Tokyo RPG Factory 49 21 Tale of Tales the developer of Sunset was closed down 50 24 People Can Fly formerly Epic Games Poland was split from Epic Games It became an independent studio and acquired the Bulletstorm IP 51 29 Disney Infinity publisher Disney Interactive was merged with Disney Consumer Products the developer of Playmation to form a new division called Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media 52 30 Club Nintendo was discontinued in North America July 4 5 MineCon has been held at the ExCeL London Exhibition and Conference Centre 11 Satoru Iwata President and CEO of Nintendo died at age 55 53 13 Electronic Arts formed new studio called EA Motive The studio is led by former Ubisoft director Jade Raymond 54 17 19 SGC 2015 to be held at the Embassy Suites Frisco Hotel amp Convention Centre 22 John Smedley stepped down as Daybreak Game Company s President and CEO 55 23 26 QuakeCon 2015 to be held in Dallas Texas 27 China s government fully lifts the ban on the sales of video game consoles within the country 56 27 Razer Inc acquired all the software assets of Ouya 57 29 Windows 10 was released 58 Yager Development filed for insolvency for its production division Yager Productions GmbHAugust 5 9 Gamescom 2015 was held in Cologne Germany 21 Remedy Entertainment celebrated its 20th anniversary 59 26 Google releases the YouTube Gaming app 60 61 28 31 PAX Prime to be held in Seattle WA September 2 2015 GameStop Expo at The Venetian Las Vegas resort 14 Tatsumi Kimishima is appointed president of Nintendo after the death of Satoru Iwata in July 2015 62 Nintendo EAD and Nintendo SPD was merged forming Nintendo Entertainment Planning amp Development 63 15 Sony announced that Project Morpheus was renamed into PlayStation VR 64 17 20 Tokyo Game Show 2015 at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo 24 Maxis was reassigned to the EA Mobile division of Electronic Arts 65 24 27 EGX 2015 at the NEC in Birmingham UK 30 Club Nintendo was discontinued in Europe and Japan Twisted Pixel Games was separated from Microsoft Studios and became an independent studio again 66 October 2 Microsoft purchased Havok from Intel 67 2 4 EGS was held at Centro Banamex in Mexico City 3 FiraxiCon was held by Firaxis Games at the Baltimore Convention Center in Maryland 68 6 Ubisoft acquired The Crew s developer Ivory Tower 69 8 12 Brasil Game Show 2015 held in Expo Center Norte Sao Paulo11 13 Firstlook festival 2015 at Jaarbeurs Utrecht in Utrecht Netherlands 13 Ubisoft acquired Longtail Studios and renamed it to Ubisoft Halifax 70 28 Paris Games Week in Paris France 29 Paradox Interactive purchased White Wolf Publishing and all its assets including World of Darkness and Vampire The Masquerade from CCP Games 71 November 2 Activision Blizzard acquired Candy Crush Saga developer King for 5 9 billion 72 4 Konami shuttered its Los Angeles division 73 6 7 BlizzCon 2015 at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim California 6 Activision Blizzard established a new TV and film studio Activision Blizzard Studios 74 2K China closed by Take Two Interactive Their next game Borderlands Online was cancelled 75 NCSoft launched a new mobile division named Iron Tiger 76 12 15 G STAR 2015 in Bexco Busan South Korea December 3 The Game Awards 2015 held in Los Angeles California 5 6 PlayStation Experience 2015 held in San Francisco California 77 7 Flying Wild Hog opened a new studio in Cracow Poland 9 A new development studio was established by Bethesda Game Studios in Montreal 78 10 Electronic Arts established Competitive Gaming Division a new division headed by Peter Moore which focuses on ESports 79 11 13 GaymerX held at the San Jose Marriott Convention Center in San Jose California 12 Gearbox Software opened new studio in Quebec 80 16 Crystal Dynamics studio head Darrell Gallagher left the company 81 Kojima Productions was reestablished as an independent studio headed by Hideo Kojima 82 Notable deaths editJanuary 25 Colin Wyckoff 20 Garry s Mod youtuber known online as kitty0706 83 February 1 Monty Oum 33 animator for Midway Games and Afro Samurai 84 June 7 Christopher Lee 93 voice actor best known for the character Saruman in the Lord of the Rings film franchise and its video game tie ins 85 July 11 Satoru Iwata 55 the fourth president and chief executive officer of Nintendo 86 Hardware releases edit nbsp New Nintendo 3DSThe list of game related hardware released in 2015 in North America Month Day ConsoleFebruary 13 New Nintendo 3DSApril 29 Razer Forge TVMay 28 Nvidia Shield TVNovember 10 Steam Machine27 Samsung Gear VRSeries with new entries editSeries with new installments in 2015 include Anno Assassin s Creed Batman Arkham Battlefield Call of Duty Disgaea Dirt Fallout Fatal Frame Five Nights at Freddy s Forza Motorsport Guitar Hero Halo Heroes of Might and Magic Hotline Miami Just Cause King s Quest Kirby Magicka Mario Party Mario vs Donkey Kong Mario amp Luigi Metal Gear Minecraft Mortal Kombat Need for Speed OlliOlli Resident Evil Rock Band StarCraft Star Wars Battlefront Tales The Witcher Tomb Raider Tom Clancy s Rainbow Six Tony Hawk s Pro Skater Total War Toy Soldiers Xenoblade Chronicles Yakuza and Yoshi In addition 2015 saw the introduction of several new properties including Bloodborne Dying Light Evolve Life Is Strange Ori Rocket League Splatoon Undertale and Until Dawn Game releases editThe list of games released in 2015 in North America Video game platforms3DS Nintendo 3DSDroid AndroidiOS iOS iPadOSLin LinuxMac MacNDS Nintendo DSPS3 PlayStation 3PS4 PlayStation 4PSP PlayStation PortablePSVita PlayStation VitaWii WiiWiiU Wii UWin WindowsWP Windows PhoneX360 Xbox 360XBO Xbox One January March edit Month Day Title Platform s Genre s Source s JANUARY 6 Duke Nukem 3D Megaton Edition PS3 PSVita First person shooter 87 Woah Dave PSVita Platformer 88 7 Warhammer Quest Win Mac Lin Adventure board game 89 8 Chariot WiiU 90 Sword of Asumi Win 91 9 Funk of Titans XBO 92 13 Atelier Ayesha Plus The Alchemist of Dusk PSVita Role playing citation needed Brandish The Dark Revenant PSP PSVita Action role playing 93 Joe Danger 2 The Movie PSVita Racing platform citation needed 15 Tengami Win Adventure puzzle citation needed WWE Immortals iOS Droid Fighting 94 19 HuniePop Win Mac Lin Tile matching dating sim citation needed 20 Blackguards 2 Win Mac 95 Ironclad Tactics PS4 Strategy citation needed Resident Evil HD Remaster Win PS3 PS4 X360 XBO Survival horror 96 Saints Row Gat out of Hell Win PS3 PS4 X360 XBO Action adventure 97 Saints Row IV Re Elected PS4 XBO Action adventure 97 Splice PS3 PS4 98 Citizens of Earth Win PS4 PSVita WiiU 3DS 99 21 Evolve Hunters Quest iOS citation needed 22 The Lego Movie Videogame iOS Action adventure 100 The Witcher Battle Arena iOS Droid Multiplayer online battle arena 101 23 Grey Goo Win Real time strategy 102 Phantom Breaker Battle Grounds Win Beat em up citation needed 27 Dying Light Win Lin PS4 XBO Survival horror action adventure 103 Grim Fandango Remastered Win Mac Lin PS4 PSVita Graphic adventure 104 Hyperdimension Neptunia Re Birth2 Sisters Generation PSVita Role playing 105 Nihilumbra PSVita Puzzle Platform 106 29 Fahrenheit Indigo Prophecy Remastered Win Mac Lin iOS Action adventure 107 Gravity Ghost Win Physics based puzzler citation needed Gunman Clive 2 3DS Action platformer citation needed Heroes of Might and Magic III HD Edition Win iOS Droid Turn based strategy 108 Pix the Cat Win Snake Puzzle 109 30 IDARB XBO 110 Life Is Strange Episode 1 Chrysalis Win PS3 PS4 X360 XBO Graphic adventure 111 Raven s Cry Win Mac Lin PS3 PS4 X360 Action adventure 112 Unmechanical Extended XBO Puzzle 113 FEBRUARY 3 Apotheon Win Mac Lin PS4 Platform Metroidvania 114 Criminal Girls Invite Only PSVita 115 Game of Thrones Episode 2 The Lost Lords Win Mac PS3 PS4 Graphic adventure interactive drama 116 Kick amp Fennick PSVita Platform citation needed Risk PS4 XBO Strategy game Board game War game 117 SpongeBob HeroPants 3DS X360 PSVita Action Adventure Platformer 118 4 Game of Thrones Episode 2 The Lost Lords X360 XBO Graphic adventure interactive drama 116 Grow Home Win Adventure platforming 119 5 Cities XXL Win City building game 120 Game of Thrones Episode 2 The Lost Lords iOS Droid Graphic adventure interactive drama 116 Moon Chronicles Episode 2 4 3DS First person shooter 121 The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot Win Action role playing game 122 10 AeternoBlade PSVita citation needed Don Bradman Cricket 14 PS4 Sports 123 Evolve Win PS4 XBO First person shooter 124 Rugby 15 Win PS3 PS4 PSVita X360 XBO Sports citation needed Super Stardust Ultra PS4 Shoot em up 125 Unmechanical Extended PS3 PS4 Puzzle 113 11 Don Bradman Cricket 14 XBO Sports 123 Jungle Rumble PSVita Rhythm real time strategy puzzle 126 Limbo Droid Puzzle platform 127 12 3D Fantasy Zone 3DS Horizontal scrolling shooter citation needed Mighty Switch Force Hose It Down iOS Action puzzle platformer 128 13 Ace Combat Assault Horizon Legacy 3DS Action 129 IronFall Invasion 3DS Third person shooter 130 Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate 3DS Action role playing 131 The Escapists XBO 132 The Legend of Zelda Majora s Mask 3D 3DS Action adventure 131 14 DreadOut act 2 Win Survival horror 133 17 Dead or Alive 5 Last Round PS3 PS4 X360 XBO Fighting 134 Hand of Fate Win Mac Lin PS4 XBO Action role playing 135 Paparazzi Win PS4 WiiU citation needed Pillar PS4 Puzzle 136 Q bert Rebooted PS3 PS4 PSVita Action 137 The Sims 4 Mac Simulation 138 Total War Attila Win Mac Real time strategy turn based strategy 139 18 Pokemon Shuffle 3DS Puzzle 140 19 Agarest Generations of War 2 Win Tactical role playing 141 Robot Roller Derby Disco Dodgeball Win Lin Mac citation needed 20 Kirby and the Rainbow Curse WiiU Platformer 142 Roundabout XBO Open world driving game 143 The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 Win Mac Lin Adventure Comedy 144 The Order 1886 PS4 Action adventure 145 24 Dragon Ball XenoVerse PS3 PS4 X360 XBO Role playing 146 htoL NiQ The Firefly Diary PSVita Adventure Puzzle 147 Hyperdevotion Noire Goddess Black Heart PSVita Tactical role playing 148 Limbo PS4 Puzzle platform 149 Resident Evil Revelations 2 Episode 1 Penal Colony PS3 PS4 Survival horror 150 Starwhal Just the Tip PS3 PS4 151 There Came an Echo Win Mac Lin PS4 XBO Real time tactics 152 Under Night In Birth Exe Late PS3 2D fighting game Visual novel 153 25 Resident Evil Revelations 2 Episode 1 Penal Colony Win X360 XBO Survival horror 150 Heavenstrike Rivals A Monster Tactical TCG iOS citation needed Homeworld Remastered Collection Win Real time strategy 154 Oddworld New n Tasty Win Mac Lin Cinematic platformer 155 27 Blackhole Win Mac Lin Puzzle platformerDynasty Warriors 8 Empires Win PS3 PS4 XBO Hack and slash Action 156 Dragon Ball XenoVerse Win Role playing 146 MARCH 2 Five Nights at Freddy s 3 Win Survival horror point and click3 Helldivers PS3 PS4 PSVita Shoot em up 157 La Mulana EX PSVita Platform adventure Metroidvania 158 OlliOlli2 Welcome to Olliwood PS4 PSVita Sports 159 Resident Evil Revelations 2 Episode 2 Contemplation PS3 PS4 Survival horror 150 Oreshika Tainted Bloodlines PSVita Role playing 160 Screamride X360 XBO Puzzle 161 Shiftlings Win PS4 XBO 162 White Night Win PS4 XBO Survival horror puzzle 163 4 Resident Evil Revelations 2 Episode 2 Contemplation Win X360 XBO Survival horror 150 5 Mario vs Donkey Kong Tipping Stars 3DS WiiU Puzzle 164 OlliOlli WiiU 3DS Sports 165 Proun 3DS citation needed 6 OlliOlli XBO Sports 165 Zombie Army Trilogy Win PS4 XBO Tactical shooter survival horror 166 9 Shelter 2 Win Mac Survival 167 10 Assassin s Creed Rogue Win Action adventure stealth 168 Atelier Shallie Alchemists of the Dusk Sea PS3 Role playing citation needed Cities Skylines Win Mac Lin City building construction and management simulation 169 DmC Definitive Edition PS4 XBO Action adventure hack and slash 170 Hotline Miami 2 Wrong Number Win Mac Lin PS4 PSVita Top down shooter 171 Mushroom Men Truffle Trouble Win Action adventure platform 172 Resident Evil Revelations 2 Episode 3 Judgment PS3 PS4 Survival horror 150 Scram Kitty DX PS4 PSVita citation needed Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters PS3 PSVita Adventure visual novel strategy role playing 173 11 Ori and the Blind Forest Win XBO Platform adventure Metroidvania 174 Resident Evil Revelations 2 Episode 3 Judgment Win X360 XBO Survival horror 150 12 3D Out Run 3DS Arcade racing 175 Dreamfall Chapters Book 2 Rebels Win Adventure 176 Dungeon Hunter 5 Droid iOS WP Action role playing hack and slash 177 Sid Meier s Starships Win Mac iOS Turn based strategy 178 Trine Enchanted Edition WiiU Puzzle platform action adventure 179 13 Code Name S T E A M 3DS 180 17 Battlefield Hardline Win PS3 PS4 X360 XBO First person shooter 181 BioShock Infinite Lin First person shooter 182 Blade Kitten Episode 2 Win Platform 183 Bladestorm Nightmare PS3 PS4 XBO Real time tactics 184 Final Fantasy Type 0 HD PS4 XBO Action role playing 185 Jamestown PS4 Bullet hell shoot em up 186 Oceanhorn Monster of Uncharted Seas Win Action adventure 187 Resident Evil Revelations 2 Episode 4 Metamorphosis PS3 PS4 Survival horror 150 Soldner X2 Final Prototype PSVita 188 The Awakened Fate Ultimatum PS3 189 Tales from the Borderlands Episode 2 Atlas Mugged Win PS3 PS4 Graphic adventure 190 Woolfe The Red Hood Diaries Win PS4 XBO Platform hack and slash 191 18 Resident Evil Revelations 2 Episode 4 Metamorphosis Win X360 XBO Survival horror 150 Tales from the Borderlands Episode 2 Atlas Mugged X360 XBO Graphic adventure 190 19 Worlds of Magic Win 4X turn based strategy 192 Tales from the Borderlands Episode 2 Atlas Mugged iOS Graphic adventure 190 20 Fossil Fighters Frontier 3DS Role playing video game 193 Mario Party 10 WiiU Party 194 24 Borderlands The Handsome Collection PS4 XBO Action role playing first person shooter 195 Bloodborne PS4 Action role playing 196 Damascus Gear Operation Tokyo PSVita 197 Game of Thrones Episode 3 The Sword in the Darkness Win Mac PS3 PS4 Graphic adventure interactive drama 198 Lego Ninjago Shadow of Ronin 3DS PSVita 199 Life Is Strange Episode 2 Out of Time Win PS3 PS4 X360 XBO Graphic adventure 200 Grand Theft Pizza Delivery Win 201 Metal Slug 3 PS3 PS4 PSVita Run and gun 186 Slender The Arrival PS4 Survival horror 202 25 Game of Thrones Episode 3 The Sword in the Darkness X360 XBO Graphic adventure interactive drama 198 Slender The Arrival XBO Survival horror 202 26 Game of Thrones Episode 3 The Sword in the Darkness iOS Droid Graphic adventure interactive drama 198 Infinite Crisis Win Multiplayer online battle arena 203 Pillars of Eternity Win Mac Lin Role playing 204 Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition Win Third person shooter 205 27 Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast amp Furious X360 XBO Racing 206 Oddworld New n Tasty XBO Cinematic platformer 207 30 Dead or Alive 5 Last Round Win Fighting 208 31 Axiom Verge PS4 Metroidvania 209 MLB 15 The Show PS3 PS4 PSVita Sports 210 Neverwinter XBO MMORPG 211 R B I Baseball 15 PS4 XBO Sports 212 Paperbound Win PS4 213 Run Sackboy Run PSVita Puzzle platformer 214 Story of Seasons 3DS Life simulation Farming simulation Role playing 215 theHunter Primal Win Simulation 216 Toukiden Kiwami PS4 PSVita Action role playing 217 Woah Dave PS4 Platformer 88 April June edit Month Day Title Platform s Genre s Source s APRIL 1 Dark Souls II Scholar of the First Sin Win Action role playing 218 2 Box Boy 3DS Puzzle platform 219 DuckTales Remastered iOS Droid Platformer Metroidvania 220 Steven Universe Attack the Light iOS Droid Role playing game citation needed War for the Overworld Win Mac Lin Real time strategy god game dungeon management game 221 3 Stealth Inc 2 A Game of Clones Win XBO Platform stealth 222 7 Bastion PS4 Action role playing 186 Dark Souls II Scholar of the First Sin PS4 XBO Action role playing 218 Etrian Mystery Dungeon 3DS Role playing 223 Krinkle Krusher PS3 PS4 PSVita Tower defense 224 MonsterBag PSVita Puzzle stealth 225 Mortal Kombat X iOS Droid Fighting 226 Stealth Inc 2 A Game of Clones PS3 PS4 PSVita Platform stealth 222 Tower of Guns PS3 PS4 First person shooter 227 8 Driver Speedboat Paradise iOS Action adventure racing 228 Bloodsports TV Win Hero Defense 229 Pokemon Rumble World 3DS Action role playing 230 9 Affordable Space Adventures WiiU 231 I am Bread Win Action adventure simulation 232 10 Tower of Guns XBO First person shooter 227 Xenoblade Chronicles 3D N3DS Action role playing 233 14 A Train City Simulator 3DS Vehicle Simulation Game citation needed Age of Wonders III Mac Lin 4X turn based strategy 234 Grand Theft Auto V Win Action adventure 235 Grand Theft Auto Online Win Action adventure citation needed Mortal Kombat X Win PS4 XBO Fighting 236 Titan Souls Win PS4 PSVita Action adventure 186 We Are Doomed PS4 237 16 3D Fantasy Zone II 3DS Horizontally scrolling shoot em up 175 Goat Simulator X360 XBO Action 238 Halo Spartan Assault iOS Twin stick shooter 239 Halo Spartan Strike Win iOS WP Twin stick shooter 239 Lost Within iOS Amazon Fire 240 17 Gradius V PS3 Scrolling shooter citation needed 20 Slow Down Bull Win 241 21 Assassin s Creed Chronicles China Win PS4 XBO Action adventure stealth 242 LA Cops PS4 243 Shovel Knight PS3 PS4 PSVita Action platform 186 EA Sports UFC iOS Droid Fighting sports 244 Convoy Win Mac Roguelike strategy 245 Shooting Love 200X X360 Shoot em up citation needed 22 Kalimba Win Puzzle platformer 246 23 Crypt of the Necrodancer Win Roguelike rhythm citation needed 24 Dungeons 2 Win Mac Strategy simulation dungeon management 247 Happy Wars XBO Action tactical role playing 248 Shantae and the Pirate s Curse Win Platform Metroidvania 249 25 Watch Quest Heroes of Time Apple Watch 250 27 Hitman Go Win WP Puzzle 251 Kerbal Space Program Win Mac Lin Space flight simulation 252 Shovel Knight XBO Action platform 253 28 Broken Age Act 2 Win Mac Lin Point and click adventure 254 Broken Age The Complete Adventure PS4 PSVita Point and click adventure 254 Magicka Wizard Wars Win Action adventure 255 Omega Quintet PS4 Idol simulation Role playing 256 Shadowrun Chronicles Boston Lockdown Win Mac Lin Turn based tactics isometric shooter 257 Sketchcross PSVita 258 State of Decay Year One Survival Edition XBO Action adventure Survival horror stealth 259 Tropico 5 PS4 Construction and management simulation government simulation 260 WWE 2K15 Win Sports 261 Verdun Win First person shooter 262 Ys VI The Ark of Napishtim Win Action role playing 263 30 Amiibo Tap Nintendo s Greatest Bits WiiU citation needed Block N Load Win First person shooter sandbox 264 Chroma Squad Win Tactical role playing citation needed Karous 3DS Vertical scrolling shooter citation needed Order of Battle Pacific Win Computer wargame 265 MAY 1 Monument Valley WP Puzzle 266 5 Cosmophony PS3 PS4 PSVita 267 Grim Fandango Remastered iOS Droid Graphic adventure 268 Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker 3DS Tactical role playing 269 Wolfenstein The Old Blood Win PS4 XBO First person shooter action adventure stealth 270 Ether One PS4 Adventure citation needed 7 Touhou 14 Double Dealing Character Win Scrolling shooter 271 Project CARS Win Racing 272 9 Disney Infinity 2 0 Marvel Super Heroes PSVita Action adventure sandbox toys to life 273 12 AirMech Arena XBO Multiplayer online battle arena 274 Attack on Titan Humanity in Chains 3DS 275 Color Guardians PS4 PSVita 276 Final Fantasy IV The After Years Win Role playing 277 Final Fantasy X X 2 HD Remaster PS4 Role playing 278 Invisible Inc Win Mac Lin Turn based tactics stealth 279 Nom Nom Galaxy PS4 280 Project CARS PS4 XBO Racing 272 13 Lifeless Planet XBO Puzzle platformer 281 14 3D Thunder Blade 3DS Combat flight simulator 175 Axiom Verge Win Metroidvania 282 Galactic Civilizations III Win 4X turn based strategy 283 Knights of Pen amp Paper 2 iOS Droid 284 Not a Hero Win 2D shooter 285 Stretchmo 3DS Puzzle 286 19 Hyperdimension Neptunia U Action Unleashed PSVita Action role playing hack and slash 287 Life Is Strange Episode 3 Chaos Theory Win PS3 PS4 X360 XBO Graphic adventure 288 Ride Win PS3 PS4 X360 XBO Racing 289 The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt Win PS4 XBO Action role playing 290 Castaway Paradise Win Life simulation21 Carmageddon Reincarnation Win Mac Lin Vehicular combat racing 291 Sunset Win Mac Lin Adventure interactive storytelling 292 Til Morning s Light iOS Droid 293 Swords amp Soldiers II WiiU Real time strategy citation needed 22 NASCAR 15 Win PS3 X360 Auto racing Sim racing Sports Racing 294 Puzzle amp Dragons Z Super Mario Bros Edition 3DS Role playing puzzle 131 26 Akiba s Trip Undead amp Undressed Win Action adventure Beat em up 295 Audiosurf 2 Win Puzzle rhythm 296 Badland Game of the Year Edition PS3 PS4 PSVita Adventure 297 Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R Win 298 Game of Thrones Episode 4 Sons of Winter Win PS3 PS4 Graphic adventure interactive drama 299 Magicka 2 Win PS4 Action adventure 300 Octodad Dadliest Catch PSVita Adventure 301 Roundabout PS4 Open world driving game citation needed Ultra Street Fighter IV PS4 Fighting 302 27 Catlateral Damage Win Mac Lin Simulation game 303 Game of Thrones Episode 4 Sons of Winter X360 XBO Graphic adventure interactive drama 299 Rogue Legacy XBO Platformer roguelike Metroidvania 304 28 Badland Game of the Year Edition Win Mac Lin Adventure 297 Chaos Rings III iOS Droid Role playing 305 Don t Starve Giant Edition WiiU Survival 306 Game of Thrones Episode 4 Sons of Winter iOS Graphic adventure interactive drama 299 Geometry Wars 3 Dimensions iOS Multidirectional shooting 307 Lara Croft Relic Run iOS Droid WP Action adventure endless runner 308 The Talos Principle Droid Puzzle citation needed 29 Arcade Archives Moon Cresta PS4Badland Game of the Year Edition XBO Adventure 297 Hyperdimension Neptunia Re Birth2 Sisters Generation Win Role playing 309 Splatoon WiiU Third person shooter 310 The Fruit of Grisaia Win Eroge Visual novel 311 JUNE 1 Hatred Win Shoot em up 312 Massive Chalice Win Mac Lin XBO Turn based strategy turn based tactics 313 2 Class of Heroes 2G PS3 Role playing video game 314 Heroes of the Storm Win Mac Multiplayer online battle arena 315 Lord of Magna Maiden Heaven 3DS Role playing 316 Skulls of the Shogun Bone a Fide Edition PS4 Turn based tactics citation needed The Escapists PS4 Strategy role playing 317 4 Hitman Sniper iOS Droid Shooting gallery 318 Trans Galactic Tournament PS4 319 Wander Win PS4 MMO 320 5 D4 Dark Dreams Don t Die Win Adventure 321 SteamWorld Dig XBO Platformer action adventure metroidvania 322 9 The Elder Scrolls Online Tamriel Unlimited PS4 XBO Massively multiplayer online role playing 323 Hustle Kings PS4 Sports simulation citation needed Operation Abyss New Tokyo Legacy PSVita 324 11 Alone in the Dark Illumination Win Third person shooter 325 Adventures of Pip WiiU 326 Dr Mario Miracle Cure 3DS Puzzle 327 Transistor iOS Action role playing turn based strategy 328 12 Lego Jurassic World Win PS3 PS4 PSVita X360 XBO WiiU 3DS Action adventure 329 14 Fallout Shelter iOS Simulation 330 16 Payday 2 Crimewave Edition PS4 XBO First person shooter stealth 331 23 Batman Arkham Knight PS4 XBO Action adventure 332 Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition Win PS4 XBO Action adventure hack and slash 333 PlanetSide 2 PS4 Massively multiplayer online first person shooter game 334 Riptide GP2 PS4 335 Shantae Risky s Revenge Director s Cut PS4 Platform Metroidvania citation needed Tales from the Borderlands Episode 3 Catch A Ride Win PS3 PS4 X360 XBO Graphic adventure 336 24 MotoGP 15 Win PS3 PS4 X360 XBO Racing 337 Her Story Win Mac iOS Interactive film 338 25 Art Academy Home Studio WiiU 339 Dragon Quest VI Realms of Revelation iOS Droid Role playing 340 Dreamfall Chapters Book Three Realms Win Adventure 341 Geometry Wars 3 Dimensions Droid Fire Multidirectional shooting 342 Lego Batman 3 Beyond Gotham iOS Action adventure 343 Sonic Runners iOS Droid Endless runner 344 26 Toukiden Kiwami Win Action role playing 345 30 BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma Extend PS3 PS4 XBO Fighting game 346 Hyperdimension Neptunia Re Birth3 V Generation PSVita Role playing 347 Infinifactory Win Mac Lin Puzzle 348 J Stars Victory VS PS4 PS3 PSVita Fighting 349 Red Goddess Inner World PS4 350 Ronin Win Lin Mac Action platform 351 Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3 3DS PSVita Hack and slash 352 Whispering Willows PS3 PS4 PSVita Adventure citation needed July September edit Month Day Title Platform s Genre s Source s JULY 1 Rise of Incarnates Win Fighting 353 2 Ar Nosurge Plus Ode to an Unborn Star PSVita Role playing 354 6 Knee Deep Win Mac Linux 355 7 Geometry Wars 3 Dimensions PSVita Multidirectional shooting 356 Rocket League Win PS4 Sports 357 Rumble City Droid 358 Pneuma Breath of Life PS4 359 Skullgirls 2nd Encore PS4 Fighting 360 8 Worms World Party Remastered Win Artillery Strategy 361 9 Replay VHS is not dead Win citation needed Rumble City iOS 358 Trove Win Hack and slash 362 10 F1 2015 Win PS4 XBO Racing 363 13 Prototype Biohazard Bundle XBO Action adventure 364 14 Deception IV The Nightmare Princess PS4 PS3 PSVita Action role playing strategy role playing 365 Godzilla The Game PS3 PS4 Action adventure fighting 366 God of War III Remastered PS4 Action adventure hack and slash 367 Prototype Biohazard Bundle PS4 Action adventure 364 Rory McIlroy PGA Tour PS4 XBO Sports 368 The Fall PS4 Action adventure platform 369 15 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter PS4 Adventure 370 This War of Mine iOS Droid Survival 371 16 Sorcerer King Win 372 21 Breach and Clear Deadline Win Mac Lin 373 Hatoful Boyfriend PS4 PSVita Nakige dating sim otome 374 Game of Thrones Episode 5 A Nest of Vipers Win Mac PS3 PS4 Graphic adventure interactive drama 375 Journey PS4 Adventure art game 376 Onechanbara Z2 Chaos PS4 Hack and slash horror 377 Phantom Breaker Battle Grounds Overdrive PS4 Beat em up 378 Q U B E Director s Cut PS3 PS4 Puzzle 379 Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II The Sith Lords Mac Lin Role playing 380 TIS 100 Win Puzzle programming 381 Tembo the Badass Elephant Win PS4 XBO Platform side scrolling 382 22 Game of Thrones Episode 5 A Nest of Vipers X360 XBO Graphic adventure interactive drama 375 23 Five Nights at Freddy s 4 Win Survival horror 383 Game of Thrones Episode 5 A Nest of Vipers iOS Droid Graphic adventure interactive drama 375 The Binding of Isaac Rebirth XBO N3DS WiiU Roguelike 384 Way of the Samurai 4 Win Action adventure 385 24 Victor Vran Win Mac Lin Action role playing 386 28 Abyss Odyssey Extended Dream Edition PS4 Roguelike action adventure citation needed BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma Extend PSVita Fighting game 346 King s Quest Chapter I A Knight to Remember Win PS3 PS4 Adventure 387 Legend of Kay HD Win Mac PS3 PS4 WiiU 360 Action adventure platformer 388 Life Is Strange Episode 4 Dark Room Win PS3 PS4 X360 XBO Graphic adventure 389 Lost Dimension PS3 PSVita Tactical role playing 390 N PS4 Platform 391 Sword Art Online Re Hollow Fragment PS4 Role playing 392 The Swindle PS3 PS4 PSVita citation needed World of Tanks XBO Vehicular combat massively multiplayer online 393 29 King s Quest Chapter I A Knight to Remember X360 XBO Adventure 387 Microsoft Solitaire Collection Win 10Candy Crush Saga Win 10 Puzzle30 Angry Birds 2 iOS Droid Puzzle 394 Badland Game of the Year Edition WiiU Adventure 297 Xeodrifter WiiU Metroidvania 395 Yu Gi Oh Legacy of the Duelist PS4 XBO citation needed AUGUST 3 Freedom Planet WiiU Action Platform 396 Nom Nom Galaxy Win Mac 397 4 Beyond Eyes XBO Adventure 398 Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold The Fafnir Knight 3DS Role playing dungeon crawler 399 Fairy Fencer F Win Role playing 400 Galak Z The Dimensional PS4 Shooter roguelike 401 Rare Replay XBO Compilation 402 7 The Swindle XBO 403 11 Brave Tank Hero 3DS WiiU 404 Everybody s Gone to the Rapture PS4 Adventure 405 Garfield Kart 3DS 406 Gauntlet Slayer Edition PS4 dungeon crawl 407 Goat Simulator PS3 PS4 Action 408 OlliOlli 2 Welcome to Olliwood Win Sports 409 Paddington Adventures in London 3DS 406 Toy Soldiers War Chest Win XBO Action strategy 410 Xblaze Lost Memories PS3 PSVita Visual novel 411 12 Toy Soldiers War Chest PS4 Action strategy 410 Brothers A Tale of Two Sons PS4 XBO Adventure 412 RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 iOS Construction and management simulation 413 Sentris Win Music video game citation needed 13 Fallout Shelter Droid Simulation 414 Rebuild Gangs of Deadsville iOS Droid 415 14 Super Mega Baseball Extra Innings XBO Sports 416 18 Dungeon Travelers 2 The Royal Library amp the Monster Seal PSVita Dungeon crawler role playing 417 Curses N Chaos Win PS4 PSVita 418 Final Fantasy Type 0 HD Win Action role playing 419 Resident Evil Revelations 2 PSVita Survival horror 420 Tales from the Borderlands Episode 4 Escape Plan Bravo Win Mac PS3 PS4 Graphic adventure 421 Volume Win Mac PS4 PSVita Stealth 422 Zombi Win PS4 XBO Survival horror 423 19 Dream Runners PS4 Platform 424 Smite XBO Multiplayer online battle arena 425 Tales from the Borderlands Episode 4 Escape Plan Bravo X360 XBO Graphic adventure 421 Velocity 2X Win Mac Lin XBO Shoot em up puzzle 426 20 DiscStorm Win 427 Final Fantasy VII iOS Role playing 428 Tales from the Borderlands Episode 4 Escape Plan Bravo iOS Droid Graphic adventure 421 Trine 3 The Artifacts of Power Win Puzzle platform action adventure 429 Woah Dave WiiU Platformer 430 21 Little Battlers eXperience Baku Boost 3DS 431 Risen 3 Titan Lords Enhanced Edition PS4 Action role playing 432 The Flock Win Survival horror 433 Super Mega Baseball Extra Innings Win Sports 416 23 LandFort Droid 434 24 Flywrench Win Mac Lin Action 435 Grandia 2 Anniversary Edition Win Role playing citation needed 25 Amnesia Memories PSVita Visual novel 436 Back to Bed PS3 PS4 PSVita 437 Dishonored Definitive Edition PS4 XBO Action adventure stealth 438 Evoland 2 Win Action Adventure RPGGears of War Ultimate Edition XBO Third person shooter 439 I Am Bread PS4 Action adventure simulation 440 Madden NFL 16 PS3 PS4 X360 XBO Sports 441 Mega Man Legacy Collection Win PS4 XBO 442 Nova 111 Win PS3 PS4 PSVita 443 One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 Win PS4 PS3 PSVita Action adventure Beat em up 444 Shadowrun Hong Kong Win Mac Lin Tactical role playing 445 Steins Gate PS3 PSVita Visual novel citation needed Until Dawn PS4 interactive drama 446 26 Don t Starve Giant Edition XBO Survival 447 Octodad Dadliest Catch XBO Adventure 448 27 Lara Croft Go iOS Droid WP Puzzle 449 28 BioShock iOS First person shooter 450 Nova 111 XBO 443 Satellite Reign Win Mac Lin Tactical role playing game real time tactics 451 30 Disney Infinity 3 0 Win PS4 PS3 X360 XBO WiiU iOS Droid Action adventure sandbox toys to life 452 SEPTEMBER 1 Armello Win Mac Lin PS4 Role playing digital board game 453 Danganronpa Another Episode Ultra Despair Girls PSVita Action adventure 454 Grow Home PS4 Adventure platforming 455 Mad Max Win Lin PS4 XBO Action adventure vehicular combat 456 Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain Win PS3 PS4 X360 XBO Action adventure stealth 456 Nobunaga s Ambition Sphere of Influence Win PS3 PS4 Wargame turn based strategy tactical role playing 457 Pokemon Shuffle iOS Droid Puzzle 458 Super Time Force Ultra PS4 PSVita Action Adventure Shooter 459 Xeodrifter PS4 PSVita Metroidvania 460 2 Act of Aggression Win Real time strategy 461 3 Gunman Clive 2 Win citation needed 4 Super Toy Cars XBO 462 Broken Sword 5 The Serpent s Curse PS4 XBO Point and click adventure 463 8 Hatsune Miku Project Mirai DX 3DS Rhythm 464 Tearaway Unfolded PS4 Platformer adventure 465 Warhammer 40 000 Regicide Win Strategy 466 9 Castle Crashers Remastered X360 XBO Beat em up role playing action 467 Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime Win Mac Lin XBO Action platform 468 Star Wars Uprising iOS Droid Action role playing 469 10 Cross of the Dutchman Win Mac Lin 470 11 Super Mario Maker WiiU Level editor platform 471 Leo s Fortune XBO Puzzle game citation needed 15 Forza Motorsport 6 XBO Racing 472 Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 Win PS3 PS4 Sports 473 NHL 16 PS4 XBO Sports 474 NHL Legacy Edition PS3 X360 Sports 475 Senran Kagura 2 Deep Crimson 3DS citation needed Undertale Win Mac Role playing 476 17 Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon 3DS Roguelike 477 World of Warships Win MMO Vehicular combat game TPS 478 Year Walk WiiU Adventure 479 20 Skylanders SuperChargers PS3 PS4 X360 XBO Wii WiiU 3DS iOS Toys to life role playing platform racing 480 22 Blood Bowl 2 Win PS4 XBO Sports turn based strategy 481 FIFA 16 Win PS3 PS4 X360 XBO iOS Droid Sports 482 Laserlife Win Mac PS4 483 Soma Win Mac Lin PS4 Survival horror 484 23 Assault Android Cactus Win Mac Lin 485 A Fistful of Gun Win Shoot em up citation needed 24 Else Heart Break Win Mac Lin Adventure 486 PewDiePie Legend of the Brofist iOS Droid Action adventure platform citation needed 25 Animal Crossing Happy Home Designer 3DS Sandbox game 487 Grand Ages Medieval Win City building Real time strategy 488 27 Lego Dimensions PS3 PS4 X360 XBO WiiU Action adventure 489 28 NBA Live 16 PS4 XBO Sports 490 29 80 Days Win Interactive fiction 491 Jotun Win Action adventure citation needed Might amp Magic Heroes VII Win Turn based strategy 492 NBA 2K16 Win PS3 PS4 X360 XBO Sports 493 Persona 4 Dancing All Night PSVita Rhythm 494 Samurai Warriors 4 II Win PS3 PS4 PSVita Hack and slash 495 Tony Hawk s Pro Skater 5 PS4 XBO Sports 496 Toto Temple Deluxe Win PS4 citation needed 30 Armikrog Win Mac Lin Point and click adventure 497 Need for Speed No Limits iOS Droid Racing 498 The Escapists The Walking Dead Win XBO Strategy role playing 499 October December edit Month Day Title Platform s Genre s Source s OCTOBER 1 Lost Horizon 2 Win Adventure 500 The Beginner s Guide Win Mac Interactive storytelling 501 6 Read Only Memories Win Mac Lin Graphic adventure 502 Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax PS3 PSVita Fighting game 503 Disgaea 5 Alliance of Vengeance PS4 Tactical role playing 504 Elite Dangerous XBO Space trading and combat 505 Rock Band 4 PS4 XBO Rhythm game 506 Saint Seiya Soldiers Soul PS3 PS4 Fighting citation needed Super Meat Boy PS4 PSVita Platform 507 Transformers Devastation Win PS4 PS3 X360 XBO Action hack and slash 508 Prison Architect Win Mac Lin Construction and management simulation 509 8 Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes Win Puzzle citation needed 9 Chibi Robo Zip Lash 3DS Platform adventure 471 Uncharted The Nathan Drake Collection 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Racing 518 20 Code Realize Guardian of Rebirth PSVita Visual novel citation needed Dragon Ball Z Extreme Butōden 3DS Fighting 519 Gravity Falls Legend of the Gnome Gemulets 3DS Platform 520 Guitar Hero Live PS4 PS3 X360 XBO WiiU Rhythm 521 Life Is Strange Episode 5 Polarized Win PS3 PS4 X360 XBO Graphic adventure 522 Overlord Fellowship of Evil Win PS4 XBO Action role playing 523 Rebel Galaxy Win 524 Tales from the Borderlands Episode 5 The Vault of the Traveler Win PS3 PS4 Graphic adventure 525 Tales of Zestiria Win PS3 PS4 Role playing 526 Sword Coast Legends Win Mac Lin Action role playing 527 Just Dance 2016 PS3 PS4 X360 XBO WiiU Wii Dance 528 Just Dance Unlimited PS4 XBO WiiU Music rhythm 528 Adventure Time Finn amp Jake Investigations Win PS3 PS4 X360 XBO WiiU 3DS Action adventure Role playing 529 Primal Carnage Extinction PS4 Graphic adventure citation needed 21 Tales from the Borderlands Episode 5 The Vault of the Traveler X360 XBO Graphic adventure 525 Kingdom Win citation 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536 MX vs ATV Supercross Encore Win PS4 XBO Racing 537 The Park Win Exploration 538 WWE 2K16 PS3 PS4 X360 XBO Sports 539 28 Alien Isolation The Collection Mac Lin Action adventure stealth survival horror 540 Batman Arkham Knight Win Action adventure 541 29 Galak Z The Dimensional Win Shooter roguelike 401 Human Resource Machine Win WiiU Puzzle 542 The Legend of Heroes Trails in the Sky SC Win Role playing citation needed Octodad Dadliest Catch iOS WiiU Adventure citation needed 30 Hyperdimension Neptunia Re Birth3 V Generation Win Role playing 436 NOVEMBER 2 Sonic Lost World Win Action adventure platformer 543 3 Anno 2205 Win City building Real Time Strategy 544 The Jackbox Party Pack X360 Party 545 Need for Speed PS4 XBO Racing 546 Norn9 Var Commons PSVita Otome game citation needed Dragon Fin Soup Win Mac Lin PS3 PS4 PSVita Roguelike action role playing citation needed 5 Mushihimesama Win Vertically scrolling shooter bullet hell citation needed The Room Three iOS Puzzle 547 6 Call of Duty Black Ops III Win PS3 PS4 X360 XBO First person shooter 548 Snoopy s Grand Adventure PS4 3DS WiiU X360 XBO Platformer Side scroller 549 Yo Kai Watch 3DS Role playing 471 10 Fallout 4 Win PS4 XBO Action role playing 550 Nintendo Badge Arcade 3DS citation needed Rise of the Tomb Raider X360 XBO Action adventure 551 Rodea the Sky Soldier 3DS Wii WiiU Action adventure 552 StarCraft II Legacy of the Void Win Mac Real time strategy 553 Superbeat Xonic PSVita Music rhythm citation needed 13 Back to the Future The Game PS4 X360 XBO Graphic adventure 554 Sword Art Online Lost Song PS4 PSVita Action role playing 555 Football Manager 2016 Win Mac Lin Sports business simulation 556 Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival WiiU Party 487 17 Game of Thrones Episode 6 The Ice Dragon Win PS3 PS4 X360 XBO Graphic adventure 557 Star Wars Battlefront Win PS4 XBO First person shooter third person shooter 558 Stella Glow 3DS Tactical role playing citation needed The Crew Wild Run Win PS4 XBO Racing citation needed 18 Deadpool PS4 XBO Action adventure 559 Hard West Win 560 19 Assassin s Creed Syndicate Win Action adventure stealth 531 Mordheim City of the Damned Win citation needed 20 Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon 3DS Roguelike 471 Mario Tennis Ultra Smash WiiU Sports 561 24 Beyond Two Souls PS4 Interactive drama action adventure 562 Minecraft Story Mode Episode 3 The Last Place You Look Win PS3 PS4 X360 XBO iOS Droid Graphic adventure 563 Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes iOS Android Role playing 564 Teslagrad PSVita Puzzle platform citation needed 25 Strania The Stella Machina Win citation needed 26 Saint Seiya Soldiers Soul Win Fighting citation needed DECEMBER 1 Chivalry Medieval Warfare PS4 XBO Hack and slash 565 Just Cause 3 Win PS4 XBO Action adventure 566 Tom Clancy s Rainbow Six Siege Win PS4 XBO Tactical shooter 567 FIM Speedway Grand Prix 15 Win 568 Eastside Hockey Manager Win citation needed Kung Fu Panda Showdown of Legendary Legends Win PS3 PS4 3DS WiiU X360 XBO Fighting citation needed 2 Valhalla Hills Win citation needed 3 Dariusburst Chronicle Saviours Win Horizontal scrolling shooter citation needed Dragon Quest Heroes Digital Slime Edition Win Hack and slash 569 Dreamfall Chapters Book Four Revelations Win Mac Lin Adventure 570 Pokemon Picross 3DS 571 Rayman Adventures iOS Droid Platform 572 Shadow Complex Remastered Win Platform adventure 573 4 War of the Monsters PS4 Action fighting citation needed Xenoblade Chronicles X WiiU Action role playing 471 5 Final Fantasy VII PS4 Role playing 574 Nuclear Throne Win Mac Lin PS4 PSVita Shoot em up roguelike 575 Bastion PSVita Action role playing 575 Fat Princess Adventures PS4 Action role playing citation needed 7 Dirt Rally Win Racing simulation 576 Helldivers Win Shoot em up 577 Zombie Vikings Win citation needed 8 Earth Defense Force 2 Invaders from Planet Space PSVita Third person shooter 578 Ben and Ed Win citation needed Earth Defense Force 4 1 The Shadow of New Despair PS4 Third person shooter 578 Yakuza 5 PS3 Action adventure 579 10 Guilty Gear Xrd SIGN Win Fighting 580 Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII Win Action role playing 569 Magic The Gathering Puzzle Quest iOS Droid 581 Among the Sleep PS4 Survival horror action adventure 582 PewDiePie Legend of the Brofist Win Mac Action adventure platform citation needed SteamWorld Heist 3DS Platformer action adventure metroidvania 583 Terraria 3DS Action adventure sandbox 584 11 Devil s Third WiiU Action adventure hack and slash shooter 471 15 King s Quest Chapter 2 Rubble Without a Cause PS3 PS4 Adventure 585 Hatoful Boyfriend Holiday Star Win Mac Lin Nakige dating sim otome 586 16 Final Fantasy VI Win Role playing 587 King s Quest Chapter 2 Rubble Without a Cause Win X360 XBO Adventure 585 17 Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories Mobile iOS Action adventure citation needed Minecraft WiiU Sandbox survival 588 Scribblenauts Unlimited iOS Android Puzzle sandbox 589 18 Underrail Win Role playing citation needed The Escapists X360 Strategy 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