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🎉 5 years ago, Fall Guys threw 60 jellybeans into a blender and hit GO

What came out? Pure chaos. Pure joy. 👑
#HappyBeanDay

Grounded 2 launched yesterday — more 🐜, more 🛠️, more story... but still Early Access.

Would you buy a game before it’s fully finished, or do you wait for the 1.0 release?

What are your thoughts on Early Access games? 👇

🎮 It's launch day as two big titles drop today:

🌿 Tales of the Shire – Cozy up in Middle-earth in this peaceful Hobbit life sim.
🐜 Grounded 2 – Shrink back into the backyard for another survival adventure.

Will you be playing? 👀

They don't make box art like this anymore 💣

Kaboom! (1981)
@atari.com

Today marks 15 years since StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty dropped.

For many, this wasn’t just a game — it was a lifestyle.
Midnight installs and Zerg rushes at 3AM during LAN parties.
On streams, a new era of competitive gaming began.

What a legacy!🛸 Happy 15th, SC2.

“I’ll just try it for 10 minutes.” 🤷‍♂️

[38 hours later]: You now know everything about the game’s lore, economy, glitches, and composer.

🎮 What was that game for you?

Based on scores collected in the MobyGames archive… we’ve got some early GOTY contenders.

What have you played this year that stuck with you—narratively, emotionally, mechanically?

We’ve quietly added something that should be enjoyed LOUD:

Game soundtracks are more than background music—they're mood, memory, emotion ...

... and now, they’re part of the archive. 🥳

🎧 Enjoy official game soundtracks embedded on MobyGames pages.

So far, MobyGames contributors have added

👾 304,716 games
👤 1,297,437 people
🕹️ 56,988 companies

to the MobyGames database. 📂

That's one mind-blowing community effort!

2015: “A car soccer game? 😂 Sure.”
No one saw it coming. Everyone played it.

Happy 10th anniversary, Rocket League! 🎂
Here’s to all the whiffed goals, bump saves, and accidental backflips. ⚽🚗💨

What are you playing this weekend?

Same game - wildly different vibes

Which box art do you prefer?
(Contra, 1988)

🕹️ Did You Know?

The very first @diablo.blizzard.com demo from Blizzard let you explore the first dungeon ... without a save system.

Brutal, even for 1996.

34 years ago, the fastest rodent in history burst onto the Sega Genesis and never slowed down. 💨

Sonic the Hedgehog was the perfect mix of style, speed, and attitude, all in 16-bit glory.

Happy birthday, blue blur! 💙

A man with long hair kisses the forehead of a small child with a soft expression. The child wears a shirt with small stars and a tiny set of wings. The scene is intertwined with futuristic, mechanical elements. The text reads: “A Hideo Kojima Game, Death Stranding 2, On the Beach, June 26th, 2025.”

Weird. Beautiful. Unforgettable.

1 week until Kojima's next adventure, featuring an all-star cast: Norman Reedus, Elle Fanning, Léa Seydoux, and Troy Baker, and original music by Woodkid.

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach releases on June 26th.

📂 Games you forgot existed:

Shaq Fu (1994)
Basketball star Shaq is chosen to defeat 11 opponents to save a boy from an evil mummy.

Yeah. We don't quite know why. But if anyone could do it, it would be Shaq, right!?

Before Geralt, before Kratos… there was Fabio with a sword. ⚔️

The "Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II" box art has to be peak '80s fantasy!

Video Game Database - MobyGames The oldest, largest and most comprehensive video game database covering 301,963 games and 1 million game industry professionals.

🎯 Help complete the archive!
Got old game boxes, manuals, screenshots, or trivia? MobyGames is built on community contributions -- by gamers, for gamers.

Let’s preserve gaming history together. 🤝
Share your findings 🐳 https://www.mobygames.com

Seaman (1999) had you raise a talking sea-man. 🐟 Oh, and the odd virtual pet game was narrated by Leonard Nimoy.

Yes, really.

Top 10 list of most researched games on June 2, 2025, featuring: 1. Fell in Love with Coser 5, 2. Run the Gauntlet, 3. Elden Ring: Nightreign, 4. Concord, 5. WWF WrestleMania, 6. Graduation for Windows 95, 7. Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon, 8. Task Force 1942, 9. Tainted Grail: Conquest, 10. Sonic Wings Reunion. MobyGames logo with a blue fish is at the bottom. The background is blue with dotted swirl patterns.

As always, you have been busy! 🐝

To no surprise, @bandainamcoent.com's 'Elden Ring: Nightreign' is in the top 3 of last week's most researched titles.

With all this archiving done, did you have time to test it out?

27 years ago, a bear and bird set out on an adventure.

Happy birthday, Banjo-Kazooie!! 🎂🥳
⨠ (@rare.co.uk / @4jstudios.com)

🎨 This week’s box art pick: Phalanx for SNES.
It’s a sci-fi shmup… featuring an old man with a banjo? 🪕

We don't ask why. We archive.
Do we have your favourite box art on file yet?

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (2025) - MobyGames Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a role-playing game set in a surreal, painterly world. It centers on the inhabitants of the island of Lumière, who annually endure a supernatural event called the "Gommage". During this event, a mysterious entity known as...

Happy 1 month since launch, @expedition33.bsky.social ✨
Many has this marked as Game of the Year. What say you?

For those who come after--check out rankings and credits at
🐳 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejgW-upPMgk

🐋📈 Presenting the MobyGames
Top 10 Most Researched Titles at the moment.

Hand up if you helped on any of these! 🤝

Who mysteriously 'caught a cold' two years ago just to spend all day playing The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom? 👀

Thank you! That means a lot. :)

All games are important!

There are never too many games!

Major MobyGames milestone -- We've listed 300,000 games! 🎉

The honor of the 300k listing goes to Despelote for Windows. https://www.mobygames.com/game/240820/despelote/