2012

This page is about events and releases from the year 2012.
== Events ==
== Fictional Events ==
=== Unknown Date ===
* Events of Assassin's Creed/II/Brotherhood/Revelations/III's modern setting occur
* Events of Ghost Recon 2's Summit Strike expansion occur
=== July-August 25 ===
* Events of Battlefield: Hardline's cop campaign occur
=== November 17 ===
* Events of Splinter Cell: Blacklist's Blacklist Zero occur
=== December 24-25===
* Events of Resident Evil 6's Jake Ch 1-2/Chris Ch 2 occur
== Film ==
== Music ==
=== Album Releases ===
==== January-June ====
Date 	Artist 	Album 	Genres
January 21	My Ticket Home 	To Create a Cure 	Metalcore · Post-Hardcore
January 24	Lamb of God 	Resolution 	Thrash Metal · Metalcore
February 7	Silverstein 	Short Songs 	Emo · Post-Hardcore
March 13 	I See Stars 	Digital Renegade 	Electrorock · Metalcore · Post-Hardcore
March 13 	Say Anything 	Anarchy, My Dear 	Emo · Pop Punk
March 13 	Soulfly 	Enslaved 	Thrash Metal · Death Metal
March 20 	Manga 	e-akustik 	Electrorock · Pop Rock · Progressive Rock · Rap Rock
March 23 	Meshuggah 	Koloss 	Progressive Rock · Thrash Metal · Death Metal
March 26 	The All-American Rejects	Kids in the Street 	Pop Punk · Pop Rock
March 26 	The Used 	Vulnerable 	Emo · Post-Hardcore · Pop Punk · Electrorock
March 27 	Shinedown 	Amaryllis 	Hard Rock · Post-Grunge
April 3 	Candlebox 	Love Stories & Other Musings 	Grunge · Hard Rock
April 3 	Our Lady Peace 	Curve 	Hard Rock · Progressive Rock
April 10 	Counting Crows 	Underwater Sunshine (or What We Did on Our Summer Vacation)	Pop Rock · Country
April 10 	Demon Hunter 	True Defiance 	Nu Metal · Metalcore
April 10 	Emmure 	Slave to the Game 	Metalcore
April 10 	Halestorm 	The Strange Case Of... 	Post-Grunge · Hard Rock · Heavy Metal
April 12 	Taproot 	The Episodes 	Nu Metal · Post-Grunge
April 17 	Thousand Foot Krutch 	The End Is Where We Begin 	Nu Metal · Rap Rock · Post-Grunge · Hard Rock
April 24 	Eve 6 	Speak in Code 	Pop Rock · Post-Grunge · Pop Punk
April 24 	Hurt 	The Crux 	Hard Rock · Progressive Rock
April 25 	Marilyn Manson 	Born Villain 	Heavy Metal · Electrorock
May 25 	Sabaton 	Carolus Rex 	Heavy Metal · Thrash Metal · Progressive Rock
May 28 	Architects 	Daybreaker 	Metalcore · Post-Hardcore · Progressive Rock
June 5 	Fear Factory 	The Industralist 	Electrorock · Thrash Metal · Heavy Metal
June 5 	Melvins 	Freak Puke 	Grunge
June 12 	Motion City Soundtrack 	Go 	Pop Rock · Pop Punk · Electrorock
June 19 	The Smashing Pumpkins 	Oceania 	Grunge · Progressive Rock · Psychedelic Rock
June 19 	Spineshank 	Anger Denial Acceptance 	Electrorock · Nu Metal
June 20 	Linkin Park 	Living Things 	Electorock · Rap Rock · Pop Rock
June 20 	Maroon 5 	Overexposed 	Pop · Pop Rock
June 26 	Everclear 	Invisible Stars 	Grunge · Pop Rock · Pop Punk
June 26 	Gojira 	L'Enfant Sauvage 	Death Metal · Progressive Rock
June 26 	The Offspring 	Days Go By 	Punk Rock · Pop Punk
==== July-December ====
Date 	Artist 	Album 	Genres
July 10 	P.O.D. 	Murdered Love 	Nu Metal · Rap Rock
July 17 	Pierce the Veil 	Collide with the Sky 	Post-Hardcore · Metalcore · Progressive Rock · Emo
July 17 	Saving Abel 	Bringing Down the Giant 	Post-Grunge · Hard Rock
July 17 	Soul Asylum 	Delayed Reaction 	
July 31 	Toadies 	Play.Rock.Music 	Grunge
August 7 	10 Years 	Minus the Machine 	Post-Grunge · Hard Rock · Progressive Rock
August 14 	Yellowcard 	Southern Air 	Pop Punk
August 21 	Our Last Night 	Age of Ignorance 	Post-Hardcore · Metalcore
August 28 	Circa Survive 	Violent Waves 	Progressive Rock · Post-Hardcore · Emo
August 28 	Matchbox Twenty 	North 	Pop Rock
September 4 	Imagine Dragons 	Night Visions 	Pop Rock
September 11	Hoobastank 	Fight or Flight 	Post-Grunge
September 18	Set It Off 	Cinematics 	Pop Punk
September 28	Muse 	The 2nd Law 	Electrorock · Progressive Rock · Heavy Metal
October 2 	Papa Roach 	The Connection 	Hard Rock · Electrorock · Rap Rock · Nu Metal
October 2 	Three Days Grace 	Transit of Venus 	Post-Grunge · Hard Rock
October 9 	All Time Low 	Don't Panic 	Pop Punk
October 9 	Coheed and Cambria 	The Afterman: Ascension 	Progressive Rock · Heavy Metal
October 9 	Nonpoint 	Nonpoint 	Nu Metal
October 16 	Anberlin 	Vital 	Hard Rock · Pop Punk
October 19 	Thy Art is Murder 	Hate 	Deathcore
October 22 	Ill Niño 	Epidemia 	Nu Metal
October 26 	Parkway Drive 	Atlas 	Metalcore
October 30 	Flyleaf 	New Horizons 	Post-Grunge · Hard Rock
November 12 	Deftones 	Koi No Yokan 	Progressive Rock
November 13 	Motionless in White	Infamous 	Heavy Metal · Metalcore
November 13 	Soundgarden 	King Animal 	Grunge · Psychedelic Rock
November 19 	Crown the Empire 	The Fallout 	Metalcore · Post-Hardcore · Baroque Rock
November 20 	Code Orange Kids 	Love Is Love/Return to Dust 	Post-Hardcore · Metalcore
November 27 	Modern Baseball 	Sports 	Emo · Folk Rock · Pop Punk
December 4 	Hinder 	Welcome to the Freakshow 	Hard Rock · Post-Grunge
December 12 	Infant Annihilator 	The Palpable Leprosy of Pollution	Deathcore · Death Metal
==Television==
==Video Games==
===Game Releases===
Date 	Title 	Platform 	Genres
January 26 	Resident Evil: Revelations 	N3DS 	Survival Horror
March 13 	Journey 	PS3 	Adventure · Art Game
March 13 	Silent Hill: Downpour 	PS3 · X360 	Survival Horror
March 20 	Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City 	PS3 · X360 · PC 	Third-Person Shooter
April 15 	SCP: Containment Breach 	PC 	Survival Horror
May 2 	Sniper Elite V2 	PC · PS3 · X360 	Third-Person Shooter · Stealth · Tactical Shooter
May 22 	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier	PC · PS3 · X360 	Third-Person Shooter
June 26 	Slender: The Eight Pages 	PC 	Survival Horror
September 23 	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 	PC · PS3 · X360 	First-Person Shooter · Tactical Shooter
October 2 	Resident Evil 6 	PS3 · X360 	Third-Person Shooter
October 15 	Pirate101 	PC 	Role-Playing Game · Turn-Based Strategy
October 16 	Silent Hill: Book of Memories 	PSV 	Action-Adventure
October 23 	Medal of Honor: Warfighter 	PC · PS3 · X360 	First-Person Shooter
October 30 	Assassin's Creed III 	PS3 · X360 · WiiU · PC	Action-Adventure · Stealth
November 6 	Halo 4 	X360 	First-Person Shooter
November 13 	Call of Duty: Black Ops II 	PC · PS3 · X360 · WiiU	First-Person Shooter
November 18 	Scribblenauts: Unlimited 	WiiU · N3DS · PC 	Puzzle · Sandbox
November 20 	Hitman: Absolution 	PC · PS3 · X360 	Stealth · Third-Person Shooter
November 20 	Planetside 2 	PC 	First-Person Shooter · Open World
November 27 	Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault 	PS3 	Platformer · Action-Adventure
November 29 	Far Cry 3 	PC · PS3 · X360 	First-Person Shooter · Open World
December 4 (Shutdown in 2019)	Guardians of Middle-Earth 	PS3 · X360 	MOBA
==See Also==
Category:2012