Upcoming video game releases: 'Anarchy Reigns', 'DmC', 'Ni no Kuni'
Anarchy Reigns (360 PS3)
North America: January 8, age rating M17+
European regions: January 11, age rating 18+ (AUS: MA 15+)
Japan: since July 2012, age rating D (17+)
Larger-than-life characters from Platinum Games' eccentric stable (including selections from previous cult hit Mad World) convene to knock seven bells out of each other.
Price: $29 / €29 / £19 / $49 AUD / ¥7,980
sega.com/anarchyreigns
Earth Defense Force 2017 Portable (Vita)
North America: January 8, Teen
European regions: January 16, 12+
Japan: since September, C (15+)
Repel ginormous alien bugs in the latest installment of this long-running cult classic, a handheld version of the Xbox 360 title of the same name, featuring both local and online co-op modes.
Price: $39 / €/£/$AUD TBA / ¥6,090
DmC: Devil May Cry (360 PC PS3)
North America: January 15, M17+
European regions: January 11, 15+
Japan: January 17, D (17+)
From January 25 on PC
Capcom's ten-year-old series rebooted by the Enslaved and Heavenly Sword studio. Dante must slash and shoot his way through the demon-infested Limbo City, which is gradually falling apart at the seams.
Price: $59 / €59 / £39 / $89 AUD / ¥6,990; less on PC
devilmaycry.com
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 (360 PC PS3)
North America: January 15, M17+
European regions: January 18, 16+
Australia: March 2013, MA 15+
Sequel to the unexpectedly popular stealth game which promises an accurate representation of sniping techniques combined with tropetastic one-man army exceptionalism, taking place in a variety of locations around the world.
Price: $39 / €39 / £29; less on PC
sniperghostwarrior2.com
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (PS3)
North America: January 22, E10+
Europe: January 25, 12+
Japan: Since 2011 (all ages); also on DS
Created by the group behind runaway success Professor Layton in cooperation with animation team Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle), Ni no Kuni sends an orphan into a fantastical world to meet his mother and a host of strange and wonderful beings.
Price: $59 / €59 / £ / $AUD / ¥3,980
ninokunigame.com
Path of Exile (PC)
Worldwide: January 23 via download
An exciting, ambitious and free-to-play action game in the vein of Diablo or Titan Quest, Path of Exile enters open beta on January 23, meaning that all-comers can try out its approach to the action role-playing genre.
Price: Free to play, optional microtransactions
pathofexile.com
