Is Anarchy Reigns Coming to the West in January?

Japanese developer Platinum Games is well known for titles like Bayonetta and Vanquish. And its latest game, Anarchy Reigns (known as Max Anarchy in Japan) was supposed to come to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the west this past July. It still came out in Japan, but was inexplicably delayed mere weeks before its western launch.

Publisher SEGA later noted that the game would be released in Q1 of 2013, and it seems that SEGA was true to its word, at least according to online retailer Amazon.

Website Xbigy Games notes that if you go to Amazon and search for Anarchy Reigns, both the PS3 and 360 versions of the game show up. The PS3 version of the game has no date affixed to it, but the 360 version does: January 08, 2013.

January 08, 2013 is a Tuesday, which is the traditional day of the week games come out in North America. It could be a placeholder, but then again, it may not be. We’ve reached out to SEGA for confirmation of the date, and will update when we hear back.

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Metal Gear Rising on 360 Cancelled in Japan, Still on for West

The Xbox 360 version of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance will still release in Western Markets, despite it being cancelled in Japan.

Konami announced this morning that the version of Platinum Games' upcoming hack 'n' slash planned for Microsoft's console in Japan had been canned, though no reason for the decision was given.

A statement given to IGN though confirms that this will have no impact on the game's Western release. It reads, "Metal Gear Rising Revengeance for Xbox 360 and PS3 will be released in the West as planned in February 2013."

While we can only speculate why the game was cancelled in Japan, it's probably due to the fact that the Xbox 360 isn't as well established as the PS3 over there, and is unlikely to be due to any performance issues pertaining to the game on Microsoft's console.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance will be released on February 19 in America and February 21 in Europe on PS3 and Xbox 360. A PC version was originally planned, but later cancelled.

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