Following the busy fall season, the video game release schedule in January is typically somewhat unexciting. We did get The Witness last January, but all in all, it was a relatively tame month, especially in comparison to October or November. While you aren’t likely to break the bank this January either, there are a surprising number of highly anticipated titles scheduled to launch before the end of the month.
Below, we’ve highlighted a few of the biggest releases coming to consoles and PC this month. At the end of the post, you’ll find a complete list of every game that has a January release date:
Gravity Rush 2
Release Date: January 20th | Platform: PS4
The sequel to one of the most well-received PS Vita games of all time is coming exclusively to the PS4 on January 20th. We’ll have a full review on the site later this month, but if you like the idea of platforming and battling while shifting gravity, Gravity Rush 2 might be up your alley. In the meantime, if you want to catch up on the story, you can watch the two-part anime that bridges the gap between the games on YouTube.
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
Release Date: January 24th | Platform: PS4
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 will be the final Kingdom Hearts game/compilation released before Kingdom Hearts 3 finally arrives on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The 2.8 collection is comprised of Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance HD (an HD remake of the 3DS game), Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth by Sleep – A Fragmentary Passage (which uses tech from KH3) and Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover (a series of cinematics that will fill in some of the game’s untold back story).
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Release Date: January 24th | Platform: PS4, Xbox One, PC
Resident Evil 7 is a first-person survival horror game that attempts to bring the series back to its roots after it nearly went off the rails with Resident Evil 5 and 6. The entire game takes place in one location, with an ordinary man trying to escape the clutches of an insane, seemingly unstoppable family.
Tales of Berseria
Release Date: January 24th | Platform: PS4, PC
The latest entry in Bandai Namco’s Tales RPG franchise, Tales of Berseria was released to solid reviews in Japan last August. If you’ve ever played a Tales game before, you should know what you’re getting from Berseria, but it does hold the distinction of being the first Tales game ever built for the PS4.
Yakuza 0
Release Date: January 24th | Platform: PS4
Yakuza 0 is the latest open-world, action adventure game in the long-running Yakuza series. It will actually serve as a prequel to the original Yakuza game, which released in Japan way back in 2005. If you have any interest in the franchise, this should be a good jumping off point, both in terms of the story and the gameplay.
January Release Schedule:
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone | PS4 | January 10th
Road Redemption | PS4, Xbox One | January 15th
2064: Read Only Memories | PS4 | January 17th
Gravity Rush 2 | PS4 | January 20th
Urban Empire | PC | January 20th
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King | 3DS | January 20th
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue | PS4 | January 24th
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard | PS4, Xbox One, PC | January 24th
Tales of Berseria | PS4, PC | January 24th
Yakuza 0 | PS4 | January 24th
Disgaea 2 | PC | January 30th
Double Dragon IV | PS4, PC | January 30th
Constructor HD | PS4, Xbox One, PC | January 31st
Divide | PS4 | January 31st
Hitman: The Complete First Season | PS4, Xbox One, PC | January 31st
Digimon World: Next Order | PS4 | January 31st
Check back next month for the complete list of video game releases scheduled for February.
The latest update to hit Minecraft for consoles is now available, bringing the console version to near feature parity with the PC version.
Minecraft 1.10 for consoles is now available, making significant changes to endgame content, and adding a brace of new mobs, blocks, and items.
According to the release notes, new End Cities and End Ships have been added to The End, adding more life and character to the otherwise bland final area of one of the most popular games on the planet.
Players can also now get Elytra, a chestplate-slot item that gives the player wings. While equipped, players can glide from high ledges until they reach the ground, controlling their rate of descent by looking up or down. While a small amount of altitude can be gained by looking up, players will stall if they do so for too long. Elytra cannot be crafted, only found in The End.
Update 1.10 also adds brewing, new tutorials for banners and elytra, and status effects such as levitation and luck.
The highly pixelated world of “Minecraft” has been a global hit among kids and adults alike and had mashed up with other game franchises over the years. This Holiday season will be no different as the five-year-old game will be crossing paths with an equally famed title – Bethesda’s “Fallout.”
The new downloadable content has been revealed to fans about a week ago and has gone live since yesterday. Just like the previous penchant, the new game segment has brought in loads of new skins and items taken from the “Fallout” universe, Gamespot learned. Some of the new skins include the likes of “Fallout’s” renowned mascot, Vault Boy, Nick Valentine, Jangles the moon monkey, Paladin Cross, robo-sleuth, Tinker Tom, and even the super-powered mutant, Fawkes.
Nuked landmarks in the “Fallout” lore has also graced the game which include the Tenpenny Tower and the Capitol building. These well-known beacons won’t be complete without it being infested with oversized web crawlers, two-headed bovine mutations, gruesome-looking anomalies, and slender ghouls.
Making the “Minecraft-Fallout” experience complete is the playlist that went along the newly released game expansion. The soundtrack has stashed in popular tunes in recent and previous “Fallout” titles that will make sandbox gameplay all worthwhile during the Holidays.
The new DLC comes with a price tag of $6 and is now available on all major gaming platforms including legacy consoles such as Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.
PC players, on the other hand, will not be left out as Minecraft’s website also released the 1.11.1 patch that brought forth some nifty stuff within the game. Such items include a rocket equipped elytra glider, a so-called “sweeping edge” enchantment for bladed weapons, iron nuggets, and a tweak in the game’s attack indicator where players are now being signaled on when to strike.
Is Minecraft the Most Available game ever? It seems like it’s out on pretty much every major platform going, and this week added yet another: Apple TV. Minecraft: Apple TV Edition costs $19.99, and comes bundled with a number of DLC packs, including the Holiday 2015, Town Folk, and City Folk skin packs, and the Plastic, Natural, Cartoon, and Festive 2016 mash-ups. However, it is missing two biggish features: Microsoft Realms and Xbox Live support. Developer Mojang says these will be coming “in the near future.”
And, Minecraft: Apple TV Edition will also come with the Ender Update, released at the same time for the Pocket and Windows 10 versions of the game. This update adds a chunk of single player gameplay to Minecraft in the form of an alternate dimension (the End), populated by various baddies and items (e.g., Ender Crystals and Ender Pearls), as well as the Ender Dragon itself.
In the new update for the “Minecraft” game, update 1.10 is considered the holiday update. This update introduces wings to the console versions of the game, as well as new mobs as well as new features for The End dimension.
“Minecraft” developer Mojang released a “Fallout” crossover DLC pack, which made the console versions of the game transform into a wasteland, according to Game Rant. The pack is mostly for cosmetic purposes, as it only adds a few new characters as well as character skins. However, the new update promises that this time, it is more practical and free for everyone.
The new update adds a whole new range of features to the “Minecraft” console versions. Update 1.10 gives significant changes to The End dimension’s landscape with the addition of End Cities and End ships. The former is basically made out of end stone bricks as well as purpur blocks, which can be composed of just a single tower. The latter are simply pirate-ship like vessels, as described by the players who played the PC and Mac versions of the game.
Also, “Minecraft” update 1.10 gives players several new items that help make the game even more interesting. This includes Dragon’s Breath, Water Splash Potion, Tipped Arrow, and Elytra. The last one on the list cannot be crafted, but are only found in End Cities and can be worn as a chestplate that allows players flight.
However, the Elytra only allows players to glide from high ledges until they reach the ground, according to Game Spot. The rate of descent can be controlled by looking up or down, but if the player looks up for prolonged periods of time, they will stall. Otherwise, they gain a small amount of height.
“Minecraft” is available on the PC, PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. The game is available for both Android and iOS mobile devices.
