This past week marks the beginning of a new month as well as a new year and 2021 is currently bursting with numerous new games for gamers to play. While the world departs the trash fire that was 2020, this January looks to hold quite a few games to ring in the new year, including such highlights as IO Interactive’s final entry in the Hitman series, the supernatural horror thriller The Medium, and the glorious return of fan-favorite beat-’em-up Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game.

Though the aforementioned trio is among the highest-profile, the remainder of the month is still peppered with quite a few anticipated releases from the cyberpunk platforming of Cyber Shadow and the dark fantasy of Gods Will Fall to the energetic JRPG stylings of Atelier Ryza 2. There’s also the likes of space shooter Everspace 2 and gorgeous tactics-RPG King Arthur: Knight’s Tale to consider as both are currently set to ender Early Access later in January.

On the DLC side of things, fans can expect several notable games to deliver the goods in January. Dragon Ball FighterZ is unleashing yet another character in the form of Baby Vegeta, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition heading up the upcoming ‘Lords of the West’ expansion, and Microsoft Flight Simulator is set to give the United Kingdom some spiffy new updates. In addition, a large-scale update for Path of Exile is also on the way alongside the first of multiple QoL updates for Cyberpunk 2077 and Diablo 3’s annual Darkening of Tristram event.

Of course, January 2021 has even more games/DLC where that came from. The month ahead is packed with a pile of big releases, all of which can be viewed in the list below. Let us know all the games you plan to snag down in the comments and be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook to stay informed of the latest in gaming and entertainment news 24 hours a day!

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January 1st

• Xbox Games with Gold: January 2021
  • Little Nightmares (Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
  • The King of Fighters XIII (Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)

January 2nd

• Streets of Rogue
  • Character Pack DLC (Nintendo Switch)

January 3rd

• Diablo 3
  • ‘Darkening of Tristram’ Event (Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)

January 4th

• Free Games with Prime: January 2021
  • Along the Edge (PC)
  • Alt Frequencies (PC)
  • Bridge Constructor Playground (PC)
  • Void Bastards (PC)
  • When Ski Lifts Go Wrong (PC)
• Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
  • Playable Demo (PlayStation 4)

January 5th

• Apex Legends
  • ‘Fight Night’ Event (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)

• Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues (PC)
• NERTS! Online (Linux, Mac, PC)
• PlayStation Plus Free Games: January 2021
  • Maneater (PlayStation 5)
  • GreedFall (PlayStation 4)
  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider (PlayStation 4)
• Game Preview: Spacebase Startopia (Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
• Summer In Mara (Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)

January 6th

• League of Legends
  • v11.1 Patch (Mac, PC)

January 7th

• Red Colony (Nintendo Switch)
• Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story (Nintendo Switch)

• Stardash(Nintendo Switch)
• Street Cleaner: The Video Game (PC)
• Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart of the Forest (Nintendo Switch)

January 8th

• Iris.Fall (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)

• Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon (Apple Arcade)
• Woodsalt (Nintendo Switch, PC)

January 11th

• Glyph (Nintendo Switch)
• Wrestling Empire (Nintendo Switch)

January 12th

• Five Nights at Freddy’s: Core Collection (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
  • Five Nights at Freddy’s
  • Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
  • Five Nights at Freddy’s 3
  • Five Nights at Freddy’s 4
  • Five Nights at Freddy’s: Sister Location
• Early Access: King Arthur: Knight’s Tale (PC)

January 13th

• The Pillar: Puzzle Escape (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
• Yankai’s Diamond (Android, iOS)

January 14th

• Down in Bermuda (Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)

• Fantasy Tavern Sextet Vol. 2: Adventurer’s Days (Nintendo Switch)
• MXGP 2020 (PlayStation 5)
• Rhythm Fighter (Nintendo Switch)
• Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game – Complete Edition (Google Stadia, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
• Synth Riders
  •  ‘Muse’ Synthwave Essentials 2 DLC (HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, Valve Index, Windows Mixed Reality)

January 15th

• Dragon Ball FighterZ
  • ‘Super Baby 2’ Character DLC (Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
• Path of Exile
  • v3.13 ‘Echoes of the Atlas’ Expansion (PC)
• Splatoon 2
  • ‘Super Mario’ Splatfest Event (Nintendo Switch)
• Writhe (Nintendo Switch)

January 16th

• Pokémon GO ‘Machop’ Community Day (Android, iOS)
• Xbox Games with Gold: January 2021
  • Dead Rising (Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
  • Breakdown (Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)

January 18th

• Dadish 2 (Android, iOS)
• Early Access: Everspace 2 (PC)

January 19th

• TAURONOS (Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)

January 20th

• Early Access: CosmicBreak Universal (PC)
• Hitman 3 (Google Stadia, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox One X/S)
• Lost Angel (PC)
• Teratopia (Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)

January 21st

• Bladed Fury (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
• Early Access: Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights (PC)

• Ghostanoid (Nintendo Switch)
• League of Legends
  • v11.2 Patch (Mac, PC)
• Orange Cast (PC)
• RIDE 4 (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X)
• Rotund Takeoff (Linux, Mac, PC)
• Early Access: Skul: The Hero Slayer (PC)
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated (Android, iOS)

• Unspottable (Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)

January 22nd

• Gravity Heroes (Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
• Path of Exile
  • v3.13 ‘Echoes of the Atlas’ Expansion (PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
• Redout: Space Assault (Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)

January 23rd

• The Unexpected Quest (Nintendo Switch)

January 26th

• Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
  • ‘Lords of the West’ Expansion (PC)
• Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy (Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5)

• Cyber Shadow (Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One)
• Encodya (Linux, Mac, PC)
• Microsoft Flight Simulator
  • United Kingdom Update (PC)
• Stronghold: Warlords (PC)

January 27th

• Project Starship X (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
• Ryte: The Eye of Atlantis (HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Valve Index)

January 28th

• Citizens Unite!: Earth x Space (Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4)
• Heaven’s Vault (Nintendo Switch)
• Marchen Forest: Mylne and the Forest Gift (Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4)
• Olija (Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
• Sword of the Necromancer (Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)

• The Medium (PC, Xbox Series X/S)
• Yakuza Remastered Collection (PC, Xbox One)
  • Yakuza 3 Remastered
  • Yakuza 4 Remastered
  • Yakuza 5 Remastered

January 29th

• Gods Will Fall (Google Stadia, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)

• Re:ZERO – Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PC)

January 2021 TBA

• Beat Saber
  • Multiplayer Update (PlayStation VR)
• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
  • ‘Classic Mode’ Update (Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
• Call of Duty: Mobile
  • January Content Update (Android, iOS)
• Civilization VI
  • New Frontier Pass Pack #5 (Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
  • January 2021 Update (Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
• Cyberpunk 2077
  • Quality of Life Patch 1 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
• Indie Pogo (Nintendo Switch)
  • ‘Meat Boy’ Character DLC (Nintendo Switch, PC)
• Monster Hunter Rise
  • Limited-Time Demo (Nintendo Switch)
• Psychotic’s Colossus Down (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4)
• Early Access: Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth
  • “Stages 3 & 4” Update (PC)
• Early Access: Wobbledogs (PC)

• Early Access: Wrath: Aeon of Ruin
  • Content Update 3 (PC)
• Yupitergrad (Oculus Quest, PlayStation VR)