Platinum's 'Max Anarchy' coming to the west as 'Anarchy Reigns' this fall

Platinum Games' new multiplayer online brawling game, announced in Japan as "Max Anarchy," won't have as punchy a name when it hits North America and Europe, but at least it'll have the same punchy ... punches. Today, Sega announced that the game is being released this fall as Anarchy Reigns, on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Anarchy Reigns "challenges the boundaries of the conventional brawler genre" with its simultaneous online multiplayer, Sega says. The announcement reveals that several different multiplayer modes will be available, including tag team and "Battle Royal, where players can challenge others in a full-on fight for victory." So it's violence as sport? Sounds a lot like MadWorld -- whose main character, coincidentally, appears in this game.

Anarchy Reigns (PS3/Xbox 360)

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SEGA AND PLATINUMGAMES REVEAL ANARCHY
REIGNS

PlatinumGames Presents a Multiplayer Brawler Set in a World Where Anarchy is King

LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO - (January 27, 2011) – SEGA® Europe Ltd. and SEGA® of America, Inc. today reveal details on upcoming third-person multiplayer brawler, ANARCHY REIGNS™, the much anticipated next title from critically acclaimed developer PlatinumGames. ANARCHY REIGNS will be available fall 2011 on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system

With ANARCHY REIGNS, PlatinumGames will be using their hallmark creativity and technical excellence to challenge the boundaries of the conventional brawler genre by allowing multiple players to get involved in heavy-hitting action simultaneously. ANARCHY REIGNS incorporates a diverse range of multiplayer modes to provide players with different challenges, including Tag Team battles and Battle Royal, where players can challenge others in a full-on fight for victory.

"SEGA is delighted to continue their collaboration with PlatinumGames, one of themost creative and critically acclaimed developers in the world," said Gary Knight, Senior Vice President of Marketing of SEGA West. "ANARCHY REIGNS is set to offer gamers a fresh multiplayer experience with the quality and innovation PlatinumGames is renowned for."

ANARCHY REIGNS will be available fall 2011 for Xbox 360 and the PlayStation®3
computer entertainment system.

Reader Comments (24)

"You western gamers like punchy blood games right? Well here is one for you" Seriously this look generic as hell. There are hundreds of these game already out. At least Mad World had the kick ass art style.

@Deekman
Perhaps you could name these hundreds of games.
Yes, the aesthetic does look fairly generic, and I'm disappointed about that, but there really aren't many "punchy blood games" (I can hardly think of any recent ones other than Splatterhouse and MadWorld), and certainly not multiplayer ones.

@Deekman
It's going to be odd seeing Jack in full colour; but hey, I'll give it a rental at the very least. Sega's MADWORLD and HOTD OVERKILL both still remain in my Nintendo Wii library... though I still need to snag VANQUISH for X360.

When the price drops. ;]

@foxhound
Vanquish is already $30 on Amazon. What price are you waiting for?

@quarlie
Really? :0 Thanks for the heads up, I'll check it out after shift! :D

@foxhound it fluctuates between $40 and $30. If its higher keep checking especially on weekends when deals tend to arise when mailers hit people..

He looks odd with all those colors...

I would have liked it better if the whole game was in color, but Jack was still black and white.

The gentleman in the third picture has armor and leg details (possibly boosters) similar to Vanquish's Sam Gideon.

And even though it is ungentlemanly to say so, that is quite a rear end on the lady in the second picture. Zounds!

And I think we can all agree that it's great to see Jack again. HD Madworld for the PS3, anyone?

@GentlemanWrath

datass.jpg

@Anticrawl

Indeed, sir. Indeed.

Nooo!!! The name was so awesomely cheesy! And I LOVE how they ripped of the Rage logo there.

Man, I hope people buy it, or the online will be dead. :( This is why I prefer single player games. Platinum games have their niche audience, and I won't have to worry about online communities in games like Bayonetta, Vanquish, and Madworld. I can enjoy those on my own. But what if this doesn't catch on? How will I play it? I hope it has bots.

@KungFuChaosNinja

your concerns are definitely warranted and no doubt shared by many, including myself. based on the generally poor reception of bayonetta and vanquish, i think it is pretty much a guarantee that this game is going to be dead in the water. believe it or not, not everyone has an internet connection or even bothers to play games online. that, plus the fact that vanquish and bayonetta were both single-player only makes the concept for this game puzzling.

i understand that platinum wants to establish new ip's with each title, but i'm not really seeing the point of this one. it really seems like they're taking a huge, unnecessary gamble by making this game multiplayer only. i already know that they're going to be disappointed when they find out that no one is playing their game on psn or xbl.

@KungFuChaosNinja plenty of niche games have a dedicated online fanbase. Ace Combat still has a hardcore group for instance. Sometimes online niche can be better as you reconize the people and rarely have to deal with griefers and aholes in general.

This looks like Mad World but with added color.

Mad World + Other Colors Besides Black, White, and Blood

The original Mad World gave me a headache but I could see the appeal to some people.

So this is an old-school arena brawler, but with online play? Count me in!

@Anticrawl I second this!

It's just MadWorld with color and online functions.
Which makes me want it!

that ass..

After being wrong about ASII: brotherhood & dead space 2 muilitplayer i will wait and see what platinum game has to offer, and i hope they had a great single player campaign.

are they goign to put in bayonetta and that guy from Vanquish in to

Gonna' be fun on a bun!!!!

At first I saw the screenshot on the main page and thought, 'HOLY CRAP BORDERLANDS 2!' and then I read the post title and was like... "Awww man..."

Anarchy Reigns

Platinum's 'Max Anarchy' coming to the west as 'Anarchy Reigns' this fall

Anarchy Reigns (PS3/Xbox 360)

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Posted: Jan 27th 2011 12:54PM Deekman said

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