This has to be some sort of karmic handjob. I don’t know what I’ve done to deserve this. But get this, true perverts and readers of Omega Level:

Bayonetta’s US release date is: My motherfucking birthday, January 5, 2010. Is there a more fitting gift, than something I have been fapping over for eons? THANK YOU NETHERGODS.

I spent a good amount of time rambling about the cost/benefit analysis of importing the Japanese copy of Bayonetta, as opposed to waiting for a US release. At the time, from what I had read, signs were pointing to January 29, 2010. Well, that shit changed, via PR today:

In the week that SEGA of Japan releases the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 action game BAYONETTA, SEGA Europe Ltd. and SEGA of America Inc. can reveal that the perfectly rated and eagerly anticipated third person action title will be the first genuine triple A of 2010.   Offering exclusive pre-order items for the western market, BAYONETTA goes on sale in the US on January 5th and across Europe on January 8th 2010.

I want copies of Bayonetta from all of you.