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Valkyria Chronicles Remastered Enters UK Sales Chart at #6

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The latest UK All Formats video game sales charts courtesy of Chart-track shows Valkyria Chronicles Remastered debuting at #6, just behind Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright. In the PS4 specific sales chart, it entered at #4. While the game is being sold at a budget price, the game appears to be getting a much better reception this time around than its original release on PS3. Back in 2008, the PS3 version of the game failed to enter the top 40 in the All Formats chart, and only debuted in the PS3 list at #18.

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King of Fighters XIV Release Date Announced, Published By Deep Silver

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Deep Silver has announced that it will be publishing King of Fighters XIV in Europe, allaying the fears of KOF fans or fighting game fans who were worried about the game’s position in Europe. King of FIghters XIV will release on August 26 in Europe, for €59.99 / £49.99 and with both physical retail copies and digital purchases as an option. The release date is nice in the sense that it follows the Japanese August 25 release date, while North America receives the game on August 23. On a related note, the KOF series is noticeably popular in the Americas, though still niche…

Anyway, much of the information contained in the press statement should sound familiar (it recounts features of KOF XIV, the general concept for the beginner-friendly direction of the title that hopes to rein in more fans, etc.) But in addition to this, the CEO of Koch Media offers some comments on acquiring and publishing King of Fighters XIV, saying that they “are looking forward to adding THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIV to Deep Silver’s portfolio” and that publishing the newest title in “such an iconic fighting series in Europe, the first time on PS4, supplements our roster of Deep Silver games nicely.”

Deep Silver is a game publishing company that has published a variety of big name and niche titles in Europe so far – with regards to Japanese niche game output, some of their upcoming published titles that our readers may be familiar with include Mighty No. 9 and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Deep Silver is also owned by Koch Media in Germany, a company that you might be familiar with. Koch Media was involved with the distribution of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax and Persona 4 Dancing All Night in Europe, though SEGA Europe was still acting as a publisher.

With NISAmerica backing out of future publishing collaborations with Atlus in Europe, one has to wonder if we might see more of a presence from Deep Silver (acting as publisher) and Koch Media (acting as distributor.) Let’s see if Deep Silver will be publishing any more Sega or Atlus titles!

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA-themed Playstation 4 Special Package Announced!

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A news post to the Sony of Japan website announces the production of a Playstation 4 hardware package – the Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- Special Pack. It’s inspired by the soon-to-be-released titles Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X HD and Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone.

It’s being sold in two hard drive capacities (500 GB and 1 TB), with Jet Black being available in both sizes and Glacier White being an option for the 500 GB version. The general package is basically the same as what we’ve seen for other SEGA-related PS4 promotions, but the noticeable differences are the inclusion of two Project DIVA themes for the PS4 and three different bay cover.

There are three different bay covers – one that is Project DIVA X HD-themed, one that is Project DIVA Future Tone-themed, and one that is themed on the SEGA’s continued collaboration with Hatsune Miku (SEGA ft. Hatsune Miku). The Project DIVA X HD bay cover is Glacier White-colored, the Project DIVA Future Tone cover is Jet Black-colored, and the SEGA one is a bright Aqua Blue.

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King of Fighters XIV: Team Yagami Trailer

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The team trailers for King of Fighters XIV continue with the Team Yagami trailer. Team Yagami features Iori Yagami, the decidedly unfriendly rival of Kyo Kusanagi, and Vice and Mature. A team combination that is reoccurring throughout the KOF series. Like Kyo, Iori is sporting a new costume coming from KOF XIII (did he join a motorcycle gang?), but the same applies to his two companions! The team embodies a theme of classiness, edge, and brutality. And, for story and gameplay purposes, Iori’s flames are back.

I’d like to take a moment to note that several game conventions and fighting game tournaments will be hosting playable builds of King of Fighters XIV, and demo builds have already been tested in America and Japan so far. Upcoming events include Stunfest 2016 in France this weekend, Combo Breaker in Illinois next week, and CEO 2016 in Florida during June.

Anyway, check out the team trailer below.

The King of Fighters XIV - Team Yagami Trailer

Group photo of the Nameless, the unit played as in Valkyria Chronicles 3.

Atlus/SEGA PR Manager Comments on Questions Regarding Valkyria Chronicles 2 & 3 and Azure Revolution

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Over at the official Sony PlayStation blog, Atlus U.S.A./SEGA of America PR manager John Hardin commented on the possibility of seeing remastered versions of Valkyria Chronicles 2 & 3, and a possible localization for Valkyria: Azure Revolution. We thought it might be worth sharing the information here, as our readers are no doubt interested in this as well. Read on for a few quotes from Hardin, taken from the comments section on the blog.

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Valkyria Chronicles Remastered Out Now: New Launch Trailer, Themes and EU Digital Deluxe Edition

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SEGA of America and Europe have both released Valkyria Chronicles Remastered today in their respective territories. Four static themes will be made available (for the EU they already are) on the PlayStation Store for $1.99/€1.99, you can see previews of these below. These appear to be the same themes released for Asia, although at the moment we only have 4 out of the 16 that were made available there. These four themes join the 12 avatars that were already made available earlier in the US. For the EU, you can find these on the PlayStation Store by following this link. For the US, these don’t appear to be available yet at this time.

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Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone Japanese Release Schedule

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The newest issue of Weekly Famitsu has disclosed a June 23 release date for Hatsune MIku: Project DIVA Future Tone on Playstation 4 in Japan.

Future Tone is a unique product as far as Project DIVA releases go. There will be a “base application” of Future Tone called Prelude which is free to download on PSN. Once downloaded, users have the option of purchasing either the “Colorful Tone” or “Future Sound” DLC packs to be applied to the game, priced at individually ¥4,212 with tax included. Besides containing character modules (340 modules altogether!), each DLC pack offers a different assortment of songs: 100 songs from the Project Mirai and Project DIVA Arcade games in “Colorful Tone”, and 120 songs from the Project DIVA F games in “Future Sound.”

Preorders begin later this month, and those who preorder will be eligible for two PS4 background themes. The release for this game is being handled all digitally.

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone is an updated version of the arcade title Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone. There is an older English website here for the Arcade game if you’d like to check it out…

There are no currently announced plans for release outside of Japan. Meanwhile, Project DIVA X will be releasing in the Americas during late August.

Credit to the hokanko-alt blog and Gematsu for the information.

Persona 5 Website Updated With Character Profiles for Makoto, Futaba and Haru

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In a recent blog update on the official Persona 5 website, a PR manager for Atlus points out the website has been updated with character profiles for the three new female characters that were recently revealed. While the information in the profile for the characters is the same as the one we’ve already talked about earlier, we do get a few screenshots of the characters and their Personas, which we’ve included below.

Persona 5 will be released on September 15, 2016 in Japan. While the game is confirmed to be heading to the West, a specific release date hasn’t been announced yet.

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Odin Sphere Leifthrasir: English Velvet Trailer and New Media

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Atlus U.S.A. has distributed a new trailer for the character of Velvet ahead of the upcoming release of Odin Sphere Leifthrasir outside of Japan. We’ve attached a small gallery of images, the trailer itself, and a press release to the bottom of this article. This completes the character trailer series for the game, but perhaps we may see different trailers in the future.

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