SEGA of Japan’s latest character trailer for Valkyria: Azure Revolution focuses on Ophelia, the princess of Jutland and also a member of the “Vanargand”, and anti-Valkyria unit. In the game, she appears capable of using song magic in a similar way to Brunhild, the Valkyria from the Rus Empire. You can view the trailer below.
After playing through the PlayStation Vita version of the Valkyria: Azure Revolution demo, we compiled some screenshots to show the difference between the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita version of the game. As expected, the PlayStation Vita version has some considerable graphical downgrades compared to the PlayStation 4 version. Shadows, texture resolutions and geometry are all of a much lower quality on the PlayStation Vita version, and several special effects have been removed, but the framerate appears to hold up at a steady 30fps and the gameplay is pretty much identical.
SEGA have released a PS Vita “Prologue” demo in Japan for Valkyria: Azure Revolution (known as Valkyria Revolution in the West), after already releasing a new PS4 demo a few days ago. The screenshots provided by Sony on the PlayStation Store also serve as the first look at the PS Vita version of the game. In addition, two new trailers of the Japanese PS4 version have been released, one of them introducing the game’s LeGION battle system and the other giving us a look at the city Elsinore in Jutland, which serves as your base of operations and allows for some degree of exploration. You can view the screenshots and the videos below.
The PlayStation Vita version is said to be the same in terms of content, with only a difference in graphics. In addition, cross save will be supported, even for the demo itself.
Sega and Deep Silver have announced that Valkyria: Azure Revolution will be released to North America and Europe some time in Q2 2017, under the name “Valkyria Revolution“. It will release for Playstation 4, Vita, and the Xbox One, in a rather surprising move. The PS4 version of the game will have a physical copy while the Vita version is digital only. John Hardin has also recently confirmed the inclusion of dual audio tracks in the Western releases of the game, as well!
SEGA has been releasing a series of new 1080P screenshots of Valkyria: Azure Revolution on their official Twitter account lately, and we’ve compiled the ones released so far in the gallery below. A few days ago, SEGA also released a new trailer introducing the “Five Grave Sinners”, or the “circle of five”, who were remembered in history as traitors who led their entire country to war in their personal quest for revenge. What really took place during that time is something that we’ll likely find out when playing the game. We also talked about the individual members of the circle of five, which include main character Amleth, in an earlier article.
SEGA of Japan has released a new character trailer for Valkyria: Azure Revolution, introducing the character Brunhild. As you can notice in the trailer, Brunhilde, a Valkyria, is themed after the Grim Reaper, as she wields a scythe in battle and can sometimes be seen wearing a death mask and black robes. As a Valkyria defending Emperor Claudius and the Rus empire, Brunhild is an enemy to Amleth and his anti-Valkyria Vanargand group. We can see her “Song of Death” incapacitate Amleth’s group in the trailer (a scene also shown if you successfully defeated Brunhild in the second demo), although Ophelia is apparently able to counter it with a song of her own. You can watch the trailer below.
Thanks to Idea Factory International, we now have 2 NA and 2 EU PlayStation Network codes to give away for the PlayStation Vita game Superdimension Neptune VS SEGA Hard Girls, a crossover RPG game between the Hyperdimension Neptunia and Sega Hard Girls franchises. If you’ve been following our website you’ve no doubt heard about the game and the Sega Hard Girls already, but if you haven’t you can find more information on the game on the official website, or take a look at our past articles for the game!
UPDATE: the giveaway is now closed. We announced the winners on Twitter, you can view the details below! Three of the winners have been contacted via DM on Twitter. The remaining one only entered via e-mail, so we sent an e-mail to him. I’ll update this article again when I’ve received everyone’s reply and the codes have been distributed.
The PlayStation Vita version of Chain Chronicle, titled Chain Chronicle V, has received a collaboration event with the Valkyria Chronicles franchise. The event is scheduled to run from December 1 to December 14. The mobile version of the game also received this crossover earlier this year, featuring the same character art. You can view all the character cards that can be unlocked during the event below. While it features the major characters from Valkyria Chronicles and Valkyria Chronicles 3, Juliana is the only character from Valkyria Chronicles 2. The official webpage for the event can be found here.
SEGA have released another trailer for Valkyria: Azure Revolution, this time showing the DLC bonus that comes with the first print of the game. Set one day before the start of the game, it tells the story of how the anti-Valkyria Vanargand unit was formed. You can view the trailer below! Recently, SEGA announced a third demo for the game, to be released in December. Valkyria: Azure Revolution will be released on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in Japan on January 19.
SEGA of Japan have today announced that those who missed out on the Japanese Valkyria: Azure Revolution 2.0 demo earlier on (for which you had to register in advance of its release), will get another chance to play a new demo of the game in late December. The new demo will feature the prologue chapter of the game, and this time the save data from this new demo will also carry over to the full game. Valkyria: Azure Revolution will be released on January 19 for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in Japan.
Source: Official Valkyria Twitter account. Thanks to Gematsu for their translation.