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.

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Earlier on, SEGA of Japan had noted that they would be releasing a demo of Valkyria: Azure Revolution to the general public. They have now opened a website where people can pre-register to receive the demo, as well as other bonus items that will be available at the game’s launch. You can pre-register on the official website here, simply by entering your e-mail address. The demo will be released on November 20, but note that you need to register before November 19 if you want to receive it. You’ll probably need a Japanese Playstation Store account to redeem it.

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SEGA of Japan have released a new trailer for their upcoming RPG Valkyria: Azure Revolution, a spinoff from their Valkyria Chronicles series. The 4 minute trailer features a lot of story footage that we’ve seen before, but it also includes new gameplay footage, including one showing Amleth exploring the city. New character details and artwork have also been added to the official website. While we had seen these characters before in earlier trailers, we now get to know their names and background information. The following characters were revealed:

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Valkyria: Azure Revolution producer Youichi Shimosato has confirmed to Gamer.ne.jp that they will be releasing another demo for the game in Japan, and this time the demo will be available for everyone to download. The previous two demos were restricted to those who bought Valkyria Chronicles Remaster or attended certain events such as the recent Tokyo Game Show.

The game is scheduled to be released on January 19 on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. At this point, a release for the West hasn’t been confirmed.

Thanks to Gematsu for the translation and their original article on the news.

As part of a Twitter campaign, where people are asked to guess the identity of Helena and Blum’s voice actors, SEGA of Japan has released a new video featuring an in-game cutscene from the game. The developers noted that this scene isn’t representative of the game’s final quality, and it’s a good thing they stated as much as the scene looks very rough indeed, with limited character animation and awkward looking characters (Helena in particular).

In addition, the Tokyo Game Show presentation of the game has also been uploaded to SEGA’s YouTube channel, which shows the battle against Brunhild that’s playable in the demo. You can view the videos below.

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