SEGA have revealed the Japanese box art for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita version of Valkyria; Azure Revolution. Featuring the main character Amleth, the box art’s desaturated colors and gloomy look contrasts with those of the Valkyria Chronicles games. A prologue video (in Japanese) was also released, introducing the kingdom of Jutland and the Rus empire. You can view the video below, along with a preview of the box art!
The Humble Store has launched a new Birthday Sale, and it’s giving people the option to create a SEGA Bundle of their own. Buying 3 or more games from a select list of SEGA games will give you a significant discount on the entire bundle. You get 80% off when buying 3 game, 83% for 4 games and 85% for 5 games. This is the list of available games which you can add to your own bundle:
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.
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:
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.
Earlier on we posted the first part of Nyoro SF’s translation of the GAMER interview with the director and producer for Valkyria: Azure Revolution. This is the second part of the lengthy interview, where we learn more about the fantasy and RPG elements in Valkyria: Azure Revolution, as well as the reason Valkyria Chronicles 2 took a different turn in terms of setting and characters. It’s an interesting read for those interested in Valkyria: Azure Revolution, and the evolution of the Valkyria Chronicles series. You can find the interview below! Once again our thanks go to Nyoro SF for translating the interview, and giving us permission to post it here.
Earlier on we already wrote an article on the Valkyria Chronicles and World of Tanks Blitz collaboration, and today SEGA and Wargaming.NET announced the Edelweiss and Nameless tanks are now available in the game (for a limited time). They also released a new, rather awkward, trailer as well. You can watch it below. Pricing details can be found here.
SEGA have updated the Valkyria: Azure Revolution website with some new previews of the preorder bonuses available at various. While we usually do get preorder bonuses in the West for SEGA games, in Japan there are typically a lot more preorder items, all spread across different retailers. As a result, it can be difficult deciding which retailer you want to purchase from. We included the previews of all the preorder items below (you can hover over the images for a description). You can view the retailers they’re available from on the official website.
Earlier this year, Japanese website GAMER interviewed the producer and director of Valkyria: Azure Revolution and Valkyria Chronicles Remastered. Recently, NeoGAF member Nyoro SF translated the interview in English, and our editor InTheSky already wrote an article about that earlier on, summarizing the info from the translation. However, Nyoro SF has now kindly given us permission to post the entire translation on our website. As such, you can now find the first part of the translated interview below! It’s an interesting read, as the developers also discuss the popularity of the series in the West, and whether or not a remaster of Valkyria Chronicles 2 and 3 is a possibility. Expect a follow-up article with part 2 of the translation soon!