On Twitter, Sega replied to questions from fans who were worried about Valkyria Chronicles receiving a subpar PC port (like the recent release of FF XIII). It seems those fears were unfounded, as Sega reassured fans by confirming that the game will have native support for 720P/1080P or higher resolutions, 60FPS, keyboard/mouse support and also configurable controls. If accurate, and judging from previous Sega PC ports we have no reason to believe they aren’t, we’re looking at a solid PC port.

From what we’ve seen on the first screenshots, the assets (textures, 3D models, …) remain exactly the same as those of the PS3 version. Given the game’s art style however, this shouldn’t be a problem. As we’ve seen from the PC version of Jet Set Radio, higher resolution textures are not necessarily required to make cel-shaded games look up to date on modern hardware. The higher resolutions will also make it possible to significantly reduce the aliasing, which at times was very noticeable in the original 720P PS3 version. Sega also mentioned that more details will be revealed as we get closer to the release of the game on November 11, 2014.

Sega has issued a press release giving us more details about the upcoming PC version of Valkyria Chronicles. The game will be available as a digital download from select digital retailers for a price of £14.99/€19.99/$19.99, and will be launched on November 11, 2014. It will also include all the DLC that was available for the original PlayStation 3 game (Hard EX Mode, Edy’s Mission “Enter the Edy Detachment”, Selveria’s Mission “Behind Her Blue Flame” and Challenge of the Edy Detachment). And if that wasn’t enough value for money, you can also get a discount if you preorder the game from certain retailers. You get a 10% discount when pre-ordering from Steam, or as our friends at SEGAbits pointed out, even a 25% discount when pre-ordering at Get Games.
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if this PEGI rating is any indication, it seems Valkyria Chronicles may actually be getting a PC version. This would certainly come as a surprise, even though Valkyria Chronicles proved to be a popular request in the recent PC ports campaign, where fans asked Sega to port more of their console games to the PC.

It’s probably best not to get too excited just yet, given that this is far from an official announcement. But if the game does end up being released on PC, it would certainly give the fans a chance to revive the franchise and convince Sega to localize Valkyria Chronicles 3. The fact is that the idea for this very website was first discussed on the official Valkyria Chronicles forums. Suffice to say that this franchise is very important to us, and we’d definitely do everything we can to support a PC release of the game. Fingers crossed!

EDIT: Sega just confirmed that the game is in fact coming to PC!

In a surprise announcement at the Tokyo Game Show, Sega revealed two new characters who will be joining the list of characters of the upcoming Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax. The characters in question are Selvaria and Alicia from Sega’s Valkyria Chronicles.

It’s the second team comprised of characters from a Sega franchise, after Akira and Pai from Virtua Fighter had already been confirmed to be featured in the game. While Selvaria is a playable character, Alicia will only be a support character (like Pai). The game is currently scheduled for a release on November 13th in Japan on the PS3 and PS Vita.

Selvaria displaying her powers as a Valkyria.

Hit the break to check out a video of the Valkyria Chronicles team in action! For those unfamiliar with the first Valkyria Chronicles game, be warned that there is a story spoiler for those who view this video.

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It’s been a while since we’ve written about Valkyria Chronicles. Last I wrote of them, I highlighted some cool content featuring the series. Once again we have another opportunity to showcase something for the series: a fanfilm courtesy of cosplaying group AAAandgirls from the Czech Republic. It’s not meant to seriously reflect the original Valkyria Chronicles’ content as it takes a lot of liberties, but it is more about a fun romp featuring people portraying some elements of the Second Gallian War anyway. Check it out!

Credit to Kotaku for their news posting on the video.