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Written by Dustin Murphy
Did you watch the official @Sega account some information managed to sneak out through the virtual doors of the twitter world? If not don’t be scared. After tweeting about it, Akia Thompson tweeted, “we’re just getting warmed up”, which lead to Valkyria Chronicles sneaking out and becoming a worldwide trend. Guess what? That’s not all. Some sharp-eyed reporters first noticed that Valkyria Chronicles had been listed for PC on PEGI’s official website. Guess what? As of today, SEGA, known for their franchises such as Sonic, Vector Man, and many more have announced that as of today, Valkyria Profiles has been officially announced for pre-order.
For those who aren’t familiar with the series, it’s a rather epic adventure that will take players through lush and beautiful environments while battling legions of enemy troops through the small, yet realistically built country of Gallia. Set in a world that could be viewed upon as a 1930’s cloned Europe will get to take an adventure through a world close to breaking out into a Great War; one that almost resembles World War 2. In this title, players will get to play as a young soldier known as Welkin and his fellow friends, soldiers, and acquaintances throughout the Federations 7th Platoon. In their struggle, they take on the Empire and the sudden appearance of an unseen force only known as “Valkyria”. This ancient race that can use and control special powers existed only within legends and seek to turn the tides of war, but also turn the tides of war out of the Federation’s favor.
The game is known for its average rating of an astound 86% over on Metacritic and even earned itself the title as “Best Strategy RPG on PlayStation 3” through the Guinness World Records in 2010. Players interested will get to experience the games new Hard EX Mode (the hardest version for Skirmish Missions through the games campaign), Enter the Edy Detachment side story, Behind her Blue Flame side story to experience Selveria’s Mission, last, but not least the Challenge of Edy Detachment, which is six challenge missions to enjoy.
Valkyria Chronicles is set to release on Windows PC via Digital Download through select digital retailers on November 11th, 2014. The game will £14.99, €19.99, and $19.99 respectively.
About the Writer:
Dustin is our native console gamer, PlayStation and Nintendo reviewer who has an appetite for anything that crosses the boarders from across the big pond. His interest in JRPG’s, MMO’s, Handheld Gaming, and Pizza is insatiable and can’t be softened by even the biggest names in the gaming industry. His elitist attitude gives him direction, want, and a need for the hardest difficulties in games, which is fun to watch, and hilarity at its finest. To follow Dustin, hit him up on Twitter over at @GamingAnomaly, find him on his Google+. Wanna game with him? You can find him on PSN with RaivynLyken.