Today, NIS America has revealed that fans looking to take on the latest adventure with Adol, Dana, Laxia, and company, can begin to do so next week on PC via GOG and Steam. On Monday, April 16th, 2018, when the game releases, NIS America has confirmed that the game will release with all DLC made available, including updated text in order to ensure fans get the most out of their game.

Additionally, the company has outlined what items will be free, you can see the details down below:

• Adol’s Adventure Essentials DLC
(including the “Silver Armor” and “Adventurer’s Clothes” costumes)
• Digital Mini Art Book
• Digital Soundtrack Sampler
• Laxia’s “Eternian Scholar” Costume

Much of the content matches the same content that will be seen available on the Nintendo Switch when Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA releases on the Nintendo Switch later this year.

About the Game:

Ys returns with a brand-new adventure for the first time since 2009! Adol awakens shipwrecked and stranded on a cursed island. There, he and the other shipwrecked passengers he rescues from a village to challenge fearsome beasts and mysterious ruins on the isolated island. Amidst this, Adol begins to dream of a mysterious blue-haired maiden living in an unknown world. Join Adol as he unravels the riddle of the cursed isle and the blue-haired maiden Dana in Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA!

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA is set to release on April 16, 2018, for Windows PC and June 26, 2018, for Nintendo Switch.

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