Briefly: It’s finally happening.

After launching on Steam late last year and quickly becoming a top-seller, and shortly thereafter revealing that the title was headed to Sony’s Playstation 4 everywhere but North America, the game has officially been confirmed for a North American release.

We’re still awaiting an official release date, but the game will feature a huge 1080P/60FPS update, both Japanese and English audio, all of the game’s released DLC, as well as (for the first time) trophy support.

Valkyria Chronicles Remastered will launch this Spring, though a official release date has not yet been confirmed, and will cost a cool $29.99 US.

Even better, pre-order and launch copies of the physical edition come in a slick ‘Squad 7 Armored Case’, which you can take a look at below!

Valkyria

Not familiar? In the game, the year is 1935 E.C., and the continent of Europa has been plunged into the Second Europan War between the Autocratic East Europan Imperial Alliance — also known as The Empire — and the Atlantic Federation over the precious resource Ragnite. The Empire is sweeping through the continent like an unchecked wildfire and has its eyes set on the rich Ragnite deposits of the Principality of Gallia. Although peaceful Gallia remains neutral in the conflict, its citizens will need to defend home and country against the inevitable invasion. Players follow Lieutenant Welkin Gunther and the vaunted Squad 7 of the Gallian Militia as they take on the seemingly insurmountable forces of the Empire.

Valkyria Chronicles was one of the very best titles on the Playstation 3, so I’m beyond excited to replay it on the PS4 (well, if I can ever get through my backlog). Take a look at the Remastered trailer below, and be sure to let us know if you’re excited!

If you were around for the early, painful years of the PS3, you’ll probably remember how surprisingly great Valkyria Chronicles was. Almost seven years after the 3rd person strategy RPG hit consoles, the game was released on Steam this past week, and based on early sales, our love for the title is still as strong as ever.

Sega is reporting that within the first 24 hours, VC has risen to the top of the Steam sales charts, proving that new and old fans alike are enthusiastic about revisiting the trails of war. From John Clark, Senior Vice President of Commercial Publishing for SEGA Europe,

“We’re also delighted at the response from the Steam community which indicates that newcomers to the series are finding it as enchanting and engaging as those who have played it before.”

Hopefully this sends a loud, clear response to the higher ups that we love this series and would like to see it continue. Sales of the two games in the States were tepid to say the least, leading us to never get a chance to play the third game, but you also have to keep in mind that the PS3 had a low user base at the time of release, while the second one was a drastic change for the original, (while avoiding the PS3 altogether and releasing on the PSP). Is there a chance that we can finally get what many consider to be the best game out of the three? At least on the Vita? Sega is one of the few publishers that remembers the handheld exists, so never say never. Pretty please, Sega?

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