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Valkyria Revolution Game Slated for the West in June With Limited Edition

Sega announced on Monday that the Valkyria Revolution (Valkyria: Azure Revolution in Japan) PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita role-playing game will ship in North America on June 27 and in Europe on June 30. The PS4 version will be available as physical and digital copies, but the PS Vita version will only be available digitally. Sega is streaming a new trailer for the game which reveals the game's "Vanargand Edition."

The Vanargand Edition comes with a metal pin with the Vanargand logo, a 12-track soundtrack by Yasunori Mitsuda, and a special box.

Valkyria: Azure Revolution shipped for PS4 and PS Vita in Japan on January 19.

The game's website describes the story:

From the plentiful Ragnite came the "magical art," and it brought the people many blessings. From the people, there were a select few who saw Ragnite's industrial potential, and started heavy magical industries to exploit it, and make it available to everyone. So began the "Azure Revolution," a great industrial revolution that changed the world.

The Azure Revolution transformed industry and society itself, with the Ragnite resource marking a turning point in history, and changing the face of warfare as well. The age of monarchy had begun.

In 1853, a hundred years after the beginning of the Azure Revolution, the small southern European nation of Jutland launched an assault against a base of the Rus Empire, one of the world's great powers. In accordance to its principles, the Rus Empire retaliated with an economic blockade and embargo, and in time Jutland was impoverished. Jutland proclaimed "independence and liberation from the colonialism of the great powers" and declared war on the Rus Empire, who employed a Valkyria in its ranks.

The young men and women who participated in what would later be called the "Miraculous War of Liberation" will be judged to be the greatest criminals in history. This is a war of liberation that hides a motive of personal revenge.

The game stars:

Daisuke Ono as Amleth Glenkaer, the game's protagonist.

Saori Hayami as Ophelia A. Jutland, the game's heroine, and the princess of the Jutland Kingdom able to use magic arts through song.

Maaya Sakamoto as Brunhild, a Valkyria called "The Reaper" who serves the Empire under the terms of the "Ring" contract.

Other cast members include:

• Hiroshi Kamiya as Suleyman Kahlenberg
• Yuuki Kaji as Basil Sabanci
• Takahiro Sakurai as Fleat Eriksen
• Miyuki Sawashiro as Violet Sand
• Tsutomu Isobe as Claudius Powlovich Kiev
• Kenichi Suzumura as Maxim
• Kenji Nojima as Balthus Greppenberg
• Toshihiko Seki as Gustav Mecklenburg
• Atsuki Tani as Viktor Timashev
• Tesshō Genda as Gilouche Benckendorff

The game's graphics engine will use the "GOUACHE" shader to portray fine details and color in the game's graphics to make the game resemble a painting. The previous Valkyria Chronicles games used the "CANVAS" engine to achieve a similarly unique "pencil-drawing" effect. The game will also feature a new "LeGION" combat system that will resemble traditional RPGs, but will also portray battles by massive armies.

Update: The Xbox One version will also ship on the same dates. Thanks, KH91 and brynhild