Today we’re really happy to announce a trio of brand new PS Vita games from our JAPAN Studio: Soul Sacrifice Delta, an expanded edition of last year’s acclaimed dark fantasy adventure; dystopian action RPG Freedom Wars; and stunning JRPG Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines.
Soul Sacrifice Delta will be first to arrive on May 13th, and we’ll confirm more details around Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines and Freedom Wars in the coming months. For now, I’ll hand over to the games’ respective producers to tell you more about each title. And then later today look out for an interview with JAPAN Studio chief Allan Becker.
Soul Sacrifice Delta
Soul Sacrifice Delta is the ultimate edition of Soul Sacrifice with tons of new content and improvements. Grim, the faction who believes in neutrality in all things, joins the blood thirsty Avalon and the merciful Sanctuary, and adds a third angle to bring the Delta in Soul Sacrifice. Grim’s beliefs, rooted in the prophecy they will seek to realise, will bring about irrevocable changes to the world as we know it.
The concept of faction is now at the heart of the game with players able to join the side of their choice, each with their own strengths and play styles. Players from each faction can now register their overall progress.
Soul Sacrifice Delta brings a lot of new content as well, with new Archfiends inspired by dark retellings of classic fairy tales, new sorcerers, arenas, spells and even more quests.
We have also made many improvements to the game design and systems: the graphics engine has been optimized, some arenas are now dynamic with weather effects and structural changes during battle, the spells system has been refined and allows for more collaborative and deeper gameplay.
We’ve also improved the AI of the Archfiends, who are now more vicious than ever. Finally, we’ve taken character customization to a new level, with the ability to mix custom parts and accessories.
Save data from Soul sacrifice including story progression, costumes, offerings, sigils, black rites, life/soul essence and lacrima (up to 10,000) will carry over to Soul Sacrifice Delta! So, if you transfer your save data from Soul Sacrifice, the story progression will carry over and you can continue on with your adventure in Soul Sacrifice Delta.
So that’s Soul Sacrifice Delta in a nutshell, but please stay tuned for more information soon. – Kumi Yuasa
Freedom Wars
We’re excited to finally announce that Freedom Wars is coming to North America! Some of you may have caught wind of the team working on this title, but JAPAN Studio, Shift and Dimps have joined forces to create an action-packed RPG on PlayStation Vita!
Freedom Wars is set in a dystopian world which harbors prisoners, each with a million-year sentence set from birth. You take on the role of a prisoner, forced to fight for your freedom by completing rescue missions that will reduce your seemingly insurmountable prison sentence.
Supported by a robust multiplayer suite, up to four players can play via Ad-Hoc and eight players via Online to fight civilian Abducters; the more civilians you set free, the shorter your sentence becomes. In addition to the challenging co-op gameplay, you’ll be pleased to know that the game has many customizable features ranging from weapon load-outs to the protagonist itself! Check out our new trailer and make sure to stay tuned for more news on Freedom Wars, launching later this year! – Dais Kawaguchi
Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines
Next up we have Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines which is one that you JRPG fans need to have on your radar. “What does ‘Oreshika’ mean?”, I hear you cry. Actually the full title in Japanese is ‘Ore no Shikabane wo Koete Yuke’ which means something along the lines of ‘Go Forth Over My Dead Body’.
In case you haven’t guessed it by now it’s an RPG in which you take charge of an ancient Japanese clan that have been cursed with a maximum lifespan of just 2 years. Your task is to lead the clan on their quest to lift the curse and enlist the help of gods inspired by Japanese mythology to make sure each new generation of the clan is more powerful than the last.
We’ve got some screenshots to show off the beautiful Japanese art style of the characters and environments, but it looks even more fantastic on the PS Vita screen! We’ve got lots more details to share on this one very soon so stay tuned. – Tomoyo Kimura
I got interested in Soul Sacrifice Delta from the podcast the other day, but was disappointed that it was only in Japan. Good news that it will be making it over here.
Well done SCEJ & SCEA!
LONG LIVE THE VITA!!!!!!!
THE YEAR OF THE VITA BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Never heard of the last one, but looks sweet. Yay to all these! Especially Freedom Wars!
i forever will love Rpg wait for this titule
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The same reason it takes 4-6 months for Western games to go over to Japan. It takes time to localize the games and the priority is finishing the game first and translating it second.
Thanks, Sony! Thanks for listening to your customers! I’ll be waiting for the Freedom Wars Demo to come out, to be sure it is to my liking! I’ll pre-order Soul Sacrifice Delta, as soon as it’s available! And, looking forward to know more about the last game! Keep the good games coming to the West for PS Vita!
By the way, any idea if the Tales of for PS Vita would come to the West? There are many fans who wish to play Tales of Heats R, and Tales of Innocence R, which are exclusive to Japan… Myself included.
What a year for the Vita!!! I’ve never been happier with my purchase. Sony – you rock.
Nice! I’m definitely excited for all 3 games.
Made my day!!! So happy to hear that all of these games are coming to the US PS VITA owners, especially Oreshika, I’ve been itching for this one! Thanks a lot! Looking forward to buying them all.
This is awesome. Can’t wait to try out Freedom Wars!
However, whats the story on Tales of Innocence and Tales of Hearts R? My girlfriend and I are huge Tales players and want to get our hands on these two Vita games.
Excited for all 3. Will buy all 3!
Thanks!