This Week's PSN EU/AU PSN Releases, JRPG Style! (5/6/15)

Why hello! Welcome to this week's edition of Europe and Australia's new PSN releases, which pulls each week's PSN additions related to the JRPG genre and other Japanese games into one post for your convenience.

So I must have been living under a rock or something over the last few weeks (or starting a new job), because I somehow completely missed that Steins;Gate was coming to PS3. Steins;Gate is one of my favourite anime ever because of it's deep story about time travel and it's effects on others and the game is meant to delve much deeper into this tale. If you haven't experienced the story, this is supposed to be the best way to do it.

Joining Steins;Gate are Operation Abyss and Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign-. I'm definitely excited for Guilty Gear's 2.5D graphics and because I always love an Arc System Works fighting game. Operation Abyss could also be interesting, with it incorporating lots of ideas from other games hopefully in new ways. With these three new releases, I'm pretty happy with this week's selections for JRPG fans and would call this a good week!

To all of you, have a good week and happy gaming!

New Releases

• Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign- (PS4)
• Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy (PS Vita)
• Steins;Gate (PS3)

DLC

Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy (PS Vita)

Free

• Dark Hero Portraits
• Power Recorder Set

Paid

• Swim Team Xth Squad

Deals

Playstation Plus Discounts

• Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign- (PS4)

Themes

PS Vita

• Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines Theme

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Pick of the week: Steins;Gate. #need

What's your pick of the week? Will you be picking up anything from the PSN this week?

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Please note the content available is subject to change by region and the content listed in this post is based on the European/Australian PSN at the time of writing.

Be Afraid - Corpse Party: Book Of Shadows Released In English On iOS Worldwide

Ever wanted to play the high school horror game, Corpse Party? Now you can! Xseed Games has localised 5pb's Corpse Party and it is available now on iOS worldwide. The localised game has been previously available on PSN, but this is it's first appearance on iOS.

Corpse Party revolves around a group of Kisaragi Academy students who find themselves trapped in the Heavenly Host Elementary School, an alternative dimension that was sealed by a mystical charm. In order to escape, the students must unravel the the mystery of the Elementary School or be doomed to join the corpses trapped inside the dimension before them.

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Phantom Breaker: Battlegrounds Coming West On PS Vita Very Soon

Game developers 5pb. have announced they will be launching the side-scroller, beat em' up game Phantom Breaker: Battlegrounds in North America and Europe on July 29th and in South Korea on August 1st. The game will be released on PS Vita via the PSN store.

Not only is this exciting news for fans of 5pb.'s games (who are the developers behind popular visual novel series Steins;Gate and Chaos;Head), it has also been an important experience for 5pb. as it is their first international release. Producer Masaki Sakari stated (via Gematsu's original article) that it was a big learning experience for them that he expects will be useful going forward. Hopefully this means we can expect more 5pb. games in the West in future!

The Japanese trailer for Phantom Breaker: Battlegrounds can be seen below. The trailer also features cameos from some Steins;Gate characters!

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Xbox One is getting some mega cool JRPGs!

Never ever did I think I would want an Xbox One so soon. A few days ago, a NicoNico stream was held by Mages and it announced some awesome new games, including a new Science Adventure series (which includes Steins;Gate, Chaos;Head and Robotic;Notes) game! Trailers below, all games look pretty darn cool, although I don't know nearly enough Japanese to tell you anything more about them. If anyone has anymore information or can translate, I welcome your comments!

Psycho Pass

Psycho Pass is a game based off the anime series, although this game is a new story presumably in the same universe. I watched a few episodes of Psycho Pass and it's something I've been meaning to come back to. The anime is full of a very interesting concept about technology having the ability to measure a person's mental state and whether or not they're about to commit a crime. I'm sure this will be reflected in the game, I can't wait!

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Update! Kotaku has posted English versions of these trailers that are highly helpful. You can view them at their article: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/05/japans-xbox-one-exclusives-translated-for-your-convenience/

Chaos;Head Dual coming to PS Vita!

From 5pb. (the creators of Steins;Gate), Chaos;Head Dual will be coming to PS Vita on one cartridge. This will feature the original visual novel Chaos;Head Noah and also Chaos;Head Love Chu Chu. The bundle is due out in Japan August 21st, with a standard and limited edition at HMV.

Chaos;Head is a story that revolves around an otaku who accidentally stumbles upon evidence for murders that are happening in his town - and that's barely touching the surface. Expect delusions and lots of mystery if the anime is anything to go by!

Note: No English released announced so far.

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Don't have a PS Vita or you're impatient? You can find Chaos;Head Noah and Chaos;Head Love Chu Chu at Play-Asia.com. Both games are in Japanese.