This Month's PSN EU/AU PSN Releases, JRPG Style! (29/8/14)

Photo from Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment

Hello hello!

For a start, I'm sorry posts have been sparse! I've been working on two reviews with any blogging time I've had, so I haven't been able to keep up with JRPG news this week, which by the way, I hate! What if I missed a sweet game announcement? O.O

Anyway, since I didn't post the PSN update last week, I thought I'd show off what PSN's offerings for the entire months were instead. So if a few of these games look familiar, that's why. But there have been some awesome releases as of late, with games such as Tales of Xillia 2, Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment and Hyperdimension Neptunia ReBirth1 (in case you don't follow @JRPGJungle on Twitter, I'm on a Neptunia kick right now.) being released in these last few weeks. Looks like the game drought is starting to clear, thank goodness!

Enough talk. Here are this month's PSN EU and AU offerings:

New Releases

• End of Serenity (PSP)
• Hyperdimension Neptunia ReBirth1 (PS Vita)
• One Piece Pirate Warriors 2 (PS3)
• Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment (PS Vita)
• Tales of Xillia 2 (PS3)

Free Demo

• Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited (PS Vita)

DLC

• Dynasty Warriors Xtreme Legends Complete Edition (PS3 + PS4 + PS Vita) - Various Free and Paid DLC
• Everybody's Golf (PS3 + PS Vita) - Various DLC
• Hyperdimension Neptunia Rebirth1 (PS Vita) - Various DLC
• Mugen Souls Z (PS3) - Various Free and Paid DLC
• One Piece Unlimited World Red (PS3 + PS Vita) - Various Free and Paid DLC
• Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment (PS Vita) - Costume Pack
• Tales of Xillia 2 (PS3) - Various Free and Paid DLC

Deals

• Persona 4 Golden (PS Vita)
  (Side note: this is my favourite game, so naturally I highly recommend it!)
• Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle - Joestar Offer
• Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle - Prestige Edition - Add-On
• One Piece: Pirate Warriors - Grand Line Edition
• Mugen Souls Z
• Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention
• Blazblue: Continuum Shift Extend
• Toukiden: The Age of Demons
• Demon Gaze
• Atelier Rorona Plus + 3 DLCs
• Atelier Meruru Plus: The Apprentice of Arland
• Atelier Totori Plus: The Adventurer of Arland
• Hyperdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfection

Avatars

• Tales of Xillia 2

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My release of the week: Hyperdimension Neptunia ReBirth1
Comment or Tweet @JRPGJungle with yours!

Did I miss something important? Or maybe you found a game on PSN that you think fellow JRPG fans would enjoy? Comment below, send a tweet to @JRPGJungle or email jrpgjungle@gmail.com to let me know!

Bandai Namco Gives Release Dates For PS Vita JRPGs: Sword Art Online, Tales of Hearts R and One Piece

Bandai Namco is aiming to please this week, giving release dates for Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment, Tales of Hearts R and One Piece Ultimate World Red on PS Vita. The release dates cover both North American and European releases and are all scheduled for release during this year.

While already out on PS3 and other consoles, One Piece Ultimate World Red is due on PS Vita July 14th in North American. Europeans have nothing to wait for - the PS Vita game is already out in European regions, via the Playstation Network or Play-Asia.

Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment will be released in North America August 19th and in Europe a day later on August 20th.

Tales of Hearts R will be released November 11th 2014 in North America. Meanwhile, Europe will receive the game on the 14th of November.

Pre-order One Piece Ultimate World Red for PS Vita: Play-Asia

Pre-order Tales of Hearts R: Play-Asia

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E3 2014 - Bandai Namco: Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment English Trailer

Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment is a game that myself and other fans of the SAO anime have been excited about for some time. Here is the first English trailer of the game! The game is due for release in Summer 2014.

For more information on Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment, check out our previous articles here and here on the game.

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Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment to be Released Digitally in Europe and Australia!

We already knew that Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment was coming to the US digitally. This was and still is awesome, although it meant that if European or Australian gamers wanted to play the game, they would have to import the Chinese version with English subtitles from Play-Asia (which you still can do if you would like a physical copy). It was better than nothing, but kind of a bummer that Europe and Australia were left out...but not anymore!

Bandai Namco have decided to make much cooler for European and Australian SAO fans. They're releasing the localised game digitally on PSN EU!

I particularly enjoyed these quotes from Bandai Namco's European vice president of IP Stragegy, Herve Hoerdt:

“Adding such a strong license to our portfolio in Europe and Australia is an honour for us. Fans were looking forward to enjoy this game, we listened to them.“

“Our close collaboration with Sony allows us to release more and more niche games; Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment is the result of this successful partnership!”

(Quote sourced from Gematsu)

I'm very pleased with this move from Bandai Namco and think it's a move in the right direction for games, particularly one based on an already globally popular anime. The audience for these games is only growing and will be encouraged to grow further if these games are easier to access. Good one, Bandai Namco!

The game will be available in the US, Europe and Australia in July on the Playstation Network. Impatient? If you want to get the Japanese version, it is available at Play-asia.com.

News: This Week in Japan's game sales: Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment debuts on top!

The top selling game in Japan last week was Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment, selling a massive 145029 copies in it's first week. The game was followed by Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy which sold 80523 units.

A few other notable mentions are BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma debuting at number 7, with 10709 sales and a brilliantly titled game called 'I Thought it'd be Harem Paradise but it Turned Out Yandere Hell' selling 4101 and charting at number 18. I'm gonna go look up that game now.

You can read the rest of the charts at Siliconera.