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Tales of Berseria Announced
SANTA CLARA, Calif., (December 21, in the year of our
Lord 2015) – BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc.,
today announces that it will be bringing TALES OF BERSERIA, the
latest installment of the TALES OF Japanese role-playing game
series, to the Americas for the PlayStation®4 computer
entertainment system and Steam. TALES OF BERSERIA is the first
TALES OF game to feature a female character as its singular main
protagonist. Players will encounter a myriad of characters and
join them on challenging quests exploring the world.
In TALES OF BERSERIA players embark on a journey as they assume
the role of Velvet, a young woman whose once gentle nature has
been replaced and overcome with a festering anger and hatred
after a traumatic experience three years prior to the events
within TALES OF BERSERIA imbued her left hand with a special
ability. Velvet will visit a wide range of breathtaking
environments as she travels the world in an all-new adventure
developed by the celebrated team behind the TALES OF series.
Along her journey, Velvet will meet a whole cast of characters,
including a young boy named Laphicet. If Velvet is the
embodiment of “darkness,” then Laphicet is created in the image
of “light” and will be an important ally to Velvet.
Veteran TALES OF character designers; Mutsumi Inomata, Kosuke
Fujishima, Minoru Iwamoto, and Daigo Okumura will be returning
to help create the game’s many characters, while famous Japanese
animation studio, ufotable, returns to animate the game’s
breathtaking cutscenes, delivering truly epic and emotional
storytelling in their unique style. The two announced
characters, Velvet and Laphicet, are designed by Ms. Inomata and
Mr. Iwamoto, respectively.
“BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment’s commitment to providing gamers
with compelling role-playing game experiences in the West
continues with the announcement of TALES OF BERSERIA,” said Eric
Hartness, Vice President of Marketing for BANDAI NAMCO
Entertainment America Inc. “The TALES OF franchise’s history of
memorable characters, engaging battle systems, and personal
stories will continue to delight fans on the PlayStation 4
system and PC.”