Valhalla Knights gets a Second Chance this October

Marvelous Entertainment USA and XSEED Games have just announced that their upcoming PSP dungeon crawler, Valhalla Knights 2, has just gone gold and will be shipping to retailers in North America on October 1, 2008.

Developed by K2 (most prominently known for their work on FromSoftware's Tenchu series), Valhalla Knights 2 is the follow-up to their first foray into RPGs back in 2006. The original Valhalla Knights was met with a decidedly mediocre reception, but apparently sold well enough in Japan to warrant a "The Best" reprint.

I remember being really excited when the first game was announced, but that enthusiasm slowly died out the more I learned about the game. So, will VH2 be able to right what was wrong with the original? Do you even care?

E3 2008: XSEED Marvelous Round-up

I really didn't cover XSEED's E3 offerings at all. This is partially because there wasn't a lot of new media released for any of them, and partially because they don't really interest me very much. (Hey, at least I'm honest about it.)

I've posted a little bit on what I could find. The majority of it comes from IGN, so if you're really interested in any of these titles, I would suggest checking their coverage.

Little King's Story (Nintendo Wii)


Developed by Cing
Published by XSEED (North America)
TBA 2008


Valhalla Knights 2 (PSP)


Developed by K2
Published by XSEED (North America)
Available September 15th, 2008 in North America


Avalon Code (Nintendo DS)



Developed by Matrix
Published by XSEED (North America)
TBA 2008


Rune Factory Frontier (Nintendo Wii)



Developed by Marvelous
Published by XSEED (North America)
TBA 2009

Note that all of these games are published by Marvelous Entertainment in Japan. Looks like XSEED is really utilizing that partnership right out of the gate.