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Ys VI and Akiba's Trip announced for PC release

by: Travis - posted: 3/26/2015 1:11:00 PM
More On: Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed

XSEED Games has announced that role-playing games Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim and Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed will be making their way to the PC this spring. Before now Ys VI has only been available on the PlayStation 2 and portable systems, the game will be receiving high-resolution graphics, USB controller support, widescreen support, ability to warp between checkpoints, and an optional Catastrophe Mode that disables purchasing or storing healing items.

Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed will also receive a host of PC improvements including Steam achievements, USB controller support, and include the built-in Visual Editor that allows players to alter the game's appearance through various visual filters.

Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim is scheduled for release this spring for PC and will be available on Steam, the Humble Store, and GOG.com. Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed is also scheduled for release this spring for PC and will be available on Steam.

XSEED GAMES ANNOUNCES YS VI: THE ARK OF NAPISHTIM AND AKIBA’S TRIP: UNDEAD & UNDRESSED FOR WINDOWS PC
Two Fan-Favorite Action RPGs Coming to PC in the West This Spring

Torrance, Calif., (March 26, 2015) - XSEED Games, the independent-minded console publishing brand of Marvelous USA, Inc., has announced that it will be bringing two all-star action RPG titles to PC for the first time in North America this spring. Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim, originally the first 3D entry in Nihon Falcom’s long-running Ys series, is scheduled to launch with a brand new translation and game-changing features exclusive to this PC release. AKIBA’S TRIP: Undead & Undressed, ACQUIRE’s tongue-in-cheek supernatural beat-‘em-up set in Tokyo’s “Electric Town” district, will launch with the Visual Editor feature previously exclusive to the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system version.

Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim
Formerly only available in North America on the PlayStation®2 and PlayStation®Portable systems, Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim delivers a storyline rich with memorable characters and themes on top of engaging hack-and-slash action RPG gameplay that would go on to influence later Ys titles, setting the foundation that series favorites Ys: The Oath in Felghana and Ys Origin were later built upon. Complete with the original high-resolution graphics and full USB controller support, the PC version of Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim introduces brand-new features exclusive to this PC version that aim to create a modernized gameplay experience more in line with later Ys entries. Among these features are full widescreen support, the ability to warp among checkpoints, and an optional “Catastrophe Mode” in which healing items can’t be purchased or stored and are instead used automatically on pickup.

Developed by Nihon Falcom, Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim is scheduled to launch worldwide this spring on PC via Steam, the Humble Store powered by Humble Bundle, and GOG.com. This game has not been rated by the ESRB.

AKIBA’S TRIP: Undead & Undressed
In AKIBA’S TRIP: Undead & Undressed, players take an eclectic trip through a meticulous recreation of Tokyo’s “Electric Town” district, Akihabara (Akiba for short), where they will engage in real-time action RPG-style battles against vampiric foes called “Synthisters” who prey on the district’s anime- and game-obsessed patrons. They feast on their victims’ social energy and will to live rather than their blood, and only direct exposure to sunlight can stop them in their tracks. So, naturally, the logical thing to do is strip them down to their skivvies and watch them melt away!

In addition to Steam achievements and USB controller support, the PC edition of AKIBA’S TRIP: Undead & Undressed offers the built-in “Visual Editor” feature from the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system version of the game, which makes it possible to completely alter the game's appearance either through a series of preset visual filters or through individual toggles and sliders for each aspect of the game’s lighting and rendering systems.

Developed by ACQUIRE, AKIBA’S TRIP: Undead & Undressed is scheduled to launch worldwide this spring on PC via Steam. More information can be found at http://www.akibastrip.com/. The previously-released PlayStation®3, PlayStation®Vita and PlayStation®4 system editions of this title have been rated “M” for Mature by the ESRB. This PC edition has not been rated by the ESRB.

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