Sega Announces Valkyria Chronicles 4 For PS4, Xbox, and Switch

If you're still reeling from this year's unsatisfactory Valkyria spinoff, here's some pleasant reports: Valkyria Chronicles 4 is happening, and it's arriving to PS4, Xbox One, and Switch in 2018. Don't be anxious: publisher Sega says the overall game is coming to North America and European countries, too.

Like its predecessors, Valkyria Chronicles 4 will be arranged within a fictional twist of European countries during World Battle II, blending turn-based strategy and third-person firing as you guide several soldiers from fight to battle.

"Valkyria Chronicles 4 occurs in the same timeframe asthe original Valkyria Chronicles, but focuses on a complete new solid of mainpeople," said Sega in a news release. "Players will need control of the keen, young Commander Claude Wallace, engineer/heavy weapons extraordinaire Riley Miller, hotheaded Darcsen Raz, ice-cold ace sniper Kai Schulen, and more. Together, they will experience the painful realities of war--but will the bonds of Squad E's friendships endure the iced battlefield?"

Legendary composer Hitoshi Sakimoto will also go back for Valkyria Chronicles 4, Sega says.

This would be the first proper game in the series in nearly ten years. Sega released the first Valkyria Chronicles for PS3 in 2008, with a sequel following on PSP in 2010 2010. Another game, Valkyria Chronicles III, arrived in Japan for PSP in 2011 but never managed to get to English. This time around, Sega's not keeping us in suspense.