Tales of Berseria demo available on January 10th, 2017 for both the PS4 & Steam. New dubbed video released as well. UPDATE: Bandai Namco talks about the censorship issue.
There will be a playable demo for the localized version of Tales of Berseria available on January 10th, 2017 on the PS4 and Steam. We've received word from Bandai Namco that both North America & Europe will receive the demo on this day.
Bandai Namco also announced several preorder bonuses on both platforms for Europe. If you preorder on Steam and own either Tales of Symphonia or Tales of Zestiria in your library, you'll get 10% off your preorder. On the PS4, you will get an exclusive PS4 theme featuring the Tales of Berseria characters and 3 soundtracks from the game. A 15 minute skit video will also be unlocked if you preorder from either platform. We'll confirm with the U.S. branch if the bonuses are similar.
The Steam release will also support 60 FPS, just like the PS4 version.
Along with this news, Bandai Namco released a 9 Minute video featuring the game's dub. The video does contain spoilers, so watch at your own risk.
Regarding the "censored" part:
Those who have played the Japanese version may have noticed that a particular scene in the game has been...heavily altered. Bandai Namco has personally made a statement on this issue on their Facebook page:
Tales of Berseria will be released on January 24, 2017 for North America for the PS4 and January 27, 2017 for Europe for the PS4 and worldwide for PC Digital via Steam.
The PS4 version has a Collector's Edition available for the North America and Europe regions, pre-orders are at the following shops:
US Collector's Edition: Amazon | GameStop | Bamco | Amazon CA | BestBuy US | Play-Asia | EBGames CA
EU Collector's Edition: Amazon DE | GameStop DE | Amazon UK | GAME UK| Zavvi | ShopTo UK | Amazon ES | GAME ES | FNAC FR | MightyApe NZ | MightyApe AU | GameStop IT | WebHallen | GameStop DK
Regular versions of the game can be bought at the following shops:
- US: Amazon US | GameStop | BestBuy | Play-Asia | Amazon CA
- EU: Amazon UK | Amazon DE | Amazon ES | Zavvi | Play-Asia
Tales of Berseria is the latest mothership title of the Tales of Series which was first announced during Tales of Festival 2015. The game was released for both the PS3 and PS4 on August 18, 2016 in Japan, January 24, 2017 in North America and January 27, 2017 in Europe for the PS4 and PC. The game features a female protagonist named Velvet and a theme of pirates and ships. It’s also confirmed as a distant prequel to Tales of Zestiria.
