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XSEED Games to Start Publishing on Steam
First two titles to be Ys: The Oath in Felghana and Ys Origin from developer Nihon Falcom
Torrance, Calif., (March 13, in the year of our Lord
2012) – XSEED Games, an independent-minded publisher,
is proud to announce that they will be bringing Ys: The Oath in
Felghana and Ys Origin, both from acclaimed Japanese developer
Nihon Falcom, to PC on Steam. Ys: The Oath in Felghana will
launch on 3/19 at a price of $14.99. More details on the launch
of Ys Origin will be provided at a later time.
“People have been asking for Falcom’s great catalog of PC games
to be officially made available in English for a long time,”
said Jun Iwasaki, President of XSEED Games. “To start our new
publishing arrangement on Steam with two standout entries from
Falcom’s action-based Ys series, one of which has never been
made available in English before, is an ideal situation for us,
and we are excited about the future possibilities.”
Ys: The Oath in Felghana & Ys Origin
XSEED Games delighted RPG fans in 2010 and 2011 when the company
published several Ys titles from legendary RPG developer Nihon
Falcom to the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, and now Ys
fans can celebrate once more as two of the series’ most revered
titles, Ys: The Oath in Felghana and Ys Origin, are heading to
PC as digital downloads via Steam.
Ys: The Oath in Felghana is an action RPG driven by fast-paced
combat and paired with an intricate puzzle-filled world, and an
enhanced port for the PSP system garnered many accolades when
published by XSEED in 2010. This Steam release is true to the
original Japanese PC release from 2005, but with added
Steamworks features such as Steam Achievements and Steam Cloud
support. The game follows the ongoing adventures of series hero
Adol Christin and his trusty companion Dogi.
Conversely, Ys Origin serves as a prequel to the original Ys,
and is the first Ys title not to feature Adol Christin or Dogi.
This will mark the first time that the game, originally released
in Japan for PC in 2006, will be officially released in English.
Set 700 years before the first title in the Ys series, the
game’s story focuses on the twin goddesses and the mysterious
Black Pearl made famous in Ys I & II, and follows the adventures
of several playable characters as they ascend the menacing Darm
Tower.
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