Valkyria Chronicles 3 is for PSP, but PS3 entry may happen later

Franchise may return home after the long war

The latest issue of Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu has once played spoiler for a number of upcoming Tokyo Game Show announcements. The revelation that has whipped many forum mongers into a furor is the announcement of Valkyria Chronicles 3 for the PlayStation Portable, after many speculated the game would be for the PlayStation 3.

Shinji Motoyama, director of Valkyria Chronicles 3, offers PS3 owners some words of encouragement, though. He is still interested in bringing the franchise back to its home console in the future, but he thinks a new PS3 entry would need to be a radical departure from the first title. This means the team has to come up with new ideas, which he explains to Famitsu will take time.

Until then, Sega is working on Valkyria Chronicles 3 for the PSP. Because the platform is much easier to develop for, they can produce full games in much smaller time frames, which Motoyoma hopes will tide fans over in the meanwhile.

Valkyria Chronicles 3 is currently slated for a January release in Japan.

By Nicholas Gasse