I like that they are doing this. I'm a big SRPG fan and I would love if Japan realizes the biggest market they don't even try to cater to is on PC. I just am not going to buy a handheld to play one SRPG anymore. Pretty much did that twice already in my life. It's a joke.

It's been hard enough to get the genre on consoles so I'm keep expectations low.

This is obviously a good sign though. I think SEGA has become a pretty progressive company as far as that goes, with a lot of their output now being Western strategy PC games.

I suddenly hear Ode to joy playing from out of no where. SUPER excited about this!

FUCK YEAH!! DAY ONE!! hell I'll buy it twice

joyous music for the occasion!

so many kickass tracks on the series man:

Hell i guess im buying this again, maybe good sales will lead to a 4th installment on non portable devices

I'll believe it when I see the Steam page.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucccck I'd really like to see Vanquish come to PC.

Yes Japan, come to where the gamers are. If you port it, they will buy.

Awwwww yeah, my choice of PC for this gen continues to be validated more and more each day.

Now everyone has the chance to kill Anime Nazis with child soldiers.

I don't understand anything about this decision but hey that's a great game.

This might be the only PS3 game I own that I haven't finished. I enjoyed the gameplay but the plot was a bit too anime for my tastes. I was up to a level with an artillery piece moving on a distance railway bridge. Anyone tell me how much I have left?

@fredchuckdave: I guess you're referring to Selvaria. I'll probably have to go back and play the game again to see exactly where you're coming from, because I just looked at the cutscene regarding her removal, but without remembering everything leading up to it, I can't really make an argument one way or another. Anyway, I needed an excuse to play the game again, and you've provided me with one, so thanks.

If this means that they'll eventually localize the 3rd one, then I'm on board.

Nice! I picked it up right before the new XCOM game came out and played about 1/3 of it and got distracted with more Steam games, and just never really got back to playing any PS3 games since. I'll definitely pick it up on Steam!

This should look great on PC.

Awesome! This is one of those games I could never get because I didn't have a PS3. Japan is really coming through in some weird but exciting ways for me on the PC.

Aww yiss!

I have a copy on the PS3 since release that I still have not played. I will play this on PC!

If I'm remembering right then you are on chapter 9 or 10. I'd say you are at the half way point. There are some really great levels in the back half of the game too, but that middle can be a drag. Plus you should be around the level where your units upgrade to get the grenade launchers, flame throwers and mortars, which is pretty fun.

Huh. Not that it wouldnt be cool on PC but there are more deserving games to port SEGA...

I remember liking what i played of the demo for this game, i'll probably check it out if it comes to Steam.

This game is amazing, and well worthy of more people playing it. I bought a PS3 for it back in the day, and don't regret that decision. I'm glad that it's being re-released.

Also to the dude who said the female characters are disposable or whatever...like all the overpowered and memorable characters in that game are female. Marina, Edy, Jane, Rosie, Selvaria, and most of all Alicia. I have no idea what you're smoking man.

Disagree even though Dycedarg is my favorite video game character. It's only more grounded in reality if you ignore the fact that the entire plot boils down to "demons manipulating events to resurrect king demon."

That said, the early game is pretty sweet.

Anything that gets more people to play VC is fine by me.

@mamba219: Well all the demons are pretty meaningless in the long run, the entire story is about Delita's rise to power and how he manipulates everyone to his own advantage.

Nice! Always wanted to play this. Sign me the hell up.

Ah, beat me to it.

I love that Matsuno's creative influences are very different from most games - his games have more in common with historical fiction than the usual suspects of pulp, hollywood, anime - but he tends to fall back on stock fantasy tropes for some reason.

Delita is a pretty rad dude though. He didn't give a fuck about those zodiac stones.

Oh my, yes!

This is one game I regret not playing more of, despite really enjoying what time I spent with it.

What!? That's crazy, Japanese devs don't know how to PC. What crazy exec at SEGA greenlit this? This is fucking great news.

Valkyria Chronicles absolutely deserves a re-release; one of the best games of last gen. Just hope the port isn't 720p locked at 30fps with 128kbps DivX video and zero configuration options.

Requesting Vinny Quick Look of the PC version!

via twitter and GAF, this has been confirmed!

I already have a copy on PS3 (never letting go of it) - but will probably double dip. I fucking love this game.

Yeah I think I'll buy another copy of this game. Maybe if the reaction to this is really good it will renew Sega's interest in the series, and lead to some brand new Valkyria Chronicles goodness. It's such a shame that the series moved to the PSP, because a big part of this game's appeal was the presentation. That first sequel at least was really sub par, and we didn't even get the third one.

I'm happy to play Japanese games on consoles, but its nice to see this trend of Japanese developers porting games to PC. That could lead to some good things. Hope it's working out well for them.

Neat, I'll sure as hell will play it. But I'm really interested how this happend, this seems like a really odd game to port this late.

That's awesome, I enjoyed what I played of it but never got around to finishing it.

It's possible we might see the original Bayonetta hit PC, but its sequel I highly doubt. Vanquish seems a real possibility however.

isn't this the game that tells you war is evil by doing a whole lot of war?

I might give this a second chance on a PC. I liked the light tactical system but the anime crap was too much to handle at the time.

Did not expect this. At all. In the least.

When I saw Sega's tweet, Brad's thoughts popped into my head immediately.

Every time I post something about Valkyria Chronicles (...) I figure it's the last time there will be anything to say about the game.

Bradley Shoemaker

And then something like this comes out of the blue.

I'll be gifting this to my friends the second it is available.

I never finished this game, got annoyed at a very small section that wasn't even a battle. Maybe I'll pick it up and finally finish it.

@hassun: Vanquish, VC2, Yakuza, JSRF, and Otogi PC versions are all I need, fuck all other video games.

@theht said:

This port is the result of a petition campaign started on NeoGAF:

The same petition also also mentioned Vanquish and Bayonetta, so if you want to see more Sega stuff on PC this you can help out by signing here:

http://www.change.org/p/sega-increase-the-number-of-pc-releases-segapcports

On a related (?) note Kamiya just posted this picture of him at Valve:

I would PAAAAY for a Vanquish PC port. I kinda regret not buying it in the last gen consoles. Binary Domain has a PC version, I'd love for Vanquish to get a port as well.

On another note, since Nintendo is the one solely publishing Bayonetta 2 it probably won't end up anywhere else if they were the ones who largely paid for it which is kind of a shame really (and by "anywhere else" I meant the PC, which is the neutral platform :P).

Also another SEGA published game that was developed by a Western developer that has been generally well received and also has a PC version: Alien Isolation!

I don't often get on the petition-for-getting-PC-versions bandwagon, but seeing that some of the best SEGA published games in recent years were made by Platinum and since I also own MGR:R on PC, I really want ports of those games to come to PC now.

They could be heroes if they released VC and it was "allowed" to be highly mod-able. Coming up with different maps would be awesome!

Even if it wasn't, I'm sure people will still find a way to do it.

@machofantastico: Definitely not Bayonetta 2 of course. That would only hurt its owner, Nintendo.

I bought this game but never played it. I was wondering if it would this game would play better with a controller or key board and mouse. Personally I prefer controller for most games. Just works better for me. Also why is there not any old Sega games out for the Vita. Would love some Shinning Force 1 and 2.