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Ragnarok Odyssey ACE nets demo, crossover DLC this month
Xseed's recently launched PS Vita and PlayStation 3 action-RPG Ragnarok Odyssey ACE will receive a bounty of free add-on content in the weeks leading up to a demo version hitting the PlayStation Network. Starting this week, Ragnarok Odyssey ACE players can pick up the Gapap Tentacle and Homesick Sakura headpieces for free, along with additional clothing inspired by fellow Vita action-RPG Soul Sacrifice. May 6 will see the release of character accessories inspired by GungHo's MMORPG Emil Chronicle Online, while an exclusive helmet and background music from the mobile hit Puzzle & Dragons joins Ragnarok's free DLC lineup on May 13. A demo of Ragnarok Odyssey ACE will premiere for the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita on May 13. [Image: Xseed]
Ragnarok Odyssey Ace treks to EU, AUS, NZ next week
Ragnarok Odyssey Ace brings its additions to Europe, Australia and New Zealand on April 30, and that Wednesday due date points towards a PS Store release [Update: GungHo confirmed to Joystiq it's PSN-only]. Ragnarok Odyssey Ace is the updated version of Game Arts' Vita action-RPG, and it brings the game to PS3 for the first time as well as Vita, along with cross-platform play between console and handheld. Monster hunters breaching the new version will find all the DLC from the original bundled in, but in terms of what's new, there are an assortment of fresh bosses, AI companions, skills, and dungeons to master/lose hundreds of hours to. [Image: GungHo Online Entertainment]
Ragnarok Odyssey Ace journeys to PS3, Vita on April Fool's Day
An English-language localization of Game Arts' action-RPG Ragnarok Odyssey Ace will hit the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita platforms on April 1, publisher Xseed announced today. An upgraded multiplatform version of 2012's PS Vita-exclusive Ragnarok Odyssey, Ace layers new bosses, equipment, and features on top of the previous game's existing content. Ace boasts a new AI mercenary mechanic, allowing players to tackle the game's challenges with assistance from computer-controlled companions. Ace is also compatible with all DLC released for Ragnarok Odyssey, and many existing character attributes and unlockables can be directly transferred over to the new game. The PlayStation 3 version of Ragnarok Odyssey Ace will be available at retail and digitally via the PlayStation Network for $39.99. The PS Vita port will hit PSN at $34.99, while a physical edition packaged with a soundtrack CD will retail for $39.99. [Image: Xseed]
Ragnarok Odyssey Ace PS3, Vita screenshots are like the real thing
You know, that Vita and PS3 of yours have WiFi capabilities. If you were to open this with your browser on those devices and flip through the gallery while rapidly tapping buttons, it'd almost be like you were playing Ragnarok Odyseey Ace! I mean, maybe. Not really. But you can still pretend!
Ragnarok Odyssey Ace to hunt for loot and Porings in early 2014
The cross-platform compatible update to last year's Ragnarok Odyssey will start knocking numbers out of monsters in early 2014 as Ragnarok Odyssey Ace. Both the PS3 and Vita version will cost $39.99 and include all DLC released for the original game, but launch copies of the Vita version will contain extra loot in the form of a 25-song soundtrack. Ace will construct a new Tower of Yggdrasil dungeon filled with randomly-generated dungeons for players to bash their way through. Ace also carries an "enhanced battle system" as well as new bosses and items. Those that own the vanilla version of Ragnarok Odyssey will be able to bring over their character's "basic physical features." Weapon or monster cards will be transferable, too, as long as they aren't equipped to clothing or previously required via the Vita's Near app.
Ragnarok Odyssey Ace journeys to North America, Europe this winter
Marvelous USA (formerly Xseed) announced that it has secured the North American publishing rights for Game Arts' PlayStation 3 and PS Vita action-RPG Ragnarok Odyssey Ace. A European release is also in the works, courtesy of Japanese publisher GungHo. An expanded version of last year's PS Vita release Ragnarok Odyssey, Ace boasts numerous gameplay additions and includes all of the original game's DLC. Ace additionally supports cross-platform play, giving PS3 and PS Vita players the ability to party up and quest for loot together. Ragnarok Odyssey Ace will launch this winter in North America and Europe. Marvelous USA plans to show off the PS Vita version at E3 in June.
Updated 'Ace' version of Ragnarok Odyssey coming west
Gungho Online Entertainment is planning an expanded version of its Vita online action RPG Ragnarok Odyssey, called Ragnarok Odyssey Ace, and will release that version in the west as well as Japan. The Ragnarok Odyssey series is a multiplayer Monster Hunter-style RPG based on the universe of the Ragnarok Online MMO.According to Gematsu's translation, Ragnarok Odyssey Ace packs all the DLC quests from the original version, and adds a new playable epilogue, a random dungeon, and a new "ACE Skill" system that gives characters extra abilities. Ragnarok Odyssey Ace comes out in Japan this July; a date for the international release has not been announced.
