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Tuesday21st May 2024
News Rejoice! Vanillaware Is Recruiting for a New Fantasy RPG
Fantastic news
Vanillaware, the supremely talented Japanese studio behind games like the recent Unicorn Overlord and 13 Sentinels, is gearing up for another project. The news comes via a simple social media post, in which the developer reveals that it's looking to fill a variety of roles related to a new "fantasy action RPG". We're already hyped...
Monday11th Sep 2023
Rumour Six PS Plus Extra Games Leaked Ahead of September Announcement
Sweet six
Another week, another PS Plus leak! Ahead of the official announcement that's expected later this week, six PS Plus Extra titles have been outed by the ever-reliable Dealabs. Sony's second subscription tier has been on a bit of a hot streak lately —
Friday7th Oct 2022
News Incredible Visual Novel 13 Sentinels Announces 'Special' 3rd Anniversary Show
Speculation for everyone
It's been over two years since we reviewed it on PS4, and we still think 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim tells one of the most gripping stories of the generation. The Vanillaware-developed visual novel — which is topped off with some addictive strategy combat — is set to celebrate its third anniversary soon (the game originally...
Thursday12th May 2022
News 13 Sentinels PS4 Update Adds Content from the Switch Version
Lucky for some
Superb strategy-tinged visual novel 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim will soon receive a free update on PS4, adding new weapons to the game that appeared in the recently released Nintendo Switch version. Not exactly earth-shaking news, but at least Atlus is keeping PlayStation players in the loop. That said, this update has only been...
Tuesday23rd Mar 2021
News 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Soundtrack Remix Available Now
-The Branched-
Fans of 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim will want to pay attention because the remix of the game's soundtrack is available now for all to download. You can listen to previews of all 14 songs released on the album over on Apple Music, including an all-new battle theme. Composed by Yoshimi Kudo, physical CDs are being sold across Japan while...
Friday12th Mar 2021
News 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Sales Surpass 400,000, Still Deserves More
Keep it going
Publisher Atlus has issued a second sales update for 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, now pegging the gorgeous PlayStation 4 title at just over 400,000 units across physical shipments and digital purchases. This represents an increase in sales of 100,000 compared to early January 2021. Not bad going for the latest game from Vanillaware, but it...
Tuesday5th Jan 2021
News 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Sells Over 300,000 Copies, Deserves a Lot More
Get in the robot
Gorgeous story-driven strategy title 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim has sold more than 300,000 copies worldwide. That's according to publisher Atlus, following the game's Western launch on PS4 in September last year. It hit Japan long before that, back in November 2019. We don't always get sales updates for more niche titles, so the fact...
Tuesday8th Sep 2020
News 13 Sentinels Gets a New English Voice Trailer
Robot dreams
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim launches on PS4 in just a couple of weeks here in the West, and it'll come equipped with optional English audio. As its name suggests, the game features 13 main, playable characters — and you can hear some of their English voices in the latest trailer, which we've embedded above. Are you looking forward to 13...
Wednesday12th Aug 2020
News 13 Sentinels Gets 19 Minutes of Gorgeous English Gameplay
Get in the robot
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim isn't an especially easy game to describe, but this new gameplay video from PlayStation Underground does a great job of showing it off. There's over 19 minutes of footage here, covering character interactions as well as combat later on. If you're looking for a short and sweet version, 13 Sentinels is...
Tuesday21st Jul 2020
News 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Delayed to Late September, English VO at Launch
As part of Day One patch
We've been waiting a very long time for SEGA's 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim to make its way west on PlayStation 4, and unfortunately, we'll now have to wait a couple more weeks on top of that. The publisher has delayed the title to 22nd September 2020, but to make up for that, we will now be getting English voice-over as part of...
Saturday13th Jun 2020
News 13 Sentinels Finally Has a Western Release Date, Launches September on PS4
Unlucky for some
We've been writing about 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim for years. Crafted by Dragon's Crown and Odin Sphere developer Vanillaware, 13 Sentinels is part story-based adventure and part real-time strategy. It all revolves around 13 main characters, all of whom have their own tales to tell. And, as you'd expect of Vanillaware, it looks...
Tuesday26th May 2020
Finally
Remember 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim? The next gorgeous looking game from Dragon's Crown and Odin Sphere developer Vanillaware? It's been a long time since we heard anything concrete about its release outside of Japan, but a whole three years after its localisation was confirmed, we're finally getting an English trailer on the 9th June. The...
Thursday10th Jan 2019
News 13 Sentinels Seems to Be a Visual Novel of Sorts, Going By New Trailer
Chatterbox
Atlus has released a trailer for 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Prologue, the premium early look at 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. Given that we've seen very little of the game up until this point, we've never been quite sure what it's all about. Is it an action-based title like previous projects from developer Vanillaware? Or is it something totally...
Tuesday8th Jan 2019
News 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Prologue Is Basically a Paid Demo Coming to Japan in March
What a weird project
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim just gets more and more difficult to understand. It's been years since the project was announced and we've still barely seen it in action. Japanese developer Vanillaware has a proven track record of making spellbinding games, so most are prepared to cut the studio some slack, but this whole thing's...
Thursday15th Nov 2018
News Mysterious VanillaWare Title 13 Sentinels Delayed Indefinitely, Vita Version Cancelled
Unlucky number
Hey, remember 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim? Kind of? No? Not really? The game's been in the works at VanillaWare for years now, but aside from a couple of cameo appearances -- the most recent being at Tokyo Game Show 2017 -- the title's been a frustrating enigma. It feels like it's been around forever, but we know basically nothing about...
Tuesday19th Sep 2017
TGS 2017 Gorgeous 13 Sentinels Trailer Still Doesn't Show Any Real Gameplay
We need to know
Listen, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim looks absolutely gorgeous, but what does the game actually entail? Even after its most recent showing during Sony's TGS 2017 press conference, we still don't know what it's all about. It's got multiple playable high school students who pilot big mechs, but do we get to smash things up with...
Wednesday14th Jun 2017
E3 2017 13 Sentinels Looks Stupidly Pretty, But Its New Trailer Doesn't Tell Us Much
Unlucky for some
Vanillaware's gorgeous new game, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, has received a shiny new E3 2017 trailer - but the problem is that even after watching it, we still don't know much at all about the game. Well, we know it's visually incredible, but we've already mentioned that. So, a teaser trailer for a title that was announced back in...
Wednesday7th Jun 2017
E3 2017 13 Sentinels, Yakuza 6 Feature on This Year's Badges
Lovely lanyards
E3 is so weird that the badges… Actually get sponsored by upcoming games. Whatever, this has given us an excuse to finally break out the E3 2017 article prefix, as it’s been revealed that Yakuza 6: The Song of Life and 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim will adorn this year’s lanyard fodder. Atlus usually occupies the spot solo, but this...
Tuesday6th Jun 2017
News Beautiful Art Meets Giant Mechs in Sci-Fi Title 13 Sentinels, Confirmed for Western Release
Lucky 13
Vanillaware, the Japanese studio behind the glorious Dragon's Crown and the fantastic Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir, has a new game in the works called 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. The project was originally announced quite a while back, but we've seen very little of it since. All we know is that it sports George Kamitani's insanely good signature...
Tuesday15th Sep 2015
TGS 2015 Dragon's Crown Developer Vanillaware Reveals 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Coming to PS4 and Vita
A blink-and-you'll-miss-it reveal during Sony's pre-Tokyo Game Show press conference today, the elaborately named 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim is a PlayStation 4 and Vita sci-fi title from Vanillaware – the developer perhaps best known for Dragon's Crown. The game – which is being built in collaboration with Atlus – certainly...
