White Knight Chronicles 'International Edition' goes to the US on February 2

by Andrew Yoon on Dec 4th 2009 1:39PM

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The American version of White Knight Chronicles has just earned a release date and a subtitle. SCEA is calling it the "International Edition," thanks to the addition of 50 new quests, voice chat, Georama and Live Talk. However, we think "The Incredibly Tardy Edition" is probably a more apt title, considering the 14-month wait fans have had to endure.

White Knight Chronicles' February 2nd release date places it before other big 2010 games on PS3, such as BioShock 2, Dante's Inferno, Star Ocean, Heavy Rain, and most importantly -- our lord and savior Final Fantasy XIII. We wonder if Level-5's Yoshiaki Kusada will be happy with the distance between these two PS3 RPG juggernauts.

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Tags: jrpg, level-5, release-date, scea, Sony-Computer-Entertainment-America, white-knight-chronicles

Reader Comments (61)

My goodness, that many games? This one may still be ignored.

No sir.

This one gets top billing from me.

Been looking forward to this for aaaaaaages. =P

At this point, I'm just down voting you for the sheer pleasure of clicking that little minus button.

Oh, it's on my list as well. But for Average Schmuck Gamer, he's not likely to take this over the bigger AAA titles.

Agreed, Darth.

This is horrible, though.. Bioshock 2, Dante's Inferno, SO4, and freakin' WKC all in the same two weeks..

Sigh. =P

Don't forget Mass Effect 2. That one is late enough to be considered part of February.

Yeah I'll still be playing ME2 by February 2.

Not that I was going to play this anyway, seeing as it's a jrpg...but still I'm sure many others will be on ME2 still.

EDIT: Troll. I've been banned.

Here, this is Chris's (Chris' ?) official reply and thoughts on the whole mess:

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/04/mass-effect-2-to-span-two-discs/comments/23688808/

He will probably be taking a look at this thread anyways, but I'm sure the last thing he wants to do is spend all day repeating himself.

Right, so less talking about it & more down-voting.

EDIT: Troll. I've been banned.

I like what he has to say though

Ouch and bayonetta before this.

My when will my wallet get to stop crying.

"White Knight Chronicles' February 2nd release date places it before other big 2010 games on PS3, such as BioShock 2, Dante's Inferno, Star Ocean, Heavy Rain, and most importantly -- our lord and savior Final Fantasy XIII. "

GOOD LORD HOW CAN YOU LEAVE GOD OF WAR 3 OUT OF THAT!?!?!?!

at any rate I have been waiting on this game for a long time....the first 4 months of 2010 are a good hurt on every PS3 owners Wallet!!

Would you happen to know if WKC has Japanese voice dialogues on the "Ultra-late" Edition?

according to the PS.Blog no...it doesnt

Oh, what the hell?

Mass Effect 2 on Jan. 26, White Knight Chronicles six days later, then FFXIII a five weeks after that. I think I died and went to heaven!

Still day one for me.

Man, I'll be getting God of War, SO4, FFXIII (obviously), Dante's Inferno (maybe) and now this. In barney's own words it will be legen- wait for it - dary!!
... but it also will gona hurt. A lot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3njjD41f48

Man, the first 4 months of 2010 is gonna be insane for me. There is at least 2 games that i plan on purchasing in each month between Jan and April.

By the rate of releases so far in the first quarter of the year, I'm scared and excited to see what holiday 2010 will have in store for gaming....

Same for me, just too many great games coming out in a short timespan to get them all. But yeah, I made a list of games to get:

- God of War 3
- Dante's Inferno
- Alien vs Predator
- GoW Collection
- Lost Planet 2
- Bayonetta
- Army of 2 2
- MAG
- Bioshock 2
- WK Chronicles
- Heavy Rain
- BF Bad Company 2
- FFXIII

Hmmmm, did I forget any?

I've lost all faith in Level 5 for console gaming, and with them not making Dark Cloud 3 (i'm not sure if I even want them to make it anymore) but I guess I could gamefly this anyway. Who knows, it may revitalize my interest in jrpgs....ok probably not.

I've lost faith in you growing up.

Tmac you always get the best replies

I dont know who i like more you or Darth

C'mon, Joystiq. Stop downvoting people for an inoffensive opinion. He's not the only one who wants a Dark Cloud 3 over this.

Well, I'm legendary here so me right? :P

This may not be Dark Cloud 3, but it is going to include something called "Georama." I don't know anything about Dark Cloud, but Georama is a Dark Cloud thing, from what I read. So, spiritual successor? Partly?

No Tmac, you are not legendary. You fall more under the category as unimportant.

No....just for regular people who can read and comprehend...and are not afraid of a challenge. If thats still your definition of a "nerd"...then that says alot about you, and not in a good way either.

It's about time we got a definitive release date.

I'd tap that box art.

idunno dude, that phallus looks like it could rip something...

Risk worth taking.

But your name is "Smooth". I'm so confused!!

How does posting in a video game blog not make you a "nerd"? Just embrace it, no shame.

I will be getting this, SO4, GoW3 (yes I know this is not an RPG) and FFXIII.... I am more of an RPG fan than anything else, and owning Folklore, Eternal Sonata, Valkyrie Chronicles, Disgaea 3, Cross Edge and Demons Souls, I can't let any of those RPG's slip by. Heck, FF13 and SO4 where two reasons I never second guess buying my PS3 when I did (80GB MotorStorm bundle). I am also looking forward to Tales of Vesperia in the new year. Even though its not great...I am waiting for Magna Carta 2 to be announce for the PS3 also.

Valkyria

I just downloaded the Valkyria Chronicles Demo... O-M-G!!!!!!!!!

"Georama and Live Talk"

What are these?

*"Georama allows you to construct a town of your very own, using a vast variety of buildings, trees, and other parts to customize the place to your liking. More stuff gets unlocked as your town grows, and you can also invite NPCs from the game to move to your burg, where they may open shops and offer you items you can't get anyplace else." - 1UP

add mass effect 2 and god of war and it doesn't look like ill be making it outside to play much during January, February, & March of 2010.

'50 new quests' nice. well worth the wait. wasn't this already a large game ?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+many+hours+is+the+white+knight+chronicles+campaign

they are so stupid releasing it that late. no one will buy it cuz of FFXIII. xD

Awesome, that and FFXIII will keep me in my dorm room with my land line disconnected and cell phone turned off for days.

It's about time! Although all these great releases from late 2009/early 2010 are putting a dent in my wallet, I'm still anxious for many of these releases.

Now back to some of the games I still have yet to finish... :)

God. Dayum.

There are so many games coming out between now and mid-2010 I just can't keep up. Just might have to start a gamefly subscription.

I know I'll get a thumbs down, but this game is pretty mediocre. Everything about it feels mind-nimbingly clunky and outdated -- except the online -- but Demon's Souls did online SP/MP integration much better.

"We tried to include the Japanese but unfortunately couldn't make it happen. So sorry
As I posted above, we unfortunately were not able to include the Japanese original voice overs."

NICE, one year later with the blu ray, we have no japanese voices....good job Sony and Level 5!!!

Yeah, I read that on the PS Blog and was a little surprised. Surely it isn't disc space that was the limitation? Just how much speech is in this game, anyway?

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