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Koei Tecmo's Attack on Titan Game Trailers Show Off Levi, Hange, Erwin
posted on by Karen Ressler
Koei Tecmo Europe began streaming four preview videos for its upcoming Attack on Titan game on Wednesday. The first video covers escaping from titans, recruiting allies, and the unleashing the "decisive battle signal" feature, where players fill a meter by completing missions and are then able to launch a powerful joint attack with their allies. The other videos each focus on a different member of the Survey Corps — Levi, Hange, and Erwin, respectively.
In Europe the game will be titled A.O.T: Wings of Freedom and ship on August 26, while in the Americas it will be titled Attack on Titan and ship on August 30. The game will get Xbox One and PC via Steam releases in addition to the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita versions that are out in Japan. Koei Tecmo will release physical editions for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and PC versions will be digital-only.
In Europe the game will get a limited "Treasure Box" edition that will include an artbook, soundtrack, muffler towel, six pin badges, and DLC for Armin's Attack on Titan: Junior High outfit.
Those who preorder the game in America from Amazon, Best Buy, EB Canada, or GameStop will receive downloadable cleaning weapons and costumes for Eren and Levi and a festival costume for Mikasa. Those who preorder the game digitally via the PlayStation Store or the Xbox Store will receive Attack on Titan avatars.
The game will be in Japanese with subtitles.
Koei Tecmo Games' Omega Force subsidiary (Warriors/Musou franchise) developed the game. The game shipped in Japan on February 18.
The game is set during the Battle of Trost. Players can freely walk around in the barracks and town and converse with other characters, upgrade weapons, and gain intelligence on upcoming missions. A tutorial mode, which takes place in a level modeled after the 104th Training Corps' drill grounds, is available
Playable characters announced in the game include: Eren, Mikasa, Armin, Krista, Sasha, Conny, Jean, Levi, Hange, and Erwin. Non-playable characters that appear in the game include Ymir, Reiner, Bertolt, Marco, Keith, Pyxis, Ian, Rico, the female Titan, the armored Titan and the beast Titan. All the voice actors playing the characters reprised their roles from the television anime series. It also features game-original weapons such as daggers and Japanese-style swords.
