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.hack//Versus' Sora & Haseo Gameplay Videos Posted

Namco Bandai Games began streaming Sora and Haseo gameplay videos for the .hack//Versus PlayStation 3 game on Thursday. In the two-minute videos, the characters battle against each other in two rounds of combat.

The .hack//The Movie+Versus Hybrid Pack will bundle the .hack//The Movie anime film with the .hack//Versus action game. The story of the previously revealed game takes place after the film, which opened in Japan this past January. PlayStation 3 users will be able to watch the film in stereoscopic 3D and play the game using the same hybrid Blu-ray Disc.

The bundled .hack//Versus game will star Sora as well as various main characters from .hack// series titles such as Haseo from .hack//Roots and .hack//G.U. The game will feature new character visuals and include a story mode as well as a options for online gameplay.

The film's story is set in 2024, when children have lived their entire lives since birth in a world connected by networks. A cheerful 14-year-old middle school girl named Sora Yūki (Summer Wars' Nanami Sakuraba) has no interest in games, but her friends get her to go into the popular network game "The World." However, due to "a certain incident" in The World, anomalies start occurring in the real world.

Both the regular and limited-edition versions of the Blu-Ray Disc Hybrid Pack will ship in Japan on June 28. The regular edition of the pack will cost 7,140 yen (about US$90), and the deluxe "The World Edition" will cost 10,500 yen (US$132). The .hack//The Movie DVD will cost 5,250 yen (US$66) and ship on the same day.