Sony’s State of Play ended today with the reveal of Valkyrie Elysium, an upcoming action RPG that serves as a new installment in the beloved Valkryie Records series.
The trailer shows a Valkyrie slaying all manner of monsters with lightning-fast sword attacks and magic-based attacks, including summoning countless lightning bolts. She does so at the behest of All-Father to prevent the destruction of the world by way of Ragnarok.
Combat is reimagined many times over in gameplay elements from the game Valkyrie Records, such as special attacks and combos. Whether you control a group of characters assigned to individual face buttons like the old games or you just play when this Valkyrie is still visible. What is confirmed is that the long-running series composer Motoi Sakuraba returns to score Elysium.
Like previous Valkyrie games, Elysium draws inspiration from Norse mythology and combines third-person action with RPG mechanics. It marks the first real entry in the Valkyrie series in some time; what most fans would consider the final installment is actually 2009 Valkyrie Records: Plume’s Covenant for the Nintendo DS (although there was a mobile entry, Valkyrie Anatomia: The Origin, in 2016). To see the original classic game in action, check out this episode of replay.
Valkryie Elysium launches later this year for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam.
