Following Director George Kamitani’sHappy New Year message, Sega, Atlus, and Vanillaware announced13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Prologue, releasing on March 14 in Japan.

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Prologueis a demo which will let us play “the beginning of all 13 characters' story”, which is around three hours of playtime in total. Save data from the demo won’t be transferrable to the main game. There are four different ways to obtain the demo.

The first way is to buy the “13 Sentinels: Aegis RimMusic and Art Clips” pack releasing on March 14 in Japan for 2980 Yen (excluding tax). It contains:

The second way to obtain13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Prologueis to buy the “13 Sentinels: Aegis RimDigital Archive”, a digital package containing two PlayStation 4 themes, 13 avatars, one for each character, and a digital copy of13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Prologue.This will also release on March 13, for 980 Yen (excluding tax).

The third way to obtain the demo is to buy the “Odin Sphere LeifthrasirReduced Price Campaign Pack”, launching in Japan on March 14 for 3980 Yen (tax excluded). It contains:

The final way to obtain13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Prologueis to buy the"Dragon’s CrownProReduced Price Campaign Pack",also releasing in Japan on March 14 for 3980 Yen (tax excluded). It includes:

The gallery below contains the game case artwork for13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Prologue,the game’s logo, and sample illustrations for the “Music and Art Clips” and the “Digital Archive”.

New screenshots for the game were also revealed, showing the character select screen. These are also included in the gallery.

13 Sentinels; Aegis Rim Prologue’s Japanese official site can bereached here.

As a reminder,13 Sentinels: Aegis Rimis a “Dramatic Adventure” game by Vanillaware, meaning it’ll be similar to a visual novel rather than an Action RPG; The story takes place in a fictional version of eighties Japan and features high schoolers piloting giant robots. For now, there has been no word from Sega on an English version of13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Prologue.

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim’srelease date is currently undecided. The game will launch exclusively for PlayStation 4.