Freedom Wars Remastered Has Fans Desperate For Soul Sacrifice

Freedom Wars Remastered Has Fans Desperate For Soul Sacrifice

From TheGamer (Written by Sam Woods) on | OpenCritic

After being locked in PlayStation Vita jail for the last ten years, Bandai Namco just announced that a remaster of Freedom Wars is coming to Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 early next year.

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While the new announcement has been met with unbridled joy from across the gaming world, it's got players dreaming of other Vita games making the jump to modern consoles — namely Soul Sacrifice.

The Freedom Wars Remaster announcement was a complete bolt from the blue on Wednesday morning. Posted as a video across social media, Bandai Namco confirmed that the 2014 Vita cult classic would be returning to consoles in January 2025.

Playing as a Sinner with a million-year prison sentence in a dystopian future, Freedom Wars sees players fight for their freedoms in a repressed, resource-scarce world.

The game had a limited audience, reportedly selling less than 700,000 copies, but those who played it loved it. This led to a furor online following the remake's announcement, with dozens of threads popping up on Reddit celebrating the...