PLAYISM and developer Area-ZERO have released a new update for Touhou Project “high-speed aerial” action game Valkyrie of Phantasm featuring playable character Clownpiece. In addition, a limited-time sale for the early access title is now live on Steam.
Valkyrie of Phantasm entered early access on October 23, 2022 on Steam as the next major Touhou Project game at the time. Nearly two years after the initial release, the title receives free DLC characters in updates as the game heads closer to a full release.
Clownpiece Joins Valkyrie of Phantasm in Free Update
The latest Valkyrie of Phantasm update adds Clownpiece as a playable character in all game modes. Moreover, new story episodes were added for Clownpiece and three other characters. Future updates will tweak features and bring balance adjustments and network improvements as well. To celebrate Clownpiece’s release, Valkyrie of Phantasm is now on sale for 20% off until May 21, 2024 at 7:59 am (PDT).
Watch the new trailer below:
Valkyrie of Phantasm is available now in Steam early access. Here’s a story synopsis, via the official Steam page:
Story
A meteorite suddenly falls to Gensokyo.
A crack appears in its golden, egg-like surface, and small droplets of light emanate from the inside, which then scatters in all directions.
Eventually, they arrive in the hands of Gensokyo’s most powerful.
One of these lights reaches Reimu Hakurei. It surrounds her, transforming into what looks like a suit of armor.
A name echoes in her head, as she proclaims.
“A Valkyrie Arm…”
Sensing the beginnings of an incident, she sighs and looks off in the direction the light came from. She floats up and into the air–and a moment later she’s already gone, leaving naught behind but a thin red trail.
“My body feels so light…”
Soaring faster than ever before, Reimu realizes her armor — her Valkyrie Arm — is to thank for her newfound speed.
Who gave her this power, and for what purpose? Reimu hastens to find the cause of all this.
But it doesn’t take long before someone stands in her way.
“it looks like I’m not the only one.”
Before Reimu is another girl, similarly clad in a Valkyrie Arm. Each of them now posses the same power, and inevitably…
…a high-speed danmaku battle begins.
