Valkyria "art" Chronicles

I must have completely missed the fact that Valkyria Chronicles was just released for the PS3. Yep, I did completely miss that fact.

With all of the major titles out in October and November, this title completely slipped under my gaming radar. So it was with quite some surprise that I noticed it on Metacritic the other day, and was pleased to see so many favorable reviews. Needless to say, I’m tickled.

More than that, I absolutely love the art style of this game, which, I have since learned, resulted in the development team winning the "Best Artistic Graphics of 2008" award from GameSpot (the most prestigious art house on the planet of course).

So, before even picking up the title, I have already spent several hours surfing the web looking for pictures of the artwork from the game. In my artistic wanderings, I have stumbled upon an art book that was given away as a limited edition freebie for those who pre-ordered the game. While I don’t have a physical copy (yet), I did find a great blog where you can download high quality scans of the entire book. If you are like me and enjoy this sort of thing, feel free to check it out.