New Freedom Wars trailer gives glimpse at the story and cast of PS Vita's next big blockbuster

The upcoming PlayStation Vita title Freedom Wars received a new English language story trailer on the PlayStation Asia blog today.

Players can get a taste of the plot and cast of Freedom Wars in the video below. The game takes place in the far future where overpopulation is high and resources run low. Each city sentences some citizens to fight other cities for resources and to earn their freedom.

Freedom Wars is an anime-styled action RPG developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Studio, Shift (God Eater series), Dimps (Dragon Ball Z: Budokai series, co-developed Street Fighter IV) and features up to eight-player competitive and cooperative online and offline multiplayer. Recently, it was confirmed for release in North America and Europe for sometime in 2014. Freedom Wars launches in Japan on June 26 and in Asia this summer.