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Steins;Gate release date & El Psy Kongroo Edition announced for North America

Steins;Gate for the PlayStation 3 and Vita will launch in North America on August 26, 2015 and will receive the same El Psy Kongroo special edition which was released in Europe.

The special edition is exclusive to Japanese-centric site Rice Digital and gets you the following:
– Limited Edition Game Box
– Gorgeous, premium quality 126-page art book featuring CG and Key Artwork
– RICE EXCLUSIVE Double Pin Badge Set for new Future Gadget Lab members
– RICE EXCLUSIVE Exclusive Metal Upa Replica
– RICE EXCLUSIVE Badge Set and Metal Upa Presentation Box

Pre-orders for the Steins;Gate El Psy Kongroo Edition are open for both the PS3 & Vita versions.

For those attending Anime Expo this week in Los Angeles, localization company PQube will have a booth featuring Steins;Gate giveaways, demos, and more.

Considered one of the best visual novels ever crafted, Steins;Gate is a sci-fi mystery developed by 5pb that follows college students who can send text messages to the past and thus change the future. Famitsu bestowed their 2009 Game of Excellence award on Steins;Gate and it ranked as the #6 most “tear-inducing game” on their 2011 online reader poll. The game spawned a popular anime series along with a movie, novel, and manga.

Steins;Gate came out in the West last year for PC and in Europe for the PS3 and PS Vita last month on June 5.

A sequel named Steins;Gate 0 is set to launch in Japan on November 19, 2015, with no word on a Western release yet.