The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki, the first part of the new arc in the series, launched on PlayStation consoles back in 2021 in Japan, has now launched on Steam, complete with several PC-exclusive features.

　　The PC version of the start of the new arc in the series, which has yet to receive a release date for the West, made its debut today on Valve's digital store, complete with a variety of additional features, as detailed by Peter "Durante" Thoman of development studio PH3 which worked on the port. The PC version of the game supports, among other things, arbitrary resolution and aspect ratio, high frame rates up to 360 frames per second, field of view settings, and a variety of graphics options, including shadow resolution, filtering, and quality, draw distance adjustments for NPCs, map LOD and dynamic lights, quality settings for screen-space reflections and volumetric lighting. The studio also worked on Steam Deck Deck optimization to fix an issue that caused heavy performance drops.

　　Unfortunately, the Steam release of The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki only comes with a Japanese language option, and a Western release date, as mentioned above, has yet to be confirmed. Work on it, however, seems to be underway, as original developer Falcom confirmed an English language option will be added with a future update. The game's files also suggest the game will be called Trails in the Dark in the West.

　　Steam版「英雄伝説 黎の軌跡」日本語版、本日発売！（販売：NIS America）

　　ウルトラワイドモニター対応、最大360fps、オートセーブ機能拡充など、Steam用に各種機能が実装されています（英語版は後日アップデートでの対応となります）https://t.co/Zlloy3faeZ#黎の軌跡 #軌跡シリーズ pic.twitter.com/8fv7YdT8LR

　　— 日本ファルコム (@nihonfalcom) March 2, 2023

　　For those who who check in the files of the NISA/PH3 Steam version, they have it name as The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Dark.

　　— はお(はんすけ) (@Hansuke21) March 2, 2023

　　The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki is now available in Japan on PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, and PlayStation 4. We will let you know when the game launches in North America and Europe as soon as an announcement is made, so stay tuned for all the latest news.