12″ single featuring Yakuza’s Bakamitai is now available to preorder

Toyokasei are releasing the popular song Bakamitai from the Yakuza game series on vinyl. It will include the original Taxi Driver Version and the Sorrow acoustic version and both will be included in both a full, short and karaoke version.

The release will be a single 45RPM 12″ on “wine” red colored vinyl (said to match protagonist Kazuma Kiryu’s shirt). It will be housed in a single-pocket jacket with game art.

It is priced at ¥3300 and is scheduled to release for Record Day Japan on November 3, 2024. It can currently be preordered via HMV Japan and Tower Records Japan and it will likely be available from more places in the coming days.

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Limited Run Games ready with preorders for a third Valis: The Fantasm Soldier vinyl soundtrack collection

Limited Run Games are now ready with preorders for the vinyl soundtrack to Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection III, which features music from the PC-88 and Famicom soundtracks to Valis: The Fantasm Soldier, the MSX2 version of Valis: The Fantasm Soldier II, Mega Drive version of Valis III, and finally Super Valis IV.

The release will be a 3LP on black vinyl. It will be housed in a triple gatefold jacket with game art and will include liner notes by Jeremy Parish.

It is priced at $60 and is an open preorder from now and until September 1, 2024. It is set to release in January, 2025 and can be preordered via Limited Run Games here.

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Lovely Planet 1 + 2 soundtracks now up for vinyl preorder via Chipfreq

Chipfreq are now taking preorders for the vinyl soundtracks to cute first-person shooters Lovely Planet and its sequel Lovely Planet 2: April Skies. They are released together with a side dedicated to each game.

The release will be a single LP on black biovinyl. It will be housed in a single-pocket jacket with new artwork by mushbuh and Niptong.

Early preorderers may also be able to pick up a signed copy from Chipfreq and select distributors (although some have sold out as of this post).

It is priced at £25 and is scheduled to release Q3 2024. It can be preordered via Chipfreq here.

US folks can preorder from Mana Wave Media here. EU folks can preorder from Black Screen Records here. And Canadians can preorder from Very Ok Vinyl here.

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Surgeon Simulator vinyl soundtrack now available from Mana Wave Media

Mana Wave Media are now taking preorders for the vinyl soundtrack to organ physics simulation game Surgeon Simulator.

The release will be a single LP available in two color variants – a red translucent colored vinyl variant (Mana Wave exclusive), and a black vinyl variant.
It will be housed in a single-pocket jacket with new artwork by Maddie Jean.

It is priced at $25 and is in hand and ready to ship. It can be ordered from Mana Wave Media here.

EU folks can also order from Black Screen Records here, and Canadians can preorder from Very Ok Vinyl here.

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Super Rare Games now taking preorders for the OTXO vinyl soundtrack

Super Rare Games are now taking preorders for the vinyl soundtrack to violent top-down shooter OTXO.

The release will be a 2LP on “blood stain” red and black swirl colored vinyl. It will be housed in a jacket with game art.

It is priced at £30 and is an open preorder from now and until September 25, 2024. It is scheduled to release in early December, 2024. It can be preordered via Super Rare Games here.

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Materia Collective are taking preorders for the vinyl soundtrack to Critter Crops

Materia Collective are now taking preorders for the vinyl soundtrack to indie farming sim Critter Crops: Mystery Of Mullery Mansion.

The release will be a 2LP on 180g orange colored vinyl. It will be housed in a gatefold jacket with artwork by Crystal Sciarrino.

It is priced at $40 and it is scheduled to release in Q4 2024. It can be preordered via the Materia Store here.

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Critter Crops - Gatefold
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New King’s Chill arrangement album now up for preorder

Two Guys Records have launched vinyl preorders for the third King’s Chill album featuring new lofi/chillwave remixes of music from the King’s Quest series. The album is titled “King’s Chill Vol 3 – Vibe Today, Chill Tomorrow”.

The release will be a single LP on purple with yellow and red splatter colored vinyl. It will be housed in a single-pocket jacket. It will be limited to 200 copies.

It is priced at €23 and is scheduled to release in November, 2024. It can be preordered via Diggers Factory here.

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King's Chill Vol. 3 - Vinyl

Guilty Gear Strive vinyl soundtrack now up for preorder via Channel 3 Records

Channel 3 Records are now taking preorders for the first soundtrack volume of music from fighting game Guilty Gear Strive on vinyl.

The release will be a 180g 3LP with one record on red, black and white tricolor, one on yellow, black and orange tricolor, and one on blue, black and green tricolor colored vinyl.
It will be housed in a box set with printed inner sleeves. It will also come with a logo pendant, a logo sticker, a chibi character sticker sheet, and a 36-page booklet with art and lyrics.

Additionally the box is spaced in a way that makes room for future pressings of volumes of music from the soundtrack.

It is priced at $100 and is scheduled to release in late Q4 2024. It can be preordered via Channel 3 Records here.

EU folks can also preorder via Black Screen Records here. Canadians can preorder via Very Ok Vinyl here. And UK folks can preorder via Chipfreq here.

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Satisfactory vinyl soundtrack now available to preorder

Lizard Doggo have just launched preorders for a vinyl release featuring a selection of music from the factory automation game Satisfactory.

The release will be 2LP with one record on black and the other on orange colored vinyl. It will be housed in a gatefold jacket with new art (they state that the art on the mockup will change).

It is priced at $50 and is scheduled to release in early 2025. It can be preordered via Lizard Doggo here.

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Hitman: Contracts and Blood Money vinyl soundtracks now up for preorder via Laced

Laced Records are now taking preorders for the soundtracks to stealth action games Hitman: Contracts and Hitman: Blood Money on vinyl. They previously opened preorders for Codename 47 and Silent Assassin from the Hitman series last year.

Contracts will be a 2LP available in two color variants – a limited edition black and cream + silver and blue swirl variant, and a standard black vinyl variant.

Blood Money will be a 2LP available in two color variants – a limited edition black and cream + silver and red swirl variant, and a standard black vinyl variant.

Both will be housed in gatefold jackets with new illustrations by Samuel Donato, which are delivered in “confidential” cardboard jackets.

They are priced at £36 each and are both scheduled to release in November, 2024. They can be preordered via Laced Records here.

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