Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight and Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight are launching in the Americas and Europe tomorrow, December 4! There’s a bit of add-on content launching alongside the games, so we wanted to take a moment to clarify details around those items. Some add-on content release dates are different between the US and […]
Persona and Puzzle & Dragons Come Together for a Collaboration
Persona and Puzzle & Dragons come together for a collaboration of epic proportions! Players must join forces with the Persona characters in an effort to defeat the shadows. This exciting collaboration includes a variety of familiar characters including Mitsuru Kirijo, Aigis, Teddie, Yosuke Hanamura, Makoto Niijima, and more. As a special treat, Persona 5’s treasure-hungry […]
The Devs of Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux Answer Your Questions
Shin Megami Tensei fans around the world are tuning up their Demonicas for their expedition to Antarctica when Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux launches on May 15*! This won’t be an easy mission (what kind of SMT game would it be if it was easy?), so we’ve enlisted the help of Strange Journey Redux’s […]
Dragon’s Crown on PlayStation 3™ and PlayStation Vita™ Receiving a Patch in Preparation for Dragon’s Crown Pro
With Dragon’s Crown Pro launching May 15, we’ll be releasing a patch for Dragon’s Crown for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita on Thursday, March 22, 2018 for cross-play and cross-save compatibility! Get the full details on Patch 1.08 in the notes below: New Features Cross-Play and Cross-Save features between PlayStation 4 (Dragon’s Crown Pro), […]
A Fond Farewell to Demon’s Souls’ Servers
After 8 Years, we say goodbye… It’s not every day we get to bid farewell to a title supported for more than 8 years, especially one so foundational to how we play games today. First, let’s get the tough news out of the way: on February 28, 2018, the servers for Demon’s Souls will be […]
Our New ATLUS Online Store is Going Live Next Monday
Hello everyone, My name is Mike and I’m part of the ATLUS licensing team. Let’s talk about our new online store that we have creatively titled, the ATLUS Online Store. We’ve had lots of feedback between Anime Expo 2017 and now, giving us plenty of food for thought. One thing was for sure: you all […]
ATLUS and Emulation
You might have heard earlier today that we issued a DMCA takedown notice involving emulation developer group RPCS3 and their Patreon page. Yes, it’s true. We settled upon this action for two reasons: We believe that our fans best experience our titles (like Persona 5) on the actual platforms for which they are developed. We […]
An Update on Persona 5 and Streaming
When Persona 5 launched, we put out a set of video/streaming guidelines that we hoped would limit online spoilers for fans who have yet to play the game. To our surprise, we then saw numerous reactive news articles go up, opinion videos post, and received many emails asking us to please change our Persona 5 […]
A Note on Persona 5 and Streaming
Oh boy, it’s a big day for ATLUS today. It took us a while (pause for Winter 2014 joke), but Persona 5 is finally out in the West! Seriously, we poured countless hours into making the game as perfect as it can be, and words can’t explain how excited we are for you all to […]
SMTIV: Faux Pas-calypse
Gather around folks, we’ve got a story to tell, capped off with an apology for the upcoming RPG, Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse. As a bunch of people pointed out, an image circulated this weekend of our English build having some unlocalized Japanese text still in it. I’m not gonna link it here because […]