Tag: Atlus

Something golden

Atlus has confirmed that the heavily anticipated Persona 4: The Golden will arrive in North America this Fall. The expanded Vita RPG is scheduled to release in Japan on 15th June, but, up until now, a Western release was unconfirmed. The Golden is an updated version of the PS2 title that launched in 2008. It includes a new...

Info for the fangs

Vanillaware's hotly anticipated Dragon's Crown for Vita and PS3 will reach the West in 2013. The gorgeous hand-drawn action RPG has switched publishers from UTV Ignition to Atlus, which seems a better fit to us: Atlus published previous Vanillaware title Odin Sphere on PS2, and that turned out all right. Last month we heard...

Going underground

After several extended runs, Atlus has announced that it is pulling the North American servers for cult hit Demon’s Souls offline. This will obviously not affect single-player gameplay, but will prevent players from leaving notes and appearing as ghosts in other games. Boo. The publisher has promised to hold two World Tendency...

Nothing gold can stay

Sony’s revealed a four minute video of Persona 4: The Golden as part of today’s PlayStation Vita Game Heaven event. The video shows brand new footage of the PlayStation 2 port, as well as a behind the scenes look at Atlus’ development environment. Sadly, we didn’t spy a whiteboard with “Persona 5” teasingly...

Rebel one

Atlus has confirmed that Persona 4 Arena – formally known as Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena – is heading to PS3 in North America this August. The title – developed in collaboration with Blazblue developer Arc System Works – promises to take the popular Persona universe and transform it into “one of the most unique...

Mystery solved

When Atlus sent an image of a black rectangle out to its “Faithful” mailing list last night, many assumed the publisher had made a mistake. But Destructoid wasn’t having any of it, and after fiddling with the image’s black levels, uncovered the even more mysterious message “Stay Tuned”. Readers then pointed out that the...

Yep, bonkers

The PlayStation 3 release of Arc System Works' wordy Persona 4: The Ultimate In Mayonaka Arena is not due out until the Summer, but eager Japanese gamers will get their first taste of the bonkers brawler in arcades this coming March We're going to guess that developer Arc is using the initial arcade roll-out period in order to analyse the game and make any final balance tweaks before..

Publisher Atlus has reiterated that those anticipating the European PSN release of Trine 2 will be forced to wait "a short while longer" as the game continues to sit in limbo, refused classification by SCEE

“We sincerely apologize for the frustration this ongoing delay has caused our European fans, as it is a frustration we also share," the publisher revealed in a statement. “We assure the..

The PlayStation Vita may be on the horizon, but Atlus still reckons that there's life in the old PSP yet

Having previously announced Gungnir for the West, the publisher's now announced that it's bringing Growlanser: Wayfarer Of Time to the PSP this Summer. The game is a localised version of Growlanser IV: Over Reloaded, which released on PS2 way back in 2003 before being remade for PSP last year..

For those of you that are planning on receiving (or indeed giving) a copy of Catherine to a loved one on Valentine's day, we've got news for you: Deep Silver has announced that all pre-orders of the game will come with an exclusive artbook and soundtrack CD, unavailable anywhere else

The additional goodies should be enough to earn you some extra brownie points from you're loved one. However, we've..

Did you correctly guess Atlus' next game? Of course you did, after all, it was totally obvious that the game was going to be Gungnir for PlayStation Portable

What is this, elementary video games class? In an announcement that comes as no surprise to video game professionals like ourselves, Atlus has confirmed that it's bringing Gungnir to the PlayStation Portable on June 12th. The strategy RPG's..

Atlus has announced that it has delayed the King Of Fighters XIII's upcoming "NESTS Kyo" character DLC pack, citing a remarkably vague "technical error" as the reason for the delay

The downloadable extension was originally intended for a December 20th release, but will now drop on January 10th. In order to make up for the delay, the DLC's price will be cut to $2.99 for a limited period upon launch..

Gold standard

The high school friends of PlayStation 2's swansong RPG will soon be graduating to PS Vita, bringing along with them new characters, voice-overs and gameplay features. The game will also feature some revamped visuals, which you can check out in the new screens Atlus have revealed for the game. For those who missed the original, will...

Atlus wants to play a game of 20Q with you

The publisher's teasing the announcement of its next game. We already know that it's the fourth game in a series, starts with the letter "G" and ends with the letter "R". It's also a strategy RPG, which means we have zero interest in playing whatever the game ends up being. Because we're not well versed in the world of strategy RPG, we..

We're hotly anticipating the European release of Corpse Party this week

The digital exclusive horror title has been heralded as something of a must play in North America, and so we're keen to dust off the PlayStation Portable and explore what all the fuss is about for ourselves. But Corpse Party is not the only blockbuster PlayStation Portable title set to get a digital release this week..

Quirky puzzle platformer, Catherine, will release in time for Valentine's Day in Europe, publisher Deep Silver has announced

The curiously romantic adventure will drop on store shelves on February 10th. A special edition version of the game will be made available, including a batch of additional goodies all packaged in a themed pizza box. (Really!) You can read more about that through here. If..

With Catherine due to release in Europe next year, publisher Deep Silver has announced the game's "Stray Sheep" special edition

The collector's pack, named after the Stray Sheep bar from the game itself, is set to cost £54.99 — just a tenner more than the standard game. The set, which comes packaged inside a pizza box, includes a replica t-shirt, two Stray Sheep themed drinks coasters, and a..

If you didn't cave in and import a North American copy of Catherine earlier in the year, then Deep Silver's got some hot news for you

The European publisher's revealed that the steamy puzzle platformer is set to launch in February overseas, with a reversible cover allowing you to switch between the game's two provocative female protagonists. If you're anything like miserable lead character Vincent,..

Phew

You ready? We're ready. Let's spew some information. Ghostlight's attached a November 4th release date to both Persona 2: Innocent Sin and Legend Of Heroes: Trails In The Sky on PSP in Europe. Both games will retail for £39.99. But that's not all. For those with tight wallets, Ghostlight's announced a special offer entitled the Tales Of Innocence Combo Pack. It includes the Collector's..