Tag Archives: Atlus

Following its GOTY nomination at the 2024 Game Awards, ATLUS’ new IP Metaphor: ReFantazio is reportedly set to receive an anime adaptation.

Following its PC launch earlier this Summer, Shin Megami Tensei V has now gotten a free demo – letting you play the game’s opening chapters.

Atlus has landed on another hit with its latest RPG, Metaphor: ReFantazio. It is already one of the highest-rated games of the year and accrued 1 million sales.

For decades, Atlus has been most known as the studio behind the much-loved RPG series Shin Megami Tensei as well as its arguably more popular spin-off ‘Persona’. As such, expanding out with a new IP appeared to have been a risky move for the studio – a move which has paid off, as Metaphor: ReFantazio is currently the highest rated game of 2024.

Since its launch back in late 2016 / early 2017, Atlus have released countless spin-offs for its much-lauded JRPG Persona 5. The latest title to have been released was Persona 5: The Phantom X for mobile and PC. Currently limited to very select regions, the game is confirmed to be …

Initially created as a spin-off of the Shin Megami Tensei series, Persona has become a successful franchise in and of itself, having more cache and accolades than the series it spun off from. As part of SEGA’s latest fiscal report, the publisher has revealed that Persona as a franchise has …

In the past we have seen SEGA and ATLUS in particular release its games in a staggered manner, with the likes of the Persona series previously arriving first on PlayStation – and Nintendo having a similar deal for the SMT games. That said, recently this structure has changed, with more …

Music can play a major role in elevating video games from being a good game, to a great one. Sadly, access to video game music – especially from Japan – has historically been limited. Fortunately, SEGA has been much more proactive with bringing its OSTs to music streaming services in …

Persona 3 Reload released last month to a wave of critical and commercial success – quickly becoming the biggest ATLUS game on Steam. That said, one of the remake’s core complaints comes in its lack of Persona 3 Portable content – in particular the female main character. Following the announcement …

It has been a couple of years since Atlus brought Shin Megami Tensei V to the Nintendo Switch. The mainline series that preceded the Persona games is back in the news again this week, with Atlus announcing plans to bring the game to even more platforms, complete with a big …

Following the success of Persona 3 Reload, it looks like Atlus is now looking to remake Persona 2 and Persona 4...

For decades, the Persona series remained exclusive to Sony’s PlayStation platforms. Back in 2020 however the PS Vita exclusive Persona 4 Golden was remastered for the PC. Since then, many more ATLUS titles have been added to the platform – to great success. Even so, the release of Persona 3 …

Following the success of Persona 5, ATLUS have been pushed into the limelight, with the studio tackling new games, IPs and platforms. According to one insider, ATLUS is currently working on multiple games for Netflix. As shared by a notable ATLUS leaker, the Persona and Shin Megami Tensei creators are …

While the Persona series was a historically a relatively popular JRPG franchise, the 2017 release of Persona 5 put ATLUS on the map in a whole new way. Though the studio has been taking its sweet time with the inevitable Persona 6, the most recent entry has become a successful …

Ever since the overwhelming success of Persona 5 back in 2017, we have seen the cache of the ATLUS JRPG franchise balloon in popularity, with many fans eagerly anticipating the inevitable release of Persona 6. While not yet officially announced by SEGA, the publisher has revealed that it hopes to …

ATLUS have been going all out with Persona in recent years, with 2017’s Persona 5 having been followed up by a whole host of spin-offs including Persona 5 Dancing in Starlight; Persona 5 Strikers and Persona 5 Tactica – to name a few. According to one prominent leaker, ATLUS still …

The Tokyo Game Show is coming up in September and Sega/Atlus have unveiled their plans. Atlus has already announced two new games this year with Persona 5 Tactica and Persona 3 Reload, but it appears that there is even more on the horizon.  Sega and Atlus will host a “special …

The mainline Persona series has historically been tightly tied to the PlayStation platform, with all previous entries launching as PlayStation console exclusives. That said, following the release of Persona 5 in 2017, we have seen many of the prior titles come to other platforms – including the latest Persona 5 …

Persona 3 Reload is a full-on remake of the iconic JRPG which first released for the PlayStation 2 all the way back in 2006. Since then, times have changed and AAA developers seem to have adopted the $70 video game as a standard. It seems as though ATLUS are following …

While many of us anticipated Persona 3 Reload to be confirmed for Nintendo Switch during today's Direct showcase, this was unfortunately not the case. We did get a new trailer for Persona 5 Tactica though, which is coming to Switch later this year alongside other platforms.  While we already got …

During the Xbox Games Showcase, Persona 3 Reload and Persona 5 Tactica were both announced. A few days later we learned that both games would be multiplatform, with plans to release both games on PlayStation consoles, with Persona 5 Tactica also being confirmed for the Nintendo Switch. Now, it would …

With Persona 5 first launching all the way back in 2016, many fans have been eagerly awaiting for news on its sequel. Don’t expect this any time soon, as ATLUS have now confirmed that almost the entirety of the P5R team moved over to work on the upcoming Persona 3 …

At the Xbox Games Showcase last week, Atlus unveiled a trio of new games, including Persona 5 Tactica, Persona 3 Reload and a brand new fantasy RPG, Metaphor: ReFantazio. We've already had confirmation that both Persona games will be coming to other platforms outside of Xbox and PC. Now, Metaphor: …

As we head into Summer Game Fest, many fans are wondering what may and might not show up at the upcoming events. Persona creators ATLUS have now teased that we may be getting news from the studio – leading many to believe that we will finally see the Persona 3 …

It's been almost 7 years since the release of Persona 5 and yet there has been no official word on a sequel. That said, plenty of rumours and leaks have popped up over the years. As we inch closer to the inevitable release of a Persona 6, details surrounding the …

Right at the beginning of the year a new leak sprung up claiming that a remake of the much-loved ATLUS JRPG Persona 3 is in the works. In the months since we have heard new details on this project, but the latest update from one leaker claims that the highly-anticipated …

Persona 3 Portable rolled out for modern platforms earlier this year but ATLUS may have something even bigger planned. Earlier this year, it was claimed that a full remake of Persona 3 is in the works and now, we've got our first glimpse at it. 

Though it feels like yesterday, the highly revered Persona 5 is over 6 years old, first launching in 2016 in Japan (before later coming to the West in early 2017). With it being so long since the last mainline game fans have been eagerly awaiting news on the all-but-confirmed Persona …

ATLUS has had a strong relationship with Microsoft in recent years, with the Xbox console seeing some of the developer’s biggest titles (i.e. Persona) brought to it. Likewise, many ATLUS games have found their way onto Xbox Game Pass – the console manufacturer’s game subscription service. Following the inclusion of …

Persona 5 hit big for ATLUS when the game first launched all the way back in 2016. After many years of waiting the JRPG has finally come to all platforms. With P5 being over 6 years old already however,  excitement surrounding a potential Persona 6 has been bubbling, with a …