Persona

Atlus Is Making A New RPG That’s Not Persona or Shin Megami Tensei

Famed JRPG maker Atlus is setting up a new development arm caled Studio Zero to work on a new project. Details are currently scant with more to be revealed later this week, but according to Famitsu, the game is a “fantasy RPG.” Above is the game’s only concept image that has been released so far…

Counting Down The Months Until Persona 5 Is Out

As sad as it is that Persona 5 isn’t coming out in the West until April 2017, here’s a new English-language trailer for the game. Course, for Japan’s Brian Ashcraft it’s already out, so you can check out his impressions (as a Persona newcomer, no less) on the final game here

Persona 5 Delayed To April

The fifth Persona is delayed yet again, this time to April 4, 2017, Atlus announced today on a stream. To make up for this delay, the publisher says they’re adding dual audio, so you’ll be able to play with either Japanese or English voices. Still a bummer. This marks the 193120392103192nd delay of Persona 5,…

Troy Baker Is Not In Persona 5

Troy Baker does voice work for almost every video game released on every platform made by every company. He was even in Persona 4. He will not, however, be in the English-language version of Persona 5 Instead, these folks will be handling dub duties: Xander Mobus: Protagonist Cassandra Morris: Morgana Max Mittelman: Ryuji Sakamoto Erika…

Inside Japan’s Persona 5 Cafe

This week, Persona 5 gets its own Tokyo restaurant, complete with P5 themed eats and drinks. As previously reported, the Persona 5 cafe is for a limited time only and will end its run on November 23. Dengeki Online and Famitsu were on hand to check out the cafe, so have a look at the…

Starting October 14, totally official Persona 5 food and drinks are coming to Tokyo’s Shibuya. Here’s a look at what will be on the menu. The Los Cabos restaurant in Shibuya is doing a promotion for the game, and it runs until November 23. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you…

Persona 5 Is Smart, Fun, And Very Japanese 

Persona 5 won’t be out in the West until next year, but the game has already been released in Japan. At about 15 hours in I feel like I’m just scratching the surface, but so far I’m loving it. Note: These impressions might have spoilers, depending on how sensitive you are to such things, but…

The Persona 5 Controversy In South Korea 

Persona 5 won’t be out in South Korea until next year, but the game has already caused some controversy there online. The game will be subtitled in Korean, which should make many players there happy. What isn’t making some happy is imagery on P5 character Ryuji Sakamoto’s shoes. He doesn’t always wear the same sneakers…

When Capcom Does Persona 5, It’s Strange

Persona 5 characters and costumes look cool in, well, Persona 5. But how do they look in Capcom’s Dragon’s Dogma Online? Kinda strange! Famitsu and 4Gamer report that Capcom is collaborating with Atlus to bring four P5 outfits (the Phantom Suit, the Panther Rubber, the Trickster Suit, and Trickster Rubber) to its free-to-play title Dragon’s…

Japan Sure Loves Buying Persona 5

On September 15, Persona 5 was released in Japan. Did you get it? Loads of people in Japan did, so let’s check out its first week sales numbers. Via 4Gamer, here are the top ten selling titles for the week of September 12 to September 18. (Note that these are retail sales figures.) 10. BioShock:…

Persona 5 is getting a PS4 bundle in Japan. Make that a PS4 Slim bundle. It’s priced at39,980 yen (US$393) and will be out September 15, when the game launches in Japan.

The Importance Of Anime In Persona 5

Persona 5 looks terrific. Especially the animated sequences by famed studio Production I.G, perhaps best known for The Ghost in the Shell anime. In a recent interview with Weekly Famitsu, animator Toshiyuki Kono, who directed those cutscenes, said that Persona 5 director Katsura Hashino first got in touch three and a half years ago. This…

Good evening. Here is a Persona 5 combat trailer. If there’s a cooler UI out there, I haven’t seen it.

Earlier this morning, Atlus showed off 18 minutes of Persona 5 gameplay. 18 minutes! You can watch it here. Note that this was a Japanese livestream of the Japanese version, so…enjoy the visuals. (Thanks Giuseppe’s Gaming!)

Some Fresh Persona 5 Gameplay Footage

Atlus gave a demonstration of Persona 5 gameplay today at E3. Here’s video of it. The quality’s of IGN’s clip here isn’t great, but it’s captured from a demo screen on the showroom floor, so whaddyagonnado. It’s certainly clear enough to make out that there’s a dungeon full of butts. Sad reminder: this game isn’t…

Persona 5 Won’t Be Out In North America Until February 2017

Sorry, Persona fans: you won’t be dating new waifus and husbandos until next year. Atlus announced today that Persona 5 will be out in North America on February 14, 2017. That’s five months after Japan gets the fifth Persona, and it might come as a bummer to North American gamers who hoped to go on…

Atlus just announced that its P5 anime will be titled Persona 5 The Animation: The Day Breakers, will be a prologue, and will hit Japanese TV this September, right before the game is released. It was first announced at last year’s Tokyo Game Show.

Persona 5 Looks As Incredible As Ever

You thought the last Persona 5 trailer was amazing? It was. Ditto for this latest one. Check out this new gameplay, new characters, and sweet, sweet user interface. Today, Atlus revealed that Persona 5 will be out September 15 in Japan on the PS3 and PS4.

Persona 5 Will Be Released September 15 in Japan

Atlus just announced the drop date for Persona 5. The game will be out in Japan on September 15. As of writing, the Western release date, however, still hasn’t yet been revealed. Atlus announced the release during a Nico Nico stream. Persona 5 was first announced in 2013 and then slated for release the following…

Someone Pranked The Hell Out Of Persona Fans

Over the weekend, Persona fans got some tremendous news: the next game in Atlus’s quirky series would be out in July, not just for PS4 but for PC as well. Then they found out it was all a big lie. It all started Friday, when Atlus launched a Persona teaser page that’s been counting down…