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Sega Considering Live-Action Persona Movie Or TV Show

After the live-action Sonic movies made tons of money, Sega looking to Atlus for future projects

By Zack Zwiezen Published June 30, 2022

CultureNews

Everything Shown At Today’s Nintendo Direct Mini

Monster Hunter gets more content and Persona 5 is finally coming to the Switch

By Sisi Jiang Published June 28, 2022

CultureNews

Persona 5 Royal, Persona 4 Golden, And Persona 3 Portable Coming To Switch, Too

The legendary JRPGS are also heading to PC, Xbox, and PlayStation consoles

By Zack Zwiezen Published June 28, 2022

CultureNews

Three Legendary Persona Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass, PC, And PS5 (But Not The Switch)

Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, and Persona 5 Royal will finally make the leap to Xbox consoles

By Zack Zwiezen Published June 12, 2022

CultureNews

New Persona-Inspired JRPG Has You Fighting The Apocalypse, Holding Hands Lewdly

Eternights has you managing the age-old balance between going on dates and battling rampaging monsters

By Isaiah Colbert Published June 3, 2022

CultureNews

Here’s Why The Next Atlus JRPG Is Such A Big Deal To Hardcore Fans

Soul Hackers 2 breaks SMT 's long streak of having only male JRPG protagonists, among other things

By Isaiah Colbert Published February 22, 2022

OpinionCommentary

Summer Wars Creator’s New Anime Is Visually Stunning, But Misses The Mark

Acclaimed filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda’s latest is an audiovisual marvel that misunderstands online identity

By Sisi Jiang Published February 1, 2022

The Bests

The Persona Games Ranked From Worst To Best

There are many games, and versions of those games, in the Persona series, and we’ve done the work of helping you pick the best

By Renata Price Published January 11, 2022

ReviewsYear in Review

Renata Price’s Top Ten Games Of 2021

It has been a tremendously weird year, and I think this list reflects that weirdness

By Renata Price Published December 23, 2021

CultureNews

Behold! 15 Albums Of Persona Music In One Gorgeous $400 Box Set

Iam8bit has collected music from all five Persona games on color-coded vinyl

By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2021

ReviewsSwitch

Shin Megami Tensei V: The Kotaku Review

With SMT V , Atlus crafts a top-notch turn-based RPG

By Renata Price Published November 22, 2021

OpinionCommentary

Persona Comparisons In Positive SMT5 Reviews Leave Fans Furious

SMT may be where Persona originated, but Atlus’ spin-off series is now far more widely known

By Sisi Jiang Published November 8, 2021

Kotaku EastJapan

Longtime Persona Composer Shoji Meguro Is Leaving Atlus

Meguro will follow his dream of creating indie games and continue making music for his old studio

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 27, 2021

CultureTotal Recall

Shin Megami Tensei If… Was Persona Before Persona

This odd Super Famicom dungeon crawl served as the foundation for the Persona series

By Ian Walker Published July 23, 2021

CultureE3

Shin Megami Tensei V Coming To Switch On November 12

Shin Megami Tensei V will be exclusive to the Nintendo Switch

By Ian Walker Published June 15, 2021

Culture

Oh Hey It’s Yet Another Persona 5 Spin-Off

Persona games and spin-offs, name a more iconic duo. Chinese giant Perfect World announced earlier today a new mobile game Code Name: X, which with its soundtrack and art style and pretty much everything else suggested it was a Persona 5 game, without actually coming out and saying it. Which was weird, and led some…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 13, 2021

Kotaku EastJapan

Today, Atlus Celebrates Its Birthday

Famed role-playing game maker Atlus is celebrating a milestone. Today in 1986, the company was founded. Happy birthday Atlus! In its early years, Atlus sold karaoke equipment, before releasing its first game Puzzle Boy for the Game Boy in 1989. The company’s first arcade game, BlaZeon, followed three years later. During the 1990s, Atlus caused…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 7, 2021

Opinion

“We Just Despise The Police”: Persona 5 Strikers Is OK

If you’ve played Persona 5 you’ll know that, aside from a few notable exceptions, Tokyo’s cops are kid-torturing assholes. So it’s little wonder that in the game’s kinda-sequel, the Phantom Thieves have no time for them. By virtue of the original game’s youthful, rebellious themes, the police are framed throughout Persona 5 as authoritative villains,…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 14, 2021

Opinion

Thank You, Persona 5 Strikers, For This Adult Who Doesn’t Suck

Persona 5 Strikers has been out for a little more than a week, so I feel pretty comfortable saying this: Thank God for Wolf! Wolf (née Zenkichi Hasegawa) is the newest and only adult member of the Phantom Thieves. There are adults who help the Phantom Thieves and keep their secret, but until Strikers, there’s…

By Ash Parrish Published March 5, 2021

Culture

How Persona 5 Strikers Did (And Didn’t) Steal Our Hearts

At long last, the Phantom Thieves ride again as Persona 5 Strikers—the Atlus RPG turned Koei Tecmo hack and slash—is out in North America. I’m a big Persona 5 nerd and I’ve been anxiously waiting for fellow nerd Luke Plunkett to get far enough into the game that I could finally have someone with whom…

By Ash Parrish Published March 3, 2021