The Nintendo Switch has salvaged the remains of my shattered gaming life. No longer do I feel content to sit in front of a television and plug away at video games. Between jobs, travel, family, friends, and a shrieking baby boy, I want options for how I play, when I play, and most importantly, where I play. The Switch has opened my eyes to how limited a television and a PC can be, and...
Famed RPG developer Atlus recently held a “Golden Employment Special” broadcast looking to hire new developers for upcoming projects. Many of the projects it teased and talked about involved the recently formed Studio Zero, which Atlus opened in 2016, but surprisingly, it didn’t mention any of its established RPG franchises like Persona or Etrian Odyssey. Instead, a special “guest...
A half-decade of remakes and spin-offs comes to an end this October with the release of Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth. The latest in Atlus’ excellent handheld RPG series will hit the shelves on Oct. 17, making it the first original, mainline game since Etrian Odyssey IV launched in 2013. As usual, Atlus will include a handful of goodies for those who pre-order, including: 24-...
Persona 4: Dancing All Night was a fun little title that took the main game’s legendary soundtrack and turned it into a slick little rhythm game. Aside from the overly long dialogue scenes, I’d call it a solid attempt to branch the series into other genres. Atlus agrees, and it is now giving the treatment to both Persona 3 and Persona 5. The company announced two new games Persona 3:...
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth is about as amazing of a crossover as you could hope for. Not only does it bring together the popular casts of Persona 3 and Persona 4, it also fuses together Persona’s mechanics seamlessly together with Atlus’ other killer series, Etrian Odyssey. The game was a critical hit, but I never expected a sequel to it. Boy, was I wrong! Atlus has confirmed...
Almost a year after its original Japanese release and selling nearly 2 million copies, Persona 5 is finally scheduled to follow in the footsteps of its predecessors. Atlus and anime studio A-1 Pictures have confirmed that the mega-hit JRPG will be getting its own anime adaptation in 2018. The announcement popped up on Persona’s official Twitter account along with a teaser trailer....
I still haven’t set aside 90 hours to play it yet, but Persona 5 is currently tearing up the video game world. At 1.8 million copies, it proves that the JRPG genre is still in pure rebound mode and has a lot of wiggle room to climb back into mainstream success. Director Toshihiro Nagoshi announced the new sales figure in a streaming event this week to a round of applause from the...
Odin Sphere developer VanillaWare confirmed that its latest game 13 Sentinel: Aegis Rim will be getting a worldwide release on the PlayStation 4 and PS Vita. I have seen the game advertised around Japan, but I haven't yet jumped in to see what it is actually about. This E3 2017 trailer is my first look at the game, and it's pretty rad if you're into giant robot anime. Thirteen...
SEGA is all set for a huge E3 with a handful of fan-favorite titles in tow. Thanks in part to the purchase of Atlus, its list of games extends to Yakuza, Sonic, the latest game from popular developer VanillaWare, a handful of excellent JRPGs, and even a Warhammer game. Check out the list of games and their descriptions below. Yakuza 6: The Song of Life and Yakuza Kiwami Visitors...
Yesterday’s slip up on Atlus’ official website revealed three games slightly earlier than the company had planned, and today, Atlus is rolling with the punches and coming out with official announcements. Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux, Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology, and Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth will all be heading to North America in late 2017 and early 2018...