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News Atlus Insists That Persona 5 Is Coming To North America This Year, While Europe Gets It Later
We need some evidence
We want to believe, but we're finding it difficult. It's now August, and barring a trailer and an official English website, we don't really have any evidence that Persona 5 is actually releasing this year in North America - or even Japan, for that matter. But in an interview with God is a Geek, the always enthusiastic Jo
News Yukiko Finds Her True Self in New Persona 4 Dancing All Night Trailer
Turns out her true self is John Travolta
If God made a fan service game and was also big into body pillows, it'd look a little something like Persona 4 Dancing All Night.The groove-'em-up still doesn't have a confirmed European release date, though, which has us moon-walking with fury. But these trailers are doing a good job of satiating this...
Review Lost Dimension (PS Vita)
Trust issues
With a doomsday timer set on the world, the villain known as The End summons 11 gifted members known as S.E.A.L.E.D. team to the Pillar – a mysterious structure that's appeared out of nowhere – in order to defeat him. However, he's planted traitors among the group. It's up to protagonist Sho Kasugai and his allies to determine who...
By the Gods
Earlier this week, Atlus and Vanillaware revealed that they were working on an enhanced remake of PlayStation 2 action role-playing game Odin Sphere. Subtitled Leifdrasir, the game will feature spruced up, high definition visuals and tweaked mechanics. There's no concrete release date just yet, but Sony has announced on Twitter tha
News Hatsune Miku Is Bringing Her Moves to Persona 4 Dancing All Night
We should have seen this coming
In case you missed the news, Persona developer Atlus is now part of SEGA - the Japanese publisher that owns the rights to Hatsune Miku, everyone's favourite fictional songstress. With that in mind, it's perhaps no surprise that groove-'em-up Persona 4 Dancing All Night is getting downloadable content featuring the...
News Dragon's Crown Creator Vanillaware's Cooking Up a Whole New Project with Details Coming Soon
Teasers of announcements of annoucements
You've got to love this industry for its ability to tease teasers like no other. Last week, Atlus and Vanillaware opened up a website that teased an announcement for today, and sure enough, the two companies have revealed that they're working on a new project. The bad news is that all you're getting right...
News Behold the Beauty: PS2 RPG Odin Sphere Is Getting an HD Remake on PS4, PS3, and Vita
Phwoar
In an announcement that we're sure has many of you jumping with joy, Odin Sphere is getting remade on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and Vita. Originally a much loved and visually stunning PlayStation 2 action role-playing game, it's due out in its native Japan in January next year. Entitled Odin Sphere: Leifdrasir, the game won't be a simple...
News Muramasa and Dragon's Crown Creator Vanillaware Is Teasing a New HD Project
It's bound to be gorgeous
It looks as though talented Japanese outfit Vanillaware is gearing up to announce a new project in the next few days, if this teaser website is anything to go by. Whatever the game is, it'll be revealed live in Boston on the 20th July. There's already some speculation that it may be a high definition re-release of the...
News Yu and Rise Step It Up In Persona 4 Dancing All Night's English Trailers
Dance for the truth
Persona 4 Dancing All Night is coming West later this year, and to be totally honest, we can't wait to give it a go. Sure, the idea of dancing to save your high school buddies is just a few steps away from being overly ridiculous, but when the game looks as fun as this, it's hard to care. With the title's launch creeping ever...
News Persona 5 PS4, PS3 Trailer Boards the Hype Train to Hell
Steal back your future
Persona 5 is apparently still on course for its 2015 release, so a new trailer probably shouldn't come as much of a surprise. This latest video is included on the DVD that ships with the Japanese version of Persona 4 Dancing All Night – but despite the rhythm title not launching until tomorrow, the new clip's already leaked...
E3 2015 Persona 5 Gets an English Trailer, and It's Still Slated For a 2015 Western Release
Now it's personal
Atlus has begun its Western push of Persona 5 courtesy of the role-playing game's first English trailer, published alongside the title's official English website. Disappointingly, the clip contains the same footage that we've seen before, but it's still well worth watching again for its glorious sense of style. Perhaps the big...
News Margaret Takes a Break from Fusing Personas to Boogie in Persona 4 Dancing All Night
Velvet bloom
Margaret may be known as the mysterious, golden-eyed woman who sits in an ethereal limo and fuses personas for you on a regular basis, but hey, she likes to let her hair down as much as anyone else. As evidenced by Persona 4 Dancing All Night's newest trailer, Margaret's actually quite the elegant dancer. Apparently, she's an...
News Teddie's Somehow More Ridiculous Than Ever in Persona 4 Dancing All Night
Sensei-tive material
Teddie's always been a bit of a strange one, even before his human form popped out of the cuddly bear suit. However, if you thought that you'd already seen the extremities of his madness, you need only watch the embedded trailer to realise that there's yet more to behold. We're not entirely sure whether it's his weirdly...
News Of Course Persona 4: Dancing All Night's Getting Cross-Dressing DLC
Gear up, guys
There's a point in Persona 4 where Yasogami High School hosts a sort of beauty pageant. The title's female characters show up on stage in bikinis, but in a last minute twist, the main male members of the cast are signed up for the event's cross-dressing competition. The whole thing results in a rather humorous scene in which the...
News Europe's Getting Atlus JRPG Lost Dimension One Month Late
Could be worse
Good old Atlus and its insistence to always be late to the European party. In the past, we inhabitants of the Old World have had to wait months for titles like Dragon's Crown, but when we heard that prolific publisher NIS America would be handling the European launch of upcoming Japanese role-playing game Lost Dimension, we had some...
News Sci-Fi JRPG Lost Dimension Entrusts Us with a Western Release Date and Free DLC
No betrayal here
If you'll recall, we wrote about PlayStation 3 and Vita title Lost Dimension a little while back, and exclaimed that it seemed to have the makings of an interesting role-playing game. Atlus' creation sees you team up with a bunch of stylish teens, and as the plot progresses, you'll need to decide who's an enemy, and who isn't...
News PlayStation Exclusive Persona 5's Nabbed a Release Window, and It's Looking Promising
Pray for Europe
It's arguably not a point that's being made as much as it should be, but Persona 5 is a big deal for PlayStation. The Japanese role-playing game series is on the very cusp of becoming a smash hit, with Persona 4 being a critical and commercial success not just in Japan, but over here in the West, too. If you still haven't seen...
News Persona 5 Is Looking Super Stylish in New Screenshots
A little more personal
Persona 5 is going to be one heck of a stylish Japanese role-playing game - that much has been certain since it was initially revealed. And, as if we needed any proof, Atlus has released several new screenshots of the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 title in action. Showcasing environments, battles, menus, and general art,...
News Yes, Persona 4 Dancing All Night Will Have Swimsuit DLC
Expected at this point
A reveal that's received a bit of a backlash from some fans, early Japanese editions of Persona 4 Dancing All Night will come with swimsuit DLC for the four female party members of Persona 4. This means that you can have Rise, Chie, Yukiko, and Naoto all pulling off their dance moves while wearing next to nothing. Of course,...
News Brighten Up Your Day With Persona 4: Dancing All Night's Brand New Trailer
Friday night disco
Persona 4: Dancing All Night looks ridiculous, to put it mildly. The mystery solving gang of the original role-playing game are back to solve yet more mysteries, but this time, they'll be strutting their stuff and dancing the night away to get the job done. Tying a somewhat serious storyline into gameplay that involves pulling...
News Persona 4 Dancing All Night's Japanese Box Art Gets Its Groove On
Yu got moves
Turn down the lights, crank up the tunes, and dress up in something ridiculous, because Persona 4 Dancing All Night's Japanese box art is here. Featuring the rhythm game's cast, which includes characters from Persona 4, it's a typically colourful piece of artwork, and, as always, it's practically bursting with style. The disco ball's...
News This Is How You Boogie in Persona 4: Dancing All Night
Get your groove on
Persona 4: Dancing All Night is probably just about the farthest that you can take Atlus' role-playing game series before it steps into the realm of utter ridiculousness, but that hasn't stopped the release from looking pretty darn fun. Featuring characters from the original Persona 4, the rhythm title's looking to test your...
News Atlus RPG Lost Dimension Brings Style and Tough Moral Choices to PS3 and Vita This Summer
Didn't see that one coming
Will Atlus ever stop pumping out stylish properties? We hope not, but in the meantime, it's bringing tactical role-playing game Lost Dimension to the PlayStation 3 and Vita this summer. Going against the grain for once, it looks like us Europeans won't have to wait several hundred years for Atlus to localise it either, as...
News Persona 5's Information Blowout Will Heighten Your Hype
It begins
Now that it's out in the open and letting loose all of its secrets, Persona 5 has sprung up the most wanted list of many a gamer. If you were already left extremely excited by the game's brilliant gameplay trailer, then you might want to sit down before we shower you in new information from Japanese publication Dengeki PlayStation. The...
Talking Point Has Persona 5's Gameplay Trailer Dulled Your Excitement for Final Fantasy XV?
Persona-lly speaking
Some wouldn't like to admit it, but it's not often that a Japanese role-playing game has the weight to make waves in the current climate of our industry – at least, not here in the West. But of course, like everything in life, when something good is destined to come along, it all comes at once. After almost a decade of as...
News Persona 5 Already Sounds Like It Could Be Darker Than Persona 4
Character and story details from the game's director
Despite the fact that Persona 4 was a game about mysterious and brutal murders in a small Japanese town, many veteran fans of Shin Megami Tensei — Persona's parent franchise — thought that it was a little too cheery in comparison to previous titles, including Persona 3, which was, in many...
News Persona 5 Probably Has The Most Stylish Menu Screens That We've Ever Seen
Believe the hype
We finally got our first proper look at Persona 5 earlier today, and unsurprisingly, it wasn't long until good old NeoGAF was creating GIFs out of the incredibly cool trailer. Forum user mcmmaster has caught three different types
News Persona 5's Brand New Gameplay Trailer Is the Phantom That You Need in Your Life
Reach out to the truth
It's about darn time, eh? We've finally got a brand new look at Persona 5 courtesy of the series' marathon livestream that's been happening over the last couple of days. Needless to say, we couldn't possibly be more excited to get our hands on the upcoming role-playing game, especially after seeing this. Providing the best...
News Here's a Very Quick Tease To Get You Hyped for Persona 5's Supposed Showing
Would you look at that
This is going to be a pretty short article, mainly because it consists of a single picture that was found by Twitter user @snowdust_sky. With the marathon Persona stream still going on, we're slowly but surely reaching the end of a countdown that's supposedly tied to Persona 5. What'll happen when the clock hits zero? We're...
News Yukiko, Naoto, and Nanako Strut onto the Dance Floor of Persona 4 Dancing All Night
I'm in the mood for dancing
While we've all been asleep in our beds since yesterday's song reveal, the Persona Super Live 48-hour stream is still running strong. While everyone in the boradcast's chat is getting impatient waiting for Persona 5 news, the rest of the time is being well spent spilling even more details on Dancing All Night. The biggest...
News Get Your Groove on with Persona 4 Dancing All Night's First Full Song
Stylin'
Along with its superb sense of style, the Persona series is well known for its fantastic soundtracks, so it's no wonder that there's a reasonable amount of interest surrounding upcoming rhythm title, Persona 4 Dancing All Night. The franchise's currently ongoing livestream has presented us with our newest look at the dance-'em-up in the...
News You'll Never Guess Who Was Voted Persona 4's Best Character
Scandal
Persona 4's stuffed full of brilliantly written characters, so it's always going to be hard picking a favourite. You might adore idol-on-a-break Rise, or you may think that knucklehead-with-a-heart-of-gold Kanji simply can't be beat, but neither of them have taken the top spot on this fan poll. The vote comes courtesy of the utterly...
News Prepare Yourselves for 30 Hours of Persona Goodness
Ready teddie
If we ran a poll right now asking you to vote for your most anticipated game, we'd hazard that Persona 5 would finish somewhere near to the top. Atlus' forthcoming PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 role-playing release has been the source of strong excitement for some time now, but we still don't actually know an enormous amount about it...
Review Citizens of Earth (PlayStation 4)
Recruit 'em all
It's not every day that a developer fails to fund its game through Kickstarter, but still gets picked up by a publisher of legendary stature like Atlus. However, this is the exact route taken by Eden Industries with its SNES-inspired Citizens of Earth, which borrows heavily from Ape and HAL Laboratory's cult classic, EarthBound. With...
Review Rollers of the Realm (PlayStation 4)
They see me rollin'
There are some unusual mash-ups of game genres out there that are either smashing successes or faltering failures. There are RPG third-person shooters like Mass Effect, hack-‘n’-slash action RPGs such as Darksiders II, and then there’s something like Destiny, an MMORPG open world first-person…well, you get the gist of...
News Get Those Trendy Specs On, Persona 5 Is Taking a Train West Next Year
Surprise we guess
The disappointment was almost palpable during Sony's PlayStation Experience event earlier today as Adam Boyes mentioned Persona 5, only to confirm that it is indeed coming to North America in 2015. And, er, that was about it. We didn't have any doubts that the highly anticipated RPG would make it West, but at least now it's set in...
News Persona 5 Looking Like a Lock for PlayStation Experience
Chie whiz
Are you worried that PlayStation Experience, an event taking place in Las Vegas, will be dominated by Western games? Don’t be, because it looks like everyone is invited to this party. Ex-1Up editor and current SCEA employee Shane Bettenhausen [Couldn’t he have picked an easier to spell surname? – Ed] has Tweeted an image hinting at...
Weirdness Persona 4 Lovers, We've Found You a Hallowe'en Costume
Beary good
Hallowe’en is fast approaching, which means that you’re probably panicking over outfits right now. Don’t settle for the bog-standard zombie, though, as this Teddie getup from Persona 4 should have your buddies scratching their heads. The cosy fleece comes complete with character appropriate details, such as a big zip on the rear,...
TGS 2014 Yosuke, Chie, and Kanji Get Their Groove On in This New Persona 4 Dancing All Night Trailer
Smooth moves
Just when you thought fan favourite tough guy Kanji Tatsumi couldn't possibly embarrass himself further, he appears in this new trailer for Persona 4 Dancing All Night sporting a dumb smile and some pretty hilarious moves. The buff blonde isn't alone, though, as he's joined by fellow dungeon-delvers Yosuke and Chie. All three persona...
News SRPG Mythical Legend Tears to Tiara II: Hier to the Overlord Lands on PS3
Hamil Smash!
For fans of Japanese titles, there are always those of myth and legend; the games everyone has heard about, but very few mortal souls have seen them with their own eyes. The strategy RPG series Tears to Tiara falls into this bracket after never being released outside it's native country — that is, until now. Skipping a generation,...
News Surprise! Persona 5 is Coming to PS4 After All
Plus, get a quick look at the game's cast
Ever since its initial reveal, Persona fans have been clawing at developer Atlus for a PlayStation 4 port of Persona 5. At first, the upcoming Japanese RPG was confirmed as a PS3 exclusive. Of course, that's no longer the case, as a new trailer that was shown at Sony's pre-Tokyo Game Show conference...
E3 2014 Our JRPG Heroes Duke it Out Once Again in Persona 4 Arena Ultimax's Newest Trailer
Round 2
Arguably one of the weirdest genre collisions of recent times returns with Persona 4 Arena Ultimax. This free-for-all brawler created by Arc System Works of BlazBlue fame features its own unique storyline which ties into the Persona series. Featuring characters from Persona 3 and Persona 4, you can re-imagine battles that you could...
News Persona 4 Arena Ultimax's Japanese Boxart Is the Best We've Seen in Ages
The champion returns
We love a good looking game case here at Push Square. A box that you can stand on your shelf with pride, knowing that someday, your grandchildren will look at it in awe. A box much like Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is getting in its native Japan. We're exaggerating, of course, but there's no denying that the upcoming brawler has...
Review Daylight (PlayStation 4)
Low battery life
Daylight is the procedurally generated horror game from Zombie Studios, the indie outfit best known for free-to-play first-person shooter Blacklight Retribution. It has the distinction of being the first game released using the new – and largely impressive – Unreal Engine 4, making this an attractive proposition for visual...
News Rise Kujikawa Struts Off the Stage and into the Ring in Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
Please notice me senpai
Clearly not content with her life as a teen idol, Persona 4's dungeon navigator Rise Kujikawa will be taking her act away from the stage in the upcoming brawler, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax. Fans of the all singing all dancing love interest should be trembling at the mere thought of beating the snot out of Teddie with their...
News Danganronpa 2 Waves Goodbye to Despair on 2nd September
Kuma to daddy
NIS America will pull the trigger on Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair on 2nd September in North America, an Atlus sales sheet has revealed. The popular Persona maker is helping to distribute the PlayStation Vita exclusive in North America, which was
Review Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars (PlayStation Vita)
Born to try
Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars is one of the strangest games that you’ll ever play. Its premise – which, in essence, revolves around mating – provides an odd starting point, but get past this and you’ll find a surprisingly enjoyable excursion that’s only really let down by repetition and some unnecessarily sexual...
News Failed Kickstarter Citizens of Earth Is Destined to Save the World After All
We need you
Have you ever backed a Kickstarter only to have it fall short of its target goal, never to see the light of day? This was the fate that befell Citizens of Earth, an Earthbound-inspired RPG in which the vice president of the world must save the planet from destruction with the help of ordinary citizens. It seems that this game was...
News PS4 Survival Horror Daylight Spares You of Scares Until End of April
Title's still coming for you
Those of you with weak knees will have no need to shake, rattle, and roll until the end of April, as Blacklight: Retribution developer Zombie Studios has delayed its procedurally generated PlayStation 4 survival horror Daylight until the end of April. In a decidedly unspooky message, a company representative pointed out...
News Persona 4 Goes for Gold on the PlayStation 3
Yu know you'll buy it
Fans of high school drama and strange stuffed animals will be delighted to learn that Persona 4 is coming to the PlayStation 3. Judging by an ESRB listing spotted by Siliconera, the popular JRPG will launch as a PS2 Classic, meaning that it will be without the
