Sega has made several Phantasy Star Online 2 announcements on a recent NicoNico livestream today, one of them announcing that Phantasy Star Online 2 will be heading to the PlayStation 4 in 2016, alongside a new Episode 4: Reborn expansion. Sega also announced that the PS4 version of the game will be playable at the upcoming Tokyo Game Show (September 2015). Unfortunately there’s still no word on the status of …read more
AtlusUSA has released the English character trailer for Yukiko Amagi. Her style and mannerisms are meant to project poise and demureness. She’s a character who balances her own passions and the feelings of others; it’s a delicacy that can be conveyed through her dancing. It appears that for this game she’ll be retaining her voice actress, too. In addition, the swimsuit DLC (for Rise, Naoto, Chie, and Yukiko) has been …read more
It’s come to our attention that a special mod for Valkyria Chronicles on the PC has been made publicly available for download and use with the game. It’s most often referred to by the name “Gallian Crossfire”, and it’s the creative work of a Valkyria Chronicles fan by the name of Busard. Gallian Crossfire is a rebalancing of Valkyria Chronicles. While praised for a variety of traits including a unique …read more
NISAmerica, who has been handling distribution of Atlus-related products in Europe in recent times, put up a product page that is taking preorders for Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker. Early copies for European gamers will include the decal set that came with North American early copies, but unfortunately other additional goods including the bonus soundtrack CD and collector’s outer box are absent. Copies are priced at £24.99, which is not …read more
Chisa Yokoyama is a voice talent who’s contributed much to Japanese video games. Most notably to Sega fans, she is Sakura Shinguji, the de facto face of the Sakura Wars series. She not only has voiced Sakura in video games and animation projects, but also performed for stage shows as Sakura Shinguji and even appeared in a Sega commercial (with the Segata Sanshiro of legend) as Sakura Shinguji. She’s been …read more
Atlus has announced that FuRyu’s 3DS RPG Legend of Legacy will be in stores and eShop on October 13th in North America. The first print of the retail edition is a “Launch Edition”, which contains a 40 page hardcover artbook featuring pictures and sketches from Tomomi Kobayashi (SaGa) and a 10 track soundtrack CD composed by Masashi Hamauzu (Final Fantasy XIII). Both bonuses are housed in a collector’s box. Legend …read more
We’ve already seen screenshots of Hatsune Miku from the upcoming Persona 4: Dancing All Night DLC for Japan, but Atlus has now posted a new trailer showing us actual gameplay featuring Miku, and also letting us hear her remix of the Persona 4 song “Heaven”. The trailer also reveals that the DLC will be released on August 27 in Japan.
John L. Hardin of Atlus recently archived the EVO 2015 competitive Catherine event and uploaded it to AtlusUSA’s YouTube account. We appreciate his and Atlus’ attention to this event at EVO 2015! After the break, we’ve attached the archived footage for your viewing. There will be two videos – one full video (a little under five and a half hours) that captures the whole event, and another (lasting about 45 …read more
Atlus USA posted a new trailer for the English version of the 3DS strategy RPG Stella Glow, featuring the game’s opening animation. Unique for the western version of the game is an English version of the game’s theme song “Hikari no Metamorphosis”, which was re-recorded by the song’s original artist, Konomi Suzuki. That said, the original Japanese version of the song will also be included in the game.
AnimeNewsNetwork translated a production staff and voice actor list for Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation, set to air in 2016. Some key production roles are shown below: Director: Keiichiro Kawaguchi Writer: Mitsutaka Hirota Character Design: Minoko Takasu Some of the voice talent attached to this project include Shouta Aoi, Ayaka Suwa, and M.A.O.. The studio doing the animation work is Telecom Animation Film, a studio that has been in …read more