Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Americas Release Date Announced, Margaret Not Yet Confirmed

The release date for Persona 4 Arena Ultimax in the Americas was recently revealed. Siliconera writes that the game will be out on September 30 for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Rise (Persona 4) and Ken+Koromaru (Persona 3, as one unit) are new characters added to this iteration, and Marie and Adachi, both from Persona 4, will be available as free downloads within the first week after the game’s release. …read more

Sega Announces Chinese Localization for Phantasy Star Nova and Shining Resonance

This news is certain to give us some food for thought. PlayStation Taiwan has announced that Sega will be localizing Phantasy Star Nova and Shining Resonance in Chinese. Obviously, this begs the question why an English version of these games wouldn’t be equally worthwhile for Sega. In comparison, the Taiwanese version of Namco Bandai’s PS Vita game “Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment” received both Chinese and English subtitles, and the …read more

Etrian Odyssey 2: Knight of Fafnir Announced!

Gematsu reports that Famitsu has officially revealed Etrian Odyssey 2: Knight of Fafnir – a remake of the second Etrian Odyssey game (Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard)  as Etrian Odyssey Untold: Millennium Girl was a remake of the first. The second Etrian Odyssey game follows an adventurer’s guild as they traverse the Yggdrasil Maze, a forested labyrinth rising upward, to reach a mysterious castle In The Sky and obtain …read more

Phantasy Star Nova Demo Coming to Japan August 12 (Updated)

Gematsu reports that the battle demo will be available in Japan on August 12. The demo will allow for multiplayer (up to four players) ad-hoc play. It will feature one Gigantes to be battled, named “Agrios”, and will also feature cutscenes for limited insight into the characters alongside limited exploration of the planet Machia as we’ve written about before. The size will be one gigabyte – be sure to have …read more

PlayStation Now Beta Includes Some Sega and Atlus Games, But No Valkyria Chronicles/Yakuza

The open beta for PlayStation Now, Sony’s new game streaming service, is now officially underway in the US and includes some Sega and Atlus games. Sega have three games available at the moment namely Sonic CD, Crazy Taxi and Alpha Protocol, while Atlus is offering people access to Catherine, their PS3 puzzle/adventure/horror game which they first released back in 2011. At one point Sega’s NiGHTS into Dreams was also available …read more

Atlus CEO Hints at Company’s Next Plans, Talks of Relationship with Sega

This week’s issue of Famitsu contains an interesting interview with Atlus CEO Naoto Hiraoka teasing some of the company’s future projects. After some talk about Atlus’ recent focus on the Persona series with Persona 5, Q, and Dancing All Night (alongside other media highlighting the franchise’s presence like Persona 4: The Golden Animation and Arc System Works’ expansion title Persona 4 Arena Ultimax), Hiraoka mentions that Atlus will perhaps be …read more

Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode 3 Details

Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode 3 is coming out on August 27 in Japan. Sega recently broadcasted one of their regular livestreams for Phantasy Star Online 2. Some of Episode 3’s more notable introductions include a fourth accessory slot, a new character class and a new planet, but Sega is also planning a slew of balance adjustments, gameplay experience changes, and new content in conjunction with Episode 3.The PSUBlog detailed …read more

Shin Megami Tensei IV Coming to Europe in September 2014, Price Announced

Atlus recently announced additional details for their European release of Shin Megami Tensei IV.  The game will be made available on the eShop at €19.99 or £17.99 sometime during September 2014. It was also noted that all of the game’s downloadable content, with the exception of an armor set made available in North America as exclusive preorder content, will be available for download in the game’s European release, too.

UDON Entertainment publishing Shining and Border Break artbooks

Earlier this year we interviewed UDON Entertainment about their experience with translating various Sega artbooks, and based on their announcements during their Comic-Con 2014 panel they are continuing to release additional books for Sega fans.  UDON is translating another Shining Artbook: Shining Blade and Ark which is a collection of both Shining games illustrated by Tony Taka.   Border Break Artworks, meanwhile, showcases mecha and background designs of the arcade game.  …read more