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Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker EU Preorder Page Up, Some Bonus Items Absent

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

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Chisa Yokoyama (Sakura Shinguji) to Participate in a Sakura Wars Concert in October

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

Legend of Legacy Releases on October 13th in North America With Launch Edition

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

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EVO 2015 Catherine Event Archive Now on YouTube

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

New Stella Glow Trailer Features English Version of the Game’s Theme Song

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.

Phantasy Star Online 2 Cast and Staff Announced, PSO Anniversary Projects Rollout

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

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Sega Unveils All 8 Character Classes for 7th Dragon III Code: VFD

RPGSite recently published an article writing that Sega released a large amount of visual media for 7th Dragon III Code: VFD. All eight classes for the game are now known, with the Rune-Knight and Mage classes being confirmed. Sega also updated their official website for 7th Dragon III to show off some of the characters present in the game. You can see them by checking out the “WORLD” section of …read more

Part 2 of the Yakuza 5 Developer Interview Talks About the Game’s Fanbase, Japanese Culture, Character Designs and More

Sony have released the second part in their Yakuza 5 developer interview, where Gio Corsi from PlayStation interviews the Yakuza series Director Toshihiro Nagoshi and Producer Masayoshi Yokoyama. In this part of the interview, they first discuss the international fanbase. Nagoshi thinks it makes sense that there’s a fanbase for the game outside of Japan given how unique the game is, even though he didn’t necessarily expect there to be …read more

New 7th Dragon III Code: VFD Trailer Shows the Game’s Past, Present and Future World

Sega of Japan have posted a new trailer for their upcoming 3DS RPG, 7th Dragon III Code: VFD, showing the game’s three different regions, each set in a different era. Shown in the trailer are respectively Tokyo (in the game’s present time), Atlantis (in the past) and Eden (in the future). The trailer also shows some of the characters the player will meet in the different timelines. You can watch …read more