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Persona 4: Arena Ultimax, Catherine, and Dengeki Bunko: FIGHTING CLIMAX Featured at EVO 2015

InTheSky July 21, 2015 Leave a reply

Some of our readers who are interested in competitive fighting games should be aware that EVO 2015 took place this past weekend. Persona 4: Arena Ultimax was one of the headlining events. Sega’s Dengeki Bunko: FIGHTING CLIMAX and Atlus’s Catherine were featured as side events at EVO 2015. So while they weren’t featured as main stage events and enjoyed the large pot bonuses that some other games may have enjoyed, they were also streamed through Twitch channels and many players had the opportunity to compete against each other in the tense but fun atmosphere of EVO.

Be sure to continue reading! It was a fun event, and a quick recap awaits after the break.

“Big in Japan” EU PlayStation Store Sales Include Plenty of Sega and Atlus Games!

Draikin June 24, 2015 Leave a reply

EU gamers felt left out when Sony had a “Golden Week” sale on the US PlayStation Store earlier this year, but Sony has now announced a similar sales initiative named “Big in Japan” for the EU PlayStation Store, which sees a plethora of Japanese games sold at a discounted price for the PS3, PS Vita and PSP. We made a list of all the Atlus and Sega games featured in the sales, together with their new price. Not listed below but perhaps worth noting is that many of the Hyperdimension Neptunia games, a franchise which will receive a crossover game with the SeHa Girls, have been discounted as well. The sales ends on July 7th.

Sega-Sammy Posts Net Loss in FY 2015

Draikin May 11, 2015 Leave a reply

Sega-Sammy have revealed their results for the past fiscal year (ending March 30, 2015), and they’re not particularly good. The company has posted a 11.2 billion yen loss, compared to their 30.721 billion yen profit the year before. While the consumer business (the one with Sega’s console/PC/mobile games) managed to do better than the year before by posting a 4 million yen profit, the Pachinko/Pachislot saw a drastic decline in profit, with income nearly half of that of the year before (still 25.796 billion yen). Things looked particularly bad for the Amusement Machine Sales and Amusement Center Operations side, which both posted net losses. All this contributed to a considerably reduced income, leading to an overall net loss for the holding company.

EU PlayStation Store Sales with Plenty of Sega Arcade Titles and P4A Ultimax Ending Soon

Draikin May 4, 2015 Leave a reply

Sony has been selling a lot of arcade titles on the EU PlayStation Store at a heavy discount since April 22, but the sales will be ending soon. Sega fans in the EU may want to check them out before they’re over, given how many Sega arcade titles are available. Atlus only has one title, but it’s one of their more recent titles, namely Persona 4 Arena Ultimax. You can find a list of all the Sega and Atlus games and their discounts below. Note that this time around, the additional PlayStation Plus discount seems to be applied to the original price. In other words, if a game is discounted as 50% with an additional 10% discount for PlayStation Plus subscribers, you get a 60% discount. Usually, the 10% discount is applied to the already discounted price, which in the previous example would result in a 55% discount. The sale ends on May 6, 2015.

Project Diva F 2nd and Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Released in Europe

Draikin November 22, 2014 Leave a reply

Europe got not one but two games from Sega and Atlus yesterday. The first one of those is of course Project Diva F 2nd. We’ve detailed the release of the US version in an earlier article. The sequel to Project Diva F brings with it an improved localization (with English song lyrics) and other features such as Japanese save imports, on top of what was already a great rhythm game. The game is available for both the PS3 and PS Vita.

Apart from Project Diva F 2nd, Sega Europe has also released Persona 4 Arena Ultimax. Unfortunately, there’s some bad news here. Despite the fact that the European fans had to wait longer for the release of the game, the Marie/Adachi DLC, which was offered for free in the US for the first week, won’t be free at all for Europe. Instead, they’ll cost you €4,49 or £3.69 each. Despite that setback, the game itself has been receiving very positive reviews. Anyone that enjoyed the first game is unlikely to be disappointed by the sequel. Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is available for the PS3 and Xbox 360.

If you’re playing either of these games, why not let us know in the comments? We always enjoy reading the comments from our readers!

Upcoming Sega and Atlus Games for November

Draikin November 10, 2014 Leave a reply

November is proving to be an interesting month for Sega and Atlus fans, with plenty of games heading our way. First of all, tomorrow sees the release of Valkyria Chronicles on PC. IncGamer seem to be the first offering their impressions on the PC port, and judging from their article the port delivers exactly what Sega promised, with support for different resolutions, framerate equal to the refresh rate of your monitor and configurable mouse/keyboard support. The game is still available for pre-order on Steam with a 10% discount.

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Fan Edition Announced for Europe

Draikin September 29, 2014 Leave a reply

Although Sega Europe was already confirmed to be handling the publishing of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, it’s now been revealed that there will be a special edition of the game called Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Fan edition. Unfortunately, like the Persona Q limited edition, this Persona 4 Ultimax Fan edition will also be a retailer exclusive. The special edition can only be ordered from Rice Digital, and contains a T-Shirt (of which the design will be determined through a community vote) and the first set of Tarot cards (the second set is included in NISA’s Persona Q Wild Cards edition).

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax European Release Date Confirmed for November, Gets New Story Trailer

Draikin September 19, 2014 Leave a reply

We reported earlier that Sega Europe would be publishing Persona 4 Arena Ultimax in Europe, and now we’ve learned that the release date will be set in November (this time without region-locking!). Sega Europe’s COO Jurgen Post had this to say in an official press release:

“We’re delighted to be able to bring Persona 4 Arena Ultimax to Europe for all the fans of the series over here,” said Jurgen Post, president and COO for Sega Europe. “It represents a great new addition to Sega’s portfolio of tournament calibre fighting games.”

Also worth noting is that the game is receiving both a physical and a digital release in Europe, which is a departure from titles like Shin Megami Tensei IV receiving a digital-only release.

Shin Megami Tensei IV European Release Delayed, Late October Release Planned

InTheSky September 4, 2014 Leave a reply

Shin Megami Tensei IV’s European release is delayed once again, confirms AtlusUSA PR Manager John L Hardin via a TwitLonger post. The contents of the post are below:

After some unscheduled changes to the SMTIV mobile website raised some eyebrows, a lot of you asked for more details, so I’ll be upfront. We encountered a few last-minute issues specific to the EU version, and we have to fix them. Given the current timelines for production, it looks like SMTIV won’t be out in EU until late October.
No one likes delays. Our fans in Europe have been waiting for SMTIV for a *very* long time, and it pains us to have to move the release date back even further. I have talked to a few of you on Twitter, I’ve seen the angry posts on Reddit, NeoGAF, Facebook, etc., and wanted to be as direct as I could. We truly feel awful having to say “wait a little longer” for a game you’ve been so zealously patient for, but there is no other recourse. We’re doing everything we can to get the game out in Europe as fast as we can, so please bear with us.

Shin Megami Tensei IV is receiving an English-only digital release in Europe, and the game was released in July 2013 for North America. Personally, I feel it has to be appreciated that a representative of the company is reaching out and notifying fans of the situation with the game’s delayed release, but at the same time the large difference in release dates and the unknown reason for the delays are puzzling. The circumstances are so abnormal and stressing for fans that it perhaps merits some clarification. A release such as this could lend itself to reinforcing the trend of poor commercial reception for Atlus titles in Europe, and thus limited Atlus presence.

Perhaps it would be preferable if Sega could take on a more active role in the future…

Sega of Europe to publish Persona 4 Arena Ultimax for EU, Sega also Publishing for Australia

InTheSky September 2, 2014 1 Reply

This NeoGAF topic uncovered the PEGI classification for Persona 4 Arena Ultimax in Europe. It shows that Sega of Europe will be publishing the game in Europe. Zen United had been handling publishing of a few Atlus games in the past, including Rune Factory 4 and the first iteration of Persona 4 Arena. However, in May it was confirmed via Siliconera that Atlus had taken over distribution rights from Zen United for Persona 4 Arena in Europe, following the game being pulled from PSN in the region.

Worth noting is the fact that only a Playstation 3 listing shows up in the PEGI database as of now, while a multiplatform (Xbox 360 and Playstation 3) release is scheduled for Australia and North America. Ultimax is already out in Japan.

It is suggested in the above-mentioned NeoGAF thread mentions that that Germany-based media distribution and marketing company Koch Media could be distributing Persona 4 Arena Ultimax in Europe. Sega of Europe and Koch Media have overseen European distribution of some Sega games since the 2012 restructuring of Sega of Europe that saw the closing of several Sega offices, initially announced here. With Atlus now a part of Sega, they can now benefit from Sega’s resource network which includes their partnership with Koch Media in Europe.

The fact that Sega is publishing a title that is an IP of newly-acquired Atlus comes across as one of the most notable public displays of Sega and Atlus working together, and it recalls the earlier suggestion made by Atlus once Sega acquired them that Atlus could benefit from Sega’s “circulation network” and large company size.

On a related note, it seems that Sega will also be publishing Persona 4 Arena Ultimax in Australia, as well.