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This week, we talk to Ubisoft’s Anne Blondel, who tells us why Week One sales are not as important as they were before. Ubisoft’s game director Arnaud Ragot and brand manager Ollie Coe also speak about Steep and how it’s resurrecting the winter sports genre. This week, we also detail …
Read More »Persona 5 hit by delay
Atlus’s stylish RPG Persona 5 has been delayed by a couple of months in the West. The game had been due out on Valentine’s Day, but will now not arrive until April 4th. I know, I know. It stings. It stings a lot,” Atlus USA’s John Hardin said. But Persona …
Read More »Just a few weeks after launch Persona 5 is already Atlus’ best selling game in Japan
Persona 5 has sold 437,929 copies in Japan, making it Atlus’ best selling game in the country. Having launched on September 15th Persona 5 has already sold more than 400,000 units across both PS4 and PS3 according to the Media Create sales numbers, which were helpfully translated by Persona Central.Earlier …
Read More »Deep Silver to publish Atlus and Sega games including Persona 5 in Europe
German games firm Deep Silver will be releasing Atlus and Sega games including Persona 5 in Europe. The Dead Island firm announced today that it had entered in to a publishing agreement to launch some forthcoming Atlus games, such as Persona 5 (pictured) and Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse, as …
Read More »UPDATED: Dragon’s Crown pulled from PSN amid NIS America and Atlus fall out
UPDATE: Dragon’s Crown will be returning to the PSN store. In a statement provided to MCV, NIS America said that the RPG title will be back on PlayStation’s online store shortly via publisher Atlus. Below is the firm’s full statement on the matter: "With regards to our previous statements on …
Read More »Sega Europe: We’re very interested in bringing Atlus games to UK
Titles from Japanese games giant Atlus could be coming to Europe by way of Sega. Atlus’ releases were previously launched in the UK and Europe by NIS America. However, following the finalisation of Sega’s purchase of Atlus, relations with NIS America have become strained and the two terminated their relationship …
Read More »Persona 5 squares up to Final Fantasy XV in September
Atlus has announced the much anticipated release date for its next RPG hit Persona 5. The game will be released in Japan on September 15th. What’s most notable is that this means it’ll hit shelves just 15 days before Square Enix unleashes Final Fantasy XV on the nation. Who will …
Read More »Persona developer Atlus splits with Western publisher NIS America
‘It was very difficult for NIS America to establish an equal-partnership with Atlus’ following Sega buyout of studio, CEO and president reveals
Read More »NIS America cuts ties with Persona publisher Atlus
Publisher NIS America will no longer be releasing games from Japanese firm Atlus in Europe, MCV can reveal. That’s according to NIS America president and CEO Takuro Yamashita, who said that since Atlus was purchased by Sega it has becoming increasingly difficult to work together. Not only does this mean …
Read More »Sega finalises purchase of Persona developer Atlus
Publisher to bring all of Japanese studio’s games to US from now on, but the two companies will remain separate entities
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