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Catherine Review

By Roy | Published: September 1, 2011
It didn’t take long for Atlus’s Catherine to generate enormous hype among gamers.  It boasted two qualities we see rarely these days: originality and a desire to show the player something new.  Not an alien at the barrel of a gun, not even a litany of number-saturated menus.  Catherine looked fresh, and alluded to topics generally reserved only for [...]
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Atlus Announces Persona 4 Vita Port and 2D Fighter; Confirms Plans for Persona 5

By Roy | Published: August 31, 2011
Several pages from this week’s Famitsu have appeared on the web a day early, bringing with them exciting news concerning Atlus’s Persona series.  Two titles were detailed — one of which was recently hinted — the other, a total surprise.  Let’s get right into it, then. Persona 4: The Golden for PS Vita (more screens at [...]
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Atlus Launches Persona Teaser Site

By Roy | Published: August 25, 2011
Yesterday Atlus launched a mysterious teaser site featuring only the above logo. The colors, font choice, and foreshortening effect all conjure up memories of Persona 4.  It doesn’t even seem like Atlus really wants to cover up this fact.  That could be because (assuming this teaser is in fact for Persona 4) the big [...]
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OMG Toys: Game Characters Collection Mini Persona 2 Strap Figures

By Roy | Published: August 15, 2011
Atlus is continuing to create new “game characters collections” via MegaHouse.  The next title to have its characters forever immortalized in adorable phone strap figures is Persona 2.  This is especially relevant with the release of Persona 2 Innocent Sin scheduled for early next month. There are 8 characters in total (1 of which is secret). [...]
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Catherine Localization Studio Interview

By Roy | Published: July 21, 2011
The Western release of Catherine is less than a week away and the positive reviews are already rolling in.  Despite this fact and my watchful eye regarding the title’s development, I still had some burning questions bouncing around in my head.  Aram Jabbari (Manager of PR and Sales at Atlus) was kind enough to team [...]
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