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Atlus EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Atlus promises Shiren the Wanderer won't make you cry 18 Don't worry, Atlus may be known for its propensity for importing Japanese cruelty (alonside Shin Megami Tensei games), but they promise that THIS time, with the February 10 release of Shiren the ... 3D Dot Game gets Western launch trailer, pants get wet 35 Squee! 3D Dot Game Heroes is totally happening in the West thanks to Atlus, and there are a great many of us at Destructoid who couldn't be happier. A brand new launch trailer for the Western re... Atlus publishing 3D Dot Game Heroes on May 11, 2010! 46 Rejoice! After many long weeks of waiting, Atlus has finally revealed itself to be the publisher of 3D Dot Game Heroes in North America. What's more, we also have a release date! 3D Dot Game Hero... Demon's Souls sales are 'impressive' 48 Games like Demon's Souls aren't supposed to sell well. A super hardcore, obscure RPG published by Atlus? Yeah, those games don't sell well. Except the game actually is selling well, at least by i... Demon's Souls dynamic theme as lonely as the game 32 Demon's Souls is a lonely game. Even though its multiplayer features are geared towards letting players know that their suffering is shared, a Demon's Souls player is alone in Boletaria. From Sof... Dtoider wins Atlus Halloween contest 24 Atlus held a special Halloween contest last month called Atlus-O-Weenie. People just needed to submit photos of themselves dressed up as Atlus videogame characters and then fans could vote for th... Demon's Souls was never designed to be hard 38 Demon's Souls has a reputation as one of the most brutal, hardcore and challenging games of the year, if not this generation, and those who bought it have often done so under a cloud of fear. Acc... Atlus announces Strange Journey for North America 33 We've been patiently waiting for Atlus to announce the DS game Strange Journey. The next in the line of Shin Megami Tensei games looks...well, strange, and we dig that in Atlus games. It just cam... Atlus replacing strategy guides for Demon's Souls 35 Demon's Souls is one of the best RPGs ever made, that is a fact that cannot be disputed. However, the game's wonderful quality was unfortunately not carried over into the Deluxe Edition and its s... Demon's Souls players, take care on Halloween 30 Playing Demon's Souls online? Good for you. Great game. But if you are, you may want to proceed with caution this Halloween. Atlus is telling us that the "Old One's power grows," and that "his mi... Atlus snaps up MMO company Gonzo Rosso 4 Gonzo Rosso, the MMO-y, game-y cousin of that similarly named anime company, is now under the control of Atlus. Like a summoned persona. And not the U.S.-based Atlus you're thinking of, the small... Destructoid review: Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble 18 You know how it goes. There's always that one badass at school that no one messes with. Everyone around knows that this particular badass has dignified himself by pulling enough sucker punches an... Ten Minute Taste: Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble 17 I'm all for a game that has the words "badass" in its name. Wait, is this a first for gaming? Soon to be released on the PSP, Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble has you controlling your home ... The Videogame Show What I've Done: Demon's Souls 59 Yes, the PS3 situation has been resolved! Despite Sony's best efforts to make my life difficult, I have beaten the system and can now feature PS3 games on TVSWID. Kicking off this golden new era ... Hot downloadable Atlus action on PlayStation Network 21 Things have been kind of slow. Sony's over here pushing downloadable games for their new fancy PSP, but they're not working on pumping out that back catalog fast enough. And some third-party publ... Atlus re-stocks Demon's Souls (Deluxe Editions all gone) 47 This is rather brilliant news. Due to a demand that exceeded initial expectations, Atlus has today announced that it will be shipping out more copies of Demon's Souls so that the multitudes strug... Demon's Souls: The ultimate multiplayer experience 104 [Editor's Note: We're not just a (rad) news site -- we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware it may not jive with the opinions of Dest... Persona 3 Portable allows you to go back to Inaba 41 [Editor's note: Possible spoiler alert! Cover your brains!] Of course we want Persona 3 Portable, despite the fact that most of us have purchased the game twice already. As some of you have so el... Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble screens are not assy at all 12 Atlus. I love those clever as*holes. Today they sent gaming press an email titled Atlus PR: Badass Asset Alert, with new screenshots for Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble, a new PSP game set to launch ... Dress up for Atlus-o-Weenie 2009 and win this 16 Damn! I want that stuff!This and more will be given away as a prize for the best entries in Atlus-o-Weenie 2009, Atlus' Halloween costume contest. Simply dress up as an Atlus character and submit... Atlus Japan on the lookout for a PS3/360 developer 26 You guys had a lot more to say about the sales of Persona 4 then I thought you would yesterday, so I suspect you'd want to hear anything you can about the possibility of Persona 5. Of course, the... Demon's Souls has a death toll: You're just a statistic 57 Atlus' Demon's Souls is quickly earning a reputation as one of the most punishing and cruel videogames of all time. The game is designed to kill you -- and kill you hard. As if to add insult to i... How Persona 4 fared when it comes to sales 89 Persona 4 was a victory for RPG fans in a variety of ways -- innovative gameplay and setting, engaging story, vivid character depictions and best of all, fun to play. You'd easily think that it s... Demon's Souls wiki needs your input 27 Today marks the launch of Demon's Souls, the PS3-exclusive action RPG with an unnecessary apostrophe that is busting people's balls. This game is the kind of game that needs a wiki, so Atlus has ... Non-review: Why I couldn't finish Demon's Souls 118 We're not in the business of reviewing games we don't finish, so I'll say right away that I did not finish Demon's Souls, the latest action RPG for the PlayStation 3. Because of this, we will not... Demon's Souls' servers aren't live until game launch 29 Do you have an early copy of Demon's Souls? Been playing through it wondering what all the talk about the ghosts of other characters and unique online functionality is? You thought maybe at one p... Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition hitting XBLA next spring 16 Previously, ACE Team co-founder Carlos Bordeu told us about his studios' interest in bringing the delightfully bizarre Zeno Clash over to Xbox LIVE Arcade. Having been powered by the Source Engin... Demon's Souls Deluxe edition is pretty incredible 52 Well, let's see, what do we know about Demon's Souls so far: Atlus game, hard as hell (this should be a given from the first thing I listed), packed with extra goodies if you preorder it (also a ... Persona 4 is the most wanted game to anime adaption 44 Sure, there's games we all love so much that we play them multiple times just to get back in the atmosphere -- I know I have, and I'm sure some of you have too. If you could have an anime made of... Two new social links for Persona 3 PSP revealed 26 I admit, I was in the middle of a replay when Persona 3 PSP was announced, and I stopped cold in my tracks when I heard the news. No reason to keep going when I can replay the entire game on a po... Atlus' Strange Journey video looks great, not strange 17 The first full MegaTen game on the DS, Strange Journey, is looking pretty good. We knew it was coming, but Atlus has been pretty tight-lipped on details until recently. Now that we're drawing clo... Demon's Souls trailer kicks ass, eats your soul 28 "Kicks ass" works in two ways here. First off, great trailer, Atlus. It really gets you pumped for the game. But it also kicks your ass, and reminds you how much the game kicks your ass... Is Persona PSP longer than Persona 3 and 4 combined? 21 Nah. Just messing with you. Check out my total play time, pictured above. That's 453 hours and 7 minutes. Is Shin Megami Tensei: Persona for the PSP really that long? No. This time is a result of... New Demon's Souls screens are looking devilishly good 13 Look, I've told you just about everything I know about Demon's Souls, the upcoming PS3 action role-playing game. The next step from here is having us spend some quality time with the title so we ... Things you cannot has: Jack Frost beer mug from Atlus 15 Further proving that Japan gets all the coolest sh*t, Atlus is now offering up this lovely beer mug, bearing the likeness of none other than one Jack Frost of Persona fame. The little guy needs s... Preview: Demon's Souls Tendency system explained 18 Atlus is busy preparing some RPG lovin' for the PS3 with Demon's Souls. This open-ended online dungeon-y role-playing thing is beauty is being dangled before our eyes, teasing us for the October ... Demon's Souls online, co-op and competitive play explained 19 Mmm, Demon's Souls. The upcoming PS3-exclusive action role-playing hardcore dungeon crawling hotness is coming our way on October 6th, thanks to Atlus. One of the coolest aspects of this game is ... Dying for Persona 3 PSP? Dig around the official website 20 Do you want Persona 3 PSP as bad as I do? If you're an Atlus fangirl like I am, I'm sure you want it quite a bit. We've seen a lot of reports on the portable version this past week, and while it'... Droplitz dropz its price: $.99 for iPhone, $1.99 on Steam 13 Droplitz. Puzzler. We liked it a bunch. If you somehow missed it the first time around, or you're some kind of cheap-ass (me), then you'll be pleased to know that the game is on sale for both the... Pictures and video from Persona 3 PSP emerge 71 Sure, I would have liked it if Atlus had announced Persona 5, but we know that's coming. I'm such a Persona addict that any excuse to replay one of the games in the series is a good enough excuse... More details on Persona 3 PSP emerge 41 Don't ask me why I'm so excited about the news that Persona 3 is coming to the PSP. I already own both editions of the game (the original and FES) and was actually im the middle of a FES replay w... Have some more delicious Persona PSP footage 12 Shin Megami Tensei:Persona drops on September 22nd, and I literally cannot wait to play it -- say the word Persona and I start to drool like a rabid dog. Not a pretty sight, I know, but that's th... Persona 3 Portable announced, adds new character 68 Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby!Persona 3 is going portable, jumping from the PlayStation 2 to the PSP. This was confirmed in the latest Famitsu, who also says that there will be a new m... Atlus launches Trauma Team website, now with less nicotine 21 I'll admit right off the bat that I'm a huge fan of the Trauma Center games, so the new website Atlus has just launched gets me all the more excited for its upcoming Wii title, Trauma Team. Among... Discount Devil Summoner 2 comes with Raiho 14 Hee-ho! Did you pick up Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon? You haven't? You should -- we loved it.  It's one of the niftiest things to hit the PlayStation 2 this year. In ou... Shoji Meguro listed as a Persona 5 staff member 19 There's some of you out there (I won't mention any names) that swear up and down that Atlus Japan is not working on Persona 5. Impossible, I say. They have to be. I'd bet anything that they annou... SMT: Persona PSP will come to both PSN and UMD 10 I asked Atlus' Aram Jabbari at E3 this year whether we'd see Persona PSP as a download as well as a full retail release. You have to understand that at the time I was still excited from seeing th... Preview: SMT: Persona PSP's soundtrack is hot 16 If you saw our E3 preview of Shin Megami Tensei: Persona for the PSP, you'd know that the remake of the PlayStation classic role-playing game has an all new sountrack from series composer Shoji M... Atlus now includes soundtrack with Demon's Souls pre-orders 18 Atlus really wants to make it worth your while to buy the American edition of Demon's Souls, and so they've decided to sweeten the offer by adding in the game's soundtrack on top of the 40-page a... Atlus' Persona site updated: New music, videos, and more 15 I've been watching the Persona website like a hawk, mostly because I'm a huge fan of the series games. Just as soon as I drop my watch, Atlus updates the site with plenty of cool stuff. Hop over ... New videos show SMT: Strange Journey in action 12 Strange Journey doesn't look that strange now that I've had the chance to lay eyes on it. Atlus continues their slow reveal of their next full Shin Megami Tensei game in several video clips. True... Atlus' MegaTen game Strange Journey is a DS title 22 Remember when we told you about the leak on an Atlus Japan teaser webpage? It was for a role-playing game called Strange Journey, and it was supposed to be part of the MegaTen series of game... Rumortoid: Persona 5 is headed to the PS3 54 Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby!Oh, wait. I'm getting too excited. This isn't the most solid confirmation of Persona 5 existing. Actually, it's a report from a pachinko site, of all... Leak! New Shin Megami Tensei game: Strange Journey 31 Yay! More Shin Megami Tensei! A new teaser site posted by Atlus Japan had its beans spilled. The reveal payload was supposed to hit on July 24th, but some html digging revealed the game name via ... Atlus fans decide on name for upcoming PSP brawler 17 Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble. That's the name. It has a nice ring to it.If you voted for that one when Atlus was asking for your input, congrats. I voted for just plain "badass" bec... Demon's Souls dev doesn't think the game is that hard 17 Adam "I can rock handlebar mustaches" Dork has informed me that Demon's Souls is a challenging and awesome game. He also likes Turok, so we're going to take his advice with a grain of s... Atlus wants you to name their upcoming PSP brawler 25 Kenka Bancho 3 is a brawler for the PSP that Atlus just secured the publishing rights for, scheduled for release in 2010. In it, you play as a high school student on a class trip to a Japanese ci... Demon's Souls producer: It's 'all about the journey' 25 "The emphasis is on how you unravel the story," said SCEJ's Takeshi Kajii, producer of Demon's Souls, an upcoming PS3 RPG. We spoke with him at last weekend's Anime Expo after a panel o... AX 09: Demon's Souls: The Full Story 18 At Anime Expo, Atlus gave fans us an inside look at upcoming PS3 title Demon's Souls. Takeshi Kajii, Demon's Souls producer from Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, was in attendance to give us so... 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