A Persona 3 Movie is Underway

By Megan Farokhmanesh at 11:50 AM on June 11, 2012

Atlus’ quirky, JRPG fan-favorite Persona 3 will be getting movie attention, says Anime News Network. The site confirmed the adaptation, citing the ending of Persona 4: The Animation as proof. According to the site, the film ends with a shot of Persona 3’s protagonist and a note saying that the theatrical film version has been green-lit. It’s still unknown whether the film will appear in live action or anime....  read more

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Catherine Review
(Multi-Platform)

By Leigh Alexander at 4:30 PM on September 12, 2011

If you haven’t been playing close attention, you’d be forgiven for thinking of Atlus’ Catherine as “that sex game,” or something like that. Pre-release marketing focused on the blond curl and apple blush, the stocking hems and saucy liquor-sips of the title character—bet you thought I’d say “titular,” right? Yeah, no. The hook for Catherine wasn’t just its lissome leading lady, but the idea that she was the avatar for a mature game. A game about a man’s sex life; a game for adults....  read more

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Radiant Historia Review (Nintendo DS)

By Rob LeFebvre at 12:18 PM on March 16, 2011

I'm a sucker for anime hair, apparently. I continue to play games that at first blush would seem to be for a far younger audience, and I can only guess that I do it for the hair. Atlus is a favorite purveyor of my drug of choice, with their large catalog of both localized/published and self-developed properties, many of which lure me in with the promise of wildly-coiffed, spritely characters and punishing levels of dungeon crawling RPG goodness. Radiant Historia is but another in a long line of my fixes, and, like any addiction, the joy I feel at...  read more

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Groundhobbit Day

By Jason Killingsworth at 8:00 AM on May 26, 2010

So I’ve finally managed to get my hands on a copy of Demon’s Souls. It’s been out long enough for me to glean its reputation for being an adamantium-tough nut to crack in terms of gameplay difficulty, just a smidge less forgiving than the God of the Old Testament. But I’ve also been assured that it amply rewards patience and dedication. Both assessments have proven entirely accurate. I spent my first 4-5 hours with the game logging a series of failed attempts at scaling the outer ramparts of Boletaria Castle, a gorgeously imposing bulwark that has presumably driven many an...  read more

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Demon's Souls Review (PS3)

By Chris Dahlen at 8:00 AM on March 23, 2010

Developer: From Software Publisher: Atlus Platform: PlayStation 3 If at first you don’t survive… Outside of a Jack London story or a trip across a tightwire between skyscrapers, you will never feel so acutely aware of your survival as in Demon’s Souls. It’s an action role-playing-game, in the same genus as say, Fable II, but by modern standards it’s punishing and austere. Swing at the wrong time and your enemy will catch you off-balance; overlook the wonkish stats and upgrades and you’ll never stand a chance in the first place. In return for all this work, the game will never...  read more

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