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Persona 4 Remake, Atlus' worst-kept secret, seemingly leaked in deleted post from Yosuke's voice actor, who says he won't return: "They don’t want me to come back"

Did he just confirm a Persona 4 remake?

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‘Persona 5: The Phantom X’ Is A Surprisingly Ambitious New RPG

‘Persona 5: The Phantom X’ is a surprisingly ambitious spinoff that has a compelling narrative hook, despite its more streamlined gacha-based approach.

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Raidou Remastered feels more like a proper Pokémon action-RPG than Palworld, and I can't get enough of this cult classic

A look at the first two chapters of RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army, a remaster of the action-RPG spin-off from Atlus’ Shin Megami Tensei.

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Raidou Remastered is more of a remake, with a hugely overhauled combat system and no more random encounters

The forthcoming remaster keeps a lot of the charm of the original and shears away most of its rougher edges.

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This Persona 5 spin-off is finally coming to PC this summer

SEGA and ATLUS have announced that the turn-based mobile game spin-off of Persona 5, Persona 5: The Phantom X, will launch in the West this summer on PC and mobile devices.

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A Persona and Shin Megami Tensei artist trained an AI model to draw like him, and look at that, it wasn't worth it

"To be honest, it's quicker for me to draw it myself from start to finish"

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Love Metaphor: ReFantazio? HYTE has a new PC case and accessories for you.

Metaphor: ReFantazio was a 2024 smash hit, and HYTE is acknowledging its popularity (and awesome artwork) with some new themed hardware and accessories.

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'Metaphor: ReFantazio’s' Composer Reveals How the Game’s Iconic Battle Theme Came to Be

In an exclusive interview, Metaphor: ReFantazio composer, Shoji Meguro, breaks down the fantasy game's epic soundtrack, including the iconic battle theme.

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Metaphor: ReFantazio's superbosses weren't intentionally easier than Persona or Shin Megami Tensei's, but the JRPG's lead says new classes made them feel that way

You can thank/blame the game's new classes

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 passes Metaphor: ReFantazio's 85,000 player Steam peak - it's now in the same league as its heavyweight JRPG inspirations

The new turn-based homage pulled in more than 87,000 Steam players at the same time

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Metaphor: ReFantazio did surprisingly well on PC, says director, and that the number of desktop-based JRPG enjoyers is on the rise: 'The trend is evident'

Katsura Hashino was impressed with Metaphor's PC sales.

PC Gamer

Here are the best deals you can pick up in Fanatical's ongoing Level Up sale

There's no level cap on bargains. I don't actually know what that means.

PC Gamer

Metaphor: ReFantazio smashed Atlus' expectations on PC - another reminder that PC gamers really want more JRPGs and Japanese games

Hot off Monster Hunter Wilds and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's massive releases on the platform

GamesRadar

We asked Metaphor: ReFantazio's lead UI designer about RPGs that inspire him, and he name dropped a surprise PS2 sleeper hit from 25 years ago

Koji Ise was inspired by a lesser known game that also has incredibly papery menus

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Metaphor: ReFantazio tried to make you love turn-based combat again, but it almost broke the game during development

Hack, slash.

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Metaphor: ReFantazio had to dial back an early battle system inspired by a notoriously brutal 2003 JRPG, because 20 years later, players found it "irrational" and "just not fun"

Some people online called Atlus's battle planners "sadists or the devil himself"

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Metaphor: ReFantazio wanted to fix the JRPG grinding problem, but Atlus went too far at one point and accidentally broke the whole combat system

"We made it clear within the team that action only exists to smoothly get the player into the heart of the game, which is the turn-based battles."

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The lead UI designer on Metaphor: ReFantazio had never designed for a game before – he just rolled up and made some of the best UI I've ever seen in a JRPG

"Hyper stylish" became the guiding light for Metaphor: ReFantazio

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Raidou Remastered is finally bringing the historical Shin Megami Tensei supernatural sleuth spinoff to PC this June

Taisho, hee-ho!

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Shin Megami Tensei's overlooked action spin-off is coming back this summer after almost 20 years, and the OG JRPG's director hopes "things don’t end here"

Raidou Remastered is coming to all consoles and PC later this year

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Everything announced at the Nintendo Direct March 2025

All the Nintendo Switch reveals, announcements, and news out of the unexpected event

PC Gamer

Today's RPG fans are 'very sensitive to feeling like they wasted time' when they die, says Metaphor: ReFantazio battle planner—but Atlus still made combat hard anyway

Tough battles are key to Atlus RPGs, but Metaphor offers multiple ways to avoid frustration after dying.

GamesRadar

Metaphor: ReFantazio dev once thought turn-based JRPG combat "was starting to get outdated," but now thinks the format has a "long future ahead"

Lead battle planner Kenichi Goto says there's a perception that the turn-based genre is now "old-fashioned"

PC Gamer

Metaphor: ReFantazio battle director says turn-based RPGs can still be just as popular as action RPGs: 'I personally believe turn-based games have a long future ahead of them'

Atlus's Kenichi Goto worried turn-based battles were beginning to feel outdated, but developing Metaphor brought him back around.

PC Gamer

Persona and Metaphor: ReFantazio's UI designer is open to accessibility options for players who find the stylish menus overstimulating: 'That is something we understand we'll need to work on and provide in the future'

Most players love Koji Ise's signature interface designs, but they're also a barrier for a few.

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