Atlus has released another character trailer for the English version of Persona 5, this time featuring Haru Okumura, one of the members of the Phantom Thieves. You can view the trailer below, as well as an interview with her voice actress Xanthe Huynh. We also included the introduction from the official press release.
SEGA has been releasing a series of new 1080P screenshots of Valkyria: Azure Revolution on their official Twitter account lately, and we’ve compiled the ones released so far in the gallery below. A few days ago, SEGA also released a new trailer introducing the “Five Grave Sinners”, or the “circle of five”, who were remembered in history as traitors who led their entire country to war in their personal quest for revenge. What really took place during that time is something that we’ll likely find out when playing the game. We also talked about the individual members of the circle of five, which include main character Amleth, in an earlier article.
Recently, SEGA of Japan revealed that Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X HD benefits from a number of improvements when running on the new PlayStation 4 Pro. As such the game also has the “PS4 Pro Enhanced” label now, which we can now also find on the game’s Japanese website. Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live benefited from a similar update. Yet curiously this information wasn’t featured in any media from Sony or SEGA in the West. It’s something that I find really puzzling as there aren’t many games that support the PS4 Pro at the moment, so it’s an ideal way to put the spotlight on your game. Rez Infinite is a perfect example, as plenty of articles were written on its native 4K support, including on the official Sony blog.
Phantasy Star Online 2‘s next update, scheduled for December 21, includes a new AC Scratch called “Phantom & School Life” as part of the Persona 5 collaboration event that was announced some time ago. It includes outfits for the Persona 5 Protagonist, Ann Takamaki, Makoto Niijima, Futaba Sakura, and Joker, in-game Persona 5 posters, music, a Persona Summoning Lobby Action and an Arsène Figure Room Item.
Liberasion of Azure (which we also referred to as Liberation of the Blue Sky in earlier articles) has been one of SEGA’s more interesting mobile games in Japan, as its 2D side-scrolling beat ’em up gameplay sets it apart from the countless tower defense RPGs typically found on the platform. Today we learned a bit more about a previously unveiled crossover event between this game and the iconic Golden Axe series.
SEGA of Japan has announced that the combined total downloads of their new mobile game Soul Reverse Zero have surpassed the one million mark. The game was released last month in Japan for iOS and Android. It’s looking like a very good start for the game if you consider that Chain Chronicle, one of SEGA’s most successful mobile games so far, has reached 5 million downloads in its lifetime.
The SEGA feat. Hatsune Miku Project has revealed the 2nd DLC pack for Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone (the PS4 version of Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone). Previously, the company had already released the first DLC pack for the game in Japan. The second DLC pack will be released on December 22 for the price of 1,500 yen (excluding tax), and contains the following content:
Atlus U.S.A. has released a couple of new trailers for the English version of Persona 5, which introduce several of the games’ characters. One of them is Futaba Sakura, one of the members of the Phantom Thieves. She’s the group’s resident hacker who offers moral support during battle, which translates into buffs to your team’s stats. We also get a new interview with her voice actress Erica Lindbeck.
We learned before that Onomichi, in the Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan, is a location that you’ll be able to visit in SEGA’s Yakuza 6. Onomichi is a small port town that faces the Seto Inland Sea, and is known for its steep hillsides and historic temples, as well as its “Cat Alley” where one can find 108 stone cats which are scattered across the trail. As is typically the case for Yakuza games, the developers have taken care to faithfully reproduce the town in the game.
The Japanese PlayStation blog has recently posted an article where they talk about the various play spots in Kamurocho and Onomichi that are included in the game. But they also show a comparison between real photos, taken by Dengeki PlayStation, and in-game screenshots from Yakuza 6. The real photos are unfortunately in a very low resolution, but it still provides us with an interesting look at the accuracy with which some of the existing locations have been replicated in the game. You can see the comparisons side-by-side below! Note that left is the real photo and right is an in-game screenshot.
SNK has uploaded a new PSX 2016 teaser trailer, showing off the upcoming 1.10 update for the game on PlayStation 4. It features updated graphics and additional content such as new colors for the characters’ outfits. The characters’ hair and shadows looks noticeably different in the new version. You can view the trailer below, along with a few comparison screenshots taken from the trailer!