Atlus has announced that it will be creating its own European publishing team, located in SEGA Europe’s headquarters. This will enable them to start publishing their own titles in the future, likely signaling the end of their publishing partnership with Deep Silver. Commercial director Simon Inch is already on-board for the new team, and moving forward they will be adding a PR manager and a product marketing manager.
Ys Net posted a new update on their Shenmue 3 Kickstarter page, announcing that they have signed a global publishing contract with Deep Silver for their game. This means that Deep Silver will apparently be in charge of publishing Shenmue 3 worldwide. SEGA and Atlus fans in Europe already know Deep Silver, given that they’ve been handling publishing of their titles there for a while now.
At the same time, the new title screen that comes with the press release finally reveals what appear to be the updated character models of Ryo and Shenhua, Previously, Ys Net had in fact resorted to changing Ryo’s face through Photoshop, replacing it with the one from Shenmue 2. So far, it seems the new models are receiving a mixed response from fans. What’s curious is that the Shenmue 3 logo on the new title image is also different from the new logo that was revealed in their June update.
Sega of America have uploaded a new video for their upcoming action-RPG Valkyria Revolution, featuring an interview with composer Yasunori Mitsuda and vocalist Sarah Àlainn, where they explain the creative process behind the song “Eternal Rest”.
We’re less than a month away from the long-awaited release of Persona 5 in the Americas and Europe. Leading up to the release, Atlus U.S.A. has released a new trailer for the game, which puts the spotlight on the Phantom Thieves. You can view the video below!
Sega and Deep Silver have announced that Valkyria: Azure Revolution will be released to North America and Europe some time in Q2 2017, under the name “Valkyria Revolution“. It will release for Playstation 4, Vita, and the Xbox One, in a rather surprising move. The PS4 version of the game will have a physical copy while the Vita version is digital only. John Hardin has also recently confirmed the inclusion of dual audio tracks in the Western releases of the game, as well!
It’s been a long wait, but today Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse and 7th Dragon III Code: VFD have finally been released in Europe, both in digital and physical format. The games are published by Deep Silver, who earlier this year entered a publishing deal with Sega of America and Atlus. The deal also marked the end of the uncertainty surrounding future releases in Europe of games developed by SEGA and Atlus in Japan.
In an interview with MVC, Atlus CEO Naoto Hiraoka has offered his view on the release of Persona 5 and the declining console market in Japan, as well as their plans for the West. Saying that Persona 5 has “obliterated all expectations” in Japan, he also notes that Atlus has “very high expectations” for Persona 5 in the West, further noting that:
Deep Silver and Sega of America have announced that the DLC for 7th Dragon III Code: VFD, which was already released in the Americas, will also be heading to Europe. In total there are seven additional DLC quests which grant you XP, money boosts, unlockable characters or a post-game boss challenge. You can find a detailed list of all of the DLC along with its release date below, taken from Deep Silver’s press release. Note that the DLC requires progression through the game before it will be available to play. A demo of the game for Europe has also been released on the Nintendo 3DS eShop, and it’s worth noting that transferring the save data from the demo to the full game will grant you several bonuses.
Deep Silver, SEGA of America and Atlus U.S.A. have announced that both Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse (Atlus) and 7th Dragon III Code: VFD (SEGA) will be released on December 2nd day in Europe and other PAL regions. Both JRPG games will be released exclusively on the Nintendo 3DS, and will be available for €39.99 / £34.99 at retail stores and via digital download. The retail version of 7th Dragon III Code: VFD comes with a 28 page artbook. Deep Silver has also released two EU videos for the games, which you can watch below!
Deep Silver has narrowed down the release window for 7th Dragon III Code: VFD and Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse in Europe, as they revealed that the games will be released this Winter. The information was found in a series of trailers uploaded to their channels, which are essentially the E3 2016 trailer, but with the added EU information. The trailer are also available with subtitles in different languages on their Youtube channel. You can view the UK versions below.
Via: Gematsu