Bandai has released photos and information about the Thanatos figure. Thanatos from Persona 3 is now available for preorder.
GameSnark writes: Last year the Shigenori Soejima Artworks book was published in Japan. Now, thanks to multiple goat sacrifices and the ravaging of virgins, the same book is being translated and brought over to the UK. Available to preorder from Amazon for an October release date the book covers the period from 2004 to 2010 when Shigenori Soejima was Character Designer and Art Director for Persona 3 and Persona 4.
This year the third annual Persona music concert, held in Tokyo by Aniplex Records, attracted several hundred enthusiasts of Atlus games. It marked the first time the organizers chose to take the show on the road, hitting Osaka and Nagoya before ending the tour's brief run at the SHIBUYA-AX auditorium. Twenty-five rock and fusion pieces from the Persona RPG series were performed by sound producer Shoji Meguro, vocalists Yumi Kawamura and Shihoco Hirata, among other artists.
Kotaku: Katsura Hashino's last two previous credits were as director and producer of PS2 role-playing games Persona 3 and Persona 4. In a recent interview with Japanese magazine Dengeki PlayStation, Hashino stated, We are preparing to start work on the next Persona.
411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Raiden Fighters Aces, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs King Abaddon, and Help Wanted.
411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Persona, Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier, and Velvet Assassin.
VG247: Koei just confirmed that Persona 3 FES will release for PS2 in Europe on October 17.
Bring your Will you release Persona 4 in America? questions to Anime Expo. Atlus is holding a panel at the Los Angeles Convention Center conference solely focused on the Shin Megami Tensei series. The pictured invitation has all the details sans the special gift, but it isn't the only video game panel that day. Aksys is holding a seminar on Guilty Gear and NIS America is gathering Disgaea fans. Get your planner out because on July 5th you can plan a whole day of video game panels.
What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe this week? Mario Kart Wii takes the stop spot in the Wii chart. And naturally Grand Theft Auto IV debuts on number one on both the Xbox 360 and PS3 charts.
Highlights for this week include Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES (PS2) and a couple more Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Adventures (Nintendo DS). Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of April 20, 2008 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC!
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