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Live service games canned in the past weekish:
- Apex Legends Mobile
- Battlefield Mobile
- CRIMESIGHT
- CrossfireX
- Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai: A Hero’s Bonds
- Echo VR
- Knockout City
- Love Live! School Idol Festival (tbf though this one doesn't count)
- Rumbleverse
First screenshots of Need for Speed Unbound via Japanese retailer Neowing, which listed it early: neowing.co.jp/product/ELJM-3…
Launches Dec. 2. Currently only listed for PS5 (this is Japan---no Xbox physical edition). No PS4 version listed. Possibly new-gen-only?
Metal Gear, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance, and Konami Collector’s Series: Castlevania and Contra rated for PC in Taiwan gematsu.com/2020/09/metal-ge…
With the announcement of Soul Hackers 2 today, here's a friendly reminder that there should be Persona news within the next seven days as well. p-ch.jp/p25th/
(Watch ATLUS save it for the 28th.)
25 years ago today (January 23, 1998), Capcom released Marvel vs Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes in arcades. The first console release would follow on Dreamcast one year later.
Square Enix filed a trademark for "Subarashiki Kono Sekai" (The World Ends with You) in Japan on June 1, which just went public today chizai-watch.com/t/202006726…
Reminder that the Anime Expo Lite 2020 key visual features The World Ends with You gematsu.com/2020/05/anime-ex…
Voice actor Yuri Lowenthal seemingly stating there was some sort conversation with ATLUS about reprising his role as Yosuke for an unannounced remake of Persona 4: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nsy…
Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers is launching February 20, 2020 in Japan via retailer listings
Trailer is debuting nowish piped.video/watch?v=RKEKHvJJ…
ATLUS has released a new Persona series brand commercial for winter 2023 featuring official ambassadors Haruna Kawaguchi and Jun Shison. Watch it here: piped.video/watch?v=w5b3qgUP…
Both p3re.jp and p5t.jp are now returning 404s, which likely means they're being configured.
P3RE is likely for Persona 3 remake, which Gematsu can confirm exists.
P5T may be for a new Persona 5 spinoff.
Thanks to @Persona_Central for spotting!
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Pre-orders for the unannounced Digimon Story: Time Stranger are up at GameStop:
PS5: gamestop.com/video-games/pla…
Xbox Series: gamestop.com/video-games/xbo…
No images or description yet. Official announcement possible during tonight's State of Play.
Switch 2 game pre-orders have been up in Japan for a few hours, revealing all physical third-party games (so far—except Cyberpunk 2077) that are not "Nintendo Switch 2 Editions" to be shipping on game-key cards (requires internet to download the full game).