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Valkyria Chronicles II Unlock Secret Characters: Isara Gunther, Edy Detachment, and Emilia

Last night on my way home I rather impulsively decided to purchase Valkyria Chronicles II. I loved the first game on a level which is difficult to put into words. As soon as I cracked the game open I wanted to try and get some secret characters from the first title. To my dismay [...]

Valkyria Chronicles III Teaser Site Appears

Recently a teaser site appeared featuring the above image. It’s quite obvious the site will be for a new Valkyria Chronicles title. The image explains that the “top secret” document will be opened on September 16th, aka the first day of Tokyo Game Show. This news comes out quite close to Sega acquiring [...]

Hoshino Speaks about Catherine and the State of Atlus

Yesterday the official Catherine blog updated with a comment from the game’s director Hoshino Katsura. This seems like quite a coincidence considering that is also the day that Index announced its merger with Atlus. Here’s what he had to say (please note this is a rough translation): Everyone, hello. This is Atlus’s Hoshino. I am the director of [...]

Index and Atlus Merger: The Brand Lives On

Yesterday Index Holdings announced that Atlus Japan merged with their mobile development branch. The company’s mobile end develops tools and programs for Japanese cellular phones. The reason given for the merger is “to strengthen the overall management of the companies and to strengthen the value of the companies involved.” Mergers are scary. For that reason I [...]

Catherine: Trailer Speculation Continued: Stray Sheep

**WARNING** The following post is simply me letting my imagination run concerning Catherine. This is not essentially news in the real sense of the word, simply me recording my own conclusions. They are probably wrong. But they may very well be right, in which case this could be considered spoilers. If you want to avoid spoilers [...]

Catherine: First Trailer and Speculations

A trailer for Atlus’s recently announced title, Catherine was released today. It gives us an initial glimpse at what an Atlus game in high-def looks like, and I have to say that I love it. It’s a clean and stylish translation of the anime style, one which I couldn’t really imagine being pulled off in [...]

Catherine: Translated Screens

An article on Atlus’s upcoming HD title Catherine has been posted on Famitsu’s website. A number of images we saw in the scans are shown again which thankfully means we can get a much better look at them. They don’t reveal much more about the game but I personally hate not being able to read [...]

Catherine: “You’re Still Just a Lamb”

OK, so most of the info that can be gathered about Catherine is out on the web. Fortunately for you I am really quite obsessive about plucking any info I can out concerning Atlus titles and that’s what I aim to do regardless of how insignificant it may be. The scans are online now (see above). [...]

Catherine: Updates and Winter 2010 Release in Japan

Some new information has emerged concerning Atlus’s first HD title Catherine. The game is planned for a Winter 2010 release in Japan. The protagonist is a 32 year old down-and-out salaryman named Vincent (not exactly a Japanese name but neither is Catherine). The story and gameplay revolve around Vincent’s nightmares in which he [...]

Persona Staff’s Newest Title Leaks: Catherine

“A man who arises from a nightmare every night.” A Famitsu scan of Atlus’s first ever HD title has been leaked to the public. The game is titled Catherine and will be released on both the Playstaion 3 and Xbox 360. You may notice a similarity in style with the Persona series since the same talent [...]