After months of poorly-kept secrets, Atlus has officially revealed that a remake of Persona 4 is really happening.
In a brief trailer, we got our first look at P4R: Persona 4 Revival for Xbox, PS5, and PC, and will be available day one on Game Pass. We didn’t get to see much of the game, but the environments we got a brief look at appeared to be significantly visually improved from the original.
Following the announcement, developer P-Studio director Kazuhisa Wada shared the following messages:
We are very pleased to announce the release of Persona 4 Revival. We look forward to sharing even more information in due time.
Persona 4 has spawned numerous spin-off works, including TV anime, Persona 4 Arena, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, and Persona 4: Dancing All Night, and is a special title that has been a part of Atlus for many years and holds a personal place in my heart. We are currently working on this project with all our passion and love. We are confident that this will be a fresh and surprising product for both newcomers and long-time fans and we look forward to sharing it with you all.
Additionally, we are actively preparing for the future development of the Persona series as a studio. We are working hard to meet the expectations of fans around the world and our work is progressing well. Please stay tuned for more updates.
We look forward to your continued support of the Persona series.
Fans have been gossiping about a proper Persona 4 remake for a while now, fueled by recent registered domain names, industry insiders, and more recently, multiple of the original voice actors saying they would not be returning for the then-unannounced remake, sparking conspiracy theories about their posts.
We gave the original Persona 4 a 9/10 back in the day, saying, “A significant improvement over the previous Persona games in many ways, Persona 4 provides a deeper dungeon crawling/social link experience that makes it engaging to play.” An enhanced version, Persona 4 Golden, has since become the best way to enjoy the game on modern consoles, but fans have long lamented that it’s not available on Nintendo Switch, despite years of fan begging.
You can catch up on everything announced at today’s Xbox Games Showcase right here, and keep up on the bevy of new announcements all weekend at IGN Live here.
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