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Videogames | Persona 4 Coming to North America

By Aidan Moher July 6th, 2008

Set to be released just a few days from now in Japan, Atlus, pleasing many fans of the earlier titles, has announced that Persona 4 will be coming to Northa America on December 9th, 2008. It will cost $39.99.

The promotional artwork for the upcoming North American edition of Persona 4

This is surprising considering the release comes just eight months after the release of Persona 3: FES, a “director’s cut” version of Persona 3, and less than 18 months after the release of the acclaimed third title in the series. Weekly Famitsu, a well regarded Japanese videogame publication, recently awarded Persona 4 a respectable 33/40.

Atlus also announced that, like its predeccesor, Persona 4 will ship with a copy of the soundtrack. If the music in Persona 4 is anywhere near as good as Persona 3, then we are all in for a treat!

The North American trailer can be found HERE. You can find the official Japanese web site for Persona 4, including a trailer, HERE. Just be warned that it is very yellow and very Japanese.

In other, related news, Atlus continues to be completely Awesome.

Source: 1UP | 1UP | NeoGAF

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Videogames | Chrono Trigger DS Announced… kinda

By Aidan Moher July 1st, 2008

Just when I thought the Diablo III announcement would be the most exciting videogame announcement of the summer, Square Enix, those buggers behind the Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest series of Role-playing Games (RPGs), made a stealth announcement that rocked my world… and the world of anyone interested in old school RPGs.

It started with this image:

Scan of Chrono Trigger DS

which got me all hot and bothered. But, always the pragmatist, I wouldn’t let myself get too excited. Then astute NeoGAF poster GoldandBlue found this.

The Official Chrono Trigger DS Web Site

A teaser web site with a very iconic shot of a clock and a ticking noise that is unmistakably from Chrono Trigger, the fabled Super Nintendo RPG that many (myself included) place at the top of the RPG pedestal. A release on the Nintendo DS will allow a whole new generation to experience the game and make up their own minds about where it fits in the echelon of gaming. There is no word whether it will be a sequel, a remake or even just a straight up port.

Odds are, Square Enix was probably saving this announcement for the upcoming Electronic Entertainment Expo, but the leak has more or less set Internet message boards aflame. It should be an interesting couple of weeks coming up.

News via NeoGAF and Kotaku

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Videogames | Diablo III Officially Announced

By Aidan Moher June 28th, 2008

Though mostly a literature blog, I’m always willing to bend the rules a little bit around A Dribble of Ink and this is one of those instances. I’m just so damn excited not to mention anything!

From Blizzard Entertainment, the same guys who crafted Starcraft, and a little game you might have heard of called World of Warcraft, comes the official announcement of the long rumoured Diablo III.

From the official web site:

Two decades have passed since the demonic denizens, Diablo, Mephisto, and Baal, wandered the world of Sanctuary in a vicious rampage to shackle humanity into unholy slavery. Yet for those who battled the Prime Evils directly, the memory fades slowly and the wounds of the soul still burn.

When Deckard Cain returns to the ruins of Tristram’s Cathedral seeking clues to new stirrings of evil, a comet from the heavens strikes the very ground where Diablo once entered the world. The comet carries a dark omen in its fiery being and it calls the heroes of Sanctuary to defend the mortal world against the rising powers of the Burning Hells – and even the failing luminaries of the High Heavens itself.

And two videos via Gamevideos:

All I can say is… there goes another 100 hours of my life.

There is no current release date set.