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XSEED Games Purchases Atlus Online, New Publisher Formed Under Marvelous USA Name

Today sees the formation of a new publisher bringing together XSEED Games and Atlus Online under one roof. Marvelous USA, formerly XSEED JKS, Inc., will see the XSEED label continue to publish on PC, console, and handheld platforms. The online component, purchased from Index Digital Media, Inc., will operate under the Marvelous Online name and handle mobile and social titles.

Consumers should see no change, as XSEED will continue to publish the same type of titles under the leadership of Ken Berry, who has been at the helm since 2004, prior to the publisher's incorporation. Most recently, XSEED published Pandora's Tower, and fans of Suda 51 have their eyes on his next title, Killer is Dead.

According to the press release, between the two branches of Marvelous USA, the company employs 40 people in its Torrance, California offices.

The full press release can be found on page two.


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XSEED rebrands as Marvelous USA, acquires ATLUS Online

XSEED JKS, Inc., publisher behind The Last Story, is officially re-incorporating as Marvelous USA, Inc., after parent company MarvelousAQL. …


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XSEED acquires Atlus Online, rebrands as Marvelous USA

XSEED acquires Atlus Online, rebrands as Marvelous USA

Pandora’s Tower publisher XSEED Games announced that it has purchased Atlus Online from Index Digital Media, uniting both companies under the new name Marvelous USA.

The Irvine, California-based Marvelous USA is composed of all employees from the former XSEED Games team. The company hopes to expand its presence in the mobile and online game markets with the Atlus Online purchase. XSEED’s Ken Berry will continue to head up the company’s localization plans.

“Marvelous USA unifies our US operations under the global Marvelous brand while giving our customers topnotch products and support for both traditional and online social and mobile games,” said Marvelous USA president and CEO Shinichi Suzuki. “Our XSEED Games console and PC brand will continue to offer the quality games and service for which it is known, and Marvelous Online gives us expanded reach into mobile and online social gaming markets.”

The acquisition and rebranding brings no change to XSEED’s current publishing plans.

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Atlus Launches North American Shin Megami Tensei 4 Website

Shin Megami Tensei 4 is coming to the United States, and Atlus is starting promotion process with the launch of the North American website.

You can head here to check out the website, where you will find assorted screens and videos for the game, as well as an overview for the story and profiles for the assorted characters.

Shin Megami Tensei 4 is coming to the 3DS on July 16.

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The spoils of Atlus RPGs

In his weekly column, writer Bob Mackey will alternate between two of his passions: the Japanese RPG genre and classic games.

In recent years, Atlus’ string of portable-bound RPG remakes has done an excellent job of showing off the developer’s history with video games before the breakout success of Persona. Yes, if you’re the type of person inclined to read a column dedicated to Japanese RPGs, you might be thinking, “Breakout success? But I’ve loved Atlus for years!” If that’s true, then you probably remember an ugly past, making mandatory reservations thanks to the tiny quantities of Atlus games that once trickled into your local Gamestop – if they did at all – and the wallet-destroying eBay markups greeting those who didn’t go to Herculean lengths just to buy a retail product.

As a result of the developer’s growing fame, we’re now seeing the release of games we only dreamed about playing in the 90s, and Atlus has tried their best to replicate the experiences we would have had back then – for better or worse.

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Atlus Teases Shin Megami Tensei IV With New U.S. Trailer

Atlus recently confirmed a U.S. release date for the highly
anticipated 3DS RPG; now it's giving us another tantalizing look at the game.

The news that the game was going to be released in American
on July 16 came in a recent Nintendo Direct video – as well as news that the
game will feature some very cool bonus content for U.S. gamers.

For more on the game, you can also watch this previously
posted Japanese trailer for Shin Megami Tensei IV.

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Atlus holding PSN sale for European gamers

Publisher Atlus has announced that they will be holding a sale on the European Playstation Network store starting today and running through February 1st.

The sale will see four of the companies top games,  Shin Megami Tensei: PersonaDroplitzRock of Ages, and Trine 2 sold at 50% off, so if you were thinking of picking up any of these titles, now may be the time to do so.

You can find out the full scoop on the sale at https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-gb/home/games.




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Aram Jabbari Leaving Atlus


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Long-time PR man and Game Informer Replay special guest Aram Jabbari announced he's leaving ATLUS USA at the end of this week.

"The time has finally come for me to move on from ATLUS, a company that will always have a place in my heart and a half decade of wonderful memories, many of which were shared with you," Aram said in a e-mail sent to the press.

"I will remain in the industry and will most certainly be in touch with all of you in the very near future."

While we wait to see where he heads to next, let's look back at some of the Replay episodes featuring Aram.

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Atlus Releases New Persona 4 Golden Trailer

Persona 4 Golden, the more-than-just-an-HD-update to the 2008 Japanese RPG, is a huge hit in Japan. It will be making its way to North America soon. The game is set for release on November 20, and Atlus released a trailer to remind people to hold onto their Vitas if they want in on some sweet Japanese adolescent monster fighting action.

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Former Atlus president now in charge at XSEED

Former Atlus president now in charge at XSEED

XSEED, publisher of games such as Unchained Blades and Orgarhythm, recently announced Shinichi Suzuki as its new President and CEO. Suzuki stepped down as CEO of Atlus North America in August.

“This is an exciting time for the industry and our company, and I look forward to navigating a course of success through the exciting changes in store as we advance XSEED’s publishing efforts by bringing even more highly anticipated titles to market across multiple platforms,” Suzuki said in a press release.

XSEED also announced that Ken Berry, founding member of the company, has been promoted to Executive Vice President.

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JoystiqFormer Atlus president now in charge at XSEED originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 07 Oct 2012 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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