A known Atlus insider recently took to social media to share the company's announcement plans for Persona 6, as well as plenty of other details about the much-anticipated game. This unofficial insight into the upcoming JRPG arrived a week after the same Persona leaker relayed some bad news for Nintendo fans.
July 13 will mark the two-year anniversary of Atlus confirming that Persona 6 is in development. And while the Sega-owned studio revealed no new details about the project ever since, there have been plenty of insider reports about the game in the meantime. Twitter user MbKKssTBhz5, also known as Midori, has been one of the most prolific Atlus leakers in this period.
Midori has once again taken online to share some more details about Persona 6 in a series of June 30 tweets. Among other things, the insider claimed that the next installment in the long-running franchise will have a significantly different presentation compared to its predecessors. Elaborating on that point, Midori said that Persona 6 is largely being made by a new team at Atlus, suggesting that the studio revamped its development structure several years back. The recently announced Persona 3 Reload and Persona 5 Tactica are said to be the company's first two post-restructuring projects.
And while Persona 6 is still some way off from hitting the market, Midori claims that Atlus was originally planning to reveal it "a long time ago." While it's unclear what caused this alleged change of plans, the insider said that the developer now intends to announce Persona 6 in 2024. The game will reportedly be unveiled alongside one other Persona spinoff, code-named "Asa." Speaking of codenames, Atlus allegedly has several for Persona 6, with one of its most recent ones being "Carbon," as per the same source.
In terms of target platforms, Midori said they only know about the PlayStation 5 being a lock for Persona 6. Although many past installments in the series spent a long time as PlayStation exclusives, the fact that the upcoming Persona 3 remake and Persona 5 Tactica are both multi-platform titles inspires some hope that Persona 6 will follow suit.
The claim that Persona 6 will be unveiled next year dovetails with a number of past insider accounts of the highly anticipated RPG. And while it also suggests that the game could be out as early as late 2024, like one recent report on the Persona 6 release window suggested, Midori is less certain about that timeframe, especially since they expect Atlus to first release Metaphor. For context, Metaphor is still without a release date, with its developer merely stating that the game is targeting a 2024 launch.
Persona 6 is in development.