Summary
- Persona 6 is reportedly set to be released in 2025, but its reveal time is still undecided, according to a well-known Atlus leaker.
- The Persona 5: The Phantom X mobile spin-off and the rumored party-based Persona game code-named "Asa" are (still) targeting a 2024 release, as per the same source.
- The insider also reiterated that Atlus is already working on another Shin Megami Tensei game.
Persona 6 is targeting a 2025 release window, according to a well-known Atlus leaker. Their claim matches an early September report from another industry insider that suggested the Persona 6 release plans were pushed back to 2025.
Atlus confirmed it's working on the next mainline Persona game back in July 2021. And while the studio has offered virtually no other information about the project ever since, the game has been the subject of numerous leaks that emerged online over the following two years. Many of those rumors pointed to Persona 6 targeting a late 2024 release, with the first reports to the contrary surfacing in mid-2023.
Persona 6 Will Reportedly Release in 2025, But Its Reveal Time Remains Undecided
Another such claim has now arrived from Midori, one of the most prolific Atlus leakers on the internet. Taking to X, formerly Twitter, under their online handle MbKKssTBhz5, Midori recently said that Persona 6 will release in 2025. This bit of unofficial insight into the project dovetails with the insider's late June update that saw them claim Persona 6 will be announced in 2024. However, Atlus has yet to decide on the game's exact reveal time, according to Midori's latest leak.
Party-Based Persona Game Code-Named ‘Asa’ Is Said To Be Coming in 2024
Aside from Persona 6, the insider also reflected on the Persona 5: The Phantom X—AKA Persona 5X: Phantom of the Night—mobile spin-off, stating that the game is still targeting a 2024 release. Ditto for the rumored party-based Persona game code-named "Asa," as per the same source. As for Atlus's other projects, Midori said that the Metaphor JRPG also remains on course to hit the market in 2024, in accordance with its original release window that was announced at the June 2023 Xbox Games Showcase.
Another Shin Megami Tensei Game Is Also Rumored To Be in the Works
Finally, the insider reiterated that Atlus already has another Shin Megami Tensei game in the works. Taking that claim at face value and given its wording, it's plausible that the mysterious project won't be part of the Persona franchise, which is nowadays treated as its own thing despite technically being an SMT spin-off series. But whether that rumored title is SMT 6 or something completely different is unclear. While fans are still waiting for Atlus to port SMT 5 outside the confines of the Switch, this unannounced project ostensibly isn't merely another version of the 2021 RPG, especially since Midori already hinted at the game back in September by describing it as "connected" to the fifth numbered SMT entry.
As for the next mainline Persona game, one key piece of information that's still missing concerns its target platforms; although many recent Atlus titles like Soul Hackers 2, Persona 3 Reload, and Persona 5 Tactica have either already received day one multi-platform releases or will be treated to such launches in the near future, there have been some indications that Persona 6 will debut as a PlayStation 5 exclusive.
- Genre(s)
- JRPG
