Atlus can pretty easily look back on 2024 and call it an excellent year. Not only did the studio release critically-acclaimed and beloved titles like Persona 3 Reload and Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, but the cherry on top of the cake was the release of Metaphor: ReFantazio, which won several awards, and could potentially start a brand-new series for the developer.
It's difficult to imagine 2025 being anywhere near as good for Atlus, but it seems as though the studio has some pretty big projects waiting in the wings. In a Japanese outlet called 4Gamer (thanks Persona Central), which releases annual articles with aspirations for various Japanese developers, several high-profile Atlus developers have teased big things are in the works
For example, a developer at Atlus called Yosuke Uda tells readers that he's still hard at work on Persona 5: The Phantom X, and wants them to continue supporting the studio through 2025, but not just his game, implying more are on the way. Another developer called Shinjiro Takada, who works on the Shin Megami Tensei series, also states that he's working on a title the studio is "hoping to announce as soon as possible"....
