PC and cell players will be capable to play Persona 5: The Phantom X on June twenty sixth, 2025. P5X incorporates a model new story set in a parallel universe to Persona 5. Sega and Atlus outlined the premise of the brand new spin-off in a information launch on Thursday, and the sport appears like Persona, however gacha-fied.
“Encompassed within the distinctive turn-based RPG gameplay and setting of Persona 5, gamers will lead a double life as a scholar and a Phantom Thief with a brand-new protagonist and band of Phantom Thieves,” the press launch learn. “In the course of the day, gamers will construct up life expertise as a scholar and have interaction in numerous actions comparable to hanging out with their pals and part-time jobs, whereas at evening, they are going to sneak into the cognitive dungeons to steal Treasures and alter the twisted wishes of corrupt adults!”
Sega and Atlus additionally detailed a number of the sport’s key options, which embody unique new mini-games, a PvE sport mode known as the Velvet Trials, new characters, and even acquainted faces from Persona 5 who’re “obtainable via particular contracts.” Moreover, Persona 5: The Phantom X incorporates a brand new Guild function permitting extra social interplay amongst gamers in-game.
A livestream for the upcoming title delved deeper into the lore behind the gacha sport’s protagonist, Surprise, and his trusty owl companion, Lufel. The Phantom X’s livestream even included promotional footage illustrating the parallel universe and exhibiting a bit in regards to the sport’s lore.
Two visitors on the stream performed a little bit of the sport to provide gamers a way of the brand new gacha mechanics and microtransactions. The video additionally drew consideration to how the developer, Good World Video games, selected to distinguish P5X from Persona 5, citing adjustments to characters round fictionalized Tokyo, Japan, bosses, and extra.
To recap, Persona 5: The Phantom X is a gacha sport, in case you haven’t realized by now.
