Summary
Two newPersonagames are set to release in 2024, a senior Sega official has confirmed. The resulting suggestion that 2024 will be a big year for the series' fandom arrived mere days ahead of the much-anticipated release of thecritically acclaimedPersona 5 Tactica.
The last mainline installment in the long-running franchise launched in 2019, when Sega put outPersona 5 Royal, an enhanced edition of its 2016 hit. Since then, the Japanese gaming giant releasedPersona 5 Strikers, while alsoconfirming thatPersona 6is in development.
The November 17 launch ofPersona 5 Tacticais now confirmed to be followed by two additional entries in the franchise, according to Sega Chief Operating Officer Shuji Utsumi. In a recent interview withCNBC, the executive revealed that both of those upcomingPersonagames will release in 2024. And while he didn’t elaborate on the matter, there’s no doubt that one of those titles is the remake of the third main installment in the series, which was announced back in June. As a reminder,Persona 3 Reloadwas already treated to a release date, with Atlus and Sega confirming that the remake will reach PC, consoles, and Xbox Game Pass on July 16, 2025.
As for the otherPersonagame planned to hit the market next year, that’s likely to be the rumored party-based spin-off code-named “Asa.” The project in question has already been the subject of several reports over the last few months, with its existence originally leaking back in June. Most recently, well-known Atlus insider Midori has taken to social media to claim that Asa is on course to launch in 2024, while also reiterating some past reports that thePersona 6release date slipped into 2025.
Q3 2024
Unknown
Rumored to be a party-based spin-off featuring all of the mainline series protagonists.
Rumored (for global release)
2024
Android, iOS
AKA Persona 5X: Phantom of the Night, developed by China-based Black Wings Game Studio.
Additionally, Midori believes that thePersona 5: The Phantom Xmobile spin-off is set to hit the market in 2024, as well. Assuming their insight proves accurate, that would mean Sega will actually debut threePersonagames over the next 13 months. However, sinceThe Phantom Xis an externally developed project whose beta already started in China earlier this year, Sega might not be counting it among its upcomingPersonagames any longer, which could explain why Utsumi said that only two new titles are coming in 2024.
As for Asa, there is currently no information about its target platforms, although Atlus’s recent track record with thePersonafranchise suggests that the rumored spin-off will debut on both PC and consoles from day one. Midori previously reported that the game has a tentative release window of Q3 2024.
Persona
Persona is an RPG franchise developed and published by Atlus, spun off from its larger Megami Tensei franchise. Originally releasing in 1996 under the name Revelations: Persona, the series typically follows a core group of High School students who have access to Personas, physical manifestations of a person’s psyche and subconscious, to do battle in combat. Newer games in the franchise, starting with Persona 3, have introduced the idea of Social Links, which lets players further strengthen and evolve Personas based on time spent with their owners outside of dungeons.
