Atlus lastly revealed at yesterday’s Xbox Recreation Showcase that sure, a remake of Persona 4 is admittedly occurring: Persona 4 Revival. However not everybody preferred what they noticed within the 40-second trailer.
Some gamers took challenge with the standard of the graphics, coloring, animations, and lighting, whereas others have been pissed off that there have been no additional particulars like a launch date or a confirmed Nintendo Change 2 model.
“Man, the graphics seems to be like inventory Unreal lol,” said one participant. “Actually, nearly seems to be fanmade (do not hit me),” to which one other replied: “Extremely underwhelming trailer, lol.”
As this remake was one of many worst-kept secrets and techniques in gaming, some followers speculated that the teaser was put collectively merely to acknowledge that sure, it was in improvement.
“It is a ‘rattling, right here you go’ ass trailer,” responded this fan, whereas one other (*4*): “Looks like they threw this factor collectively after the VAs mentioned they weren’t returning. I may think about they walked over to advertising and marketing and requested them to throw collectively a 30-second clip the identical day.”
Following the reveal, P-Studio director Kazuhisa Wada popped up on social media to reassure followers that Atlus is “actively making ready for the longer term improvement of the Persona collection as a studio.”
“We’re very happy to announce the discharge of Persona 4 Revival. We look ahead to sharing much more info in due time,” Wada wrote. “Persona 4 has spawned quite a few spin-off works, together with TV anime, Persona 4 Area, Persona 4 Area Ultimax, and Persona 4: Dancing All Night time, and is a particular title that has been part of Atlus for a few years and holds a private place in my coronary heart.
“We’re at present engaged on this challenge with all our ardour and love. We’re assured that this shall be a recent and shocking product for each newcomers and long-time followers and we look ahead to sharing it with you all.”
Wada added: “Moreover, we’re actively making ready for the longer term improvement of the Persona collection as a studio. We’re working arduous to satisfy the expectations of followers all over the world, and our work is progressing effectively.” Wada then thanked followers for his or her assist and teased that they need to “keep tuned” for extra updates.
We gave the unique Persona 4 a 9/10 again within the day, saying: “A big enchancment over the earlier Persona video games in some ways, Persona 4 gives a deeper dungeon crawling/social hyperlink expertise that makes it partaking to play.” An enhanced model, Persona 4 Golden, has since grow to be the easiest way to benefit from the sport on fashionable consoles, however followers have lengthy lamented that it is not accessible on Nintendo Change, regardless of years of begging.
Persona 4 Revival, in the meantime, is due out for Xbox, PlayStation 5, and PC, and it will likely be accessible day-one on Recreation Move. For extra, take a look at every little thing introduced at Xbox Video games Showcase June 2025.
Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, in addition to a critic, columnist, and marketing consultant with 15+ years expertise working with a number of the world’s largest gaming websites and publications. She’s additionally a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually Excessive Chaos. Discover her at BlueSky.