Specific dates are still unconfirmed
With the recent news thatPersona 5would be debut on thesame day in both Europe and the U.S, I was hoping that the days of having delays for Atlus’ games imposed on European and Australian fans would be over.
Sadly, this does not seem to be the case. Deep Silver, the publisher currently responsible for the distribution of Atlus’ games in Europe and Australia, has confirmed on their YouTube channel thatShin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypsewill be released in winter 2016. This is in contrast to theSeptember 20 launch date in the U.S.
While this delay is nowhere near as egregious as theone-and-a-half year waitimposed on Europeans with the previous instalment of theShin Megami Tenseifranchise, it is still a rather frustrating state of affairs made worse by the fact that 3DS titles are region-protected, ensuring that fans cannot play imported copies of the game without buying additional hardware.
Deep Silver has also confirmed via atrailer on their YouTube channelthat7th Dragon Code III Code: VFD,a game Sega had no plans to release in Europe at all, will be released at around the same time.
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypseis set for release later this month in the U.S and later this year in Europe and Australia. You can check out Deep Silver’s trailer, and the primary source for this news, below:
[Source: Deep Silver viaGematsu]
