Atlus seems to be planning something unconventional with an upcoming MegaTen release
Japanese developer Atlus is famous for birthing the cult-classic Megami Tensei (translated as Reincarnation of the Goddess) video game franchise.
The first entry dropped 35 years ago as Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei. The franchise went on to spawn the core Shin Megami Tensei titles alongside numerous sub-series, including the iconic Persona games.
It now looks like the studio is reviving one of these spin-offs. A brand new Soul Hackers Twitter account has emerged out of the blue, posting a link that takes users to a newly established site about the game.
The background photo for the Twitter account reads:
> Checking device compatibility
> Notice: Please, do NOT take your hands off the device
> Call “Soul Hack”
> Sequence start
To avoid the END, your cooperation is needed.
The site itself has a countdown timer ticking down to February 21, 2022.
Going back to the Soul Hackers Twitter account, the first Japanese tweet reads:
The second tweet reads:
There's no doubt that a new Devil Summoner game will be announced soon. After all, the account mentions something is coming today at 20:00 hours. Perhaps a Soul Hackers 2?
Regardless, all of this is very surprising. Given how Persona has been ballooning in popularity over the past decade, Atlus has mostly given the cold shoulder to their other MegaTen children - relatively at least.
The developers did come out with a remake of the 2010 Nintendo DS game Strange Journey. They also released three subsequent mainline numbered SMT games, including last year's Shin Megami Tensei 5 for the Nintendo Switch.
However, there's no sugarcoating the fact that Persona has been more popular among the mainstream gaming crowd. So it's good to see SEGA hasn't completely dumped the smaller pockets of their
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