Soul Hackers 2: Release date, trailers, gameplay, and more
Atlus has arguably taken the crown as the fan-favorite JRPG developer in the modern era. Though slow to gain popularity at first, Persona 5 cemented that series as essential playing for fans of the genre thanks to the intuitive and rewarding combat system, a great mix of dungeon crawling and social elements, and a healthy dose of style you can’t get anywhere else. However, Persona is just one branch of JRPG that Atlus has been making for years, including the series that one was spun off of, Shin Megami Tensei, and also Soul Hackers.
One of the other SMT spinoffs, Soul Hackers only had one entry back in 1997, leaving a 25-year gap before a sequel was announced in 2022. There’s plenty to be excited about if you’ve enjoyed this studio’s recent releases, so here’s a full breakdown of everything we know about Soul Hackers 2.
We love when a game is announced with a release date, which is exactly what happened with Soul Hackers 2. The game will be out on August 26, 2022, in all territories. This is a somewhat rare move for Atlus since they usually have a gap between their games released in the west compared to Japan.
Soul Hackers 2 will be available on nearly every modern platform out there. You can grab the game on your PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. There was no mention of a Switch version, however.
The first trailer, appropriately enough, is the Soul Hackers 2 announcement trailer. It opens on Ringo in a bizarre place that looks out of time, being woken up by a voice she calls Figue. She floats through a void of cubes before the music kicks in and the trailer really begins.
We hear Ringo learn about what Devil Summoners are, plus we get a look at a wide range of cast members whose purpose it is to
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