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Engadget
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Engadget
Persona 5: The Phantom X is coming to PC and mobile next month
There's a new Persona game coming very soon, but sadly it isn't time for the next mainline entry just yet. Rather, Persona 5: The Phantom X is a spinoff in a similar vein to Persona 5 Strikers . Like that game, The Phantom X is set in the same universe as Atlus' incredibly successful RPG, Persona 5 , but unlike Strikers , this one features a new cast of characters, including a talking owl named Lufel that presumably takes the place of Morgana. First announced in 2023, Persona 5: The Phantom X is a free-to-play live service game from Chinese publisher Perfect World, which released the game in open beta in its native country in April last year. It introduces a fresh team of Phantom Thieves and seems to be aiming for the classic Persona blend of high school drama, social interaction and dungeon crawling with impossibly stylish turn-based battles. There's a new 'Synergy' system that develops as you form bonds with NPCs, new mini-games and a PvE mode called The Velvet Trials. To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Please click here and view the "Content and social-media partners" setting to do so. Underpinning the whole experience will be a free-to-play model, the exact nature of which is not yet clear. Time will tell if gacha tactics will get in the way of a good time, and how well the familiar Persona gameplay loop translates to your phone, but the game's official website says it's intended for both Persona 5 fans and newcomers. Atlus will be hoping that P5X tides fans over until it has any news on Persona 6 . Its most recent release was last year's Metaphor: ReFantazio , and the studio is currently saying nothing about the follow-up to Persona 5 , which launched in its original pre- Royal state way back in 2016. Persona 5: The Phantom X launches June 26 on PC, iOS and Android.
The Verge
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Verge
Persona 5 is getting a new spinoff on mobile and PC
It's not the next mainline entry in the series, but Atlus did announced a new Persona game today. It's called Persona 5: The Phantom X, and it's a spinoff that's launching on both mobile and PC on June 26th. As the name implies, The Phantom X is set in the same universe as 2017's Persona 5, and will feature a new main character leading a new band of Phantom Thieves. This story takes place in 'a mysterious Tokyo where desires have been lost.' The structure of The Phantom X sounds a lot like traditional Persona, as players will experience normal high school life during the day, before heading off to explore dungeons at night. There's also turn-based combat and a 'synergy system' where players can form close ties with NPCs in the game. There are also multiplayer elements, including guilds which allow 'players to interact with one another in-game.' From the sounds of it, The Phantom X is an attempt to blend the single-player RPGs the franchise is known for with live-service mobile games designed to keep players coming back. It's hard to say right now how well those two sides will gel together; it's also not clear at the moment if the game will be free-to-play. Hopefully it still has curry. Given it's been nearly a decade since Persona 5 launched, Atlus releasing another spinoff will likely be a disappointment to some fans expecting any sign of life from Persona 6 (at least Metaphor: ReFantazio turned out well). Then again, The Phantom X at least looks the part, and might be a good way to fill in the time before the next major release.
