Persona 5: The Phantom X is coming to PC and mobile next month

There’s a caller Persona crippled coming precise soon, but sadly it isn’t clip for the adjacent mainline introduction conscionable yet. Rather, Persona 5: The Phantom X is simply a spinoff successful a akin vein to Persona 5 Strikers. Like that game, The Phantom X is acceptable successful the aforesaid beingness arsenic Atlus’ incredibly palmy RPG, Persona 5, but dissimilar Strikers, this 1 features a caller formed of characters, including a talking owl named Lufel that presumably takes the spot of Morgana.

First announced successful 2023, Persona 5: The Phantom X is simply a free-to-play unrecorded work crippled from Chinese steadfast Perfect World, which released the crippled successful unfastened beta successful its autochthonal state successful April past year. It introduces a caller squad of Phantom Thieves and seems to beryllium aiming for the classical Persona blend of precocious schoolhouse drama, societal enactment and dungeon crawling with impossibly stylish turn-based battles. There’s a caller “Synergy” strategy that develops arsenic you signifier bonds with NPCs, caller mini-games and a PvE mode called The Velvet Trials.

Underpinning the full acquisition volition beryllium a free-to-play model, the nonstop quality of which is not yet clear. Time volition archer if gacha tactics volition get successful the mode of a bully time, and however good the acquainted Persona gameplay loop translates to your phone, but the game’s authoritative website says it’s intended for some Persona 5 fans and newcomers.

Atlus volition beryllium hoping that P5X tides fans implicit until it has immoderate quality connected Persona 6. Its astir caller merchandise was past year’s Metaphor: ReFantazio, and the workplace is presently saying thing astir the follow-up to Persona 5, which launched successful its archetypal pre-Royal state mode backmost successful 2016. Persona 5: The Phantom X launches June 26 connected PC, iOS and Android.