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Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine celebrates their first anniversary

by Seraphina Brennan Jan 13th 2010 at 1:00PM

Filed under: Fantasy, Events, in-game, Patches, News items, Free-to-play

Has it really been a year of demon negotiations and devil summoning already? Why yes, it apparently has been.

Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine, the online sequel to the acclaimed Digital Devil Saga series has just turned one year old! To celebrate, Aeria Games is offering Imagine players a brand new demon, Joyful Alice, as well as a new dungeon to explore, Celu Tower Gold.

Celu Tower is a brand new high level dungeon for players to explore, patched into the game as of yesterday. The tower has a few new demons to contract with, but, more importantly, players can also get the chance to find a special demon plug-in and fuse Thor himself! Otherwise, look forward to being able to wield Mjolnir, Thor's Hammer, as a brand new weapon.

To grab yourself a Joyful Alice, either check your e-mail for a special code and instructions (if you're signed up to receive them) or check out the Imagine website for more information on the promotion.

Tags: aeria-games, celu-tower, celu-tower-gold, demon-summoning, demons, imagine, joyful-alice, megaten, megaten-online, shin-megami-tensei-imagine, smt-imagine

Motorbikes, alchemy, and demon friend quests now in Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine

by James Egan Nov 16th 2009 at 5:00PM

Filed under: Patches, Crafting, PvP, Quests, PvE, Free-to-play

Demon Busters in Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine Online are now enjoying a fresh content update, which includes motorbikes courtesy of the Shinjuku Babel mechanics. This new mode of transportation in the game allows players to travel between zones quickly and in first person perspective. Atlus has also introduced alchemy, a crafting system where players can create new objects with unusual properties. Runes that boost abilities for your demons or potions that augment your own abilities are a few possibilities with the new item mixing system. They've also released more PvE content in the form of demon friend quests, provided your friendships with the infernal powers-that-be are at the appropriate levels.

Perhaps the biggest content addition to Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine Online is the Team Battle system. The title's publisher Aeria Games writes: "Gather your allies and friends to crush your enemies in fast-paced, high intenseity group versus group combat for glory and god-like gear. Choose to fight solo in sided matches against other solo players, or combine your strength with others to demolish the competition in team versus team battle."

Tags: aeria-games, atlus, atlus-usa, f2p, free-to-play, imagine, item-mixing, motorbike, patches, pve, pvp, quests, shin-megami-tensei, smt, team-battle

Atlus Games launches online gaming and anime portal

by James Egan Apr 22nd 2009 at 12:00PM

Filed under: Fantasy, MMO industry, News items, Free-to-play

Fans of RPGs like the Persona series and those already playing Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine Online should be familiar with Atlus Games. The company is branching out into online interaction via a new web portal that's a home for their upcoming (summer release) MMO title Neo Steam: The Shattered Continent as well as having a heavy focus on anime. In fact, users can draw live on the site and collaborate with others in this fashion.

We've known that a web portal for MMOs and anime was something on horizon but it became official with yesterday's press release and the launch of the Atlus Online portal. Along with the rest of the wired (and wireless) world, Atlus Online is also on Twitter.

Tags: anime, atlus-games, atlus-online, atlus-usa, fantasy, free-to-play, imagine, mmo-industry, neo-steam, persona, shin-megami-tensei, steampunk, twitter, web-portal

Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine beta keys now available

by Seraphina Brennan Dec 3rd 2008 at 9:00AM

Filed under: Betas, New titles, Free-to-play

If you've played Persona 3 or Digital Devil Saga, then you're already familiar with Atlus Games's Shin Megami Tensei line. While the laurels of that line lie in the many single player games, the Shin Megami Tensei series is going into the MMO realm with the new game, Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine.

Imagine is being carried in the US region by Aeria Games, the people behind Shaiya and Dream of Mirror Online, and they've just started their beta test via Filefront. Just simply click on the link and you'll be given a key and a download link to the client. The game will be free to play, and supported by a microtransaction system.

Also, as a small side note, Aeria is currently having trouble with the ImagineUpdate.exe file. If you download the client, run the ImagineClient.exe file without running the launcher shortcut. Otherwise, if the launcher is run, you corrupt the installation and have to re-install.

Otherwise, happy demon hunting!

[Thanks Tony!]

Update: Aeria Games has gotten the launcher back to normal. Double click it and run it to update properly!

Tags: aeria, aeria-games, atlus, beta, digital-devil-saga, domo, dream-of-mirrior-online, free-to-play, imagine, imagine online, ImagineOnline, megaten, microtransactions, persona3, shin-megami-tensei, shin-megami-tensei-imagine