“Persona 3 Reload Would Not be Complete Without Episode Aigis,” Producer Says

Persona 3 Reload unfortunately won't be receiving the playable female protagonist, Kotone, seen in another version of the classic, and now, the game's producer has apologized for the exclusion. 

Atlus has now confirmed you will need to buy pieces of content you probably don't want if you wish to play the Episode Aigis DLC for Persona 3 Reload, as the expansion is locked behind the £28.99 / $34.99 Expansion Pass. It won't be up for purchase separately, with a PR representative telling Push Square «the three parts of the Expansion Pass will not be available separately, and only available as part of the full pass».

The Metal Gear franchise is looking to make its long-awaited comeback with the upcoming Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, and though it’s still unclear when the remake will be out, long-suffering fans of the series already have questions about what the future is going to have in store for Metal Gear beyond that. Interestingly enough, according to Konami, based on how players respond to the upcoming remake, we might be seeing plenty more of Metal Gear going forward.

Though Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is being billed as the dormant stealth franchise’s return to the limelight, Konami started taking baby steps down that road last year with Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1, which brought a number of the series’ earlier instalments together in a single package.

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth has seen great success since launching this past January, selling over one million units in its first week. This is despite other big-name games like Tekken 8 and Persona 3 Reload arriving around the same time. However, according to studio director and series producer Masayoshi Yokoyama, it’s a speed that the developer has “never experienced before.”

Atlus has announced that Persona 3 Reload's Episode Aigis: The Answer DLC will require ownership of the Expansion Pass. Persona 3 Reload's Expansion Pass has quickly generated negative feedback from fans after its March 11 release.

Persona 3 Reload publisher Atlus will not release the controversial Episode Aigis expansion by itself, meaning players have to buy it through the $35 expansion pass.

The Episode Aigis expansion for Persona 3 Reload has been developed in response to fan feedback, though there's no chance of a female protagonist in the future.

Square Enix has provided an update on the PC version of Final Fantasy 16.

Square Enix’s Creative Business Unit 3 is gearing up for the launch of Final Fantasy 16’s next paid DLC, The Rising Tide, this Spring. However, it’s also working on the PC version. A release date hasn’t been announced, but producer Naoki Yoshida revealed to Game Informer that it’s in the “final stages of optimization.”

The so-called Expansion Pass for Persona 3 Reload is now available to pre-order in regions where it's the 12th March — which means that we now know how much it's going to cost. In New Zealand, for example, it's priced at $56.95, which roughly equates to £30 in the UK and $35 in the US.

Episode Aigis, the paid expansion that's coming to Persona 3 Reload in September, was originally going to be included in the remake itself. This is according to a Famitsu interview with producer Kazuhisa Wada (as translated by Persona Central), who explains that development cycle difficulties forced the team to abandon its ambitions.